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
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- Luca Rocchigiani
- Hours
- 59 ore - Luca Rocchigiani
- CFU
- 7
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2023
- Offered
- 2023/24
- 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 Lecturer
- 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 lectures on all the topics of the course and individual laboratory practical experiences.
- Other information
- Students with special needs, disabilities or specific learning disorders are strongly encouraged in browsing the University's webpage (https://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa) to agree with the Lecturer on all their specific requirements.
- Learning verification modality
- Oral examination (about 45 minutes) aimed at assessing the achievment of the learning outcomes, specifically: i) critical analysis of structure and reactivity of coordination compounds, ii) familiarity with catalytic applications and industrial implications of these compounds, iii) understanding of problem issues related to carbon emissions, energy crisis and preparation of functional materials, with a particular focus on the role of catalysis in these processes. Upon passing the exam, the student will reach a high-level professional development on the themes of catalysis and energy.
- 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.