Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

Document Type

Thesis

Abstract

In 1977, Shirakawa and coworkers discovered the first conductive polymers. Their conductive polymers have been extensively studied. Though some of these first conductive polymers such as polyactelyne seemed to be a promising organic conductor, the commercial applications of these polymers were severely limited due the polymer’s highly air-sensitive nature. Thus, the current focus has shifted towards the development of heterocyclic aromatic polymers which are air-stable and have a low band gap. Expanding of the work of Snyder and Selegue, the focus of my research has been the incorporation of rhenium metal into an organic compound in an on-metal fashion. Several aryl-substituted 5,6-fused ring pyridazines have been synthesized and characterized. The on-metal process synthesized the final product of [Re(CO)3{η5-1,2-C5H5(CRN)(CRN)}] where R is Ph. Characterization of the final product is reported here within.

Advisor(s) or Committee Chair

Dr. Chad Snyder

Disciplines

Chemistry

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