New Frontiers in Dehydrobenzoannulene Chemistry: Synthesis, Reactivity, & Materials Studies

该项目探索脱氢苯并环烯的制备、性质和化学。 这些分子与巴克明斯特富勒烯等物质有关，具有几乎全碳的成分。 与富勒烯不同，脱氢苯并环烯的结构可以发生很大的变化，并且可以通过全合成获得合理设计的结构。 该研究项目的目的是制备和研究具有新颖形状的脱氢苯并环烯，以回答基本科学问题并探索所得大分子的材料特性。通过该奖项，有机和高分子化学项目将继续支持俄勒冈大学尤金分校的 Michael M. Haley 教授的研究和教育活动。 Haley 教授的研究探索了大分子、富碳脱氢苯并环烯的制备和性质。 这些新颖的大分子直径可大至几纳米，并提供新颖特性的前景，包括但不限于非线性光学特性。 除了与博士和博士后科学家一起工作外，黑利教授还在他的研究项目中纳入了化学专业的本科生。

This project explores the preparation, properties and chemistry of dehydrobenzannulenes. These molecules are related to such substances as buckminsterfullerenes in having an almost all-carbon composition. Unlike fullerenes, dehydrobenzannulenes can vary in structure quite radically and rationally designed structures are accessible by total synthesis. The aim of this research project is to prepare and study dehydrobenzannulenes with novel shapes in order to answer fundamental scientific questions as well as to explore the materials propertied of the resultant macromolecules.With this Award, the Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry Program continues its support for the research and educational activities of Professor Michael M. Haley of the University of Oregon, Eugene. Professor Haley's research explores the preparation and properties of macromolecular, carbon-rich dehydrobenzannulenes. These novel macromolecules can be as large as several nanometers in diameter and offer the prospect of novel properties including, but not limted to nonlinear optical properties. In addition to his work with doctoral and postdoctoral scientists, Professor Haley also includes undergraduate students of chemistry in his research programs.