Transition Metal Complexes: Novel Synthesis and Structure of Metal Alkylidene Complexes and Their Applications in Organic Synthesis: Novel Synthesis of Metal Carbenes

Ogindo's doctoral dissertation unveils a rigged metal carbene complex preparation technique that is non-cumbersome and attainable in college laboratories with no more safety concerns than already needed for the use of organolithium and main group organometallic reagents. Additionally, Ogindo uncovers a trinuclear nickel catalyst capable of trimerizing carbenes in unprecedented yields of the corresponding trimeric product. Possible applications of this novel catalyst are discussed.