• Syllabus
• Full playlist of lectures on YouTube
DAY 1: Strong Inference + Main Group Organometallics
• Worksheet • Lecture Video • Handout
DAY 2: Organotransition Metal Complexes: History, Structure, and Bonding I
• Worksheet • Lecture Video • Handout
DAY 3: Organotransition Metal Complexes: History, Structure, and Bonding II
• Worksheet • Lecture Video • Handout 1 • Handout 2
DAY 4: Elementary Reactions I
• Worksheet • Lecture Video
DAY 5: Elementary Reactions II
• Worksheet • Lecture Video
DAY 6: Elementary Reactions III
• Worksheet • Lecture Video
DAY 7: Carbenes and Other M–C and M–X Multiple Bonds I
• Worksheet • Lecture Video
DAY 8: Carbenes and Other M–C and M–X Multiple Bonds II
• Worksheet • Lecture Video
DAY 9: GUEST – Coordination Chemistry of Isonitrile Complexes (J. Figueroa, UCSD)
DAY 10: Principles of Catalysis and Ancillary Ligand Design
• Worksheet • Lecture Video
DAY 11: Catalytic Hydrogenation
• Worksheet • Lecture Video
DAY 12: MIDTERM
DAY 13: Catalytic Carbonylation
• Worksheet • Lecture Video
DAY 14: Wacker- and Heck-Type Alkene Additions
• Worksheet • Lecture Video • Handout
DAY 15: Allylic Substitution Chemistry
• Worksheet • Lecture Video • Handout
DAY 16: Catalytic Cross-Coupling
• Worksheet • Lecture Video • Handout
DAY 17: GUEST –Advances in Site-Selective Cross-Coupling (S. Neufeldt, Montana State)
DAY 18: GUEST – Organometallic Fluorination Reactions (N. Ball, Pomona)
2023 Problem Sets, Midterm, and Final (Grading Keys Available Upon Request)
• Problem Set 1
• Problem Set 2
• Midterm
• Final