Design of late transition metal catalysts for organic transformations

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Transition metal complexes play an important role in synthesis and catalysis but reaction intermediates are often too unstable to be isolated. The proposed studies will be directed towards understanding fundamental interactions of late transition metal complexes. By studying compounds with new and diverse ligand frameworks, new types of species can be characterized which can provide valuable insight into bonding and reaction mechanisms in organometallic chemistry. This can lead to fundamentally new types of transition metal-mediated transformations through a prudent selection of metal and ligand.