Electrophilic Attack on Coordinated Ligands Involved in Catalysis by Organometallic Complexes

该奖项由无机、生物无机和有机金属化学项目颁发，支持哥伦比亚大学杰克·r·诺顿教授在同质、有机金属催化的几个领域的研究，具体如下：A)对金属氮杂啶和金属氧烷的亲电攻击，b)配体与受限几何锆氮杂啶结合的定量测量，c)离子加氢反应的对映面选择性，d)锆/铝的金属转化。这些研究中的每一项都促进了对高度相关和工业重要转型的基本理解。诺顿教授将继续在详细的机械研究方面教育和培训研究生。美国国家科学基金会资助的哥伦比亚大学REU项目的本科生也将参与这项研究。诺顿教授将担任2008年中大西洋地区美国化学学会会议的联合项目主席。

This award by the Inorganic, Bioinorganic, and Organometallic Chemistry Program supports the work of Professor Jack R. Norton at Columbia University to address several areas of homogeneous, organometallic catalysis, specifically: a) electrophilic attacks on metallaaziridines and metallaoxiranes, b) the quantitative measurement of ligand binding to constrained geometry zirconaziridines, c) the enantiofacial selectivity of ionic hydrogenation reactions, and d) zirconium/aluminum transmetallation. Each of these studies advances the fundamental understanding of highly relevant and industrially-important transformations. Professor Norton will continue to educate and train graduate students in detailed mechanistic studies. Undergraduate students in the NSF-sponsored REU program at Columbia University will also participate in the research. Professor Norton will serve as co-Program Chair for the 2008 Mid-Atlantic Regional American Chemical Society meeting.