Inorganic Chemistry

  1. Organometallic Chemistry
    1. Classification and Nomenclature
      1. Types of Organometallic Compounds
        1. IUPAC Nomenclature Rules
          1. Hapticity Notation
          2. The 18-Electron Rule
            1. Electron Counting Methods
              1. Application to Different Complexes
                1. Exceptions to the Rule
                2. Ligands in Organometallic Chemistry
                  1. Carbonyls (CO)
                    1. Bonding in Metal Carbonyls
                      1. Synergistic Bonding
                      2. Phosphines (PR3)
                        1. Electronic and Steric Effects
                        2. Hydrides (H-)
                          1. Terminal and Bridging Hydrides
                          2. Alkyl Ligands
                            1. σ-Bonded Alkyls
                            2. Aryl Ligands
                              1. π-Bonded Ligands
                                1. Alkenes
                                  1. Alkynes
                                    1. Cyclopentadienyl (Cp)
                                      1. Arenes
                                        1. Allyl Ligands
                                      2. Fundamental Reaction Types
                                        1. Ligand Association
                                          1. Ligand Dissociation
                                            1. Oxidative Addition
                                              1. Concerted Mechanism
                                                1. SN2 Mechanism
                                                2. Reductive Elimination
                                                  1. Migratory Insertion
                                                    1. CO Insertion
                                                      1. Alkene Insertion
                                                      2. β-Hydride Elimination
                                                        1. α-Hydride Elimination
                                                        2. Homogeneous Catalysis
                                                          1. Principles of Homogeneous Catalysis
                                                            1. Hydrogenation Catalysis
                                                              1. Wilkinson's Catalyst
                                                              2. Hydroformylation
                                                                1. Oxo Process
                                                                2. Olefin Metathesis
                                                                  1. Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP)
                                                                  2. Polymerization Catalysis
                                                                    1. Ziegler-Natta Catalysis
                                                                      1. Metallocene Catalysts

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