Supramolecular Arrays Based on Dimetal Building Units

该奖项由无机、生物无机和有机金属化学项目颁发，支持德克萨斯农工大学的F. Albert Cotton教授继续研究使用双核复合物来设计和合成分子结构，包括对、环、多边形以及一维、二维和三维扩展结构。当中性单元发生氧化时，将研究金属原子对之间的通信。精细的合成方法应该允许设计具有更好的形状控制和阴离子和客体识别因素的大腔。除了含有钼和铑的分子外，还将使用二钌分子。设计将侧重于新的结构主题，特别强调将手性引入结构。具有两个金属原子的分子将被用作构建块，以设计具有有趣结构、磁性和导电性的扩展晶格。研究生和博士后将在新型超分子材料的合成和结构表征及其应用方面进行培训。

This award by the Inorganic, Bioinorganic and Organometallic Chemistry program supports research by Professor F. Albert Cotton at Texas A&M University to continue studies on using dinuclear complexes to design and synthesize molecular architectures including pairs, loops, and polygons as well as 1-, 2- and 3-dimensional extended structures. The communication between the pairs of metal atoms will be investigated as the oxidation of the neutral units occurs. Refined synthetic methods should allow for the design of large cavities with better shape control and factors for anion and guest recognition. Diruthenium molecules will be used in addition to those involving molybdenum and rhodium. Designs will focus on new structural motifs with a special emphasis on the introduction of chirality into the structures.Molecules with two metal atoms will be used as building blocks to design extended lattices with interesting structural, magnetic and conductive properties. Graduate students and postdocs will be trained in the synthesis and structural characterization of novel supramolecular materials and their applications.