CH3512 Organometallic Chemistry

2025 to 2026 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

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SCQF level

SCQF level 9

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) provides an indication of the complexity of award qualifications and associated learning and operates on an ascending numeric scale from Levels 1-12 with SCQF Level 10 equating to a Scottish undergraduate Honours degree.

Availability restrictions

A lecture module covering organometallic compounds of metals from across the periodic table, including their synthesis, structures, bonding, common ligand types and reactivity.

Planned timetable

To be arranged.

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Dr A Stasch

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Module Staff

Dr P Webb, Dr A Stasch

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module description

This module offers a systematic introductory treatment of organometallic compounds, emphasising fundamental concepts and the principal functional groups of organometallic chemistry. Topics include: the hapto nomenclature and 18-electron rule; synthesis of complexes of CO, alkyl, alkene, alkyne and carbocyclic ligands; static and dynamic structures; reactions of coordinated ligands; unit processes involved in homogeneous catalytic cycles.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST PASS CH2501 AND PASS AT LEAST 1 MODULE FROM {CH2601, CH2603, CH2701}

Assessment pattern

2-hour Written Examination = 100%

Re-assessment

Oral Re-assessment = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1 - 3 x 1hr lectures per week . 2 - 3 tutorials over the semester

Scheduled learning hours

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.

Intended learning outcomes

To know and understand the different properties and structures for organometallic compounds from different parts of the periodic table and their trends.
To know principal synthetic routes to various classes of organometallic compounds.
To know and understand the reactivity of organometallic compounds including their application in synthesis.
To know methods and examples for the study of organometallic compounds in the gas phase, solution phase and solid state
To know common ligand classes in organometallic chemistry, their effects on organometallic compounds, and influence on reactivity and catalysis.
To know and understand key mechanistic steps in reactions involving organometallic compounds.