CHED 308 |
| A significant roadblock to the wider industrial incorporation of organometallic/inorganic-mediated reactions in synthesis is the efficient removal of the metallic waste products from the desired organics. Current methods involve either binding the waste metals with expensive designer ligands or oxidizing/reducing the metals with strong redox active partners. The former is largely cost-prohibitive to use on the industrial scale and the latter may be deleterious to the organic products under study. A reasonable alternative is the use of polymer-bound N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHC's). The synthesis of NHC's involves inexpensive starting materials and can typically be accomplished in four synthetic steps or fewer. This paper presents the progress toward a practical polymer-bound NHC that can effectively remove metal ions from organic products. |
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Undergraduate Research Poster Session: Organic Chemistry
2:30 PM-4:30 PM, Monday, 11 September 2006 Moscone Center -- Hall D, Poster
Division of Chemical Education |