Catalytic Reactions and the 16/18 VE Rule. Review of basic concepts of ligand dissociation, substitution, and elimination reactions. Transition metal assisted valence isomerizations; Isomerization of unsaturated molecules; Arylation/vinylation of olefins; Alkene and Alkyne metathesis; Oligomerization and Polymerization; Olefin oxidation; Hydrogenation of alkenes; Fischer-Tropsch reactions; The water- gas shift reactions; Carbonylation Reactions;
Hydroformylation; Hydrocyanation; Activation of C-H bonds in alkanes; Hydrosilylation and Hydroboration Reactions; Oxygen transfer reactions.
Text/ Reference Books:
- Bhaduri S. Homogeneous Catalysis.
- Cotton F. A. and Wilkinson G. Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, Wiley-Eastern Company.
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