Cage Effects on Electron and Proton Transfer Reactions

在这项由化学部实验物理化学计划支持的RUI项目中，纽约州立大学布罗克波特的Dwyer和纽约大学Binghamton的Doetschman将使用脉冲电子顺磁共振(EPR)技术研究沸石中的电子和质子转移反应。溶剂中的反应和沸石微反应器中的反应之间的差异将从试剂-环境相互作用的角度进行解释。在这个项目中，我们将研究分子与固态笼状阳离子和Lewis酸位的相互作用，以确定它们对分子运动的性质和温度依赖性的影响。实验工作将利用纽约州立大学宾厄姆顿分校的区域脉冲EPR和光化学设施进行。沸石是一种具有独特内部结构的无机材料，可以作为反应溶剂笼，简称微反应器。这些材料作为新型光诱导反应的宿主，在工业和学术上都有应用。在这个项目中，来自布罗克波特的本科生将能够使用宾厄姆顿最先进的设备来研究这些反应，而这些设备在本科院校通常是没有的。

In this RUI project supported by the Experimental Physical Chemistry Program of the Chemistry Division, Dwyer of SUNY Brockport and Doetschman of SUNY Binghamton will use pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) techniques to examine electron- and proton-transfer reactions in zeolites. Differences between reaction in the solvent and in the zeolite microreactor will be explained in terms of reagent-environment interactions. In this project molecular interactions with solid-state cage cations and Lewis acid sites will be examined to determine their effect on the nature and temperature dependence of molecular motion. Experimental work will be performed using the regional pulsed EPR and photochemistry facility at SUNY Binghamton. Zeolites are inorganic materials with unique internal structures which can act as reaction solvent cages, or microreactors for short. These materials have industrial as well as academic application as hosts for novel light-induced reactions. In this project undergraduate students from Brockport will be able to study these sorts of reactions using state-of-the-art equipment in Binghamton that is not normally available at undergraduate institutions.