Thermodynamic and Kinetic Studies of Binding, Radical, and Radical Promoted Reactions of Sulfur Ligands at Transition Metal Centers.

该奖项在无机，生物无机和有机化学支持卡尔霍夫教授在迈阿密大学的研究，以获得催化剂如何促进哈伯过程的规则的基本理解解开的能量含量的关键中间体沿着反应途径。vFocus是第一个逻辑中间体N2H，它是高度不稳定的，除非它与金属络合物或其他催化物质结合。 要解决的两个主要问题是，如何使这第一步在所涉及的能量变化方面更有利。 第二个是如何通过添加第三方（酶辅因子的模拟物）来加速反应过程。开发用于固氮的低温催化剂将在氮化合物的生产中产生巨大的影响并导致能量节省。 迈阿密计划与Josh Telser教授（罗斯福大学）和Alex Angerhofer教授（佛罗里达大学和国家高磁场实验室）之间将建立基础设施和合作联系。 来自任何这些机构的本科生将被支持在任何其他的研究工作。传统上代表性不足的群体的重要人口目前在所有三个校区，特别是西班牙裔学生在迈阿密，和非洲裔美国学生在罗斯福。学到的技术和方法将提供丰富多样的学生教育，为竞争激烈的化学事业的进步提供必要的培训。

This award in the Inorganic, Bioinorganic and Organometallic Chemistry supports research by Professor Carl Hoff at the University of Miami to gain a fundamental understanding of the rules of how catalysts facilitate the Haber process by unraveling the energy content of key intermediates along the reaction pathway. vFocus is on the first logical intermediate N2H, which is highly unstable unless it is bound to a metal complex or other catalytic species. The two principle questions to be addressed are how this first step can be made more favorable in terms of the energy changes involved. The second is how it can be made to occur faster by addition of a third party (a mimic of an enzyme cofactor) to speed up the reaction process. Development of a low temperature catalyst for nitrogen fixation would have a tremendous impact and result in energy savings in the production of nitrogen compounds. Infrastructure and collaborative linkage will be established between the Miami program and that of Professor Josh Telser (Roosevelt Univesity) and Professor Alex Angerhofer (University of Florida and National High Magnetic Field Laboratory). Undergraduate students from any of these institutions will be supported for research work at any of the others. Significant populations of traditionally under represented groups are present at all three campuses, particularly Hispanic students at Miami, and African American students at Roosevelt. The techniques and methods learned will provide a rich and diverse student education with the training essential for progress in a competitive chemical endeavors.