<i>N</i>-heterocyclic carbenes (NHC) have widely been used as spectator ligands in organometallic chemistry. Chelating bidentate di-<i>N-</i>heterocyclic carbenes (diNHC) provide additional entropic stability to their complexes relative to monodentate analogues. The steric and electronic environment around the metal centre can be fine-tuned by varying the substituents on the nitrogen atoms of the diNHC ligand. Synthesis and characterization of air and moisture stable bis(diimidazolylidene)nickel(II) complexes, [(diNHC)2Ni]2+, and their corresponding silver(I) and palladium(II) analogues are described.<p> Investigations into the catalytic potential of diNHC complexes of nickel as an alternative to palladium systems in carbon-carbon coupling reactions are discussed. In the Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction, the [(diNHC)2Ni]2+ complex was active for the coupling of aryl chlorides as well as aryl fluorides. The analogously synthesized Pd(II) complexes resulted in formation of (diNHC)PdCl2 species which were not active for the coupling of aryl fluorides. Transition-metal free coupling reactions were investigated and the results indicated that in the Mizoroki-Heck reaction, aryl iodides could be activated in the absence of nickel or palladium precatalysts when using Na2CO3 or NEt3 as base, while in the Suzuki-Miyaura reaction, aryl iodides and aryl bromides could be activated without any precatalyst when K3PO4 was used as base.<p> A general route into the synthesis of non-symmetrically substituted ligand precursors has been developed. Synthesis and characterization of non-symmetrically substituted ligand precursors, and their corresponding silver(I), palladium(II) and nickel(II) complexes are described. The activity of one of the non-symmetrically substituted (diNHC)Pd(II) complexes in the Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction of bulky substrates has been investigated. Non-symmetrically substituted diNHC ligand precursors with a hemi-labile pyridine arm have been synthesized and their corresponding Ni(II) and Pd(II) complexes are described.<p> Attempts to synthesize three-coordinate Pd(II) complexes using bulky â-diketiminato ligands are also discussed.

El treball experimental que ha permès redactar la present Tesi Doctoral ha estat dividit en dues parts. A la primera part es presenten els resultats referents a la síntesi estereocontrolada de noves heteroarilglicines (quinolil i pirazolilglicines) a partir de cetones acetilèniques, substrats quirals que permeten accedir a l'esquelet de diferents heterocicles (quinolines i pirazoles), la posterior obtenció dels corresponents quinolil i pirazolil-&#61538;-aminoalcohols i les diferents metodologies d'oxidació per tal d'accedir a les corresponents quinolil i priazolilglicines objectiu. A la segona part d'aquesta memòria s'ha estudiat, en dissolució, l'habilitat del grup alquilsulfona com a grup sortint eficaç en reaccions d'ipso-substitució nucleofilica. El desenvolupament d'aquesta reacció ha servit de punt de partida per a la creació de llibreries d'heterocicles amb alta diversitat molecular i potencial interès biològic sobre fase sòlida. / These work have been divided in two sections. In the first section, a new and efficient methodology towards the stereocontrolled synthesis of novel &#61537;-acetylenic ketones containing a masked &#61537;-amino acid functionality in enantiomerically pure form has been developed. This new chiral building block is the starting material for the synthesis of enantiomerically pure quinolyl and pyrazolylglycines, important structures with potential biological activity and very useful for the synthesis of peptidomimetics. The methods begins from the Garner's aldehyde and takes place through an alkyne derivative via a carbonyl-alkyne homologation reaction. Condensation of the lithium acetylide at low temperatures with different aldehydes yielded the corresponding propargyllic alcohol derivatives in good yields, which under mild oxidative conditions gave the corresponding acetylenic ketones algmost quantitatively.In the second part of this work, the ability of alkylsulfonyl groups as efficient leaving groups in heteroaromatic mucleophilic ipso-substitution reactions has been studied. The rational behind this study has been the possibility of transferring the developed methodology to the solid support and thus to synthesize in a parallel fashion a small library of molecularly diverse heterocycles with potential biological interest. An in solution optimised methodology has been successfully transferred to the solid support and a small library of molecularly diverse benzothiazoles (&#61552;-excedent heterocylces) was prepared in a parallel fashion in good overall yields and purities of the final products.

Cocatalyzed reactions using Brønsted acids and chiral N-heterocyclic carbenes to yield highly enantioselective products have been reported recently in many journals. The development of new chiral N-heterocyclic carbenes is a competitive field among synthetic chemist. In a recent study we found that conjugated trienes could be cyclized using Brønsted acids and chiral N-heterocyclic carbenes. The synthesis of novel chiral N-heterocyclic carbene precursors, and the precursors to novel conjugated trienes are reported herein.

