Boron and silicon based pincer ligands for environmentally responsible catalysis

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    The design of ligands to support the active sites of metal-based catalysts has focused on classical nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and carbon donors, each of which are more electronegative than the metal to which they coordinate. Tridentate meridionally coordinating pincer ligands have proven especially successful in recent years. In a complete departure from convention, novel pincer frameworks are to be constructed that contain the non-classical donors boron and silicon which are less electronegative than the metal centre. New modes of reactivity may therefore be anticipated and these will be investigated specifically with respect to the development of catalytic processes that reduce the environmental impact of industrial synthesis.
    StatusFinished
    Effective start/end date21/01/1131/12/15

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