Titre : Unique Advantages of Organometallic Supporting Ligands.
La conférence sera prononcée par la professeure Paula Diaconescu du département de chimie et de biochimie de l'University of California à Los Angeles. Elle sera donnée en anglais.
Résumé : Ferrocene-based chelating ligands support a wide range of metal centers. Based on reactivity studies of group 3 metal alkyl complexes with aromatic N-heterocycles, we propose that this class of ligands can be classified as “privileged” pincer ligands from an electronic and geometric point of view. Unique reactivity behavior for the ferrocene-based complexes is also possible. The interpretation of the observed reaction outcomes will be aided by DFT studies.