Synthetic organometallic chemistry offers undergraduate students opportunities to learn both synthetic skills and characterization techniques which can be used a variety of post-graduate contexts.  This poster presents both the development of molecular frameworks from aromatic hydrocarbon complexes of {TpW(NO)(PMe3)} and the NMR and electrochemical techniques that are indispensable in guiding their synthesis.  Though many of the reactions presented are straightforward organic reactions, the products they generate are substantially different from those generated in traditional organic chemistry.  We use 2D NMR techniques, X-ray crystallography, and HRMS to determine the structure and stereochemistry of our organic products.   Isolating the new organic molecule from the metal complex requires use of cyclic voltammetry to choose appropriate oxidants.  Additionally, incorporation of computational techniques has given us insight into experimental observations of reactivity and stereoselectivity.

Stereoselective modifications of naphthalene: An undergraduate project in organometallic chemistry

244th National Meeting (2012)

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