1. Synthesis of Low-Coordinate m-Terphenyl Isocyanide Complexes
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Joshua S. Figueroa
- Key Highlights -
New Protecting Group Methodology
Novel Structural Types
New Bond-Activation Processes
We have defined the coordination and structural chemistry of accessible to sterically encumbered m-terphenyl isocyanides. Synthetic studies have resulted in the first examples of two- and three-coordinate group 10 metal isocyanide complexes, a novel Tl(I)-based coordination site protection strategy and a new electronic structure paradigm for N=O bond activation. Four publications have appeared on this work within the current grant period.