RUI: Synthesis of novel heterocycles for the preparation of nanocapsules, porous inorganic/organic hybrid materials and selective cation chemosensors and cation extraction

有了这项本科院校研究奖(RUI)，有机和高分子项目支持西南密苏里州立大学化学系的Eric Bosch博士的研究。这项研究是在晶体和分子工程领域，涉及多孔配位网络和氢键胶囊的制造。设计用于选择性地从废物中提取有毒重金属并用作工业废物中有毒重金属的阳离子特定传感器的材料将被合成。将制备有机和有机-无机杂化材料，以产生纳米胶囊和多孔固体(通过自组装)，用于储存替代燃料和包裹包括氯氟化碳在内的小分子。这项研究的主要影响将是本科生教育和跨学科研究的培训。本科生将参与从配基设计到合成、表征、络合和出版的所有方面的研究。本科生将从密苏里州州立大学、规模较小的农村大学以及密苏里州西南部的大学和高中招收。将鼓励本科生在地方、地区和国家会议上进行口头和海报演讲。

With this Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) award, the Organic and Macromolecular Program supports the research of Dr. Eric Bosch of the Department of Chemistry at Southwest Missouri State University. The research is in the area of crystal and molecular engineering and involves the fabrication of porous coordination networks and hydrogen bonded capsules. Materials designed to selectively extract toxic heavy metals from waste and to serve as cation-specific sensors for toxic heavy metals in industrial waste will be synthesized. Organic and organic-inorganic hybrid materials designed to generate nano-capsules and porous solids (on self-assembly) for the storage of alternative fuels and the encapsulation of small molecules including CFCs will be prepared.A major impact of this study will be on undergraduate education and training in interdisciplinary research. Undergraduate students will be involved in all aspects of the research from ligand design to synthesis, characterization, complexation, and publication. Undergraduate students will be recruited from SMSU, from smaller rural universities, and from colleges and high schools in Southwest Missouri. The undergraduate participants will be encouraged to make oral and poster presentations at local, regional, and national conferences.