Square Planar d8Transition Metal Complexes and Their Application in Stabilized Multiple Metal-Metal Bonded, Donor-Acceptor Complexes

该奖项是卡塔拉诺博士化学博士后研究奖学金的启动拨款增量。一种新型的三金属和四金属配合物将被合成，它包含一个多组六族金属-金属键核心，通过双齿配体沿着金属-金属轴与一个或多个方形平面过渡金属配合物桥接。本研究的目标是探索方形平面金属与多键核心之间的键相互作用，并探测这些组件的化学和光化学反应性。该研究将采用标准的无机合成技术，使用已知的前体，所得产品将通过单晶x射线衍射，多核核磁共振，吸收和发射光谱以及红外和拉曼光谱进行表征。这项研究将使我们对多金属-金属键及其在无机化学、光化学和催化中的作用有一个基本的了解。

This award is the starter grant increment of Dr. Catalano's Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Chemistry. A new class of tri- and tetrametallic complexes will be synthesized containing a multiple Group VI metal-metal bonded core bridged along the metal-metal axis by a bidentate ligand to one or more square planar transition metal complexes. The goals of the research are to explore the bonding interactions between the square planar metal and the multiply bonded core and to probe the chemical and photochemical reactivity of these assemblies. The research will employ standard inorganic synthetic techniques using known precursors and the resulting products will be characterized by single crystal x-ray diffraction, multinuclear NMR, absorbtion and emission spectroscopies and IR and Raman spectroscopy. %%% This research will lead to a fundamental understanding of the multiple metal-metal bond and its role in inorganic chemistry, photochemistry and catalysis.