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Exam Keys Fall 2011

Exam 2 2011 Key

Exam 1 2011 Key

Course Handouts:

Catalytic Reaction Checklist

Old Final Exam

Old Final Exam Key

Exam 1 2010

Exam 1 Key 2010

Exam 2 2010

Exam 2 Key 2010

Exam 1 2009

Exam 1 Key 2009

Exam 2 2009

Exam 2 Key 2009

Final Exam Practice Problems

Final Exam Practice Key

Exam Review Sessions:

TBA

Class will meet from 8:37 till 10:00 am in Lab Sciences, Room 301.

Basic Principles:

Class 1 Tu Aug. 30 Oxidation state, d-electron counting, brief survey of ligands

Class 2 Th Sept. 1 18 e – rule, molecular orbital description of Cr(CO) 6

Class 3 Tu Sept. 6 Pi-backbonding, d-orbital splitting patterns for various coordination geometries

Class 4 Th Sept. 8 Cluster electron counting, M-M bonding

Synthesis, Structure, and Spectroscopy of Organotransition Metal Complexes (a Survey of the Ligands)

Class 5 Tu Sept. 13 Metal-carbonyl and metal-thiocarbonyl complexes

Class 6 Th Sept. 15 Phosphine and other phosphorus-containing complexes

Class 7 Tu Sept. 20 Metal-hydride and metal-dihydrogen complexes, agostic interactions

Class 8 Th Sept. 22 Metal-alkyl, metal-acyl, metal-formyl complexes

Class 9 Tu Sept. 27 Metal-olefin and metal-acetylene complexes

Class 10 Th Sept. 29 Metal-allyl and metal-cyclopentadienyl complexes, ligands resembling cyclopentadienyl

Class 11 Tu Oct. 4 Exam 1

Class 12 Th Oct. 6 Metal-arene complexes, other cyclic B -hydrocarbon ligands

Class 13 Tu Oct. 11 Metal-carbenes and metal-carbynes

Class 14 Th Oct. 13 Metallacycles

Class 15 Tu Oct. 18 Miscellaneous ligands (N 2, NO, O 2, CO 2)

Class 16 Th Oct. 20 M-M multiply-bonded species

Fundamental Reaction Steps

Class 17 Tu Oct. 25 H-H and C-H oxidative addition, reductive elimination

Class 18 Th Oct. 27 R-X oxidative addition

Class 19 Tu Nov. 1 Migratory insertion

Class 20 Th Nov. 3 Nucleophilic addition to CO and olefin ligands

Class 21 Tu Nov. 8 Exam 2

Class 22 Th Nov. 10 Nucleophilic addition to allyl and arene ligands

Catalysis

Class 23 Tu Nov. 15 Hydrogenation of unsaturated substrates, including asymmetric hydrogenation

Class 24 Th Nov. 17 Catalytic reactions involving CO (hydroformylation, Reppe rxs., Monsanto acetic acid)

Class 25 Tu Nov. 22 Olefin metathesis

No class on Thursday, Nov. 24, Thanksgiving Day

Class 26 Tu Nov. 29 Epoxidation, including asymmetric epoxidation

Class 27 Th Dec. 1 Dihydroxylation and aminohydroxylation

Class 28 Tu Dec. 6 Oligomerization of olefins and dienes

Class 29 Th Dec. 8 Olefin Polymerization

FINAL EXAM –Friday, December 16, 1:00-3:00 pm

Homework problems will be regularly assigned (see attached sheet) but not collected. Review sessions will be held before each exam. Each in-class exam is worth 150 points; the final exam is worth 200 points.

Various supplementary texts are on reserve in the Chemistry Department Library (list attached). These books may be used in the library during the day or checked out overnight.

For appointments, please see me after class or send e-mail to bleeke@wustl.edu. We will find a mutually agreeable time to meet.

HOMEWORK PROBLEMS

Assignment Topic To Be Completed By

• 1 Electron counting Sept. 9
• 2 M-M bonding Sept. 16
• 3 Carbonyls and phosphines Sept. 23
• 4 Hydrides Sept. 30
• 5 Olefins and acetylenes Oct. 7
• 6 Arenes and cyclopentadienyls Oct. 14
• 7 Carbenes and metallacycles Oct. 21
• 8 M-M multiple bonds Oct. 28
• 9 Ligand substitution, oxidative Nov. 4
• 10 Migratory insertion Nov. 11
• 11 Nucleophilic addition Nov. 18
• 12 Catalysis Dec. 2
• 13 Olefin Polymerization Dec. 9

Reserve Books for Organometallic Chemistry (Chem 459)

• 1. Atwood, J.D. Inorganic and Organometallic Reaction Mechanisms
• 2. Collman, J.P.; Hegedus, L.S.; Norton, J.R.; Finke, R.G. Principles and Applications of Organotransition Metal Chemistry
• 3. Cotton, F.A. Chemical Applications of Group Theory
• 4. Cotton, F.A.; Wilkinson, G. Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
• 5. Davies, S.G. Organotransition Metal Chemistry: Applications to Organic Synthesis
• 6. Elschenbroich, C.; Salzer, A. Organometallics, A Concise Introduction, 2nd ed.
• 7. Haiduc, I.; Zuckerman, J.J. Basic Organometallic Chemistry
• 8. Masters, C. Homogeneous Transition-Metal Catalysis - A Gentle Art
• 9. Mehrotra, R.C.; Singh, A. Organometallic Chemistry (A Unified Approach)
• 10. Parkins, A.W.; Poller, R.C. An Introduction to Organometallic Chemistry
• 11. Parshall, G.W.; Ittel, S.D.Homogeneous Catalysis: The Applications and Chemistry of Catalysis by Soluble Transition Metal Complexes
• 12. Pearson, A.J. Metallo-organic Chemistry
• 13. Pignolet, L.H. Homogeneous Catalysis with Metal Phosphine Complexes
• 14. Yamamoto, A. Organotransition Metal Chemistry: Fundamental Concepts and Applications