Chem 335 - Winter 2002
Organic Chemistry II
Dr. Carl C. Wamser
Terminology:
organometallics, Grignard reagents
carbenes, carbenoids, alpha-elimination
Simmons-Smith reaction
18-electron rule
metallocenes
Ziegler-Natta catalysis
identify bond polarity in organometallic compounds and its effect on reactivity
identify carbenes and carbenoids structure and reactivity
name organometallic compounds
predict products of reactions in organometallic additions
to carbonyl compounds, dialkylcuprate coupling reactions, Simmons-Smith
cycloadditions
write electron-pushing mechanisms for organometallic addition or coupling reactions
categorize transition metal complex stability based on the 18-electron rule
use retrosynthetic analysis to plan a synthetic sequence of reactions
use organometallic carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions to create an extended carbon framework