Organometallic Chemistry: Metal Carbonyls and Zeise’s Salt

To determine the stability and reactivity of metal complexes.

It describes the coordination of a ligand to a metal center through multiple atoms.

It helps in understanding the structure of polynuclear metal carbonyls.

<p>Through specific synthetic processes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Concepts: Oxidative addition, reductive elimination, insertion, de-insertion. Examples: Hydrogenation of alkenes, Hydroformylation, Synthesis of acetic acid.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It contributes to the production of pharmaceuticals, agrichemicals, flavors, fragrances, semiconductors, ceramic precursors, and polymers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Zeise’s Salt was the first synthesized in 1827 and confirmed to have H2C=CH2 as a ligand in 1868.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Naturally occurring Cobalamins contain Co —C bonds.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An organometallic compound is one that possesses a metal-carbon bond.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Examples of organometallic ligands and bonding include M–C, metal hydride complexes, N2-complexes, and phosphine complexes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ferrocene was synthesized in 1951.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Grignard Reagents were synthesized about 1900.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>William N. Lipscomb received the Nobel Prize for his studies on the structure of boranes illuminating problems of chemical bonding.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>William S. Knowles and Ryoji Noyori.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Metal hydride complexes, N2-complexes, and phosphine complexes are included in the field of organometallic chemistry.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>K. Barry Sharpless received the Nobel Prize for his work on chirally catalyzed oxidation reactions.</p> Signup and view all the answers