This thesis describes the synthesis of new Ag(I), Ru(II), Ni(II), Au(I) and Au(III) complexes containing an imidazolyl-pyrazolyl ligand motif (NCNMe- methylene linker, and NCNEt- ethylene linker). The synthesised complexes were tested as catalysts for a number of organic transformations.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Ru(II) complexes of hemilabile pincer ligands for catalysed transfer hydrogenation reactions -- Chapter 3. Ni(II) complexes of hemilabile pincer ligands for catalysed Kumada cross coupling reactions -- Chapter 4. Gold(I) and Gold(III) complexes of hemilabile pincer ligands for catalysed activation of alkynes -- Chapter 5. Conclusions and future work -- Chapter 6. Experimental -- Appendices.Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Empirical thesis.Awarding Institution
Macquarie UniversityDegree Type
Thesis PhDDegree
PhD, Macquarie University, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Department of Molecular SciencesDepartment, Centre or School
Department of Molecular SciencesYear of Award
2017Principal Supervisor
Barbara MesserleRights
Copyright Ashwin Gopalan Nair 2016.
Copyright disclaimer: http://mq.edu.au/library/copyrightLanguage
EnglishExtent
1 online resource (xxvii, 381 pages) diagrams, tablesFormer Identifiers
mq:71386
http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/1273824
