Tuning Reactivity of Platinum(II) Complexes

Acknowledgements
First of all, I wish to thank Prof D. Jaganyi for the supervision of this work, his
continuous support and trust in me, and for giving me the opportunity to come up with
and fulfil some remarkable ideas. Thanks for everything!
I am grateful towards Dr Desigan Reddy for mentorship and untiring support during
initial stages of this work. Dr Allen. Mambanda, room-mate and colleague at work,
during the long times we spent in the laboratories. Our discussions were very
encouraging and fruitful. I am grateful to Mr Craig Grimmer, for his guidance and
technical support during the analysis of NMR spectra.
I would like to thank Prof. John S. Field and Dr. Anne Soares, for supporting my
advancement by many constructive ideas and discussions. Special thanks to Prof. Orde
Q. Munro for financial support and good working relationship we developed during
CTEC practical demonstrations.
I would like to acknowledge the following people and Institutions:
Prof. Dr. Rudi van Eldik, Dr. Ralph Puchta and Ms Stephanie Hochreuther, at the Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, for assistance with
the CHN analysis.
The National Research Foundation of South Africa, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South
Africa and Egerton University, Kenya, for financial assistance.
I extend many thanks to all the members of the Platinum Chemistry group. They just
were like my family over the years. In particular, thanks to Isaac Wekesa, Grace K
Kinunda, Aishath Shaira, Asman P. Wangoli, Dr. Mohammad Altaf, and Tshephiso (terpy)
Papo. In these last years, our friendship soon grew far beyond working colleagues.
Special thanks to the entire Academic, technical and support staff in the School of
Chemistry and Physics-Chemistry Division: Messers H. Desai and S Ball for the
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