New Concepts in Catalyst Design: Homogeneous Organometallic Catalysts with Tunable Architectures

Abstract

This theses describes the development of homogeneous catalysts containing receptor elements which are capable of participating in reversible bonding interactions with groups bearing complementary functionality. This approach is amenable to combinatorial chemistry, and could facilitate catalyst development processes which are conventionally expensive and time-intensive. To date, the implication of reversible supra molecular interactions in anthropogenic organometallic catalysis are not widely understood.