Synthesis and Reactions of Transient Acids

这项研究的重点是分子的合成和表征，称为光酸，它在光激发下表现出酸碱性质的变化。合成方法将被开发出来，以获得其光酸活性可以定制的分子，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。这项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，以及检验这些瞬时效应的方法。通过这一奖项，有机和高分子化学项目支持佐治亚理工学院化学和生物化学学院的Laren Tolbert教授的研究。托尔伯特教授将把他的研究重点放在分子的合成和激发态化学上，这种分子被称为光酸，其酸碱性质随光激发而变化。这些分子可以表现出巨大的但短暂的酸碱性质变化，为研究酸碱化学提供了新的方法，并为光活化聚合催化剂提供了新的途径。通过托尔伯特教授的研究，研究生和博士后将接触到酸碱化学的新概念，以及检验这些瞬时效应的方法。

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.