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Mestrado en Investigación Química e Química Industrial
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  Complexos metálicos
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Topic Sub-topic
Coordination compounds: a short introduction Definition of coordination compound
Constitution of coordination compounds
Coordination number and stoichiometry
Preparation methods
Chirality in coordination compounds Stereoisomers and chirality
Nomenclature of chiral complexes
Origin of chirality and examples
Preparation of chiral complexes
Activation of small molecules by coordination to a metal centre Coordination modes of small molecules; dihydrogen, dioxygen and dinitrogen.
Modification of the reactivity of small molecules due to coordination
Present applications and future perspectives of coordination compounds Metal complexes in asymmetric catalysis. Main auxiliary ligands. Interesting catalytic processes: asymmetric hydrogenation, and asymmetric hydroformylation
Dioxygen, dinitrogen and dihydrogen complexes in nature and their applications.

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