(*)The contents of the seminar will enable the students to
• derive of rate laws of chemical reactions (k2, k3)
• calculate of rate constants, reaction rates, and activation energies (k2, k3, k4)
• determinate reaction mechanisms (k2, k3, k4)
• compare of catalytic and stoichiometric reactions with respect to atom-efficiency (k4, k5)
• assessment of the catalytic capabilities of metal complexes (k3, k4, k5)
• design of efficient syntheses of useful molecules (k3, k6)
• elaborate catalytic cycles (k3, k4)
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(*)• Organometallic key reactions:
- oxidative addition
- reductive elimination
- insertion reactions
- hydride elimination reactions
- oxidative ligation
• E-factor calculations
• role and properties of L, X, and Z ligands
• 18-electron rule and its consequences
• determination of valence electron counts (ionic model vs. neutral model)
• kinetic/thermodynamic calculations
• reaction mechanisms of important transformations
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