Name: N. Abbas Raja Abbas
Diploma / M.Sc degree: Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
(May 2006)

PhD Project:
Preparation of Carbene Complexes with NH and NR Functionalized N-Heterocyclic Carbenes for Catalytic Carbon-Carbon Coupling Reactions Utilizing Molecular Recognition

Homepage: www.uni-muenster.de/Chemie.ac/hahn/actual/naziruddin.html

Abstract of Research Project

Carbene complexes have been shown to be good catalysts for several C-C bond forming reactions. Representative examples include catalytic Heck type reactions, the Sonogashira coupling and Suzuki coupling reactions. In this project we try to incorporate the substrate selectivity into the C-C bond formation process. It is intended to achieve this by preparing transition metal catalysts bearing NH, NR functionalized carbene ligands.

Synthesis of suitable carbene complexes could be carried out by different synthetic strategies like cyclization of ß-functionalized isocyanides, at a metal center or by the reaction of deprotonation of alkyl benzimidazoles with transition metal complexes followed by N protonation.

As the first part, synthesis of several carbene complexes will be attempted followed by the study of catalytic activity and the substrate selectivity studies including kinetics will be made.



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