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EPSRC Reference: GR/M00978/01
Title: ISONITRILE LIGANDS IN ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS
Principal Investigator: Gibson, Professor SE
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Organisation: Imperial College London
Scheme: Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts: 01 October 1998 Ends: 31 December 1998 Value (£): 3,719
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Asymmetric Chemistry
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We have recently discovered a method for converting metal-carbonyl ligands M-CO into metal-isonitrile ligands M-CNR which circumvents the use of malodorous and toxic isonitriles themselves. The method readily generates non-racemic chiral isonitrile ligands, a class of ligand which has been overlooked in asymmetric catalysis to date.We propose to analyse the properties of non-racemic chiral isonitrile ligands and their potential in asymmetric catalysis by synthesising complexes which are predicted to have Lewis acid activity and then examining the effectiveness of the asymmetric environment created by the isonitrile ligands using assays based on three synthetically important reactions.
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