Synthesis and Characterization of a New Bimetallic Catalyst, GJL-46, and Its Use in the Catalytic Hydrosilylation of Phenylacetylene

Author

Gabriel J. LaBonia, University of Mississippi. Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College

Date of Award

2014

Document Type

Undergraduate Thesis

Department

Chemistry and Biochemistry

First Advisor

T. Keith Hollis

Relational Format

Dissertation/Thesis

Abstract

A new bimetallic catalyst was synthesized from the metalation of 1,1'-(1,3-phenylene) bis(4-butyl-1 H-1,2,4-triazol-4-ium) iodide with silver oxide and the transmetalation of that complex with Rh(COD)2OTf. The structure of the compound, GJL-46, with molecular formula C34H46I2N6Rh2, was confirmed with mass spectra analysis, 1H NMR and 13C NMR. The catalytic activity of the produced molecule, GJL-46, with molecular formula C34H46I2N6Rh2, in the hydrosilylation of phenylacetylene is reported.

Recommended Citation

LaBonia, Gabriel J., "Synthesis and Characterization of a New Bimetallic Catalyst, GJL-46, and Its Use in the Catalytic Hydrosilylation of Phenylacetylene" (2014). Honors Theses. 1259.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/1259

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