Fundamental and Applied Studies in Asymmetric Catalysis

In Part I of this thesis, a new class of optically active heterobimetallic complexes is described. The complexes L*MCl2 (M = Pt(II), Pd(II), L* = C2-symmetric boron containing bisphosphine ligand) and (Rh(cod)(L*)) ClO4 (cod = eta2,eta 2-1,5-cyclooctadiene) were synthesized as templates for asymmetric catalytic reactions that could involve substrate precoordination to a Lewis acidic site remote from the transition metal reaction site. Primary amines were found to bind reversibly via a nitrogen-boron interaction to the free ligands L*. 1H NMR measurements revealed that the binding constant of representative primary amines to L* could be tuned through variation of the electronic properties of the substituents covalently bound to boron.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Chemistry

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Fields, Lisa Beattie

Contributors dc:contributor

• Jacobsen, Eric N.

• Chemistry, Organic

Identifier

(UMI)AAI9411619

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/72290