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Università degli Studi di Parma
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METALORGANIC CHEMISTRY
cod. 07507

Academic year 2008/09
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Chimica generale e inorganica (CHIM/03)
Field
Discipline chimiche industriali
Type of training activity
Characterising
32 hours
of face-to-face activities
4 credits
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Learning objectives

A good understanding of concepts currently used to describe the metal-ligand interactions in metallorganic compounds employed  as catalysts.

Prerequisites

None

Course unit content

<br />The nature of the metal-carbon (M-C) bond and factors which contribute to its stability. The classification of organic ligands. Hydrides. Main-group metallorganic compounds containing: Li, Na, Mg, B, Al, Si, Sn, P. Metal based compounds of d- and f-block. Principles of orbital interaction, electron counting, and fragment molecular orbital method. Correlation theory-experiment: spectroscopic measurements, magnetic measurements, and chiroptical measurements.

Full programme

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Bibliography

<br />Ch. Elschenbroich, A. Salzer. Organometallics. Second edition, 1992. VCH(Germany).<br />F. Basolo, R. Johnson. Coordination chemistry. Science reviews, 1986. Northwood. <br />B. N. Figgis. M. A. Hitchman. Ligand field theory and its applications, 2000. Wiley - VCH, New York.

Teaching methods

<br />Class lectures.<br />Oral exam.

Assessment methods and criteria

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