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EP/D003148/1 Chiral Distibines, Multidentate and Macrocyclic Stibines

Project overview

While the chemistry of multidentate P and As ligands has been intensively investigated over the last few decades, only one ligand of this type containing the heavier antimony element is known. Recent work by the applicants and others have however shown that very significant differences are to be found between the metal coordination and organometallic chemistry of the simple (monodentate) P and As ligands and the corresponding Sb ligands. Within this proposal a series of organoantimony compounds with 2, 3 or 4 Sb atoms, including both chiral and macrocyclic derivatives, will be prepared and their chemistry examined in detail with selected 3d and heavier transition metal centres. This work is expected to provide significant insight into the profound differences in electronic properties conferred by the Sb.

Staff

Lead researchers

Emeritus Professor William Levason

Research interests
  • Coordination chemistry, group 15 and 16 donor ligands, early transition metal chemistry, main…
Connect with William

Email: wxl@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Gill Reid

PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY
Research interests
  • Synthetic inorganic chemistry
  • Design and synthesis of new macrocyclic and multidentate ligands involving donor atoms from G…
  • Coordination chemistry with s-, p-, d- and f-block metal ions
Connect with Gill

Email: G.Reid@soton.ac.uk

Research outputs

Preparation and properties of cyclic and open-chain Sb/N-donor ligands
Marek Jura, William Levason, Gillian Reid & Michael Webster, 2009, Dalton Transactions, 37, 7811-7819
DOI: 10.1039/b909226a
Type: article
Preparation and structures of tellurium(iv) halide complexes with thioether coordination
Chitra Gurnani, Marek Jura, William Levason, Raju Ratnani, Gillian Reid & Michael Webster, 2009, Dalton Transactions(21), 4122-4128
DOI: 10.1039/b902771h
Type: article
Synthesis, characterisation and structures of thio-, seleno- and telluro-ether complexes of indium(III) halides
Chitra Gurnani, Marek Jura, William Levason, Raju Ratnani, Gillian Reid & Michael Webster, 2009, Dalton Transactions, 9, 1611-1619
DOI: 10.1039/b816148h
Type: article
Preparation and properties of sterically demanding and chiral distibine ligands
Marek Jura, William Levason, Gillian Reid & Michael Webster, 2008, Dalton Transactions(42), 5774-5782
DOI: 10.1039/b808493a
Type: article
Synthesis and coordinating properties of the facultative Sb2O- and As2O-donor ligands O{(CH2)(2)ER2}(2) (E = Sb or As; R = Ph or Me)
M.F. Davis, M. Jura, W. Levason, G. Reid & M. Webster, 2007, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 692(25), 5589-5597
DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2007.08.034
Type: article