Organometallic Compounds - Practice Questions & MCQ

Compounds that contain at least carbon-metal bond are called organometallic compounds. Zeise, in 1830, prepared the first organometallic compound by the action of ethylene on a solution of potassium chloroplatinate(II). In the last four decades, enormous work has been done in this field and many fascinating compounds have been synthesized and investigated. Grignard reagent, RMgXis a familiar example of organometallic compounds where R is an alkyl group. Diethyl zinc [Zn(C₂H₅)₂], lead tetraethyl [Pb(C₂H₅)₄], ferrocene [Fe(C₅H₅)₂], dibenzene chromium[Cr(C₆H₆)₂], metal carbonyls are other examples of organometallic compounds. The compounds of metalloids such as germanium and antimony and mon-metallic elements such as boron and silicon are also included under this classification.
Organometallic compounds may be classified in three classes:

1. Sigma(σ) bonded complexes
2. Pi(π) bonded complexes
3. Complexes containing both σ- and π- bonding characteristics