SYNTHESIS OF METAL COMPLEXES WITH BIO-INSPIRED NITROGEN-CONTAINING MACROCYCLIC LIGANDS AND THEIR USE IN CATALYSIS

The introduction of a pyridine moiety into the skeleton of a polyazamacrocyclic ligand affects both the thermodynamic properties and the coordination kinetics of the resulting metal complexes. These features have attracted great interest from the scientific community in recent years. The field of application of pyridine-containing macrocyclic ligands ranges from biology to supramolecular chemistry, encompassing MRI, molecular recognition, materials and catalysis. In this thesis is demonstrated the very good catalytic acivity of Ag(I), Cu(I) and Fe(III) Pyridine-containing Ligand complexes. Moreover, coordination studies have been performed leading to a complete understanding of the structural features of this class of complexes.