Synthetic, Mechanistic, and Catalytic Actinide Organometallic Chemistry

我们将会确定该元素的不同寻常的结构、电子、热力学和反应性特征。要研究的现象包括金属-配体键热和反应热力学，金属-杂元素键化学，辅助配体效应和对映体选择性转化，碳氢化合物及其相关分子的活化，金属-类金属和金属-金属键，以及异常氧化态和配体。长期目标是了解那些调节化学反应的结构和电子因素，并利用刺激新的或增强的化学反应模式的特征。在化学系的无机、生物无机和有机金属项目中，西北大学的托宾·J·马克斯博士将继续研究鳗系元素和相关元素的有机金属化学。基本的科学目标是了解决定化学反应活性的因素，这一知识可能有助于提高某些催化剂系统的反应活性。这些结果也可能有助于处理核废料，并更多地了解它们对环境的影响。

Unusual structural, electronic, thermodynamic, and reactivity characteristics of the actinide and related elements will be determined. Phenomena to be investigated include metal-ligand bond enthalpies and reaction thermodynamics, metal-heteroelement bond chemistry, ancillary ligand effects and enantioselective transformations, the activation of hydrocarbon and related molecules, metal-metalloid and metal-metal bonds, as well as unusual oxidation states and ligands. The long range goal is to understand those structural and electronic factors which modulate chemical reactivity, and to capitalize on features which stimulate new or enhanced modes of chemical reactivity. %%% In this project in the Inorganic, Bioinorganic, and Organometallic Program of the Chemistry Division, Dr. Tobin J. Marks of Northwestern University will continue studies of the organometallic chemistry of actinide and related elements. The basic scientific goal is to understand the factors that determine chemical reactivity, a knowledge that may allow enhanced reactivity of certain catalyst systems. The results may also be of use in dealing with nuclear wastes and learning more about their effect on the environment.