CAREER: Catalytic Reactions Involving C1 Feedstocks: Development of High Activity Catalysts for the Copolymerization of Carbon Dioxide and Epoxides

这一无机化学、生物无机化学和金属有机化学项目的职业奖项支持康奈尔大学化学系的Geoffrey W.Coates博士在聚合物合成方面的研究和教育。这项研究的目标是开发用于二氧化碳和环氧化物可控共聚的新型催化剂。过渡金属络合物，特别是锌二亚胺和手性恶唑啉，将被用作主链上含有杂环基团的聚合物的引发剂。通过对这些基团的修饰，有望产生可生物降解的聚合物。将研究该反应的机理，以及潜在的合成应用。聚合物化学将成为K-12学生外展课程的基础，部分本科有机化学实验室的重新设计，以及研究生的工业互动。康奈尔材料研究中心将是其中许多活动的重点。

This CAREER award in the Inorganic, Bioinorganic, and Organometallic Chemistry Program supports research and education on polymer synthesis by Dr. Geoffrey W. Coates in the Chemistry Department, Cornell University. The goal of the research is to develop new catalysts for the controlled copolymerization of carbon dioxide and epoxides. Transition metal complexes, specifically zinc diimines and chiral oxazolines, will be used as initiators for polymers that have heterocyclic groups in the main chain. By modification of these groups, polymers that are biodegradable are expected to result. The mechanism of the reaction will be investigated, as will potential synthetic applications. Polymer chemistry will be the basis of outreach programs to K-12 students, redesign of a portion of the undergraduate organic chemistry laboratory, and industrial interactions for graduate students. The Cornell Center for Materials Research will be the focus for many of these activities.