Submitted by David R. Weinberg / Colorado Mesa University on Thu, 07/19/2012 - 13:28
My Notes
Description

This is a literature discussion of a short JACS communication that describes an iridium catalyst for the reduction of bicarbonate to formate. It addresses green chemistry, potential industrial processes, bridges between homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, pH-dependent solubility, electron counting, oxidation state assignments, and thermodynamic analyses.

 
Attachment Size
KasugaLiteratureDiscussion.doc 34.5 KB
Learning Goals

A student should be able to

- determine the major goals of published research.

- assign substrates, products, and catalytic species for a reaction.

- calculate enthalpies of reactions.

- determine the electron counts and oxidation states for transition metal complexes.

- compare and contrast homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis.

- assess whether or not a process is green and industrially viable.

 
Related activities
Implementation Notes

This learning object has not yet been implemented.

 
Time Required
50 - 75 minutes with pre-class reading
Evaluation
Evaluation Methods

Student learning will be assessed based on their responses to the questions included in this learning object.

 
Evaluation Results
 
Creative Commons License
Attribution, Non-Commercial, Share Alike CC BY-NC-SA