U.S.-Mexico Cooperative Research: Geometry and Electron Transfer Studies of Selected Sulfur Substituted Heterocycles

该奖项将支持理查德教授之间的合作工作 亚利桑那大学（UA）的格拉斯和尤西比奥·朱里斯蒂教授 国家理工学院（IPN）在墨西哥城，墨西哥。 研究人员打算研究几何因素， 生物系统中电子转移的反应途径。 使用 构象-结构分析和电化学合成 方法，研究人员打算探索微妙的立体电子 含硫杂环的性质， 对生物化学的兴趣。 该方法具有良好的综合开发平衡， 机械研究。 此外，该项目证明了一个良好的 与UA互补的技能匹配， 分析能力，而IPN贡献其实力， 合成. 此外，该项目还延续了以前的 两位研究人员的成功合作， 一种实用的电合成方法的发展 适用于拟议的工作。

This award will support collaborative work between Prof. Richard Glass of the University of Arizona (UA) and Prof. Eusebio Juaristi of the Instituto Politecnico Nacional (IPN) in Mexico City, Mexico. The researchers intend to study geometric factors that affect the reaction pathway of electron transfer in biological systems. Using conformational-structural analyses and synthesis by electrochemical methods, the researchers intend to probe subtle stereoelectronic properties of sulfur-containing heterocycles that are of considerable biochemical interest. The approach has a good balance of synthetic development and mechanistic studies. Furthermore, the project evidences a good match of complementary skills with the UA providing a strong analytical capability while the IPN contributes its strength in synthesis. Additionally the project continues a previous successful collaboration between the two investigators, which led to the development of a practical electrosynthesis method applicable to the proposed work.