{"90141":{"#nid":"90141","#data":{"type":"event","title":"(11-0411) Prof. Joshua Figueroa, UC Santa Barbara","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProf. Joshua Figueroa, University of California, Santa Barbara\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIsocyanide Analogues of the Unsaturated Metal Carbonyls\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EInorganic Chemistry Seminar Series\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERecent results concerning the construction and reactivity of low-coordinate metal complexes utilizing sterically encumbering m-terphenyl isocyanide ligands are presented. Due to the isolobal relationship between isocyanides and carbon monoxide, these complexes serve as mimics of the unsaturated metal carbonyls. Notably, the latter have traditionally been studied in either the gas phase or by matrix-isolation techniques. Specifically addressed will be synthetic studies which have delivered two- and three-coordinate zero-valent Group 10 complexes that mimic the unsaturated binary carbonyls [Ni(CO)\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003E], [Pd(CO)\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003E] and [Ni(CO)\u003Csub\u003E3\u003C\/sub\u003E]. Reactivity studies of these species are also presented. Highlights include an unprecedented one-electron reduction of the N=O bond in nitrosoarenes by a Pd bis-isocyanide complex. In addition, the chemistry of a homoleptic tetra-socyanide of cobalt will be discussed. Remarkably, this species is isolable in three different states of charge and thus formally mimics the tetracarbonyl series, [Co(CO)\u003Csub\u003E4\u003C\/sub\u003E]\u003Csup\u003E-1\u003C\/sup\u003E, Co(CO)\u003Csub\u003E4\u003C\/sub\u003E,\u00e2\u0080\u00a8  [Co(CO)\u003Csub\u003E4\u003C\/sub\u003E]\u003Csup\u003E+\u003C\/sup\u003E. Detailed structural, spectroscopic, computational and reactivity studies are presented for the full series.  Also presented are synthetic and reactivity studies of a three-coordinate isocyanometalate of cobalt.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information contact \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jake.soper@chemistry.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EProf. Jake Soper\u003C\/a\u003E (404-894-4022).\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Prof. Joshua Figueroa, University of California, Santa Barbara\n\nIsocyanide Analogues of the Unsaturated Metal Carbonyls\n\nInorganic Chemistry Seminar Series","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Prof. Joshua Figueroa, UC Santa Barbara"}],"uid":"27275","created_gmt":"2010-09-15 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:47:05","author":"Shirley Tomes","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2011-04-11T17:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2011-04-11T18:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2011-04-11T18:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2011-04-11 21:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2011-04-11 22:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2011-04-11 22:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www-chem.ucsd.edu\/research\/profile.cfm?cid=C21030","title":"Prof. Joshua Figueroa, University of California, Santa Barbara"}],"groups":[{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1809","name":"physical chemistry"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EShirley Tomes\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EChemistry \u0026amp; Biochemistry\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=st81\u0022\u003EContact Shirley Tomes\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-0591\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}