Project Title
Toward the development of a new tris-NHC. Coordination to coinage metals
Disciplines
Inorganic Chemistry | Organic Chemistry
Abstract (300 words maximum)
Recently, there has been an incresing interest in the design of sophisticated ligands because they can provide additional functions for use in catalysis and in material science. Poly-N-heterocyclic carbenes have been used with great success for the synthesis of such ligands. This project describes the synthesis and characterization of a new such poly-NHC. The new ligand was characterized by proton and carbon NMR spectroscopy. Its coordination to two coinage metals (gold and silver) was achieved. The new complexes were characterized by NMR spectroscopy and X-ray analysis.
Academic department under which the project should be listed
CSM - Chemistry and Biochemistry
Primary Investigator (PI) Name
Daniela Tapu
Toward the development of a new tris-NHC. Coordination to coinage metals
Recently, there has been an incresing interest in the design of sophisticated ligands because they can provide additional functions for use in catalysis and in material science. Poly-N-heterocyclic carbenes have been used with great success for the synthesis of such ligands. This project describes the synthesis and characterization of a new such poly-NHC. The new ligand was characterized by proton and carbon NMR spectroscopy. Its coordination to two coinage metals (gold and silver) was achieved. The new complexes were characterized by NMR spectroscopy and X-ray analysis.