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University of Windsor Scholarship at UWindsor Electronic Theses and Dissertations Theses, Dissertations, and Major Papers 1-1-1979 THE DIRECT ELECTROCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS OF SELECTED GROUP-IIB ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS. AKHTAR OSMAN University of Windsor Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd Recommended Citation OSMAN, AKHTAR, "THE DIRECT ELECTROCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS OF SELECTED GROUP-IIB ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS." (1979). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 7187. https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/7187 This online database contains the full-text of PhD dissertations and Masters’ theses of University of Windsor students from 1954 forward. These documents are made available for personal study and research purposes only, in accordance with the Canadian Copyright Act and the Creative Commons license—CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution, Non-Commercial, No Derivative Works). 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THIS DISSERTATION -LA THESE A ETE HAS BEEN MICROFILMED MICRyFLLMEE TELLE QUE EXACTLY AS RECEIVED NOUS/ L' A "ONS RECUE Ottawa, Canada K 1 A 0 N 4 NL-339 {Rev. S/80) Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. THE DIRECT ELECTROCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS OF SELEe?ED GROUP' IIB v ORGANObETALLIC COMPOUNDS)^£TALL] . by . ■ C Akhtar Osman B.Sc., University of Karachi, 1970 M.Sc., University of Karachi, ,1972 M.Sc. , Middle East Technical University, Ankara, 1975' A D issertation Submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies ' through the Department of Chemistry in Partial Fulfillm ent of the Requirements fo r’the Degree of. Do'ctor of Philosophy a t The "University of Windsor W indsorOntario, Canada 1979 © Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. This dissertation has been examined and approved by - Dr. D.S. Tuck ---------------1 / Dr. J.E. Drake < U !. Dr. B.R. McGarvey Dr. J.W. McConkey Dt^vJ. Oliver Wayne/ State University 4 it, Michigan, U.S.A. (External Examiner) X r \ / _ _________________ Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The investigations described in this dissertation were carried out in the Department of Chemistry of the University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada between 1975 and 1979 under the supervision of Dr. D. G. Tuck. To him I would like to express my utmost gratitude, for his tremendous help, guidance and encouragement_^£hroughout the research. His drive and boun^l^ss enthusiasm w ill always remain a source of inspiration for me. I would also like to acknowledge the warmth and the invaluable mutual support of my colleagues, in particular Dr. R. Steevensz, Dr. F. Said, Dr. J. Habeeb, L. Victoriano. and S. Zhandire. Their helpful discussions and stimulating companionship made these years a most rewarding and delightful experience. To my parents and elder brother, I owe special gratitude, for even though they were far away, their concern and moral support have always provided the meaning and purpose to my endeavours. I also thank the technical staff and the secretaries of the Department of Chemistry for their valuable assistance and cooperation. At the same tim e, my thanks are also due to Mrs. Joyce Popovich of the Faculty of Law for her patience in typing this manuscript, the quality of~which~''speaks for i t s e l f . i i i Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Finally, I shall take this opportunity to acknowledge the invaluable financial assistance provided by the National Research Council of Canada and the University of Windsor, ■ without which it would have been difficult indeed to coup let e t h i s w o rk . Windsor, Ontario September, 1979 i v Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. ABSTRACT A review of the electrochemical synthesis in non-aqueous •media involving main group metals and the transition metals as the^acrificial electrode (cathode or anode) 'is presented. Electrochemical insertion reactions were successfully investigated and a range of neutral and anionic organo- m etallic compounds synthesised 'by sacrificial dissolution ‘of anode metal in non-aqueous media. The products have been identified using physicochemical means. The'possible reaction mechanism of these direct electrochemical reactions by measuring the current efficiency of .the system, and the advantages of electrochemical preparative methods, are also d is c u s s e d . X. Synthesis of neutral organocadmiurn halides . The electrochemical oxidation of cadmium metal in the presence of alkyl or aryl halides leads to the formation of unstable RCdX (where R = Me, Et, n-Bu, CF^ > C^F^'and X - Br, Cl, I). These compounds are•stabilized by either mono or bidentate neutral ligands; these adducts are formed ■ t in good yield. II. Synthesis of anionic organocadmlum dihalxdes Direct electrochemical synthesis gave rise to a series of previously unknown salts or anions, such as RCcD^ (where R = Me, Et, n-Bu, t-Bu, CF^, CgF^; X = Cl, Br, I ) , by the oxidation of cadmium (anode) in a chemical cell in which the v * Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. solution phase was a methanol/benzene mixture, containing the appropriate tetra-n-propylammonium. halide and alkyl * halide. Gram quantities of product were obtained at or near * room temperature.- In general the .compounds hydrolysed and_ decomposed’on exposure' to. air or m oisture. I I I . ' Synthesis of LCdBr, LpCd, LCdMe and LCdPh (L = o-bromo-N,N-dimethylbenzylamine) Oxidative insertion of cadmium metal in between carbon- bromine bond of o-bromo-N ,N-dime thy lbenzylamine was carried out by the electrolysis of o-bromo-N ,N-dimethylbenzylamine in an acetonitrile/benzene mixture and a few mg of Et^NClO^. The sacrificial anode was cadmium, the cathode was tungsten, and all reactions were carried out in a dry nitrogen at mosphere. The insertion product LCdBr.so obtained was successfully utilized to prepare LCdMe and LCdPh quanti- * tatively by reaction with MeLi and PhLi. respectively. .Four coordinate bis 2-[Cdime thy lamino)’methyl] phenyl ' cadmium has~heen prepared by the reaction, of 2:1 molar ratio o f 2[Cdimethylamino)methyl phenyl]lithium with anhydrous CdCl2 in diethyl ether.