Nitrene Transfer Reactions with Iron Complexes

无机化学、生物无机化学和金属有机化学项目支持罗切斯特大学的帕特里克·L·霍兰德教授和门罗社区学院的布莱恩·埃德尔巴赫教授研究三配位和四配位的铁-氮化物。他们的研究表明，金属的配位数和几何形状对氮化物碎片提取氢原子的速度有影响。抗氧化支持配体的设计是为了能够对反应性的氮化物进行光谱和结晶学研究。这些研究为胺化反应和铁的其他催化反应带来了新的设计。门罗社区学院的本科生参加罗切斯特大学的暑期研究。这些学生对合成新的配体做出贡献，并接触到尖端的无机化学。铁的催化化学提供了一种廉价的替代有毒、昂贵的重金属催化剂的方法，因此，这项研究提供了一条获得有用化学品的更便宜、更安全的途径。

The Inorganic, Bioinorganic, and Organometallic Chemistry Program supports the efforts of Professor Patrick L. Holland of the University of Rochester and Professor Brian Edelbach of Monroe Community College for the investigation of three- and four-coordinate iron-nitrene complexes. Their research shows the influence of the coordination number and geometry of a metal on the rate of hydrogen atom abstraction by the nitrene fragment. Oxidation-resistant supporting ligands are designed to enable spectroscopic and crystallographic studies on the reactive nitrene complexes. These studies lead to new designs for amination and other catalytic reactions of iron. Undergraduate students from Monroe Community College participate in summer research at the University of Rochester. These students contribute to the synthesis of new ligands and gain exposure to cutting-edge inorganic chemistry. The catalytic chemistry of iron provides an inexpensive alternative to toxic, expensive heavy metal catalysts, and thus this research provides a pathway to cheaper, safer routes to useful chemicals.