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Main Group OM
1. Which are the most reactive main-group organyls?
organomagnesium compounds
organolithium compounds
organomercury compounds
organozinc compounds
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Organolithium compounds are the most reactive in this series, because they have the highest bond polarity (most ionic bond-character).
2. What is the bond order of M-Br-M bridges?
1.5
0.5
2.0
1.0
3. Bridged complexes form due to ...
change in concentration.
both electronic and steric reasons.
steric reasons.
electronic reasons.
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Bridges only form, when the complex fragments are electronically unsaturated. Electronically saturated complexes do not dimerize, etc. even if their ligands are small.
4. Which ligands form the most stable bridges between metals?
alkoxido
halido
hydrido
alkyl
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Alkyl and hydrido bridges are electron-deficient, while alkoxido bridges are sterically less favorable.
5. Homoleptic carbonyl complexes exhibit only one CO band.
False
True
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The number of carbonyl bands depends on the number of unique carbonyl ligands, which in turn is influenced by geometry and symmetry.
6. What is the bond order of M-H-M bridges?
1.0
1.5
2.0
0.5
7. Which reaction utilizes organozinc species?
Kumada-Corriu
Sonogashira
Suzuki-Miyaura
Negeshi
8. Many main-group organyls are ...
pyrophoric
water soluble
moisture sensitive
air stable
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Many main-group organyls are very strong bases which exothermically react with water (moisture sensitive). The heat released can ignite them (pyrophoric) and/or the organic solvent they are stored in.
9. Which reaction utilizes organoboron species?
Negishi
Suzuki-Miyaura
Kumada-Corriu
Mizoroki-Heck
10. Which of the statements is true?
Alkyl bridges are favored over hydrido bridges due to electronic reasons.
Alkyl bridges are favored over hydrido bridges due to steric reasons.
Hydrido bridges are favored over alkyl bridges due to electronic reasons.
Hydrido bridges are favored over alkyl bridges due to steric reasons.
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Alkyl- and hydrido-bridges are both electron-deficient (3c-2e). They only differ in their sterics, and bridges with smaller ligands (hydrido) are preferred.
11. Aggregation of organolithium compounds occurs preferably in ...
Non-polar, non-protic solvents
Polar, non-protic solvents
Non-polar, protic solvents
Polar, protic solvents
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Protic solvents decompose organolithium species (acid-base reaction), and polar solvents tend to break higher aggregates apart through coordination to the electron-deficient Li-centers.
12. Main group organyls react primarily as ...
Nucleophiles
Acids
Bases
Electrophiles
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They are essentially "stabilized" carbanions which due to the negative charge react as strong nucleophiles or bases.
13. Which reaction utilizes Grignard\'s reagent?
Negishi
Suzuki-Miyaura
Mizoroki-Heck
Kumada-Corriu
14. Carbonyl complexes are favorably formed with low valent metal centers.
False
True
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Carbonyl ligands are good pi-acceptors. Low valent metal centers provide sufficient electron density for favorable pi-backbonding to bound carbonyl ligands.
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