Metallocyclotriynes

无机、生物无机和有机金属项目的这一奖项支持一个合成和表征含有环三炔（环三炔）配体的新型过渡金属配合物的项目。这项工作将在阿克伦大学化学系由Wiley J. Youngs博士和Claire A. Tessier博士进行。这些研究人员以前的工作已经证明了制备这些化合物的可行性，并且在某些情况下已经注意到半导体性质。生产热稳定的导电和半导体材料是扩大研究项目计划的一个潜在结果。首先，环三炔衍生物可以“调谐”金属配体配合物的电子性质或允许在配体腔中结合较大的金属。预计金属将以各种模式与这些配体结合。将测定化合物的结构和电子性质，并研究它们与小分子的相互作用。

This award in the Inorganic, Bioinorganic, and Organometallic Program supports a project to synthesize and characterize new transition metal complexes containing cyclic trialkyne (cyclotriyne) ligands. The work will be carried out in the Chemistry Department of the University of Akron by Dr. Wiley J. Youngs and Dr. Claire A. Tessier. Previous work by these investigators has demonstrated the feasibility of preparing these compounds and semiconducting properties have been noted in some cases. Production of thermally stable conducting and semiconducting materials is a potential outcome of the expanded research project planned. First, cyclotriyne derivatives which can "tune" the electronic properties of the metal-ligand complexes or permit binding of larger metals in the ligand cavity will be prepared. It is anticipated that metals will bind to these ligands in a variety of modes. The structural and electronic properties of the compounds will be determined and their interaction with small molecules investigated.