Synthesis and Reactivity of Low Coordinate and Alkyne Derivatives and Group 13 and 14 Elements

9316998约翰逊这个奖项是博士的启动补助金部分约翰逊的博士后研究奖学金化学奖。研究的广泛主题涉及第13、14和15族元素的低配位和炔衍生物的合成和反应性。将探讨三个领域：（1）硼、铝和镓的单价簇合物的合成和表征，其作为用于制备具有高核度的较大杂原子簇合物的结构单元;（2）硼的多键线性和环状化合物如硼烯和二硼苯的合成和表征;（3）由炔和主族元素组成的线型网络、环状化合物和笼状化合物的合成与表征。这些功能化的炔将表现出各种不寻常的结构和电子性质。 这项研究将通过合理设计和合成以全碳类似物为模型的不寻常结构来推进第13-15族元素的基础结构化学。 ***

9316998 Johnson This award is the starter grant portion of Dr. Johnson's Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Chemistry award. The broad theme of the research deals with the synthesis and reactivity of low coordinate and alkyne derivatives of Group 13, 14 and 15 elements. Three areas will be explored: (1) The synthesis and characterization of monovalent clusters of boron, aluminum and gallium as building blocks for the preparation of larger heteroatomic clusters of high nuclearity;(2) synthesis and characterization of multiply-bonded linear and cyclic compounds of boron such as borylenes and diborabenzene, and; (3) synthesis and characterization of linear networks, ring compounds and cages composed of alkynes and main group elements. These functionalized alkynes will exhibit a variety of unusual structural and electronic properties. %%% This research will advance the fundamental structural chemistry of Group 13-15 elements by the rational design and synthesis of unusual structures modeled after the all-carbon analogs. ***