Earth-Abundant Transition Metal Hydride Complexes for Dehydrocoupling and Hydrosilylation Catalysis

• Author / Creator

  Lummis, Paul A

• The research presented in this thesis details the synthesis of transition metal hydride complexes, with the focus on utilising these complexes for (a) the dehydrocoupling of amine-borane adducts, and (b) the hydrosilylation and hydroboration of unsaturated organic moieties. In both instances, catalysts were developed that are capable of performing the desired catalyst at relatively efficient rates. Additionally, the development of new silylbis(amine) and silylbis(guanidine) ligand precursors is described, and efforts to employ these compounds to create low-coordinate transition metal and main group metal hydride species is presented. While the compounds based upon a silylbis(guanidine) architecture proved to be quite poor ligands, the work presented in this thesis provides a useful building block for the design of future neutral guanidine ligands.

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Hydrosilylation
  • Catalysis
  • Chemistry
  • Metal Hydride
  • Dehydrocoupling

• Graduation date

  Fall 2015

• Type of Item

  Thesis

• Degree

  Doctor of Philosophy

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R30R9MJ6C

• License

  This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Libraries with permission of the copyright owner solely for non-commercial purposes. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.