Department of Chemistry, Unit Catalogue 2011/12 |
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Credits: | 3 |
Level: | Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
Period: |
Semester 2 |
Assessment: | EX 100% |
Supplementary Assessment: | Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
Requisites: | Before taking this unit you must take CH20147 or take CH20148 and in taking this unit you cannot take CH40066 |
Description: | Aims & Learning Objectives: To develop an understanding of modern homogeneous catalytic processes and the organometallic reactions that help to underpin them. After studying this Unit, students should be able to: * Appreciate catalytic cycles and their mechanisms. Content: Organometallic reactions - oxidative addition, migratory insertion; Examples of catalytic reactions. Monsanto process, hydroformylation and hydrogenation reactions. Alkene polymerisation and metathesis. C-H bond functionalisation as future goal. |
Programme availability: |
CH30066 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Chemistry
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