Metal complexes with thiosemicarbazone and ferrocenyl ligands have been found to have biological activity and can also serve as catalysts for multiple reactions. A ligand is defined as any molecule that bonds to a metal atom, and a metal complex is any resulting structure formed by that bonding. This research project is focused on investigating synthetic routes for new variants of each type of ligand and their resulting metal complexes with the goal of discovering an easy, reliable, and ideally more sustainable “recipe” for these complexes. The hope in the future is to study their activity in medicinal, biological, or catalytic applications. Products will be analyzed to confirm successful creation and purity through TLC and 1H / 31P NMR spectroscopy. Synthetic routes will be compared by product yield and time required for a single batch.
