Analytical and Mechanistic Studies in Electrochemistry

这项研究项目在分析和表面化学计划的支持下，重点研究多电子转移系统，重点是两个电子转移过程。埃文斯教授和他在特拉华大学的学生将在微电极上使用低温快速扫描循环伏安法、电化学阻抗测量和电化学石英晶体微天平测量来研究取代菲、丁和双环辛烷化合物的多重电子转移反应。在这项工作中特别感兴趣的将是与原子转移反应相耦合的多电子转移反应。通过更深入地了解这些反应，将开发出更好的电有机合成方案，以环境优越的方式生产精细化学品。由于需要结合电化学和有机合成方面的专门知识，通过电化学手段制备有机化学品是一个不发达的合成领域。这项工作旨在开发具有技术影响并因其经济和环境优势而具有吸引力的电有机合成程序。由于多电子转移过程在实际合成的几个领域中普遍存在，因此与原子转移过程耦合的多电子转移过程将是这项工作的中心兴趣。

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.