Aims & Learning Objectives:
To develop an understanding of Inorganic reaction mechanisms and modern homogeneous catalytic processes.
After studying this Unit, students should be able to:
* Describe substitution reactions of 4- and 6- coordinate transition metal compounds.
* Account for electron transfer processes.
* Appreciate catalytic cycles and the mechanisms that underpin them.
* Be able to make critical analysis of a research paper related to catalytic processes.
Content:
Reaction types - associative, dissociative, interchange. Trans-effect and solvent participation in reactions of 4 coordinate complexes. Eigen-Wilkins mechanism; inner and outer electron transfer. Simple Marcus theory. Organometallic mechanisms; Examples of catalytic reactions. Monsanto process, hydroformylation and hydrogenation reactions. Alkene polymerisation amd metathesis.
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