Heteroallenes as Building Blocks for Synthesis and Sequestration

无机、生物无机和金属有机化学项目支持新墨西哥大学的Richard Kemp教授研究二氧化碳及其杂烯类似物COS和CS2与主要族金属的反应化学反应。本研究项目包括三个部分：在温和的反应条件下还原或固定二氧化碳以生成更容易进一步反应的产物(如CO)，探索在杂烯反应中观察到的主族化合物反应活性的差异，以及研究使用氮键连接的锌基环将二氧化碳转化为氨基甲酸甲酯或氨基甲酸二甲酯的潜在催化途径。这些项目可能会大规模影响二氧化碳的固定和封存，减少二氧化碳(一种导致全球变暖的温室气体)，并为化学合成提供新的起始材料。坎普教授成功地吸引了女性和少数族裔学生，并让他们毕业。他与东非(坦桑尼亚)的一所大学建立了密切的互动关系，将这个国家有前途的研究生带到美国接受培训。预计这些学生中的大多数将回到他们以前的大学担任教职，帮助他们所在机构和国家的经济发展。

The Inorganic, Bioinorganic, and Organometallic Chemistry Program supports the research of Professor Richard Kemp of the University of New Mexico to investigate the reaction chemistry of CO2 and its heteroallene analogs, COS and CS2, with main group metals. This research project has three parts: to reduce or fix CO2 under mild reaction conditions to produce products (such as CO) that are more amenable to further reaction, to explore the differences in reactivity that are observed during heteroallene reactions with main group compounds, and to investigate the potential catalytic routes to convert CO2 into methylcarbamate or dimethylcarbamate using a nitrogen-ligated, Zn-based cycle. These projects may impact the fixation and sequestration of CO2 on a large scale, reducing CO2 (a greenhouse gas which contributes to global warming) and providing new starting materials for chemical synthesis. Professor Kemp has been successful in attracting and graduating both women and underrepresented minority students. He has developed close interactions with a university in East Africa (Tanzania), bringing promising graduate students from this country to the U.S. for training. It is expected that the majority of these students will return to their former universities as faculty, aiding the economic development of their home institutions and country.