2012-2013 Academic Catalog

Nov 30, 2024

2012-2013 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

CHEM 236 - Organometallic Chemistry

Type of Course: Lecture

Covers material related to compounds containing one or more covalent metal-carbon bonds. The material progresses from the traditional organometallics, such as Grignards and cuprates, through the transition metal and main group complexes. Emphasis is placed on the properties of organometallic compounds and mechanisms of their formation and subsequent reactions. Because of the continuing development of the field, use of the primary literature is stressed. A comparison of traditional organic and inorganic chemistry is developed through this intermediate field.

Prerequisites: CHEM 250 and CHEM 260 or permission of instructor. Chem 250 may be taken as a co-requisite