Synthesis and Reactivity of Transition Metal Complexes Supported by a Neutral Tetraamine Ligand Containing N,N'-dimethylaniline Units Pubblico

Chu, Lei (2010)

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Abstract
Synthesis and Reactivity of Transition Metal Complexes Supported by a Neutral Tetraamine
Ligand Containing N,N'-dimethylaniline Units
By Lei Chu

A novel ligand tris(2-dimethylaminoaryl)amine, LMe, has been shown to coordinate with
some first row transition metals to produce firve-coordinate complexes with distorted trigonal
bipyramidal coordination geometry. For [Co(LMe)Br]BPh4, [Ni(LMe)Cl]BPh4, [Fe(LMe)Cl]BPh4
and [Cu(LMe)Cl]BF4, comparisons have been made to structures of related neutral ligand
tris(2-dimethylaminoethyl)amine, Me6tren. The results suggest that the more distorted
geometries of [M(LMe)X]+ complexes are due to the small chelate bite angle imposed by the rigid
o-phenylenediamine ligand backbone. Spectroscopic and magnetic studies of these complexes
are also described. The Cu(I)-carbonyl complexes [Cu(LMe)(CO)]PF6 and [Cu(Me6tren)(CO)]PF6
have been prepared. Infrared spectroscopy investigations of these carbonyl complexes not only
confirm that LMe is a less neucleophilic ligand but also exhibit different solution and solid-state
topologies. Finally, the reactivity of the [CuI(LMe)]+ with dioxygen and the resulting species
reactivity with C-H is bonds is described.


Synthesis and Reactivity of Transition Metal Complexes Supported by a Neutral Tetraamine
Ligand Containing N,N'-dimethylaniline Units
By
Lei Chu
B.S. University of Science and Technology, 2006
Advisor: Cora E. MacBeth, Ph.D.
A thesis submitted to the Faculty of the
James T. Laney School of Graduate Studies of Emory University
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Master of Science
in Chemistry
2010

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Part I. Transition Metal Complexes Supported by a Neutral Tetraamine Ligand 1
Containing N,N'-dimethylaniline Units
Part I.I Introduction
1
Part I.II Results and Discussion
4
Part I.III X-ray Crystallographic Studies
5
Part I.IV Spectroscopic and Magnetic Properties of [MII(LMe)X]+ Complexes
13
Part I.V Cu(I) Carbonyl Complexes
15
Part I.VI Conclusions
19
Part II. Chemistry of Cu(I)-O2 Complexes supported by LMe
20
Part II.I Cu-O Derived Species and Biological Functions
20
Part II.II Cu-O Complexes for Aliphatic C-H Activation
21
Part II.III Results and Discussion
23
Part II.IV C-H Activation of Toluene
27
Part II.V Possible Mechanisms
27
Part II.VI Conclusions
29
Part III. Experimental Section
29
Part IV. References
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