Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry

该奖项授予无机化学、生物无机化学和金属有机化学项目，为加州大学河滨分校化学系Christopher A.Reed博士对弱配位阴离子的研究提供持续支持。该项目的目标是开发部分氯化碳硼烷阴离子的化学。这些阴离子是非亲核和非氧化性的，提供了一个非反应性的“最小配位阴离子”。酸，如H(CB11H6Cl6)是超酸性的，但其他方面都是温和的试剂。这种性质的结合使研究非常弱的碱，如巴克明斯特富勒烯、碳氢化合物和惰性气体的质子化成为可能。超强酸化学将扩展到“超甲基”和“超氧剂”试剂。酸碱反应是化学和生物中最基本和最重要的反应之一。这项研究探索了酸行为的极端。这种化学的发展对许多化学过程都有影响，包括烯烃聚合、石油裂化、硼中子捕获疗法和电池技术。它可能导致新的化学试剂和选择性催化剂。

This award in the Inorganic, Bioinorganic, and Organometallic Chemistry Program provides continued support for research on weakly coordinating anions by Dr. Christopher A. Reed, Chemistry Department, University of California at Riverside. The goal of the project is to develop the chemistry of partially chlorinated carborane anions. These anions are non-nucleophilic and non-oxidizing, providing a non-reactive "least coordinating anion". Acids such as H(CB11H6Cl6) are superacidic yet otherwise gentle reagents. This combination of properties makes it possible to study protonation of very weak bases such as buckminsterfullerenes, hydrocarbons, and noble gases. The superacid chemistry will be extended to "supermethyl" and "superoxidant" reagents.Acid-base reactions are among the most fundamental and important reactions in chemistry and biology. This research explores the extremes of acid behavior. Development of this chemistry has implications for numerous chemical processes, including olefin polymerization, petroleum cracking, boron neutron capture therapy and battery technology. It may lead to new chemical reagents and selective catalysts.