LEAPS-MPS: Exploration and Development of Transition Metal Complexes and Their Application in Undergraduate Laboratory Settings

在这个项目中，由化学司管理和共同资助的既定计划，以刺激竞争力的研究（EPSCoR），教授琼罗克佩纳，和她的本科生在波多黎各大学在卡伊将探索和开发新的催化剂小分子转化以及开发实验，教新的概念在本科化学实验室。该项目有可能促进可用于工业应用的空气稳定催化剂的开发。该项目将扩大位于波多黎各的西班牙裔服务机构波多黎各大学的研究基础设施，这将使Roque-Peña教授能够对西班牙裔本科生进行无机和有机金属化学以及化学教育研究方法的培训。Roque-Peña教授和她的本科生的目标是合成新的铱络合物，用于研究小分子活化。他们还将探索用钴替代铱的可能性，铱是一种昂贵的重金属，钴是一种更便宜，对环境更安全的解决方案。他们将采用计算方法来？然后，他们将能够合成新的和更安全的复合物。此外，Roque-Peña教授将为无机化学实验室开发新的综合实验，并将利用她的研究成果为未来实验的发展提供信息。该研究项目将扩大卡伊的波多黎各大学的研究基础设施，让学生接触他们过去从未探索过的新化学概念，该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的知识产权进行评估来支持。优点和更广泛的影响审查标准。

In this project, managed by the Chemistry Division and co-funded by the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), Professor Joan Roque-Peña, and her undergraduate students at the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey will be exploring and developing new catalysts for small molecule transformations as well as developing experiments to teach novel concepts in undergraduate chemistry laboratories. This project has the potential to advance the development of air-stable catalysts that could be used in industrial applications. This project will expand the research infrastructure at the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey, a Hispanic Serving Institution located in Puerto Rico, which will allow Professor Roque-Peña to train Hispanic undergraduate students in inorganic and organometallic chemistry and chemical education research methods.Professor Roque-Peña and her undergraduate students aim to synthesize new iridium complexes that will be studied for small molecule activation. They will also explore the possibility of substituting iridium, which is an expensive heavy metal, with cobalt, which is a cheaper and environmentally safer solution. They will employ computational methods to? They will then be able to synthesize new and safer complexes. Additionally, Professor Roque-Peña will be developing new integrated experiments for the inorganic chemistry laboratory and will use her research findings to inform the development of future experiments. This research project will expand the research infrastructure at the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey, expose students to new chemistry concepts that they have not explored in the past, and allow Hispanic students to learn common techniques and methods in inorganic and organometallic chemistry as well as chemical education.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.