Institute of Inorganic Chemistry
Staff

Dr. Fabio Zobi

Universität Zürich
Anorganisch-chemisches Institut
Winterthurerstrasse 190
CH-8057 Zürich

Office   34-G-42
Laboratory:  34-G-28
Tel: +41 44 63 546 23
Fax: +41 44 63 568 02
E-Mail: fzobi@aci.uzh.ch

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Rhenium (II) Synthons and Basic Rhenium (II) Chemistry
Rhenium (II) –Based CO-Releasing Molecules (Re-CORM’s)
Rhenium (II) Building Blocks for Single-Molecule Magnets (SMM)

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Research:

The fundamental objectives of our research can be summarized as follows:

1. Explore Re(II) chemistry starting from synthons comprising the “fac-[(N3)Re]²⁺“ or the cis-[Re(II)(CO)₂]²⁺ core.
2. Investigate the action of specially designed Re(II) complexes with biologically relevant molecules such as proteins, vitamins and DNA.
3. Introduce bridging ligands such as cyanide into the building blocks received under 1 and 2 for building up supramolecular structures for single-molecule magnets (SMM).

• Introducing Novel Stable and Substitution Labile ReII-Based Building Blocks for:
1. (Targeted) Cancer Therapy
2. Design of New Single-Molecule Magnets

1. Synthesis of Re(II) synthons and their basic chemistry
2. Re(II)-based CO-releasing molecules
3. Design of new Re(II)-based single-molecule magnets