PRE2023-Innovative Bimetallic Complexes for C–H Bond Functionalization-PID2022-139782NB-I00

PhD position available associated to the project ‘Selective Functionalization of C–H Bonds through Innovative Bimetallic Designs’ (Ref.: PID2022-139782NB-I00). The main idea will be to develop novel bimetallic systems to cooperatively activate and functionalize C–H bonds. These bimetallic catalysts will be based on bulky ligands (primarily phosphines) and contain highly polarized M–M bonds as those represented below. Besides, molecular confinement strategies will be exploited to modulate selectivity. The PhD researcher will work closely with members of other sub-teams focused on a variety of cooperative designs. He/she will be responsible for synthesizing and characterizing ligands and complexes, carrying out reactivity and catalytic studies and investigating structures, bonding and reaction mechanisms by computational means.