Electrochemical Studies of Important Organometallic Compounds in New Types of Electrolytes

佛蒙特大学的William盖革教授得到了分析和表面化学项目的支持，以电化学方式研究新型电解质中的有机金属化合物。 特别感兴趣的是非配位氟芳基硼酸根阴离子。 这些物质在低至中等极性溶剂（包括氟溶剂）中提供增加的溶解度和电导率。 在氟溶剂中的工作是有吸引力的，因为产品/反应物/催化剂分离的可能性。 有电化学的优势，允许在这些系统中的离子配对相互作用的研究。 PI还建议以电化学方式研究铑基络合物，以开发新的合成途径。 这项工作的成果将涉及许多领域，包括电分析化学、材料和传感器开发、采用均相无机或有机金属催化的合成和工业化学，以及努力用无害环境的替代品取代有毒有机溶剂。

Professor William Geiger of the University of Vermont is supported by the Analytical and Surface Chemistry program to study organometallic compounds electrochemically in novel electrolytes. Of particular interest are noncoordinating fluoroarylborate anions. These substances afford increased solubilities and conductivities in low-to-medium polarity solvents including fluorous solvents. Work in fluorous solvents is attractive because of possibilities of product/reactant/catalyst separation. There are electrochemical advantages which allow the study of ion-pairing interactions in these systems. The PI also proposes to study rhodium-based complexes electrochemically for the purpose of developing new synthetic pathways. The outcomes of the work will be relevant to many areas including electroanalytical chemistry, materials and sensor development, synthetic and industrial chemistry employing homogeneous inorganic or organometallic catalysis and in efforts to replace toxic organic solvents with environmentally benign substitutes.