Abstract Reduction of 5-nitro-1, 10-phenanthroline with hydrogen over Pd/C, followed by the treatment of 1, 10-phenanthrolin-5-amine with thiophosgene in the presence of sodium acetate, gave 5-isothiocyanato-1, 10-phenanthroline which is a thermally stable highly reactive ligand capable of quantitatively forming covalently bonded nanohybrid structures in a system transition metal complex-silica under mild conditions.
