| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/T05271/01 |
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The cyanoacetylide ligand: taking cyanide chemistry to new lengths |
| Principal Investigator: |
Low, Professor P |
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Chemistry |
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Durham, University of |
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Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
18 October 2004 |
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17 October 2007 |
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179,294
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The cyanide moiety, [CN]-, is ubiquitous in coordination chemistry, and studies of complexes bearing this group as a ligand have been the foundation for studies of intramolecular electron transfer and magnetism. Curiously, despite the structural and electronic analogies which may be drawn between cyanide and cyanoacetylide [CCCN]-, cyanoacetylide complexes are rare, and high-yield methods of preparation are virtually unknown. However, cyanoacetylide-based molecular materials are potentially fascinating, with the novel ligand offering not only the useful properties of cyanide such as cylindrical symmetry, a strong sigma-bonding framework complimented by pi and pi' orbitals of appropriate symmetry to interact with metal d orbitals, a permanent dipole moment, and readily identifiable IR signature through which to monitor electronic and structural changes in the ligand, but also a lower ligand field strength and increased physical dimensions. This proposal seeks to investigate the synthetic, structural and electronic properties of cyanoacetylides and establish a new bridging moiety for use in modern chemistry based upon a linearly extended cyanide motif.
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