Units: 3
Hours: Lecture, 3 hours
Catalog page 227
Prerequisites: graduate standing; CHEM 211A or CHEM 231A/ MSE 245B
Description: Covers carbene complexes and their use in alkene metathesis, pi-arene complexes, palladium, samarium, and rare earths in organic synthesis and zirconium- and titanium-based reagents. Also discusses theoretical aspects of complexation.