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Organometallic Chemistry

Organometallic Chemistry. Instructor: Prof. Debabrata Maiti, Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay. The basic principles of organometallic chemistry will be discussed in this course. The modern chemistry is merged into one from classical organic chemistry and traditional inorganic chemistry. We will shed light on activation of small molecule by metal-ligand complex. We will discuss the stepwise mechanism of insertion of metal into organic molecules and elimination by different pathway. Only catalytic amount of metal can produce the large number of molecules those include drug, natural products, pharmaceuticals, our daily needs, etc. in gigantic quantity. (from nptel.ac.in)

The migratory insertion of CO group can produce the formyl group as well as carboxylic group into a substrate. Like CO group, CN group can insert into an olefin coordinated in metal centre; followed by reductive elimination with hydrogen produce the hydrocyanation product.

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