Course Details

1	Title of the course (L-T-P-C)	Catalysis (3-0-0-3)
2	Pre-requisite courses(s)	Fundamental concepts and applications of chemistry (CH101)
3	Course content	Fundamentals of catalysis, including kinetics and mechanistic models. Heterogeneous and homogenous catalysis. The fundamentals of electrocatalysis and the effects of coupling proton and electron transfer for catalytic redox reactions. Surface properties and function in heterogeneous catalysis. Structure, bonding and reactivity of coordination compounds and metalloorganic complexes based on transition metals. MO theory and 18-electron rule. Ligand substitution, alkene isomerization hydroboration, hydrocyanation, hydrogenation of olefins, Wilkinson’s catalyst hydroformylation of olefins, Wacker-Schmidt synthesis, Monsanto acetic acid process, Fischer-Tropsch process.
4	Texts/References	J. F. Hartwig, Organotransition Metal Chemistry: From Bonding to Catalysis, 1stEd, University Science Books, 2010. Vishwanathan, S. Sivasanker, A.V. Ramaswamy, Catalysis – Principles & Applications

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