Synthetic Challenges in Fluorocarbon Chemistry

通过这个奖项，有机和大分子化学项目支持达特茅斯学院David Lemal教授的工作。这项研究将包括继续研究含氟分子和材料的合成和性质，其中特氟龙最为人所知。由于这些化合物是相对惰性的，Lemal教授计划制造含氟的张力和不饱和环化合物，以便研究这些新分子和材料的性质，因为预计它们与已知的含氟化合物和材料具有不同的、希望有用的性质。更广泛的影响：在这些项目上工作的本科生和博士后研究人员的培训和教育将通过至少两个途径为社会提供宝贵的贡献：增加更多受过高等训练和技能的科学家；新材料的发现有可能比已知的氟化材料具有更好的性能。

With this award, the Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry Program supports the work of Professor David Lemal of Dartmouth College. This research will involve the continued study of the synthesis and properties of fluorine containing molecules and materials, of which Teflon is the best known. Since these compounds are relatively inert, Professor Lemal plans to make strained and unsaturated cyclic compounds containing fluorine in order to study the properties of these new molecules and materials, as they are expected to have differing, and hopefully useful, properties relative to the known fluorinated compounds and materials.Broader Impacts: The training and education of the undergraduate students and the postdoctoral researchers working on these projects will provide a valuable contribution to society via at least two avenues: an increase in more highly trained and skilled scientists; and the discovery of new materials that have the potential to have better properties than known fluorinated materials.