Investigating New Main Group Reactivity: trapping of carbon suboxide with an NHC and a new bismuth metallocene
Professor Dr. Jason D. Masuda
Saint Mary's University, Canada
Carbon suboxide, OCCCO, is the larger cousin of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide. It is a highly reactive gas and tends to polymerize if not stored at low temperatures. In this talk, I will be discussing the use of an N-heterocyclic carbene to trap carbon suboxide and describe the challenges we faced in the investigation of this molecule. In the latter half of the talk, I will be presenting the formation of RBiX2, R2BiX, R3Bi (X=I) that uses a cyclopentadienyl (Cp) group containing a sterically bulky m-terphenyl group. This large Cp group allows for the isolation of a stable bismuthocenium, a cationic, heavy main group analogue of ferrocene.
