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Readings are from the required text book:

Collman, James P., et al. Principles and Applications of Organotransition Metal Chemistry. Mill Valley, CA: University Science Books, 1987. ISBN: 9780935702514.

The table below shows the readings assigned for each lecture. The topics are taken from the chapter and section titles in the text book.

Course readings.
LEC #	CH #	SEC #	TOPICS
1	1	read all sections	A Perspective.
	2	read sections below	Structure and bonding
		2.1	The relation between formal oxidation state and d electron configuration.
		2.2	∏ Bonding in organotransition metal complexes.
2	2	read sections below	Structure and Bonding
		2.3	Apparent exceptions to the 18-electron rule.
		2.4	Isoelectronic and isolobal analogies.
	3	read sections below	Survey of organotransition metal complexes according to ligand.
		3.1	Introduction.
		3.2	Classic lewis base donors - N, Group VI_B, and Group VII_B .
		3.3	Phosphines and other group V_B donors.
		3.4	Hydrides. Synthesis of hydrides; acidity and related properties of hydrides.
		3.5	Carbon ligands bound principally by σ bonds.
		3.6	Carbon ligands bound by σ and ∏ bonds.
		3.7	Organic ligands bound through more than one atom.
3	3	read sections below	Survey of organotransition metal complexes according to ligand.
		3.8	Unsaturated nitrogen ligands.
		3.9	Dioxygen complexes.
		3.10	Carbon dioxide.
		3.11	Sulfur monoxide.
		3.12	Sulfur dioxide.
		3.13	Miscellaneous ligands.
	4	read sections below	Ligand substitution processes.
		4.1	Introduction.
		4.2	Definitions - Nomenclature of substitution reactions.
		4.3	Thermochemical considerations.
		4.4	Examples and mechanisms: Coordinatively unsaturated complexes.
4	4	read sections below	Ligand substitution processes.
		4.5	18-Electron complexes.
		4.6	Catalyzed and assisted ligand substitution reactions.
		4.7	Ligand substitutions in metal-metal bonded bimetallic and higher nuclearity clusters.
	5	read sections below	Oxidative addition and reductive elimination.
		5.1	Definitions, examples and scope.
		5.2	Oxidative addition - Thermodynamic considerations.
		5.3	Nonpolar reagents (Class A) A-B.
		5.4	Alkane activation by C-H bond oxidative addition and related reactions.
		5.5	Oxidative-addition of polar, electrophilic reagents, A-B.
5	6	read all sections	Intramolecular insertion reactions.
	7	read all sections	Nucleophilic attack on ligands coordinated to transition metals.
	8	read all sections	Electrophilic attack on coordinated ligands.
	11	read all sections	Catalytic polymerization of olefins and acetylenes.
	12	read all sections	Catalytic reactions involving carbon monoxide.
6	9	read all sections	Metallacycles.
6	16	read all sections	Synthetic applications of transition-metal carbenes and metallacycles.
7	10	read all sections	Homogeneous catalytic hydrogenation, hydrosilation, and hydrocyanation.
	13	read all sections	Synthetic applications of transition-metal hydrides.
	14	read all sections	Synthetic applications of complexes containing metal-carbon σ bonds.
8	15	read sections below	Synthetic applications of transition-metal carbonyl compounds.
		15.1	Coupling reactions.
		15.2	Carbonylation reactions.
9	15	read sections below	Synthetic applications of transition-metal carbonyl compounds.
		15.3	Decarbonylation of aldehydes and acid chlorides.
		15.4	Reactions of metal acyl enolates with electrophiles.

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