New Vistas for Reactive Metal Complexes

麻省理工学院的Christopher Cummins在无机、生物无机和有机金属化学项目的支持下，通过合成和机械研究，在无机化学中相对未知的领域进行研究。具体研究课题包括：二氮与二氧化碳的还原偶联；二氮作为氧化还原反应的助催化剂杂双金属体系中的二氮解理；反应中间体通过- n原子转移；氧化催化中的络合氧化亚氮；氧化还原催化的C-N键裂解；末端碳化物官能团；络合有机叠氮化合物的化学研究PN情结;钛烯醇化物;钼、铌的金属氮吡啶化学钨三酰胺配合物；一个七三烯基配体。该研究集中于新型无机物的合成和表征，这些无机物涉及O、N和P等主族元素，与铑、钨、钼和铌等重金属结合。所制备的许多化合物有望具有新颖和有趣的化学反应性模式。将以数量和机制研究补充综合工作。正在发展的新化学很可能适用于大气化学、工业化学和生物化学中的实际问题

Christopher Cummins of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is supported by the Inorganic, Bioinorganic and Organometallic Chemistry Program for research in relatively uncharted areas of inorganic chemistry through synthetic and mechanistic studies. Specific research topics include: reductive coupling of dinitrogen and carbon dioxide; dinitrogen as a co-catalyst for redox reactions; dinitrogen cleavage in heterobimetallic systems; reactive intermediates via-N-atom transfer; complexed nitrous oxide in oxidation catalysis; redox-catalyzed C-N bond cleavage; the terminal carbide functional group; chemistry of complexed organoazides; PN complexes; titanium enolates; metallaziridine chemistry of molybdenum and niobium; tungsten tris-amide complexes; a heptatrienyl ligand.The research is centered on synthesis and characterization of novel types of inorganic substances involving main-group elements, such as O, N and P, bound to heavy metals including rhodium, tungsten, molybdenum and niobium. Many of the compounds prepared are expected to have novel and interesting patterns of chemical reactivity. Synthetic efforts will be supplemented by quantitative and mechanistic studies. The novel chemistry being developed is likely to be applicable to practical problems in atmospheric, industrial and biological chemistry