Bdippza Synthesis and Metal Complexes of a New Monoanionic [N20] Heteroscorpionate Ligand

Date of Award

2011

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Natural Sciences

First Advisor

Sherman, Suzanne

Keywords

Chemistry, Inorganic, Ligand, Complex/Metal

Area of Concentration

Chemistry

Abstract

The tridentate heteroscorpionate ligand bis-3,5-diisopropylpyrazol-1-ylacetate (bdippza) has been prepared via a simple three-step synthesis, and some zinc and magnesium complexes containing this ligand have been characterized via 1H NMR, 13C NMR, and FT-IR spectroscopy, and by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The bis-ligand complex Zn(bdippza)2 has been isolated from the reaction of bdippza and zinc triflate, and structurally characterized via single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The analogous magnesium complex, Mg(bdippza)2 has also been isolated. The carboxylate-bridged dimer [Zn(bdippza)Cl]2 has also been isolated from the reaction of bdippza and zinc chloride. The relevance of bdippza complexes to synthetic structural and functional modeling of the active sites of metalloenzymes, such as the ubiquitous enzyme RuBisCo, is also discussed.

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