Graduation Year
2017
Document Type
Thesis
Degree
M.S.
Degree Name
Master of Science (M.S.)
Degree Granting Department
Chemistry
Major Professor
Xiaodong Shi, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Jianfeng Cai, Ph.D.
Committee Member
James Leahy, Ph.D.
Keywords
1,2,3-Triazole, Coordination, Binuclear, Ligand, Scalable
Abstract
Bimetallic complexes are known to have unique electronic properties and are used in a variety of organic transformations as catalysts. The use of naphthalene-bridged bis- triazoles (NBT) for bimetallic complexes is unknown. NBTs have the unique property of being fluorescent stemming from a twisted intramolecular charge transfer. With the non- coplanar geometry and the distance between the 1,2,3-triazole rings, we hypothesized that 1,8-bis(4-phenyl-2H-1,2,3-triazol-2-yl)naphthalene (12) would be a suitable ligand to synthesize a bimetallic complex. The synthesis of 12 was optimized for large scale synthesis and was synthesized on a 78 mmol scale in 15% total yield. Metal complexation trials were conducted on 12 and several insoluble solids were observed.
Scholar Commons Citation
Johnson, Sean M., "Toward the Synthesis of Naphthalene-Bridged Bis-Triazole Bimetallic Complexes" (2017). USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/6872
