Reactive Intermediates in Organometal Cluster Chemistry

该项目的重点是无机，生物无机和 有机化学课程是过渡化学 金属簇合物这些化合物被广泛用作 化学和制药工业中的催化剂， 作为合成的前体也越来越重要 陶瓷、合金和电子材料。 第二排和第三排原子簇化合物的反应活性 过渡金属将被调查的重点是 关键中间体的表征。具体种类 应强调的反应包括（a）还原性 C-H键的消除或氧化加成， （B）C-H或C-C的形成 三核和四核中暴露的碳化物配体键 化合物，和（c）金属簇自由基参与 氢或卤素原子转移反应。

The focus of this project in the Inorganic, Bioinorganic and Organometallic Chemistry Program is the chemistry of transition metal cluster compounds. Such compounds are used extensively as catalysts in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries and are also of increasing importance as precursors for the synthesis of ceramics, alloys and electronic materials. The reactivity of cluster compounds of second-row and third-row transition metals will be investigated with an emphasis on the characterization of key intermediates. The specific kinds of reactions to be emphasized include (a) the reductive elimination or oxidative addition of C-H bonds involving one or more metal atoms in a cluster, (b) the formation of C-H or C-C bonds by exposed carbide ligands in trinuclear and tetranuclear compounds, and (c) the involvement of metal cluster radicals in hydrogen or halogen atom transfer reactions.