Readings

Readings are from the required text book:

Collman, James P., et al. Principles and Applications of Organotransition Metal Chemistry. Mill Valley, CA: University Science Books, 1987. ISBN: 9780935702514.

The table below shows the readings assigned for each lecture.  The topics are taken from the chapter and section titles in the text book.

LEC # CH # SEC # TOPICS
1 1 read all sections A Perspective.
2 read sections below Structure and bonding
2.1

The relation between formal oxidation state and d electron configuration. 
2.2 ∏ Bonding in organotransition metal complexes.
2 2 read sections below Structure and Bonding
2.3 Apparent exceptions to the 18-electron rule.
2.4

Isoelectronic and isolobal analogies.
3 read sections below

Survey of organotransition metal complexes according to ligand.
 3.1

Introduction. 
3.2

Classic lewis base donors - N, Group VIB, and Group VIIB .
3.3

Phosphines and other group VB donors. 
3.4

Hydrides. Synthesis of hydrides; acidity and related properties of hydrides.
3.5

Carbon ligands bound principally by σ bonds.  
3.6

Carbon ligands bound by σ and ∏ bonds.
3.7 Organic ligands bound through more than one atom.
3 3 read sections below

Survey of organotransition metal complexes according to ligand.
3.8

Unsaturated nitrogen ligands.
3.9

Dioxygen complexes.
3.10 Carbon dioxide.
3.11 Sulfur monoxide.
3.12 Sulfur dioxide.
3.13 Miscellaneous ligands.
4 read sections below Ligand substitution processes.
4.1 Introduction.
4.2 Definitions - Nomenclature of substitution reactions.
4.3

Thermochemical considerations.
4.4 Examples and mechanisms: Coordinatively unsaturated complexes.
4 4 read sections below

Ligand substitution processes.
4.5

18-Electron complexes.
4.6

Catalyzed and assisted ligand substitution reactions.
4.7 Ligand substitutions in metal-metal bonded bimetallic and higher nuclearity clusters.
5 read sections below

Oxidative addition and reductive elimination.
5.1

Definitions, examples and scope.
5.2

Oxidative addition - Thermodynamic considerations. 
5.3

Nonpolar reagents (Class A) A-B.
5.4

Alkane activation by C-H bond oxidative addition and related reactions.
5.5

Oxidative-addition of polar, electrophilic reagents, A-B. 
5 6 read all sections

Intramolecular insertion reactions.
7 read all sections

Nucleophilic attack on ligands coordinated to transition metals. 
8 read all sections

Electrophilic attack on coordinated ligands.
11 read all sections

Catalytic polymerization of olefins and acetylenes. 
12 read all sections Catalytic reactions involving carbon monoxide.
6 9 read all sections

Metallacycles.
16 read all sections

Synthetic applications of transition-metal carbenes and metallacycles. 
7 10 read all sections

Homogeneous catalytic hydrogenation, hydrosilation, and hydrocyanation.
13 read all sections Synthetic applications of transition-metal hydrides.
14 read all sections

Synthetic applications of complexes containing metal-carbon σ bonds.
8 15 read sections below Synthetic applications of transition-metal carbonyl compounds.
15.1 Coupling reactions.
15.2

Carbonylation reactions.
9 15 read sections below Synthetic applications of transition-metal carbonyl compounds.
15.3 Decarbonylation of aldehydes and acid chlorides.
15.4 Reactions of metal acyl enolates with electrophiles.