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The Chemistry And Catalytic Activity Of Dehydrogenative Silylation And Hydroboration Of Complexes Bearing Semirigid Ligands With Group 14 Elements, Niroshani S. Abeynayake

Theses and Dissertations

Incorporation of silicon in the ligand backbone would yield electron-rich metal complexes upon coordination to transition metal complexes. The coordination chemistry of semirigid benzyl phosphines bearing a single or multiple phosphorus atoms and varying number of Si−H moieties has gained interest in recent years. This dissertation focuses on synthesizing silyl and germyl transition metal complexes of groups 9 and 10. Chapter II presents the synthesis of a family of four coordinated 14-electron rhodium complexes. The newly synthesized complexes were characterized in solution by multinuclear NMR spectroscopy and in the solid-state by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. These d⁶ complexes possess sawhorse …