Novel Dinucleating Poly(oxime) Amine Ligands and Their Nickel and Zinc Complexes

Download or read book Novel Dinucleating Poly(oxime) Amine Ligands and Their Nickel and Zinc Complexes written by Elizabeth Ann Deters and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A series of mononuclear poly(oxime) amine nickel(II) complexes has been shown to catalyze the oxidation of various substances. To further this work, a series of novel dinucleating ploy(oxime) amine ligands and their nickel complexes were synthesized. During this synthesis, a novel anion dependence on the nuclearity of the complex was discovered and investigated for two of the ligands. All of the dinuclear complexes were shown to catalyze the oxidation of various substances, including methanol, benzyl alcohol, and benzylamine. In addition to the oxygen reactivity, zinc complexes of the poly(oxime) amine ligands were shown to have hydrolysis reactivity. These complexes successfully catalyzed the hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl acetate. Some preliminary kinetic data for the reaction was also obtained.