Low-coordinate main-group chemistry: Phosphorus and Borondoped aromatic compounds

本项目将重点研究主族元素掺杂芳香烃的设计、合成、反应活性和电子性质。我们的目标是从根本上了解这类化合物的反应性、成键和电子结构，并开发与材料化学相关的新类别的杂环(例如，作为发射材料或导电材料)。该项目将建立在考利小组之前的工作的基础上，该小组探索了P=B双键的反应性，并建立了磷杂硼烯作为不饱和有机化合物中磷和硼同时结合的试剂(例如，参见：Angew)。化学。国际版，2017年，56,99539957)。

This project will focus on the design, synthesis, reactivity and electronic properties of main-groupelement doped aromatic hydrocarbons. Our ambition is to generate fundamental understanding of reactivity, bonding and electronic structure in such compounds and to develop new classes of heterocycles that are relevant to materials chemistry (e.g. as emissive or conducting materials).The project will build on previous work in the Cowley group, which has explored the reactivity of P=B double bonds and established phosphaborenes as reagents for the simultaneous incorporationof phosphorus and boron into unsaturated organic compounds (see for example: Angew. Chem. Int.Ed., 2017, 56, 99539957).