RUI: Changes in Molecular Electronic Environments upon Complex Formation - The First Steps toward Reaction?

本项目由化学学部实验物理化学项目资助，由阿默斯特学院的Helen O. Leung教授和Mark D. Marshall教授及其本科生研究一系列范德华配合物的微波光谱。包括在这些研究的配合物，其中一个伙伴是一个反应性的，开壳的物种。这些研究的最终目标是探索原子或分子的电子环境在开始反应时是如何变化的。这些研究的结果将引起化学家们的广泛兴趣。除了拟议的研究可能产生更广泛的科学影响外，梁教授和马歇尔教授还将为他们的本科生提供一个具有挑战性的机会，让他们进行困难的研究，他们的研究成果将在国家专业会议上发表，并发表在科学文献中。

In this project, funded by the Experimental Physical Chemistry Program of the Chemistry Division, Prof. Helen O. Leung and Prof. Mark D. Marshall of Amherst College and their undergraduate research students will investigate the microwave spectra of a series of van der Waals complexes. Included in these studies are complexes where one of the partners is a reactive, open-shell species. The ultimate goal of these studies is to probe how the electronic environment of an atom or molecule changes as it begins to react. The results of these studies will be of broad interest to chemists.Besides the potential broader scientific impact of the proposed research, Prof. Leung and Prof. Marshall will provide their undergraduate research students with a challenging opportunity to perform difficult research, the results of which they will present at national professional meetings and publish in the scientific literature.