Modern Coordination Chemistry: Sucking N2 from the Air and Making C-C Bonds

A series of tridentate diaryl imine ligands are appended to iron via C-H bond activation utilizing (Me3P)4FeMe2. The compounds generated selectively bind N2 from the air, with dinitrogen replacing a PMe3 ligand. The general chemistry of these species, including the preparation of related Fe(III) complexes, will be discussed. An alternative strategy toward C-C bond formation involves the generation of transient radicals that can couple at or around one or more metal centers.

Dr. Megan Sassin and Professor Annaliese Franz to receive Rising Star award

Dr. Megan Sassin and Professor Annaliese Franz will be receiving the Women Chemist's Committee's "Rising Star" award in March at the ACS meeting in San Diego.  Megan is an alum of Reg Penner's group and one of the founders of the Iota Sigma Pi chapter here at UCI.  She is a research scientist at the Naval Research Labs.  Annaliese was in Keith Woerpel's lab and is now an assistant professor at UC Davis.

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