Fall Research Expo 2021

Development of (Tp)Ir(OAc)2 Complexes for Alkane Dehydrogenation

This project's goal was to synthesize a (Tp)-iridium bis-acetate complex for alkane dehydrogenation for alkene production. Alkenes are useful as important precursors for fuel and chemical production. Current industrial methods involve toxic oxidizers and high energy input. A major goal of the Goldberg group is synthesizing homogeneous transition-metal catalysts to affect dehydrogenation in an environmentally safe way with lower energy costs. Primarily, my research involved the metallation of hydrtrispyrazoylyborate (Tp) or hydrotris(3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl)borate (Tp*) to an iridium metal center under various reaction conditions. Additionally, different methods to install the acetate ligand to the iridium complex were explored. 

PRESENTED BY
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Engineering & Applied Sciences 2023
Advised By
Karen Goldberg
Vagelos Professor of Energy Research
Join Kayla for a virtual discussion
PRESENTED BY
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Engineering & Applied Sciences 2023
Advised By
Karen Goldberg
Vagelos Professor of Energy Research

Comments

September 19 | 4:31 PM : by kig@upenn.edu

Kayla -

You learned a lot of organometallic chemistry this summer!!  I hope to have you back in lab and hear more about whether we will be able to make these complexes.  Congrats on a great presentation.

-Karen