Synthetic Studies in Homogeneous Catalysis and Organometallic Chemistry

该项目在无机，生物无机和有机 该计划涉及4D和5D金属的化学 卟啉和四氮杂卟啉络合物。 具体领域 可以考虑多个金属-金属键合的二聚体（包括 异金属键）、介晶型液晶（和 可能是铁电纤维）和电化学催化剂 对于分子氢的多电子氧化还原反应， 氧气氮气和氨气 %%% 这项研究旨在产生一套新的和不寻常的 这些物质的物理和化学性质会增加 我们对结构的基本理解， 重过渡元素的反应性和 神秘的多电子氧化还原过程的机制，如 如固氮，由金属酶催化。 不寻常的催化剂和液晶材料可能导致 这一高度跨学科的研究。

This project in the Inorganic, Bioinorganic and Organometallic program is concerned with chemistry of 4d and 5d metal porphyrin and tetraazaporphyrin complexes. Specific areas to be considered are multiple metal-metal bonded dimers (including heterometallic bonds), mesodiscotic liquid crystals (and possibly ferroelectric fibers), and electrochemical catalysts for multielectron redox reactions of molecular hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and ammonia. %%% This research is intended to produce a set of new and unusual substances whose physical and chemical properties will add to our fundamental understanding of the structures and reactivities of the heavy transition elements and the mechanisms of mysterious multi-electron redox processes, such as nitrogen fixation, that are catalyzed by metalloenzymes. Unusual catalysts and liquid crystalline materials may result from this highly interdisciplinary research.