Complex and Inorganic Chemistry

1.Milestones in organometallic chemistry, classification of organoelement compounds, coordination number, structure, nomenclature, ligand-exchange reactions, stability of complexes; chelate effect and its analytical applications. Isomerism. Biochemical aspects of complexes.

  2.The nature of M-C bond, (VB-, Ligandfield- and MO theory), structure (coordination number, hapticity, isomerism), Jahn-Teller effect. Magnetic behavior and color of the complexes.

 3.Brief history of the organoelement compounds. General characterization of organometallic compounds: classification, polarity and reactivity of the M-C bond, definition of stable, labile and inert.

  Overview of preparation methods of organometallic compounds. Organolithium compounds (preparation, structure and degree of association in solid phase and in different solvents, reactivity). ⁶Li- and ⁷Li-NMR spectroscopy, EPR spectroscopy.

 4.Organometallic compounds of heavier alkali metals. Organometallic compounds of group 2 and 12 (beryllium, magnesium, zinc, cadmium, mercury). Preparation, structure, properties, reactivity and applications. (Schlenk-equilibrium, Grignard reagents).

    Organoboron compounds (2e3c bond, hydroboration)

5.Organoaluminum compounds. Preparation, structure, properties, reactivity and applications.

Organoelement compounds of group 14. (silicon, tin and lead). ¹¹⁹Sn-Mößbauer and ¹¹⁹Sn-NMR spectroscopy.

Organometallic compounds of transition-metals according to nature of the ligand.

 6. s-Donor ligands. Preparation of transition-metals alkyl and aryl compounds. Properties of transition-metals s-organyls: thermodynamic stability and kinetic lability, interactions of C-H- and C-C- s bond with transition-metals.                                                                            

 7.s-Donor/p-acceptor ligands. Transition-metal Carbene and Carbyne complexes. Metal carbonyls (Preparation, structure, properties).

8. s,p -Donor/p-acceptor ligands. Olefin-, alkyne- and allyl-complexes. C₅H₅^- and C₆H₆ ligands and their complexes.

9.Metal-metal bonds in transition-metal clusters.                                                                                                                                        

 10. Organometallic catalysis in synthesis and production. principles. Laboratory and industrial applications. Olefin Isomerization. C-C coupling reactions. C-heteroatom coupling reactions. Olefin oxidation. Carbonylation of Alcohols. Hydroformylation. Oligomerization and polymerization of alkanes and alkenes.