6 EC
Semester 2, period 5
5254HOCA6Y
A broad range of important homogeneous catalytic reactions will be discussed. Emphasis will be on transition metal catalyzed reactions. Important aspects like mechanistic studies, kinetics, and effects of the nature of the metal ion and ligand structure will be explained. Processes that are applied industrially are discussed more in-depth. The important role of homogeneous catalysis in organic synthesis will be illustrated. Active student participation.
The subject of this course is learning about the molecular approach in the development of homogeneous catalysts for applications in laboratory and industry. At the end of the course the student is able to discuss catalytic reaction mechanisms for a variety of discussed reaction types and derivatives thereof, suggest plausible experiments and techniques to gain mechanistic insight, analyze and interpret spectroscopic and kinetic data to evaluate mechanisms and to deduce likely pathways for reactions, provide suggestions related to ligand and catalyst optimization, comment on the various selectivity issues related to homogeneous catalysis and elaborate on similarities and differences between different types of catalytic reactions and the metal complexes used therein.
Lectures, literature.
Activity | Number of hours |
Zelfstudie | 168 |
The programme does not have requirements concerning attendance (OER-B).
| Item and weight | Details |
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Final grade | |
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1 (100%) Tentamen |
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The schedule for this course is published on DataNose.
Recommended prior knowledge (but not compulsory): MSc Organometallic Chemistry (or at least BSc Organometallic Chemistry).