Event Title
Location
Parker-Reed, SSWAC
Start Date
30-4-2015 11:00 AM
End Date
30-4-2015 1:55 PM
Project Type
Poster- Restricted to Campus Access
Description
This project aims to photochemically generate cyclopropylidene, the smallest cyclic carbene. This highly unstable species, which contains a carbon with two unpaired valence electrons, has been of great interest for several decades to experimentalists and theoreticians. Yet, the trapping of cyclopropylidene has not been previously reported. In this work, we have generated a novel phenanthrene-based precursor to this carbene via a four-step synthesis using solution based methods. Preliminary results indicate that cycloproylidene can be photochemically trapped by alkenes and further work will seek to trap this carbene with other reagents.
Sponsoring Department
Colby College. Chemistry Dept.
CLAS Field of Study
Natural Sciences
Event Website
http://www.colby.edu/clas
ID
1373
Generation of Cyclopropylidene
Parker-Reed, SSWAC
This project aims to photochemically generate cyclopropylidene, the smallest cyclic carbene. This highly unstable species, which contains a carbon with two unpaired valence electrons, has been of great interest for several decades to experimentalists and theoreticians. Yet, the trapping of cyclopropylidene has not been previously reported. In this work, we have generated a novel phenanthrene-based precursor to this carbene via a four-step synthesis using solution based methods. Preliminary results indicate that cycloproylidene can be photochemically trapped by alkenes and further work will seek to trap this carbene with other reagents.
https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/clas/2015/program/199