The Selective Oligomerization of Ethylene Using Chromium Diphosphine Catalysts and the Synthesis and Reactivity of Group 7 Carbonyl Derivatives Relevant to Synthesis Gas Conversion
<p>The work presented in this thesis explores two distinct fields of organometallic chemistry with a common goal of selectively transforming cheap and abundant feedstocks to value-added chemicals using homogeneous catalysts.</p> <p>Chapter 1 presents the synthesis and characteri...