Preparation and Reactivity of Aluminium Pincer Complexes

该项目将使用钳形配体来制备具有受约束的方形平面几何结构的新型铝络合物。形成Lewis酸性络合物的约束几何构型和配体上存在的亲核中心的组合将被用于协作键的活化和催化。许多不同的配体支架将用不同的给体原子进行研究，包括NNN-和PNP-，以确定这些给体原子在支持合作反应中所起的作用。

This project will use pincer ligands to prepare novel aluminium complexes that feature constrained square planar geometries. The combination of constrained geometry, resulting in Lewis acidic complexes, and a nucleophilic site present on the ligand will be utilised for cooperative bond activation and catalysis. A number of differing ligand scaffolds will be investigated with differing donor atoms including NNN- and PNP- to determine the role that these donor atoms play in supporting cooperative reactivity.