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EPSRC Reference:	GR/K57954/01
Title:	LOW-VALENT TRANSITION METAL FLUORIDES
Principal Investigator:	Holloway, Professor J
Other Investigators:	Hope, Professor E
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Department:	Chemistry
Organisation:	University of Leicester
Scheme:	Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts:	01 March 1996	Ends:	28 February 1999	Value (£):	158,617
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Chemical Synthetic Methodology
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Traditionally, fluorine has been regarded as a ligand suitable only for high oxidation-state metals. Our recent research has demonstrated that inorganic fluorides react readily and predictably with organometallic species to yield low-valent transition-metal fluorides in which the strengths of the metal-fluoride bonds are sufficiently predictable to allow synthetic chemistry at the metal centre, the fluorine ligand or at the other co-ordinated ligands. Furthermore, many of the complexes are air- and moisture-stable. Of particular importance is the observation that some metal centres promote carbon-fluorine bond formation. This application seeks to put this class of compounds on a firm footing and to develop their potential by A) an investigation of synthetic routes and ligand compatibility and B) elucidation of the reaction chemistries concentrating on C-F bond formation.
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