Neutral Guest Coordination Chemistry. Hydrophobic effect - water soluble macrocycles bind neutral inorganic and organic guests. Examples include cyclodextrins and calixarenes, inclusion of organometallic species and C 60 . Sensors, molecular switches, catalysis, new materials for molecular electronics etc. Organometallic Chemistry Classic organometallic prototypes, synthesis, bonding and reactions.
Metal carbonyl compounds.
Metal hydrides Oxidative addition and reductive elimination. Isomerisation and hydrogenation of olefins. Migratory insertion reactions. Hydroformylation and the Monsanto acetic acid synthesis. Reactions of coordinated ligands.