Titanium-Mediated Catalytic and Stoichiometic Carbon-Carbon Bond Formations

University Of Kentucky Research Foundation, Lexington KY

Investigators

Abstract

This award in the Inorganic, Bioinorganic and Organometallic Chemistry program supports Professor Folami T. Ladipo at the University of Kentucky to study ancillary ligand effects in titanium chemistry in order to develop Ti(IV) electrophiles and storable Ti(II) reductants that mediate C-C bond formation. Objectives include: (1) the development of new arene-phenoxide ligands for use in ethene oligomerizations, (2) the further development of calixarene-based bis(phenolate) ligands for use in Ti(II) synthetic equivalents, and (3) Lewis-acid promoted couplings of aromatic diimines with organic carbonyls. This research is to develop new ligands to promote the polymerization of olefins. The research will also provide multidisciplinary training to undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral researchers. In particular, researchers from groups traditionally under-represented in science, including students from Stillman College, will be involved in high level research experiences.