U.S.-France Cooperative Research: Synthesis and Chemistry of Cobalt Bismuth Cluster Compounds

小惠特迈尔9313989 这个为期三年的奖项支持美国-法国合作研究无机和有机金属化学。 莱斯大学的惠特迈尔和雷恩大学的让-伊夫·塞拉德。 他们的研究目标是对一类大型钴铋簇合物进行实验和理论研究，这是惠特迈尔博士的小组最近发现的一种有机金属簇合物。 大团簇化合物对于主族金属和过渡金属的研究以及分子和固体的分离都有重要意义。 美国研究人员为这次合作带来了大型铋钴簇合物的合成和表征以及主族元素和过渡金属实验研究方面的专业知识。这是由法国集团的专业知识，在小有机金属簇分子和扩展的固态结构，这是重要的理解这些分子的键。他们研究了 确定有机金属簇合物和扩展的固态阵列的轨道结构。 该项目将促进对主族和过渡金属原子的复杂分子的形成及其化学反应性的理解。 ***

9313989 Whitmire This three-year award supports U.S.-France cooperative research in inorganic and organometallic chemistry between Kenton H. Whitmire, Rice University, and Jean-Yves Saillard, University of Rennes. The objective of their research is to perform experimental and theoretical studies on a class of large cobalt- bismuth cluster compounds, an organometallic cluster recently discovered by Dr. Whitmire's group. Large cluster compounds are important for studies on main-group and transition metals, and on separating molecules and solids. The U.S. investigator brings to this collaboration expertise in the synthesis and characterization of large bismuth cobalt clusters and in experimental studies of main group elements and transition metals. This is complemented by the French group's expertise in small organometallic cluster molecules and extended solid state structures, which are important to understanding bonding of these molecules. They have worked on methods for determining orbital structure for both organometallic cluster complexes and extended solid state arrays. This project will advance understanding of the formation of complex molecules of main group and transition metal atoms and their chemical reactivity. ***