Subject Code: CY7L005	Subject Name: Metal Complexes in Catalysis	L-T-P: 3-0-0	Credit: 3
Prerequisite(s): Nil
Catalytic Reactions and the 16/18 VE Rule. Review of basic concepts of ligand dissociation, substitution, and elimination reactions. Transition metal assisted valence isomerizations; Isomerization of unsaturated molecules; Arylation/vinylation of olefins; Alkene and Alkyne metathesis; Oligomerization and Polymerization; Olefin oxidation; Hydrogenation of alkenes; Fischer-Tropsch reactions; The water- gas shift reactions; Carbonylation Reactions; Hydroformylation; Hydrocyanation; Activation of C-H bonds in alkanes; Hydrosilylation and Hydroboration Reactions; Oxygen transfer reactions. Text/ Reference Books: Bhaduri S. Homogeneous Catalysis. Cotton F. A. and Wilkinson G.  Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, Wiley-Eastern Company.