Mechanisms of Chemical Reactions Involved in Catalysis by   Organometallic Complexes in Solution
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In this research project within the Inorganic, Bioinorganic and                 Organometallic Chemistry Program, Jack R. Norton of Colorado                    State University will develop methods for determining the                       mechanisms of reactions of transition metal hydrides which are                  a common class of organometallic compounds. These hydridic                      compounds are important intermediates in many catalytic                         processes such as the OXO-process in which aldehydes and                        alcohols are made from olefins and also in the hydrogenation                    and isomerization of olefins.                                                                                                                                   Specific projects include developing methods for measuring the                  acidity of the metal hydrides which are weak acids; measuring                   absolute rate constants for hydrogen atom transfer from a                       variety of transition metal hydrides to trityl radicals;                        determining the strengths of hydrogen-transition metal bonds;                   developing a stereospecific synthesis of alpha-amino acids from                 coordinated aldimines; and investigating the possible hydride                   transfer reaction from the metal hydride to protonated                          aldehydes and ketones.
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