Synthetic Studies in Homogeneous Catalysis and Organometallic Chemistry

该项目属于无机、生物无机和有机金属专业，主要研究4d和5d金属卟啉和四氮卟啉配合物的化学性质。需要考虑的具体领域是多金属-金属键二聚体（包括异金属键）、中盘状液晶（可能还有铁电纤维），以及用于分子氢、氧、氮和氨的多电子氧化还原反应的电化学催化剂。这项研究旨在产生一系列新的和不寻常的物质，它们的物理和化学性质将有助于我们对重过渡元素的结构和反应性以及神秘的多电子氧化还原过程的机制的基本理解。比如固氮，由金属酶催化。这种高度跨学科的研究可能会产生不寻常的催化剂和液晶材料。

This project in the Inorganic, Bioinorganic and Organometallic program is concerned with chemistry of 4d and 5d metal porphyrin and tetraazaporphyrin complexes. Specific areas to be considered are multiple metal-metal bonded dimers (including heterometallic bonds), mesodiscotic liquid crystals (and possibly ferroelectric fibers), and electrochemical catalysts for multielectron redox reactions of molecular hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and ammonia. %%% This research is intended to produce a set of new and unusual substances whose physical and chemical properties will add to our fundamental understanding of the structures and reactivities of the heavy transition elements and the mechanisms of mysterious multi-electron redox processes, such as nitrogen fixation, that are catalyzed by metalloenzymes. Unusual catalysts and liquid crystalline materials may result from this highly interdisciplinary research.