Metallocyclotriynes

无机、生物无机和金属有机计划的这一奖项支持一个项目，该项目旨在合成和表征含有环三炔(环三炔)配体的新的过渡金属络合物。这项工作将由威利·J·杨斯博士和克莱尔·A·特西尔博士在阿克伦大学化学系进行。这些研究人员之前的工作已经证明了制备这些化合物的可行性，并在某些情况下注意到了半导体性质。生产热稳定的导电和半导体材料是计划中的扩大研究项目的潜在结果。首先，将制备能够“调节”金属-配体络合物的电子性质或允许在配体空腔中与较大金属结合的环三炔衍生物。预计金属将以多种方式与这些配体结合。将测定化合物的结构和电子性质，并研究它们与小分子的相互作用。

This award in the Inorganic, Bioinorganic, and Organometallic Program supports a project to synthesize and characterize new transition metal complexes containing cyclic trialkyne (cyclotriyne) ligands. The work will be carried out in the Chemistry Department of the University of Akron by Dr. Wiley J. Youngs and Dr. Claire A. Tessier. Previous work by these investigators has demonstrated the feasibility of preparing these compounds and semiconducting properties have been noted in some cases. Production of thermally stable conducting and semiconducting materials is a potential outcome of the expanded research project planned. First, cyclotriyne derivatives which can "tune" the electronic properties of the metal-ligand complexes or permit binding of larger metals in the ligand cavity will be prepared. It is anticipated that metals will bind to these ligands in a variety of modes. The structural and electronic properties of the compounds will be determined and their interaction with small molecules investigated.