The contents of the course will enable students to
• understand and apply methods to elucidate and study reaction mechanisms in organic chemistry, organometallic chemistry and catalysis. (k1, k2, k3, k4)
• understand, analyze and assess the multidisciplinary background of catalytic phenomena. (k2, k4)
• apply and analyze the kinetic steps involved in catalytic reactions. (k2, k3, k4)
• know, understand and apply analytical tools like spectroscopic methods in homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis. (k1, k2, k4)
• understand and analyze the interplay of different experimental and theoretical (computational chemistry) methods
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• Homogeneous Catalysis
• Heterogeneous Catalysis
• Reaction kinetics
• Experimental investigation of reaction mechanisms
• Spectrocopic methods
• Isotope effects
• Isotope labelling
• LFER effects
• Computational method application for assistance in elucidating reaction mechanisms
• Reaction mechanisms in transition metal catalysis
• Examples of reaction mechanism evaluation in homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis
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