Electrochemical Studies of Important Organometallic Compounds in New Types of Electrolytes

佛蒙特大学的威廉·盖格教授得到了分析和表面化学计划的支持，该计划在新型电解液中用电化学方法研究有机金属化合物。特别令人感兴趣的是非配位的氟芳基硼酸盐阴离子。这些物质在包括氟溶剂在内的中低极性溶剂中提供了更高的溶解度和电导率。在含氟溶剂中的工作很有吸引力，因为可以分离产品/反应物/催化剂。在这些体系中，存在着研究离子对相互作用的电化学优势。为了开发新的合成途径，PI还建议用电化学的方法研究基于Rh的络合物。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、使用均相无机或有机金属催化的合成和工业化学以及用环境友好的替代品取代有毒有机溶剂的努力。

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.