Titanium-Mediated Catalytic and Stoichiometic Carbon-Carbon Bond Formations

无机化学、生物无机化学和金属有机化学项目的这一奖项支持肯塔基大学的Folami T.Ladipo教授研究钛化学中的辅助配体效应，以开发钛(IV)亲电体和可储存的钛(II)还原剂，以促进C-C键的形成。目标包括：(1)用于乙烯齐聚的新型芳烃-苯氧基配体的开发；(2)用于钛(II)合成当量化合物的杯芳基双(酚)配体的进一步开发；(3)路易斯酸促进的芳香族二亚胺与有机羰基的偶联。本研究旨在开发新的配体来促进烯烃的聚合。该研究还将为本科生、研究生和博士后研究人员提供多学科培训。特别是，来自传统上在科学界代表性不足的群体的研究人员，包括斯蒂尔曼学院的学生，将参与高水平的研究体验。

This award in the Inorganic, Bioinorganic and Organometallic Chemistry program supports Professor Folami T. Ladipo at the University of Kentucky to study ancillary ligand effects in titanium chemistry in order to develop Ti(IV) electrophiles and storable Ti(II) reductants that mediate C-C bond formation. Objectives include: (1) the development of new arene-phenoxide ligands for use in ethene oligomerizations, (2) the further development of calixarene-based bis(phenolate) ligands for use in Ti(II) synthetic equivalents, and (3) Lewis-acid promoted couplings of aromatic diimines with organic carbonyls. This research is to develop new ligands to promote the polymerization of olefins. The research will also provide multidisciplinary training to undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral researchers. In particular, researchers from groups traditionally under-represented in science, including students from Stillman College, will be involved in high level research experiences.