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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Synthesis of Chiral Vanadium Phosphonates and Their Catalytic Activity

Abstract

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Treatment of vanadium starting materials with chiral and achiral phosphonic acids and phosphonates provided the soluble [BuPPh3]4[(V 2O2(OH)2)6(O3PR)8] R = CH(CH2Ph)Pr and CH(Et)Pr, [(VO)6(O3PR) 8{Cl}] R = CH2Ph, CHMePh-S, and [(V 14O22)(OH)4(O3PR)8] 6- with R = CHEtPr, CH(CH2Ph)Pr, and CH(Me)Ph- S cage complexes. These are the first reported examples of vanadium phosphonate cage molecules synthesized with racemic and enantiopure phosphonate starting materials. In addition, treatment of V2O 5 with (HO)2P(O)R in ethanol, where R = Ph and CHMePh- S, afforded (VO)(O3PR)·yEtOH·xH2O. (VO)(O3PCHMePh-S)·H2O is the first layered vanadium phosphonate material synthesized using an enantiopure phosphonic acid. These materials were tested for catalytic activity in the asymmetric epoxidation of geraniol and cinnamyl alcohol.

Degree

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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
2015

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Ellenwood, Robert Edgar
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Girolami, Gregory S.

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
eng

Identifiers

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Identifier
(MiAaPQ)AAI3160881
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/84166

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Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Ellenwood, Robert Edgar. Synthesis of Chiral Vanadium Phosphonates and Their Catalytic Activity. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/84166