Synthesis and structures of transition metal complexes derived from a pentafluorophenyl substituted 2-pyridyl amido ligand.

Lai, Yin Man.Thesis submitted in: November 2008.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009.Includes bibliographical references.Abstracts in English and Chinese.ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.IABSTRACT --- p.II摘要 --- p.IVABBREVIATIONS --- p.VLIST OF COMPOUNDS --- p.VITABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.IXChapter CHAPTER 1 --- A 2-PYRIDYL AMIDO LIGAND CONTAINING A PENTAFLUOROPHENYL SUBSTITUENT --- p.1Chapter 1. l --- General Background --- p.1Chapter 1.2 --- Examples of Amido Ligands --- p.3Chapter 1.3 --- An overview on Amido Ligands Containing Electron-withdrawing Substituents --- p.5Chapter 1.4 --- Objectives of This Work --- p.7Chapter 1.5 --- Results and Discussion --- p.8Chapter 1.5.1 --- Preparation of HLC6F5 (1) and its Potassium Derivatives --- p.8Chapter 1.5.2 --- Physical Characterization of Compounds 1-3 --- p.10Chapter 1.5.3 --- Molecular Structures of Compounds 2 and 3 --- p.13Chapter 1.6 --- Experimentals for Chapter 1 --- p.19Chapter 1.7 --- References for Chapter 1 --- p.22Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- "ZIRCONIUM(IV), VANADIUM(III) AND CHROMIUM(III) COMPLEXES DERIVED FROM THE [N(C6F5)(2-CsH3N-6-ME)] LIGAND" --- p.27Chapter 2.1 --- "An Overview on Zr(IV), V(III) and Cr(III) Complexes Supported by 2-Pyridyl Amido Ligands" --- p.27Chapter 2.2 --- Recent Results from our Group --- p.32Chapter 2.3 --- Objectives of this work --- p.33Chapter 2.4 --- "Synthesis and Structures of Tris(amido) Complexes of Zr(IV), V(III) and CR(III)" --- p.34Chapter 2.4.1 --- "Synthesis of [Zr(LC6F5)3(Cl) ´Ø C7H8] (4), V(LC6F5)3 (5) and [Cr(LC6F5)3] (6)" --- p.34Chapter 2.4.2 --- Molecular Structures of [Zr(LC6F5)3(Cl)´ØC7H8] (4)f and [Cr(LC6F5)3] (6) --- p.37Chapter 2.5 --- Experimentals for Chapter 2 --- p.43Chapter 2.6 --- References for Chapter 2 --- p.45Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- "MANGANESE(II), IRON(II), COBALT(II) AND NICKEL(II) COMPLEXES OF THE [N(C6F5)(2-C5H3N-6-ME)] LIGAND" --- p.49Chapter 3.1 --- A Brief Review on Amides of the Late Transition Metals --- p.49Chapter 3.2 --- Examples of Late Transition Metal Complexes Supported by 2-Pyridyl Amido Ligands --- p.51Chapter 3.3 --- Objectives of our studies --- p.53Chapter 3.4 --- "Synthesis and Structures of Bis(amido) Complexes of Mn(II), Fe(II), Co(II) and NI(II)" --- p.54Chapter 3.4.1 --- "Synthesis of [M(LC6F5)2(tmeda)] (M = Mn (7), Fe (8), Co (9), Ni (10)]" --- p.54Chapter 3.4.2 --- Molecular Structures of Complexes 7-10 --- p.57Chapter 3.5 --- "Synthesis, Structure and Reactivity of a Mono(amido) Fe(II) Complex" --- p.61Chapter 3.5.1 --- Synthesis of [Fe(LC6F5)(CI)(tmeda)](11) --- p.61Chapter 3.5.2 --- Physical Characterization of Compound 11 --- p.62Chapter 3.5.3 --- Molecular Structures of Compound 11 --- p.62Chapter 3.5.4 --- Reactivity Studies of [Fe(LC6F5)(Cl)(tmeda)] (11) --- p.66Chapter 3.6 --- Synthesis of Fe(III) Tri(amido) Complex --- p.69Chapter 3.7 --- Experimentals for Chapter 3 --- p.70Chapter 3.8 --- References for Chapter 3 --- p.73Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT RESEARCH WORK --- p.75TABLE OF APPENDIX --- p.79"General Procedures, Physical Measurements and X-Ray Structural Analysis" --- p.801HNMR of HCC6F5(1) --- p.8213CNMR of HLC6F5(1) --- p.8319FNMR of HLC6F5(1) --- p.841HNMR of [K(LC6F5)(tmeda)]2 (2) --- p.8513CNMR OF [K(LC6F5)(tmeda)]2 (2)) --- p.8619FNMR of [K(LC6F5)(TMEDA)]2 (2)) --- p.871HNMR of [K(LC6F5)(thf)2]2 (3) --- p.8813CNMR of [K(LC6F5)(thf)2]2 (3) --- p.8919FNMR OF [K(LC6F5)(THF)2]2 (3) --- p.901HNMR of Zr(LC6F5)3(Cl).(C7H8)] (4) --- p.91Selected crystallographic data of complexes 2 and 3 --- p.94Selected crystallographic data of complexes 4 and 6 --- p.95Selected crystallographic data of complexes 7 and 8 --- p.96Selected crystallographic data of complexes 9 and 10 --- p.97Selected crystallographic data of complex 11 --- p.9