RUI: Formation of Organic Ketenes and their Bonding to Late-Transition Metal Complexes

有了这个新的RUI奖，有机和高分子化学计划 支持金凯博士的工作化学系的龚 位于密苏里州吉拉多角的东南密苏里州州立大学。 该研究将研究制备，光谱 表征和后期的烯酮络合物的反应 过渡金属 它将强调理解如何改变 其它配体影响乙烯酮的键合模式， 通过其C=C或C=O双键，但也将探索制备 从过渡金属的CO2络合物得到烯酮。 这项工作将涉及本科生的研究， 有机金属化学，给他们准备和 表征空气敏感的乙烯酮复合物，并提供有价值的 为他们将来在研究生院或工业界的工作提供培训。

With this New RUI award, the Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry Program is supporting the work of Dr. Jin K. Gong in the Department of Chemistry in South East Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The research will investigate the preparation, spectroscopic characterization, and reactions of ketene complexes of the late transition metals. It will emphasize understanding how changes in the other ligands affect the bonding mode of the ketene, which may be bound via its C=C or C=O double bond, but will also explore the preparation of ketenes from CO2 complexes of the transition metals. The work will involve undergraduate students in research in organometallic chemistry, give them experience in preparing and characterizing air sensitive ketene complexes, and provide valuable training for their future work in graduate school or industry.