Designing cooperative transition metal catalysts
In this project you will combine organic ligand synthesis with organometallic synthesis and reactivity to prepare bimetallic complexes and study their reactivity using a range of analytical techniques such as NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, cyclic voltammetry and X-ray crystallography.
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Transition metal catalysts are pervasive throughout synthetic, industrial and biological chemistry. Traditionally, catalytic activation of substrates occurs at a single metal centre. Molecular cooperativity, wherein bifunctional substrate activation occurs across multiple sites within a catalyst, offers a powerful route to improve catalytic efficiency and selectivity, and develop new catalytic processes. We are interested in designing bimetallic catalyst architectures which promote molecular cooperativity, and investigating the stoichiometric and catalytic reactivity of such systems. In this project you will combine organic ligand synthesis with organometallic synthesis and reactivity to prepare bimetallic complexes and study their reactivity using a range of analytical techniques such as NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, cyclic voltammetry and X-ray crystallography.