| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/L62597/01 |
| Title: |
THEORETICAL STUDIES ON THE ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY OF LOW-VALENT TRANSITION METAL AMIDES AND ALKOXIDES |
| Principal Investigator: |
Macgregor, Professor SA |
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Sch of Engineering and Physical Science |
| Organisation: |
Heriot-Watt University |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 October 1997 |
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30 June 2001 |
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51,656
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Low-valent transition metal complexes are important in the chemical industry as homogeneous catalysts. In general, homogeneous catalysis exploits organometallic chemistry, the chemistry of metal carbon bonds. However, an analogous organometallic chemistry of metal-nitrogen and -oxygen systems has emerged recently and promises to provide a new generation of homogeneous catalysts. Unfortunately, at present the chemistry of such systems is poorly understood. The proposed work will focus on low-valent transition metal amides and alkoxides and aims to understand the behaviour of these metal-heteroatom systems using theoretical methods. Investigations into the electronic structure of low-valent metal amides and alkoxides will aim to highlight how these systems differ from more convential metal alkyl analogues. The reactivity of low-valent transition metal amides and alkoxides will be modelled computationally and the factors determining this reactivity outlined. By combining a fundamental understanding of their electronic structure with knowledge of the decisive factors determining the reactivity of these systems, the proposed work aims to provide experimental workers with information on how to control the reactivity of low-valent transition metal amides and alkoxides.
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http://www.hw.ac.uk |