Periodic Trends in Acidities of Transition-Metal Hydrides

女性职业发展研究机会奖 是在物理化学的一般领域。 Amy E. 俄克拉荷马州大学的米勒将研究 有机金属化合物在气相中的酸性， 测定游离金属阴离子的离解率 和自由质子 流动的余辉 确定质子动力学的离子分子反应器 通过金属阴离子从中性酸中提取是 该项目 含有三氟膦配体的化合物， 被认为是“超强酸”的，将是那些合成的 和测试。 一名博士后助理参加了 该计划将使米勒博士能够扩大她的实验室 包括一个工具组件，除了 综合能力已经具备。

This Research Opportunities for Women Career Advancement Award is in the general area of physical chemistry. Dr. Amy E. Miller of the University of Oklahoma will study the intrinsic acidity of organometallic hydrides in the gas phase by determining enthalpies of dissociation into free metal anions and free protons. Construction of a flowing afterglow ion-molecule reactor to determine the kinetics of protron abstraction from neutral acids by metal anions is central to the project. Compounds containing trifluorophosphine ligands, expected to be "superacids", will be among those synthesized and tested. A postdoctoral associate with participate in the program, which will enable Dr. Miller to expand her laboratory to include an instrumental component in addition to the synthesis capabilities already in place.