Synthesis and Reactions of Transient Acids

本研究的重点是光酸分子的合成和表征，这种分子在光激发下表现出酸碱性质的变化。将开发合成方法来实现可定制的光酸性分子，从而为质子转移反应和新型聚合催化剂的研究提供新的方法。该研究向研究生和博士后介绍了酸碱化学和动力学的新概念，以及检验这些瞬态效应的方法。通过这个奖项，有机和大分子化学项目支持乔治亚理工学院化学与生物化学学院的Laren Tolbert教授的研究。托尔伯特教授将把他的研究重点放在称为光酸的分子的合成和激发态化学上，这种分子的酸碱性质在光激发下发生变化。这些分子可以表现出巨大但短暂的酸碱性质变化，为研究酸碱化学提供了新方法，并为光活化聚合催化剂提供了新途径。通过托尔伯特教授的研究，研究生和博士后学生将接触到酸碱化学的新概念，以及检验这些瞬态效应的方法。

This research focuses on the synthesis and characterization of molecules, called photoacids, that exhibit changes in acid-base properties on optical excitation. Synthetic methodologies will be developed to achieve molecules whose photoacidity can be tailored thereby providing new methods for studies of proton transfer reactions and novel polymerization catalysts. The research introduces graduate and postdoctoral students to new concepts in acid-base chemistry and kinetics, and to the methodologies to examine these transient effects. With this award, the Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry Program supports the research of Professor Laren Tolbert of the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Georgia Institute of Technology. Professor Tolbert will focus his research efforts on the synthesis and excited state chemistry of molecules, called photoacids, whose acid-base properties change on optical excitation. These molecules, which can exhibit immense, but transient, changes in acid-base properties, provide new methods to study acid-base chemistry, and novel approaches to photoactivated, polymerization catalysts. Through Professor Tolbert's research, graduate and postdoctoral students will be exposed to new concepts in acid-base chemistry, and the methodology to examine these transient effects.