Syllabus

Methods and factors of M-C bond formation, 18 electron rule, wades rule, Preparation, properties and bonding of metal carbonyl complexes. Complexes of Olefins, acetylenes and related unsaturated molecules, Oxidative addition and reductive elimination reactions, Metallocenes, preparation, properties and structures and their derivatives, Boranes , Carboranes and Metalloboranes, Bonding and properties, Examples, Metal Cluster compounds: Dinuclear, trinuclear, polynuclear clusters, Structure and application, Catalytic properties of mononuclear compounds, in catalysis, Alkene hydrogenation, Hydroformylation, Polymerization etc.,, Application of organometallic compounds in Organic synthesis, Characterization methods of organometallic Compounds, Metal ligand multiple bonds: carbenes, carbynes, Basic aspects of bioorganometallic chemistry, Discussions on recent research topic on organometallic chemistry.

This course will provide advance understanding on structure, bonding, preparation and application of
organometallic compounds

Students will develop a thorough understanding of various organometallic reaction steps and the
mechanism involved in organometallic transformations.

Understanding of industrially important catalytic processes and their mechanistic pathway

1. To understand the concept of different metal-carbon bonds and their reactivity.
2. To explain and rationalize the bonding and properties of organometallic compounds.
3. Apply electron counting to predict the stability of organometallic compounds and reaction pathways.
4. To be able to explain fundamental organometallic transformations in catalytic cycles and suggest reaction mechanism
5. To be able to analyze and evaluate industrially important catalytic processes through the application of organometallic principles.
6. Apply the knowledge in organometallic chemistry and catalysis to generate ideas for facile and industrially relevant catalytic reactions.

C. Elschenbroich and A, Salzer, Organometallic-A Concise introduction, Weinheim

Anil J. Elias & B D Gupta, Basic Organometallic Chemistry, University press

R. H. Crabtree, The organometallic chemistry of the transition metals,, Wiley

G. Wikinson, F.G.A. Stone, E. Abel,, Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry, Peramon