Systematics of the Synthesis and Reactivity of HeteronuclearCluster Compounds

在这个由无机，生物无机和 有机化学程序，理查德D。亚当斯 南卡罗来纳州大学将研究合成， 结构、成键和反应活性， 取代金属羰基簇合物。过渡金属 簇合物可以是金属表面的模型， 催化活性和含铂簇， 这是这项工作的主要重点，可能与 常规石油重整催化剂。 铂簇的合成将涉及 双（环辛二烯）铂（O）与各种 铁、钌、锇、钼的金属羰基化合物， 钨。将合成手性簇， 例如，三种不同的金属和一种硫， 四面体结构，以及这些化合物作为 将研究立体定向催化剂。x射线 晶体学将用于结构表征 新化合物

In this project supported by the Inorganic, Bioinorganic and Organometallic Chemistry Program, Richard D. Adams of the University of South Carolina will investigate the synthesis, structures, bonding and reactivity of new heteronuclear tran- sition metal carbonyl cluster compounds. Transition metal cluster compounds may be models for metal surfaces which are catalytically active and the platinum containing clusters, which are the principal thrust of this work, may be related to conventional petroleum reforming catalysts. The synthesis of the platinum clusters will involve the reaction of bis(cyclooctadiene)platinum(O) with various metalcarbonyls of iron, ruthenium, osmium, molybdenum and tungsten. Chiral clusters will be synthesized which contain, for example, three different metals and a sulfur in a tetrahedral structure, and the behavior of these compounds as stereospecific catalysts will be investigated. X-ray crystallography will be used to structurally characterize the new compounds.