Unit INORGANIC MOLECULAR COMPOUNDS: CHEMISTRY, CATALYSIS AND ENERGY

Course
Chemical sciences
Study-unit Code
A003052
Curriculum
Chimica inorganica per l'energia e la catalisi
Teacher
Luca Rocchigiani
Teachers
  • Luca Rocchigiani
Hours
  • 59 ore - Luca Rocchigiani
CFU
7
Course Regulation
Coorte 2022
Offered
2022/23
Learning activities
Caratterizzante
Area
Discipline chimiche inorganiche e chimico-fisiche
Academic discipline
CHIM/03
Type of study-unit
Obbligatorio (Required)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction
English
Contents
Structure and reactivity of coordination complexes and organometallics. Fundamental aspects of catalysis: kinetic principles and types of chemical bonds and elementary steps of catalytic processes. Molecular and heterogenized catalysts. Catalysis in processes for the production of renewable fuels.
Reference texts
Material provided by the teacher.
Educational objectives
Knowledge of the subjects of the program. It is expected that students are capable to: 1) describe the structure and reactivity of coordination complexes and organometallics; 2) critically analyze the operation of catalytic systems; 3) illustrate the role of catalysis in processes relevant to the production of renewable fuels.
Prerequisites
Bachelor in Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry, CTF and Chemical Engineering.
Teaching methods
Face-to-face on all subjects of the course and individual laboratory experiences.
Learning verification modality
Oral test (ca 40 minutes) aimed at verifying that students are capable to critically analyze the structure and reactivity of coordination complexes, the operation of catalytic systems, based on structural and mechanistic considerations, and the possibility of generating renewable fuels.
Extended program
General properties of coordination complexes and organometallics.
Reactivity of coordination complexes and organometallics bearing alkyls, aryls, hydrides, carbonyls, phosphines, pyridines, carbenes, olefins, alkynes, etc.
Oxidative addition, reductive elimination, migratory insertion, hydrogen elimination, nucleophilic and electrophilic addition to coordinated ligands.
Catalytic processes of industrial relevance: alkene hydrogenation, hydroformylation, alkene methathesis, polymerization of olefins, ecc.
Catalytic processes for the production of renewable fuels: de-structuration of biomass, natural and artificial photosynthetic processes, photo- and electro-hydrogenation of CO2, water splitting, water oxidation, ecc.
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