Overview
Topic status: We're looking for students to study this topic.
Our group has pioneered the study of organometallic porphyrins with transition metals directly attached to the periphery of the porphyrin ring, using palladium and platinum. The palladium complexes are intermediates in catalytic reactions for C-C and C-X couplings to the porphyrin ring. Currently, gold catalysis is a hot topic in organic synthesis and organometallic chemistry, and this project aims to prepare the first organogold complexes of porphyrins, and to investigate their use in new synthetic methods. We also aim to expand the range of metals that can be directly attached to the porphyrin ring.
The project will involve organic and organometallic synthesis on a small scale (< 50 mg) and techniques for handling air- and water-sensitive compounds, product purification and analysis, notably chromatography (thin layer, column and perhaps HPLC), and NMR, UV/visible, fluorescence and IR spectroscopy, X-ray crystallography and theoretical calculations.
Further information: Link to papers published by the QUT porphyrin group (see articles 8, 9 and 12 in the list)
- Study level
- PhD, Masters, Honours
- Supervisors
- QUT
- Organisational unit
Science and Engineering Faculty
- Research area
- Keywords
- synthesis, chromatography
- Contact
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Please contact the supervisors.
Associate Professor Dennis Arnold
Dr Madeleine Schultz
