Oxidation-Reduction Mechanisms

该奖项在无机，生物无机和有机化学 计划支持继续进行配位化学的基础研究 由斯坦福大学化学系的亨利陶贝博士撰写。 重点将放在研究金属的反应性 络合物，包括取代不稳定性作为电子的函数 结构，内外球电子转移，混合价 行为、伴随电子转移的键异构和酸性 配位的配体。 含金属的双核锇配合物 不同的氧化态将被探测，以及不寻常的锇 含有芳香族和二氢化合物的物质 配体或表面结合的大环配体。 对结构和电子运动影响的认识 含金属的物种是发展的重要基础， 分子电子学、分子开关和合成酶。 这项研究将提供新的和重要的信息，如何设计 分子来控制电子和小原子的转移， 原子团。

This award in the Inorganic, Bioinorganic, and Organometallic Chemistry Program supports continued fundamental studies of coordination chemistry by Dr. Henry Taube of the Chemistry Department, Stanford University. Emphasis will be placed on investigations of the reactivity of metal complexes, including substitution lability as a function of electronic structure, inner and outer sphere electron transfer, mixed valence behavior, linkage isomerism accompanying electron transfer, and acidity of coordinated ligands. Binuclear osmium complexes containing metals in different oxidation states will be probed, as well as unusual osmium species containing either a combination of aromatic and dihydrogen ligands, or facially-bound macrocyclic ligands. Understanding of the influence of structure and electron movement in metal-containing species is an essential underpinning for development of molecular-level electronics, molecular switches and synthetic enzymes. This research will provide new and important information on how to design molecules to control the transfer of electrons and of small atoms or groups of atoms.