Photochemistry of Main Group Clusters

James T.锡拉丘兹大学化学系的斯宾塞是 由无机，生物无机和有机化学 化学系光化学研究计划 主族金属笼化合物。重要的光化学途径 硼烷和金属硼烷团簇将被确定和机制 将对这些过程进行研究。这将导致双方 团簇光转化范围的描述 以及更清晰地了解基本的分子光过程， 这些分子将经历的过程。 光诱导的化学转化在生物医学中具有极其重要的意义。 化学的几个领域。在这项研究中，硼的行为 含有笼状分子，当用强光照射时， 测定这将导致基本的"光化学"行为， 笼型分子及新型硼化合物的制备进展 含有电子材料。

Dr. James T. Spencer, Chemistry Department, Syracuse University, is supported by the Inorganic, Bioinorganic, and Organometallic Chemistry Program of the Chemistry Division for the study of the photochemistry of main-group metal cage compounds. The important photochemical pathways of borane and metallaborane clusters will be determined and the mechanisms of these processes will be investigated. This will lead both to a description of the range of phototransformations available to clusters and to a clearer picture of fundamental molecular photoprocesses which these molecules will undergo. Light induced chemical transformations are of extreme importance in several areas of chemistry. In this study the behavior of boron containing cage molecules, when irradiated with intense light, will be determined. This will lead both to the basic `photochemical` behavior of cage type molecules and to advances in the preparation of new boron containing electronic materials.