Analytical and Mechanistic Studies in Electrochemistry

该研究项目由分析和表面化学计划支持，重点研究多电子转移系统，重点是两个电子转移过程。 埃文斯教授和他的学生在特拉华州大学将使用低温快速扫描循环伏安法在微电极，电化学阻抗测量，电化学石英晶体微天平测量，研究多个电子转移反应取代蒽，杜烯，双环辛烷化合物。 在这项工作中特别感兴趣的将是多个电子转移反应，与原子转移反应耦合。 通过对这些反应的更深入的理解，将开发出更好的有机电合成方案，可以以环境上级的方式生产精细化学品。 通过电化学方法制备有机化学品是一个发展不足的合成领域，这是由于需要将电化学和有机合成的专门知识联合收割机结合起来。 这项工作的目的是开发电有机合成程序，将有技术的影响，也有吸引力的经济和环境优势。 多个电子转移过程，再加上原子转移过程将在这项工作中的中心利益，由于它们的常见情况下，在几个领域的实际合成。

This research project, supported by the Analytical and Surface Chemistry Program, focuses on the study of multiple electron transfer systems with emphasis on two electron transfer processes. Professor Evans and his students at the University of Delaware will use low temperature fast scan cyclic voltammetry at microelectrodes, electrochemical impedance measurements, and electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance measurements to study multiple electron transfer reactions of substituted anthracenes, durenes, and bicyclooctane compounds. Of particular interest in this work will be multiple electron transfer reactions that are coupled with atom transfer reactions. Through a deeper understanding of these reactions better electroorganic synthetic schemes that can produce fine chemicals in environmentally superior ways will be developed. The preparation of organic chemicals by electrochemical means is an under- developed area of synthesis due to the need to combine expertise in both electrochemistry and organic synthesis. This work aims to develop electroorganic synthetic procedures that will have technological impact and also be attractive for their economics and environmental advantages. Multiple electron transfer processes that are coupled with atom transfer processes will be of central interest in this work due to their common occurrence in several areas of practical synthesis.