Molecular Hydrogen Complexes of Mo and W

Submitted by Kyle Grice / DePaul University on Fri, 11/11/2016 - 19:28
Description

Literature discussion about the first examples of molecular hydrogen complexes isolated by Gregory J. Kubas in the early 80s. The questions are divided into groups with two levels of difficulty.

The more basic group of questions includes topics on:

1)      Coordination Chemistry: electron count, geometry, oxidation state, orbital interactions, types of ligands, binding modes, cis/trans and fac/mer isomers.

2)      Symmetry elements and point groups.

3)      Basic concepts on spectroscopy: NMR, Raman, IR, UV/Vis, XANES, EXAFS, neutron and X-ray diffraction

Ethylene compounds of the coinage metals

Submitted by Chip Nataro / Lafayette College on Mon, 10/17/2016 - 12:55
Description

This is a literature discussion based on a short paper on ethylene compounds of the coinage metals (Dias, H. V. R.; Wu, J. Organometallics 2012, 31, 1511-1517). In this paper, analogous ethylene compounds are prepared with Cu(I), Ag(I) and Au(I). The other ligand on the coinage metal is a scorpionate tris(pyrazolyl)borate ligand. The strength of the interaction between the metal and the ethylene varies significantly with the coinage metal as seen in X-ray crystallographic and spectroscopic (1H and 13C NMR) data.

Chapter 7--Stanley Organometallics

Submitted by George Stanley / Louisiana State University on Fri, 07/29/2016 - 12:19
Description

Chapter 7 from George Stanley's organometallics course, Alkenes and Alkynes

 

this chapter covers bonding and structure of metal pi-bonds, some descriptive chemistry, and their NMR spectroscopy.

The powerpoint slides contain answers to some of the in-class exercises, so those are behind the "faculty only" wall. I shares these with students after the class, but not before.

Chapter 6--Stanley Organometallics

Submitted by George Stanley / Louisiana State University on Fri, 07/29/2016 - 11:51
Description

Chapter 6 from George Stanley's organometallics course, Alkyls

 

this chapter covers bonding and structure of metal alkyls, some descriptive chemistry, and their NMR spectroscopy.

The powerpoint slides contain answers to some of the in-class exercises, so those are behind the "faculty only" wall. I shares these with students after the class, but not before.

everyone is more than welcome to edit the materials to suit their own uses, and I would appreciate being notified of any mistakes that are found.


Chapter 5--Stanley Organometallics

Submitted by George Stanley / Louisiana State University on Thu, 07/28/2016 - 20:17
Description

Chapter 5 from George Stanley's organometallics course, Hydrides

 

this chapter covers bonding and structure of metal phosphines, some descriptive chemistry, and their NMR spectroscopy.

The powerpoint slides contain answers to some of the in-class exercises, so those are behind the "faculty only" wall. I shares these with students after the class, but not before.

everyone is more than welcome to edit the materials to suit their own uses, and I would appreciate being notified of any mistakes that are found.


Chapter 4--Stanley Organometallics

Submitted by George Stanley / Louisiana State University on Tue, 07/26/2016 - 15:55
Description

Chapter 4 from George Stanley's organometallics course, Phosphines

 

this chapter covers bonding and structure of metal phosphines, some descriptive chemistry, and their NMR spectroscopy.

The powerpoint slides contain answers to some of the in-class exercises, so those are behind the "faculty only" wall. I shares these with students after the class, but not before.

everyone is more than welcome to edit the materials to suit their own uses, and I would appreciate being notified of any mistakes that are found.


Chapter 3--Stanley Organometallics

Submitted by George Stanley / Louisiana State University on Mon, 07/25/2016 - 13:15
Description

Chapter 3 from George Stanley's organometallics course, Carbonyls

 

this chapter covers bonding and structure of metal carbonyls, some descriptive chemistry, and their IR spectroscopy.

The powerpoint slides contain answers to some of the in-class exercises, so those are behind the "faculty only" wall. I shares these with students after the class, but not before.

everyone is more than welcome to edit the materials to suit their own uses, and I would appreciate being notified of any mistakes that are found.


chem 165 Fall 2016

Submitted by Adam Johnson / Harvey Mudd College on Thu, 07/07/2016 - 13:49

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This is a list of LOs created at the TUES workshop on Organometallics at the University of Michigan in Summer 2016 (and some friends from before the workshop too). I am planning to use all of these LOs this fall in my junior/senior level course on organometallic chemistry.  I'll post comments on each LO I use.

Szymczak Learning Objects from TUES workshop

Submitted by Adam Johnson / Harvey Mudd College on Fri, 07/01/2016 - 06:46

The memebers of the Szymczak group created a collection of their learning objects from the TUES workshop at the University of Michigan in Summer 2016 to make them all easier to find.

Introduction to Atom Economy and the Hydroamination Reaction

Submitted by Eugene Chong / University of Michigan on Fri, 07/01/2016 - 02:04
Description

This 5 slides about introduces the term "atom economy" as a means for undergraduates to start thinking about the efficiency of synthetic reactions. While this term may not be the best measure of the overall process of a reaction (as it ignores other factors such as solvents and materials used in purification), it provides a nice introduction to a concept on green chemistry. An example of an atom economic reaction, hydroamination, is briefly highlighted as it is an important ongoing research area. Notes for the instructor are included in the slides.