Synthesis and Structure of New Molecular Systems

在有机动力学计划的资助下，比卢普斯博士将在接近零开尔文的氩气中进行基质隔离的条件下合成具有理论意义的非常活泼的化合物。 这些化合物的结构将通过低温 X 射线、FTIR 和紫外/可见光谱确定。双功能环丙烷将在银离子催化下合成和聚合，生产一系列新型芳香材料，包括多并苯、聚菲、分子带以及新型带孔石墨类分子。 比卢普斯博士研究的一个主要重点是通过他实验室发现的新程序合成独特的有机化合物。 这些新颖的方法将创造出具有有趣的整体特性的新物质，用于构建新材料。使用活性金属原子将使有机化合物通过非常规过程发生反应，并将碳氢化合物转化为有用的物质。

With funding from the Organic Dynamics Program, Dr. Billups will synthesize very reactive compounds of theoretical interest under conditions of matrix isolation in argon near zero degrees Kelvin. Structures of these compounds will be determined by low temperature x-ray, FTIR, and UV/visible spectroscopy. Bifunctional cycloproparenes will be synthesized and polymerized with silver ion catalysis to produce a series of new aromatic materials including polyacenes, polyphenanthrenes, molecular strips, and novel graphite-like molecules with holes. A major focus of the research of Dr. Billups is the synthesis of unique organic compounds through new procedures discovered in his laboratory. These novel approaches will create new substances that have interesting bulk properties for the construction of new materials. The use of reactive metal atoms will cause organic compounds to react by processes that are unconventional and will transform hydrocarbons into useful substances.