Theses and Dissertations

Issuing Body

Mississippi State University

Advisor

Mead, Keith T.

Committee Member

Sygula, Andrzej

Committee Member

Emerson, Joseph

Date of Degree

8-14-2015

Original embargo terms

Worldwide

Document Type

Graduate Thesis - Open Access

Major

Chemistry

Degree Name

Master of Science

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Department

Department of Chemistry

Abstract

There are numerous classes of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) that have been synthesized since the discovery of stable NHCs in 1988. Their application as ligands in metal complexes has received much attention because of their strong sigma-donor and poor pi-acceptor properties. Within these NHC metal complexes, we are interested in studying zirconium metal complexes with pincer NHC ligands. Recently, achiral CCC-NHC pincer zirconium complexes were synthesized and their catalytic activity in intramolecular hydroamination of aminoalkenes were reported. Herein is reported new reaction conditions which yield pure, chiral CCC-NHC Zr pincer mono(amido) dibromo complex. The enantiopure crystal structure of the same complex is reported. Attempts to synthesize chiral CCC-NHC Zr pincer bis- and tris- amido complexes with the iodo salt of the ligand precursor are summarized. Moreover, syntheses of chiral bis(imidazolinium) ligand precursors with different counter anions are reported with optimized reaction conditions.

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