SusChEM: RUI: Accessing Reactive, Unsaturated Co(I) Fragments for Stoichiometric and Catalytic C-H Bond Activation/Functionalization

在美国国家科学基金会化学部化学催化项目的支持下，圣玛丽山大学的Christopher Bradley教授将研究环戊二烯基（Cp）钴(I)源介导化学计量学和催化碳氢键活化的能力。计算和合成研究的结合将允许在单体和聚合[Cp-Co]片段中建立C-H活化的结构/反应性趋势。具体来说，催化烷烃脱氢将是目标。建议的研究包括在研究环境中继续指导高中和本科生。特别是，马里兰州和华盛顿特区都会区的经济条件较差的高中生将有机会在夏季进行合成化学研究。学生们将被鼓励在圣玛丽山继续他们的大学教育，通过第三世纪学者计划。脂肪烃转化为不饱和产物在商品化学和聚合物合成等领域具有重要价值。因此，在较温和的条件下使用更丰富的金属作为催化剂进行这种转化将是理想的。该奖项支持的高中生和本科生的能力发展将为他们追求化学科学的高级学位做好准备。

Support from the Chemical Catalysis Program of the Chemistry Division of the National Science Foundation will allow Professor Christopher Bradley of Mount St. Mary's University to investigate the ability of cyclopentadienyl (Cp) cobalt(I) sources to mediate stoichiometric and catalytic carbon-hydrogen bond activation. A combination of computational and synthetic studies will permit structure/reactivity trends to be established for C-H activation in both monomeric and aggregate [Cp-Co] fragments. Specifically, catalytic alkane dehydrogenation will be targeted. The proposed research involves continued mentoring of both high school and undergraduate students in a research environment. In particular, economically disadvantaged high school students in the Maryland and Washington D.C. metro area will have the opportunity to conduct summer research in synthetic chemistry. The students will be encouraged to continue their college education at Mount St. Mary's, through the Third Century Scholar Program.The conversion of aliphatic hydrocarbons to unsaturated products has great value to a range of fields, including commodity chemical and polymer synthesis. Performing this transformation using more abundant metals as catalysts under milder conditions would therefore be ideal. The abilities developed by both high school and undergraduate students supported by this award will prepare them well for pursuit of advanced degrees in the chemical sciences.