AEI 55 |
| I: A series of novel titanium nitroxide complexes were prepared. Direct measurements of the rate of Ti-O bond homolysis gave an upper-limit of the Ti-O bond dissociation energies of 25 kcal/mole, which constitutes the weakest Ti-O bonds known for neutral complexes. Thermolysis of the titanocene TEMPO complexes in the presence of epoxides leads to the Cp2Ti(III)Cl-mediated ring-opening of the epoxide followed by trapping by the nitroxyl radical. II: Experimental and DFT computational studies on (a) PCP-pincer Rh complex mediated hydrogenation of CO2 to give Rh-CO and water and (b) carbon-to-metal H-Atom transfer reaction and a special C-H bond activation process involving the addition of the Os radical into the cyclopentadienyl ligand will be reported. The work in II was carried out at BNL under contract DE-AC02-98CH10886 with the US Department of Energy. |
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