U.S.-China Cooperative Research: Kinetics and Mechanisms ofOxygen Atom Transfer Reactions to Metal Carbonyls

由美国西北大学的Fred Basolo博士和兰州大学的石启珍教授共同提出的“氧原子转移动力学和机制”的论文是由国家科学基金（NSF）和中国国家教委（SEDC）共同资助的。在这次更新中，研究人员建议继续研究o -原子与金属羰基CO转移反应的动力学和机制，并将其扩展到其他o -原子转移试剂，并试图更好地了解良好o -原子转移试剂的性质。研究人员将进行实验，以了解为什么（CH3）3NO是某些金属羰基中CO碳原子的强亲核试剂。由于这些类型的反应经常用于有机金属化合物的合成，并用作均相催化剂，因此在本项目中获得的知识对于研究更多应用相关问题的工业化学家来说应该是有价值的。

This proposal on "Kinetics and Mechanisms of Oxygen Atom Transfer" between Dr. Fred Basolo of Northwestern University and Professor Qizhen Shi of Lanzhou University, China, is jointly sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Chinese State Educational Commission (SEDC). In this renewal of their earlier grant, the investigators propose to continue their research on the kinetics and mechanisms of O-atom transfer reactions to CO of a metal carbonyl, extending it to other O-atom transfer reagents and to attempt to understand better the properties responsible for a good O-atom transfer reagent. The investigators will conduct experiments to understand why (CH3)3NO is such a strong nucleophile of the carbon atom of CO in certain metal carbonyls. Since these types of reactions are often used in the syntheses of organometallic compounds and in their use as homogeneous catalysts, the knowledge gained on this project should be of value to research chemists in industry working on more applied related problems.