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EPSRC Reference:	GR/L07062/02
Title:	PHOSPHORUS SUSTITUTED STIBOLYL AND BISMOLYL ANIONS- VERSATILE SYNTHONS
Principal Investigator:	Jones, Professor C
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Department:	Chemistry
Organisation:	Cardiff University
Scheme:	Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts:	01 October 1998	Ends:	30 September 2000	Value (£):	30,084
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Chemical Synthetic Methodology
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	No relevance to Underpinning Sectors
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The chemistry of low co-ordination phosphorus and arsenic compounds (e.g. phospaalkynes P=CR) is now well established. Despite this, analogous low co-ordination antimony and bismuth compounds are rare indeed, presumably due to their inherent instability. In a preliminary study we have begun to bridge this gap with the synthesis of a remarkable stable antimony heterocycle, [C2But2P2Cb]-. This proposal seeks to fully extend these promising initial results with the synthesis of a series of novel phosphorus substituted stibolyl and bismolyl anions. The organometallic and organic chemistry of these species will then be systematically investigated in the belief that this will give rise to an array of fundamentally important complex types. Once developed, suitable organometallic complexes will be transferred to a parallel study aimed at examining their potential as precursors for the Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD) of materials important to the opto- and microelectronics industries. It is envisaged that other aspects of the programme will be exploitable by organic, heterocyclic and organometallic chemists; in addition to chemical industries based on organometallic catalysis. It is clear this project will provide valuable experience to the requested PGRSs in a field which is currently generating considerable interest in chemists and materials scientists alike.
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