New Aspects of Catalytic Trans form ation of Alcohols Using Metal Alkoxides Having Protic Ligands

该研究项目的重点是如何利用新的分子催化剂控制和改变醇作为亲电试剂（R^+-^OH）亲核试剂（R^+-^OH）的反应性。新概念“分子表面”在这些催化剂中的重要性在项目中被引入和验证。总的来说，我们证明了由特殊元素组成的分子表面和以RO(δ-)- m (δ+)- x (δ-)- h （δ+）为代表的键对齐对于在接近中性的pH条件下实现其他困难的催化是重要的。

The research project was focused on how we could control and alter the reactivity of alcohols as electrophile(R^+-^OH) nucleophile(R^+-^OH) using new molecular catalyses in organic synthesis. Importance of a new concept“molecular surface"in those catalyses was newly introduced and validated during the project. Overall, we demonstrated that molecular surface consisting of special element and bond alignment as represented by RO(δ-)-M(δ+)-X(δ-)-H(δ+) is important to achieve otherwise difficult catalysis under near neutral pH conditions.