Date of Graduation
2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
MS
College
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Chemistry
Committee Chair
Brian V Popp
Committee Co-Chair
Carsten Milsmann
Committee Member
Bjorn C Soderberg
Abstract
The reactivity of transition metal complexes is greatly affected by the complex structure and the nature of the coordinated ligands. Ambiphilic ligands, a class of molecule termed a frustrated Lewis pair that possesses non-interacting functional groups of both Lewis acidic and basic character, are of particular interests few reports of their application to organometallic catalysis have emerged and their full potential has not been achieved. Exploring the bi-functionality and the potential applications of such ligand frameworks with group IX transition metals with phosphino--borane (Ph2PCH 2CH2BBBN) complexes resulted in interesting reactivity. When treated with bases such as silver or lithium reagents, the metal-FLP ligated complexes generated four-membered metallacycles for the group IX metal series. NMR experiments were used to characterize such structures, and the synthesis and characterization of these metallacycles are discussed herein.
Recommended Citation
Pickens, Rachael Nichole, "Four-membered Metallacycles Arising from an Ambiphilic Ligand: Synthesis and Characterization of Group IX Complexes" (2016). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 6419.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/6419