US-Federal Republic of Germany Cooperative Research: Molecular Basis for Nickel Catalysis in Organic Chemistry

该奖项支持化学系的约翰·J·诺奇博士， 宾汉姆顿州立大学，与卡尔博士合作研究 位于米尔海姆的马克斯·普朗克煤炭研究所的克鲁格说， 联邦德国。 他们正在研究镍如何能够催化化学反应， 碳氢化合物的反应。 通过测量某些 明确定义的催化镍化合物及其变化 分子结构，他们希望确定在什么样的功能， 镍催化剂结构具有加速或延迟作用 它有助于催化碳氢化合物反应的速度。 的 德国实验室提供高度精密的设施， 结构测定，特别是电子密度图，以及 分子计算 美国集团在这方面有很多经验， 有机金属反应动力学和催化剂的检测 中间体的 过渡金属如镍和铁的催化作用， 对不饱和烃的研究发现， 一系列有价值的有机化学品。 然而，人们对 过渡金属是如何影响这些非凡的化学物质， 分子基础上的反应。 这项研究将提供一个 为预测镍化合物的催化活性提供了合理的依据。

This award supports Dr. John J. Eisch of the Chemistry Department, SUNY at Binghamton, for collaboration in research with Dr. Carl Krueger of the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research in Muelheim, FRG. They are studying how nickel is able to catalyze chemical reactions in hydrocarbons. By measuring both the speed of certain well defined catalytic nickel compounds and the variations in their molecular structure, they hope to identify what features in the nickel catalyst structure have an accelerating or retarding influence on the speed of the hydrocarbon reactions it helps to catalyze. The German laboratory offers highly sophisticated facilities for structure determination, especially electron density maps, and for molecular calculations. The U.S. group has much experience in the kinetics of organometallic reactions and the detection of catalytic intermediates. The catalytic action of transition metals, such as nickel and iron, on unsaturated hydrocarbons has been found to lead to a versatile array of valuable organic chemicals. However, little is known about how transition metals are able to effect these extraordinary chemical reactions on a molecular basis. This research should provide a rational basis for predicting catalytic activity of nickel compounds.