09.03.2015
16:30
Sala 215
Wydział Chemii UJ
ul. R.Ingardena 3

Prof. Nagwy Nawar
Mansoura University
Mansoura, Egypt

"Introduction on Egypt and Research on Synthesis and catalytic studies of homo- and heterobimetallic complexes"

Abstract

In the present talk, we will give a view on "Egypt in past and present" and focused on aspects of "Organometallic and Coordination Chemistry". The research interest is concerned with finding new routes for the synthesis of complexes containing hetero-nuclear metal-metal bonds and investigating the reactivity of these complexes. Also, studying the reactions of unsaturated organic groups with metal clusters in order to try to understand how changing the electronic properties of the cluster can vary the reactivity. This work has important implications concerning the mechanisms of heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis.
Also, my research group interested to study the interactions between transition metal complexes and DNAs or in general their biological activities. It is related to the development of novel reagents for biotechnology and medicine. Transition metal complexes have been widely exploited for these applications due to their unique spectral and electrochemical signatures. In addition, one important reason for such study is that by changing their ligand environment one can tune the DNA binding and cleaving ability of a metal complex.