Dinuclear Lanthanide (III) Coordination Polymers in a Domino Reaction

Loukopoulos, Edward and Griffiths, Kieran and Akien, Geoffrey and Kourkomelis, Nikolaos and Abdul-Sada, Alaa and Kostakis, George E. (2015) Dinuclear Lanthanide (III) Coordination Polymers in a Domino Reaction. Inorganics, 3 (4). pp. 448-466. ISSN 2304-6740

Abstract

A systematic study was performed to further optimise the catalytic room-temperature synthesis of trans-4,5-diaminocyclopent-2-enones from 2-furaldehyde and primary or secondary amines under a non-inert atmosphere. For this purpose, a series of dinuclear lanthanide (III) coordination polymers were synthesised using a dianionic Schiff base and their catalytic activities were investigated.