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This thesis describes the development of gold, rhodium and palladium complexes incorporating a series of fluorinated N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands (NHC = 1,3-bis(fluorophenyl)imidazol-2-ylidene, fluorophenyl = 4-fluorophenyl (NHC-1), 2,4-difluorophenyl (NHC-2), 2,6-difluo…
The carbonylation of methanol to acetic acid is one of the most important applications in homogeneous catalysis. The first chapter comprises a review on the mechanistic studies into the catalytic cycle of the ‘Monsanto process’ and includes some of the most prominent studies int…