Coordination and Organometallic Chemistry (F1611)
15 credits, Level 5
Spring teaching
Develop your understanding of the physical, spectroscopic and magnetic properties of transition metal coordination compounds and their reactivity. You’ll also study electron transfer reactions.
You’ll explore the main principles, looking at examples of transition metals in biological systems, including:
- ferritin
- haemoglobin
- photosynthesis
- nitrogenase enzymes.
You’ll also focus on the chemistry of metal-carbon bonds, including how unsaturated organic ligands coordinate to transition metals. In addition, you’ll study the reactivity of organometallic compounds, using examples of homogeneous catalysis such as:
- polymerisation
- hydroformylation
- cross-coupling.