The research...
Research in our lab involves the synthesis, characterization and study of various, particularly mixed-valent, dimetal tetracarboxylates, M2(O2CR)4L2, where M has primarily been ruthenium (Ru), osmium (Os), rhodium (Rh) and copper (Cu) but now extends to rhenium (Re) as well. These complexes are highly flexible "building blocks" which can be modified and linked together in various ways to generate such things as molecular magnetic and electronic devices (particularly quantum-dot cellular automata), liquid crystals (metallomesogens) with novel properties, inorganic drugs for cancer treatment, and catalysts. The mixed-valent diruthenium complexes can be "disassembled" into mononuclear Ru(II) and Ru(III) complexes that are difficult to synthesize via conventional routes and very useful "chiral induction" reactions can be performed by disassembling the dimers with chiral phosphines. We are also engaged in the synthesis and Mössbauer spectroscopy of [M(DMSO)6][SnCl6] complexes as well as polymerization reactions of ruthenium-thiophene complexes.
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March 28, 2013
