Synthesis of non-precious PCP complexes via oxidative addition under solvothermal conditions
Daniel Himmelbauer
Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TUWien
Synthetic reactions should be fast and atom efficient and therefore often transition metals are used as catalyst. Pincer complexes are playing a significant role due to their stability and the possibilities to modify them. In this work, a new type of PCP ligand with Cl located at the benzene ring between the two nitrogen linkers and the synthesis of non-precious PCP pincer complexes, will be reported. One of the benefits of the new ligand system is that agostic interactions can be avoided [1]. The group six metals, Fe and Mn PCP pincer complexes were successful synthesised with the so-called solvothermal method and characterised (Figure 1) [2]. Furthermore, the reduction, oxidation and hydrating properties of the different complexes were investigated.
