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ADVANCED INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Alfonso GRASSI ADVANCED INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

0522300010
DIPARTIMENTO DI CHIMICA E BIOLOGIA "ADOLFO ZAMBELLI"
CHEMISTRY
2015/2016

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2010
SECONDO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1296LESSONS
ALFONSO GRASSI T Curriculum
CLAUDIO PELLECCHIA Curriculum
PASQUALE LONGO Curriculum
Objectives
THIS COURSE AIMS TO FURNISH AN OVERVIEW OF THE MAIN AND ADVANCED TOPICS IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS IN ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY, DYNAMIC PROCESSES IN INORGANIC REACTIONS AND APPLICATIONS OF METAL COMPOUNDS IN HOMOGENEOUS AND HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS.
Prerequisites
KNOWLEDGE OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND COORDINATION CHEMISTRY
Contents
ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS AND THEIR CLASSIFICATION. THE M-C BOND: BOND ENERGY, POLARITY AND REACTIVITY. GENERAL METHODS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS. SYNTHETIC METHODOLOGIES USING SCHLENK TECHNIQUES. ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS OF THE MAIN GROUPS: THE ALKALI AND EARTH ALKALI-METAL COMPOUNDS. BORO- AND ALUMINUM ORGANOMETALLICS. ORGANOMETALLICS OF GROUP 12 (ZN, CD, HG). TRANSITION METAL ORGANOMETALLICS. SYNTHETIC APPROACH, STRUCTURE AND REACTIVITY. SIGMA-ALKYL TRANSITION METAL ORGANOMETALLICS. HYDRIDES. AGOSTIC INTERACTION AND C-H BOND ACTIVATION. TRANSINSITON METAL COMPLEXES COMPRISING M-X SIGMA BOND (X = O, N, SI, HALOGEN) METALLOCARBONYLS. TRANSITION METAL COMPLEXES OF OLEFINS, OF ALLYL, ARENE AND CYCLOPENTADIENYL LIGANDS. FLUXIONALITY IN TRANSITION METAL ORGANOMETALLICS. 1H AND M NMR SPECTROSCOPY IN STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION AND DYNAMICS OF TRANSITION METAL AND MAIN GROUPS ORGANOMETALLICS.

THERMODYNAMIC AND KINETIC DATA. STEREOCHEMISTRY. NUCLEOPHILIC SUBSTITUTIONS ON TETRAHEDRAL AND OCTAHEDRAL CENTRES. INSERTION REACTIONS. REDOX REACTIONS. OXIDATIVE INSERTION REACTIONS
MULTIPLE BONDS AND CLUSTER COMPOUNDS.
BIO-INORGANIC CHEMISTRY: PRESENCE OF INORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN LIVING ORGANISMS.
INTRODUCTION TO TRANSITION METAL-MEDIATED HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS. HOMOGENEOUS CATALYZED REACTION TYPES: HYDROGENATION AND RELATED REACTIONS; HYDROFORMYLATION; CARBONYLATIONS; OLEFIN OXIDATION; METHATESIS; POLYMERIZATION AND OLIGOMERIZATION OF OLEFINS AND OTHER UNSATURATED HYDROCARBON MONOMERS. NEW TRENDS IN CATALYSIS: RING-OPENING POLYMERIZATION OF CYCLIC ESTERS; ALKANE ACTIVATION; CARBON DIOXIDE ACTIVATION.
Teaching Methods
LECTURES
Verification of learning
WRITTEN EXAMINATION WITH OPEN QUESTIONS;
ORAL EXAM
Texts
F.A. COTTON, J. WILKINSON “CHIMICA INORGANICA”-ED. AMBROSIANA
C. ELSCHENBROICH, A. SALZER "ORGANOMETALLICS" – ED. VCH.
J.F. HARTWIG "ORGANOTRANSITION METAL CHEMISTRY -UNIVERSITY SCIENCE BOOKS
UPDATED REVIEWS FURNISHED BY THE TUTORS ON SPECIFIC SUBJECTS PRESENTED DURING THE SEMINARS.
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LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: ITALIAN
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