CHED 512 |
| P-heterocyclic carbenes (PHC's) belong to a family of potentially reactive species whose catalytic properties are unknown experimentally despite theoritical predictions attesting to their potential catalytic activity as compared to their counterparts the N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHC's). Though the progress made in the field of NHC's is tremendous, PHC's have been relatively unexplored due to a dearth of available synthetic routes. Precursors towards building a novel family of PHC's have been prepared. The synthetic route involves the facile preparation of aromatic amides, their reaction with phosphines and a short series of steps that is ongoing which should result in PHC's. |
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Undergraduate Research Poster Session: Organic Chemistry
11:00 AM-1:00 PM, Monday, April 7, 2008 Morial Convention Center -- Hall A, Poster
Division of Chemical Education |