Organometallic Chemistry

The periodic table with the transition metals highlighted.

Transition metals in the periodic table. Organometallic chemistry is the chemistry of compounds that contain a metal-carbon bond. (Illustration courtesy of MIT OpenCourseWare.)

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MIT Course Number

5.44

As Taught In

Fall 2004

Level

Graduate

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Course Description

This course examines important transformations of organotransition-metal species with an emphasis on basic mechanisms, structure-reactivity relationships, and applications in organic synthesis.

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Gregory Fu. 5.44 Organometallic Chemistry. Fall 2004. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.


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