The Application of Magnesium(I) Compounds to Energy Storage Materials - Phase 2
Abstract
This project has been extremely successful and good progress has been made towards all of the originally stated goals. Briefly, (i) a variety of new, extremely bulky monodentate amide ligands have been developed; (ii) these have been utilized to prepare a series of monomeric, low coordinate p-block metal halide precursor complexes; (iii) the precursors have been reduced by magnesium(I) complexes to very low oxidation state/low coordination number p-block complexes, which are of considerable fundamental interest; (iv) the "transition metal-like" reactivity of the low oxidation state complexes has been demonstrated by their use in facile activation of small molecules such as H2, CO2, N2O etc.; (v) group 14 hydride complexes resulting from H2 activations have been utilized for the first sub-room temperature hydrometallations of unactivated alkene substrates, and as the first main group compounds that act as catalysts for the hydroboration of ketones; (vi) a variety of related results, including the preparation of an iron(I) dimer with the shortest Fe-Fe multiple bond, have been achieved. The results of this study are at the very cutting edge of main group chemistry, and represent significant advances to the field. The study as a whole has generated nine papers in the period, with at least another four to be published in the next 12 months. PI Jones has delivered 10 invited or plenary lectures on project results at conferences and institutions in five countries in the period.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 24, 2013
- Accession Number
- ADA586838
Entities
People
- Cameron Jones
Organizations
- Monash University