Organometallic Chemistry: Metal Carbonyls and Spectroscopy

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What is the main role of organometallic chemistry?

  • To enhance inorganic chemistry
  • To replace inorganic chemistry
  • To bridge organic and inorganic chemistry (correct)
  • To eliminate organic chemistry

What is the significance of organometallic chemistry in industrial applications?

  • It is used mainly in inorganic synthesis
  • It plays a vital role in homogeneous catalysis for industrial processes (correct)
  • It is only relevant in academic research
  • It has no significance in industrial applications

What concept is utilized to predict the number of metal-metal bonds in metal carbonyls?

  • Reductive elimination
  • The 18 electron rule (correct)
  • Oxidative addition
  • Insertion

What is the primary use of Zeise’s salt?

<p>In the synthesis of polymers (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of hapticity in organometallic chemistry?

<p>It affects the bonding of ligands to the metal center (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does organometallic chemistry contribute to the reduction of fossil fuel usage?

<p>By developing alternative energy sources (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the defining characteristic of an organometallic compound?

<p>Presence of a metal-carbon bond (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

When was Zeise’s Salt, K[Pt(C2H4)Cl3] H2O, first synthesized?

<p>1827 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis?

<p>Robert H. Grubbs (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which compound was synthesized about 1900 and is included in the field of organometallic chemistry?

<p>Grignard Reagents (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What kind of bonding interactions define an organometallic compound?

<p>Ionic or covalent, localized or delocalized between one or more carbon atoms and a metal atom (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do naturally occurring Cobalamins contain?

<p>Co-C bonds (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which discovery marks the beginning of modern Organometallic Chemistry?

<p>'Ferrocene' synthesis (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis in 2010?

<p>Richard F. Heck and Ei-ichi Negishi (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which compound was not fully known until 1975 hydrate?

<p>Zeise’s Salt (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did William N. Lipscomb receive the Nobel Prize for?

<p>Studies on the structure of boranes illuminating problems of chemical bonding (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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