Catalysis and Thermochemistry Involving Organometallic Complexes

该奖项在无机，生物无机和有机化学计划支持研究由新奥尔良大学的史蒂芬P诺兰博士进行溶液量热，动力学和催化研究的多方面计划，对钌，钯，铑，镍和铂的明确的有机金属化合物，以开发催化体系，提供了一个基本的理解C-C的形成，C-N和C-O键。 另一个总体目标是简化偶联反应的催化方案，并在温和条件下通过易于使用的系统实现催化转化。 这些体系中的配体家族是衍生自咪唑框架的叔膦和N-杂环卡宾（NHC）。 NHC配体家族提供了用户友好的系统，与普遍存在的叔膦系统相比，该系统在空气、水分和热稳定性方面具有更好的反应性。这项研究与精细化学品和药物合成中的重要工业应用有关，因此开发的技术可以转让给工业合作伙伴。 该研究还将在化学技术的重要领域培养本科生，研究生和博士后学生。

This award in the Inorganic, Bioinorganic and Organometallic Chemistry program supports research by Dr. Steven P. Nolan of the University of New Orleans to undertake a multi-faceted program of solution calorimetric, kinetic and catalytic studies on well-defined organometallic compounds of ruthenium, palladium, rhodium, nickel and platinum in order to develop catalytic systems that offer a fundamental understanding of the formation of C-C, C-N and C-O bonds. Another overall aim is to simplify catalytic protocols for coupling reactions and enable catalytic transformations by easily used systems under mild conditions. The ligand families in these systems are tertiary phosphines and N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHC) derived from an imidazole framework. The NHC ligand family offers user-friendly systems with respect to air-, moisture-and thermal-stability coupled with improved reactivity compared to ubiquitous tertiary phosphines systems.This research is linked to important industrial applications in fine chemical and pharmaceutical syntheses, so that the technology developed may be transferred to industrial partners. The research will also train undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral students in important areas of chemical technology.