SUBJECT

Title

Applied Catalysis

Type of instruction

lecture

Level

Master

Faculty

Faculty of Science

Part of degree program

Chemistry MSc

Credits

Recommended in

Semester 3

Typically offered in

Autumn semester

Course description

Fundamentals of organometallic chemistry, fundamentals of catalysis, olefin hydrogenation, asymmetric hydrogenation, hydroformilation, hydroamination, aminocarbonylation, alkoxycarbonylation, decarbonylation, cross-coupling reactions, reactions of allyl complexes, metathesis.

Readings

Compulsory:

Kotschy, G. Timári, Heterocycles from Transition Metal Catalysis, Springer, 2005. ISBN 1-4020-36-24-8.

Suggested:

Applied Homogeneous Catalysis with Organometallic Compounds: A Comprehensive Handbook in Three Volumes, 3rd Edition Boy Cornils, Wolfgang A. Herrmann, Matthias Beller, Rocco Paciello (Editors) Viley-VCH, 2016
Palladium in Heterocyclic Chemistry, Second Edition: A Guide for the Synthetic Chemist (Tetrahedron Organic Chemistry Series) 2nd Edition Jie Jack Li, Gordon W. Gribble (Editors) Elsevier Science, 2007