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

本课题探讨了脱氢苯环烯的制备、性能和化学性质。这些分子与巴克敏斯特富勒烯等物质相似，几乎都是全碳组成。与富勒烯不同，脱氢苯环烯的结构变化非常剧烈，通过全合成可以获得合理设计的结构。本研究项目的目的是制备和研究具有新形状的脱氢苯环烯，以回答基本的科学问题，并探索所得大分子的材料特性。有了这个奖项，有机和大分子化学项目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环烯的制备和性质。这些新型大分子的直径可达几纳米，并提供了包括但不限于非线性光学性质在内的新特性的前景。除了与博士和博士后科学家合作外，哈利教授还在他的研究项目中招募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.