Details of the available projects

Life/Coordination-Complex Molecular Science

Project Title: Catalytic Oxidation and Reduction of Water by Transition Metal Complexes
Associate Professor: Shigeyuki MASAOKA
http://groups.ims.ac.jp/organization/masaoka_g/english/

Details of the project:

1) Preparation of transition metal complexes having an aqua ligand.
2) Photochemical and electrochemical water activation catalyzed by metal complexes.
3) Training of analytical study using spectroscopy (NMR, MS, UV-Vis, IR)

References:

Dalton Trans., 2012, 41, 13081; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 7431; Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 239; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 656;J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, 840.

Required skills:

Experience of synthesis of organic compounds and/or metal complexes is requested. Experience of spectroscopic measurement (NMR, MS, UV-Vis, GC etc.) is preferable.