Synthesis and modification of novel tripalladium sandwich complexes: Pathways to monolayer palladium sheets

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Stephanie K. Hurst, stephanie.hurst@nau.edu, Frank L. Mulligan, and Tara Sweigart. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Arizona University, Box 5698, Flagstaff, AZ 86011
The recent synthesis of a new series of multi-atom “sandwich” complexes by Kurosawa and coworkers [1] has highlighted new directions in the creation of monolayer metal sheets. We have begun to explore the rich chemistry of these new materials. Substitution with bidentate phosphines (dppm, dppe, etc) and terminal acetylenes has led to new materials with potential for use in catalysis and non-linear optics (NLO). Herein we present the synthesis of a new series of substituted tripalladium complexes, and investigations of the physical properties including fluorescence and electrochemistry.

[1] Murahashi et al., Science, 313, (2006) 1104.

 

Organometallic Synthesis
1:30 PM-5:20 PM, Sunday, August 19, 2007 BCEC -- 212, Oral

Division of Inorganic Chemistry

The 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 19-23, 2007