U.S.-Federal Republic of Germany (F.R.G.) Joint Seminar: Chemistry of Heteronuclear Clusters and Multimetallic Catalysts, Koenigstein/Taunus, F.R.G., September 7-11, 1987

该奖项将支持9名美国科学家参加一个联合研讨会，该研讨会将重点讨论异核簇合物和多金属催化剂的化学。该研讨会是在美国-德意志联邦共和国合作科学计划下举行的。来自其他国家的一些科学家也将参加。主要讨论了(1)均相介质中的多金属催化剂，(2)混合金属分子簇的化学，(3)载体上的分子簇，以及(4)金属合金。研讨会将报告合成和制备方法、结构和成键的测定以及反应性和催化性能的研究。会议的目的是介绍与会者的最新研究成果，确定共同感兴趣的主题，制定当前的问题和目标，并为该领域的新研究规划方向。研讨会的共同组织者是南卡罗来纳大学化学系理查德·D·亚当斯教授和德意志联邦共和国慕尼黑工业大学无机化学研究所沃尔夫冈·A·赫尔曼教授。某些金属合金具有远优于其组分的催化性能，这一发现是近二十年来多相催化领域最重要的发展之一。例如，双金属催化剂(如铂-铑、铂-铱)在石油精炼中被广泛使用，尽管它们的作用机理尚不清楚。在过去的二十五年里，过渡金属簇合物的研究也成为人们关注的焦点。这些化合物为研究多核金属中心的有机转化性质提供了独特的机会，并最终可能有助于更好地理解多相催化。这两个相关而重要的研究领域有许多共同的化学特征。然而，总的来说，他们被调查的方法有很大的不同。美国和德意志联邦共和国的研究人员在这些化学领域非常活跃，这两个国家的许多领导人以及其他国家的一些人将参加研讨会。会议主办方认为，通过将这两个学科的科学家聚集在一起讨论他们的最新研究成果，这些领域的共同概念和原则将得到更充分的揭示。这应该会使人们更好地了解所涉及的化学，并为未来的研究激发新的想法和方向。

This award will support the participation of nine U.S. scientists in a joint seminar that will focus on the chemistry of heteronuclear cluster compounds and multimetallic catalysts. The seminar takes place under the U.S.-Federal Republic of Germany Cooperative Science Program. A few scientists from other countries will also participate. The main topics to be discussed are (1) multimetallic catalysts in homogeneous media, (2) the chemistry of mixed metal molecular clusters, (3) molecular clusters on supports, and (4) metal alloys. Synthesis and preparative methods, determinations of structure and bonding, and studies of reactivity and catalytic properties will be reported upon at the seminar. The purpose of the meeting is to present the latest research findings of the participants, to identify topics of mutual interest, to formulate current problems and goals, and to plan directions for new research in the field. The seminar co-organizers are Professor Richard D. Adams, Department of Chemistry, University of South Carolina, and Professor Wolfgang A. Herrmann, Inorganic Chemistry Institute, Technical University of Munich, Federal Republic of Germany. The discovery that certain metal alloys have catalytic properties that are far superior to their components has been one of the most important developments to occur in the area of heterogeneous catalysis in the last two decades. Bimetallic catalysts (e.g. platinum-rhodium, platinum-iridium) are used extensively in petroleum refining, for example, though the mechanism of their action is not understood. The study of transition metal cluster compounds has also become a focus of considerable attention during the past twenty-five years. These compounds have provided unique opportunities to study the nature of organic transformations at multinuclear metal sites, and may also ultimately contribute to a better understanding of heterogeneous catalysis. The two related and important areas of research have many features of their chemistry in common. In general, however, they are investigated by significantly different methodologies. Researchers in both the U.S. and the Federal Republic of Germany are very active in these fields of chemistry, and many of the leaders in these areas from the two countries, plus several from other countries, will participate in the seminar. The organizers of the meeting believe that by bringing together scientists from the two disciplines to discuss their latest research findings, the concepts and principles that these areas have in common will be more fully revealed. This should lead to a better understanding of the chemistry involved and also stimulate new ideas and directions for future research.