CAREER: Spectroscopy of Carbocations in the Laboratory and the Interstellar Medium

职业：实验室和星际介质中碳正离子的光谱学

• 批准号: 0449592
• 负责人: Benjamin McCall
• 金额: $ 63.84万
• 依托单位: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-04-01 至 2011-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0449592&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CAREER; Spectroscopy; Carbocations; Laboratory; Interstellar

In this CAREER award, co-funded by the Experimental Physical Chemistry Program of the Chemistry Division and the Astronomy Division, Prof. Benjamin J. McCall of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and his graduate and undergraduate research students will study the spectroscopy of gas-phase carbocations. The main goal of this research effort is to obtain detailed structural and dynamical information for a family of simple carbocations. These molecular ions are ubiquitous in organic chemistry, serve as interesting test-cases for the study non-classical chemical bonding and complex intramolecular dynamics, and are suspected of being important chemical species in combustion and astrochemistry.Besides the broader impact of the proposed research to other scientific fields, Prof. McCall will develop a multifaceted, interdisciplinary educational program in astrochemistry. Prof. McCall will develop a new course in astrochemistry that will target students in both Astronomy and Chemistry Departments. In addition, he will develop a seminar series in astrochemistry, and he will co-organize a Midwest astrochemistry consortium.

在这个由化学系和天文学系实验物理化学计划共同资助的职业奖中，伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校的Benjamin J. McCall教授及其研究生和本科生研究生将研究气相碳阳离子的光谱学。 这项研究工作的主要目标是获得详细的结构和动力学信息的一个家庭的简单碳阳离子。 这些分子离子在有机化学中无处不在，是研究非经典化学键和复杂分子内动力学的有趣测试案例，并被怀疑是燃烧和天体化学中的重要化学物种。除了拟议的研究对其他科学领域产生更广泛的影响外，McCall教授将在天体化学领域开发多方面的跨学科教育计划。 麦考尔将开发一个新的天体化学课程，将针对学生在天文学和化学系。 此外，他将开发一个天体化学系列研讨会，他将共同组织一个中西部天体化学财团。