<i>N</i>-heterocyclic carbenes (NHC) have widely been used as spectator ligands in organometallic chemistry. Chelating bidentate di-<i>N-</i>heterocyclic carbenes (diNHC) provide additional entropic stability to their complexes relative to monodentate analogues. The steric and electronic environment around the metal centre can be fine-tuned by varying the substituents on the nitrogen atoms of the diNHC ligand. Synthesis and characterization of air and moisture stable bis(diimidazolylidene)nickel(II) complexes, [(diNHC)2Ni]2+, and their corresponding silver(I) and palladium(II) analogues are described.<p> Investigations into the catalytic potential of diNHC complexes of nickel as an alternative to palladium systems in carbon-carbon coupling reactions are discussed. In the Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction, the [(diNHC)2Ni]2+ complex was active for the coupling of aryl chlorides as well as aryl fluorides. The analogously synthesized Pd(II) complexes resulted in formation of (diNHC)PdCl2 species which were not active for the coupling of aryl fluorides. Transition-metal free coupling reactions were investigated and the results indicated that in the Mizoroki-Heck reaction, aryl iodides could be activated in the absence of nickel or palladium precatalysts when using Na2CO3 or NEt3 as base, while in the Suzuki-Miyaura reaction, aryl iodides and aryl bromides could be activated without any precatalyst when K3PO4 was used as base.<p> A general route into the synthesis of non-symmetrically substituted ligand precursors has been developed. Synthesis and characterization of non-symmetrically substituted ligand precursors, and their corresponding silver(I), palladium(II) and nickel(II) complexes are described. The activity of one of the non-symmetrically substituted (diNHC)Pd(II) complexes in the Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction of bulky substrates has been investigated. Non-symmetrically substituted diNHC ligand precursors with a hemi-labile pyridine arm have been synthesized and their corresponding Ni(II) and Pd(II) complexes are described.<p> Attempts to synthesize three-coordinate Pd(II) complexes using bulky â-diketiminato ligands are also discussed.

A library of iridium complexes featuring oxazoline and imidazol-2-ylidene ligands were synthesized by reaction of a library of imidazoles with a second library of oxazoline iodides. These complexes were active catalysts for hydrogenations of aryl substituted monoenes. Tri- and 1,1-disubstituted alkenes were hydrogenated quantitatively with ee??s up to 99% at 1 atm hydrogen pressure. Catalyst, substrate, temperature and pressure effects were studied. The iridium complexes were also used for the kinetic study of hydrogenation of 2,3- diphenylbutadiene. This hydrogenation is a stepwise reaction: one double bond was hydrogenated first, then the second one. Both step hydrogenations were zero order in alkene. The consumption of 2,3-diphenylbutadiene was first order in catalyst, and probably first order in hydrogen pressure too. The enantioselectivity for the first step hydrogenation was low. There were match and mismatch catalyst-substrate relationships for the second step hydrogenation, and the enantioselectivities for this step were catalyst controlled. NMR studies indicated that the initiation of the reaction involved both hydrogen and alkene substrate. A competitive experiment was designed to explore the formation of meso-alkane at first step hydrogenation, and the results indicated that the alkane was formed predominantly via an associative mechanism. Four types of conjugate dienes were synthesized and hydrogenated. Different reactivities and selectivities were obtained for each type of dienes. In the best case, a diene was hydrogenated quantitatively with an excellent ent/meso ratio of 20:1.0 and 99% enantioselectivity. The scope, limitation and potential applications of the reactions were discussed. A selection of the dienes was hydrogenated with the Crabtree??s catalyst, for comparison, and the yields, conversions and diastereoselectivities were inferior to those from iridium-oxazoline-imidazol-2-ylidene catalysts.

<p>This thesis deals with the synthesis of new organicmaterials for electronic applications. Several new ring-formingmethods are employed to construct sulphur heterocycles: Tandemelectrophilic aromatic substitution and acid-catalyzedtransetherification of methoxythiophene, double electrophilicaromatic substitutions with ethane-1, 2-disulphenyl chloride,and also, the reaction of dienes with sulphur dichloride. Twonew condensed thiophenes have been incorporated in end-cappedoligothiophenes. An improvement of the synthesis of [3,2-b:2’, 3-d]thiophene is reported, with some attempts toincorporate it in oligomers. A synthesis of substitutednaphthalenes is also described. A new method of producingdisubstituted thiophenes from substituted butadienes anssulphur dichloride is employed in a new route to 3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene, a very important monomer for conductingpolymers.</p><p><b>Keywords :</b>Organic Semiconductors, Thiophenes,Heterocyclic Synthesis, Dithienothiophene, Naphthalene,Ethylenedioxythiophene</p>

Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 2002. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains xvi, 377 p. : ill. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-128).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2003. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 176-193). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2001. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [207]-216).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2003. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 176-193). Also available on the Internet.