Geminal dianionic complexes and their corresponding carbenoids for small molecule activation

• Main Author: Ho, Samuel Ying Fu
• Other Authors: So Cheuk Wai
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Chemistry::Inorganic chemistry::Synthesis
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/68863
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The thesis describes the synthesis of metal carbenoids and their application towards small molecule activation and the catalytic reduction of CO2 with borane. Chapter 1 describes the synthesis of a novel unsymmetric phosphonium-stabilized methane ligand, the monoanionic and dianionic lithium and ma...