Synthesis and Chemistry of Zintl Metal Carbonylates

该奖项是在无机，生物无机和 有机化学计划，以支持研究 莱斯大学的狄龙惠特迈尔博士。该研究涉及 主要化合物合成、结构和反应活性 族/过渡金属簇合物。 工作将集中在重型 主族元素（铊、铟、铅、锡、铋和 锑）与VIII族过渡金属（铁， 钴、钌和锇）。研究的目标是 合成新的金属簇合物， 现有成键理论的局限性，研究 这些复合物的反应性，以建立 稳定性和结构/功能关系，以及 确定结构、键合和反应模式如何变化 作为过渡金属和主族元素的函数。 %%% 主族元素的基本相互作用， 过渡金属是一个相当重要的话题， 化学、材料科学和催化。 主要 族/过渡金属合金具有令人感兴趣的电子和 磁性，而主族元素化合物是 通常用作商业催化过程中的助催化剂。

This award is made in the Inorganic, Bioinorganic and Organometallic Chemistry Program in support of the research of Dr. Kenton Whitmire at Rice University. The research deals with the synthesis, structure, and reactivity of main group/transition metal clusters. Work will focus on the heavy main group elements (thallium, indium, lead, tin, bismuth and antimony) clustered with Group VIII transition metals (iron, cobalt, ruthenium and osmium). The goals of the research are to synthesize new metal cluster compounds which will probe the limitations of current bonding theories, to study the reactivity of these complexes with a view to establishing stability and structure/function relationships, and to determine how structure, bonding and reactivity patterns vary as a function of transition metal and main group element. %%% The fundamental interactions of main group elements and transition metals is a topic of considerable importance to chemistry, materials science and catalysis. Main group/transition metal alloys have interesting electronic and magnetic properties while main group element compounds are often used as promoters in commercial catalytic processes.