Bimetallic Cooperativity in Homogeneous Catalysis

路易斯安那州立大学化学系的George Stanley博士获得了美国国家科学基金会化学部无机、生物无机和有机金属化学项目的资助，因为他在均相催化中的双金属协同作用方面的工作，这是他在实验室中发现的一个概念，涉及到一种催化剂结构，该结构涉及由四膦配体桥接的两个金属原子（在这个例子中是铑）。该结构作为氢甲酰化催化剂表现出显著的活性和选择性。这项工作将进一步探索双金属的协同性，并研究它是否可以应用于其他双金属体系，是否也可以应用于其他有用的催化反应。该项目将对工业催化，特别是氢甲酰化工艺产生重大影响。本科生和研究生将在与均相催化相关的各种领域接受良好的培训，这些领域与（新）材料和能源生产的工业过程高度相关。此外，还将加强以年轻大学生为对象的K-12教育普及工作。

Dr. George Stanley of the Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, is supported by the Inorganic, Bioinorganic and Organometallic Chemistry program of the Chemistry Division, National Science Foundation, for his work on the bimetallic cooperativity in homogeneous catalysis, a concept discovered in his laboratory that involves a catalyst architecture that implicates two metal atoms (in this case rhodium) bridged by a tetraphosphine ligand. This architecture has shown remarkable activity and selectivity as a hydroformylation catalyst. The work will explore further the bimetallic cooperativity and examine whether it can be applied to other bimetallic systems and whether it can also be applied to other useful catalytic reactions.The project will have a great impact on industrial catalysis, especially in hydroformylation processes. Undergraduate and graduate students will be well trained in a variety of areas connected to homogeneous catalysis, highly relevant to industrial processes in the production of (new) materials and energy. Also, efforts will be made in educational outreach to K-12 audiences involving young undergraduates.