Chemistry with Carborane Anions

碳硼烷阴离子化学

• 批准号: 0841428
• 负责人: Christopher Reed
• 金额: $ 52.5万
• 依托单位: University of California-Riverside
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-01-01 至 2012-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0841428&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Chemistry; Carborane; Anions

The Inorganic, Bioinorganic and Organometallic Chemistry Program supports the work of Professor Christopher A. Reed of the University of California - Riverside on reactivity and mechanistic studies of the carborane anions. Carborane acids, such as H(CHB11Cl11), are the strongest known pure protic acids, yet they are also the gentlest - because their conjugate base anions have low nucleophilicity and are inert towards redox processes. This work focuses on two questions related to carborane activity: What processes require the extreme inertness of carborane anions above all others? and What mechanisms can be uniquely studied because of the special properties of carborane anions? The knowledge gained from this project has ramifications for commercially important areas such as petroleum refining, polymerization catalysis, batteries and fuel cell technologies. Postdoctoral, graduate and undergraduate students working on the project regularly collaborate with scientists from Russia, Germany and the United Kingdom.

无机，生物无机和有机化学计划支持克里斯托弗教授的工作。Reed的加州大学-滨江分校的碳硼烷阴离子的反应性和机理研究。 碳硼烷酸，如H（CHB 11 Cl 11），是已知最强的纯质子酸，但它们也是最温和的-因为它们的共轭碱阴离子具有低亲核性并且对氧化还原过程是惰性的。 这项工作的重点是两个问题有关的碳硼烷活动：什么过程需要碳硼烷阴离子的极端惰性高于所有其他？由于碳硼烷阴离子的特殊性质，什么机制可以被独特地研究？ 从该项目中获得的知识对石油炼制、聚合催化、电池和燃料电池技术等重要商业领域产生了影响。 从事该项目的博士后、研究生和本科生定期与来自俄罗斯、德国和联合王国的科学家合作。