Transition Metal Complexes With Perfluorinated Ligands.
Abstract : We have continued to make progress in preparing transition metal complexes containing fluorinated ligands, and have completed several sub-projects. We have prepared the first examples of transition metal compounds containing tetrafluoroethylene ligands that rotate rapidly on the NMR time scale. This is a significant discovery en route to a transition metal catalyst that will promote the Ziegler-Natta polymerization of fluorinated olefins to give high polymers. The factors governing the barrier to fluoroolefin rotation have been identified. We have synthesized the first example of a transition metal complex containing the pentafluorocyclopentadienyl ligand. This is an important ligand that may improve the thermal robustness of many transition metal compounds. (jg)
(Received 19 June 2011 ; in final form 25 February 2012) Abstract In this study, we investigated the spin dependent electronic transport of a fishbone-like nanostructure including two magnetic atoms at its ends. The electronic conductance of this nanostructure for three different orientations of atomic magnetic moments was numerically studied when the structure was sandwiched between two nonmagnetic leads. By using Green’s function technique at the tight-binding model, we calculated the spin dependent electronic transmission coefficient. The calculated results revealed that the conductance depends on the incident electron energy as well as the magnitude and orientation of atomic magnetic moments in the nanostructure.