Inorganic Reaction Chemistry of Nitrous Oxide

在这个项目中，无机，生物无机和有机- 金属化学计划，希尔豪斯博士将继续他的 一氧化二氮的有机金属化学研究。 研究的具体目标包括： 合成氧代金属配合物的制备方法， 有机物选择性氧化方法的研究进展 分子，并探索一氧化二氮的结合， 金属配合物 早、晚过渡金属体系 将被研究。 %%% 一氧化二氮有一个当之无愧的声誉，作为一个不活泼的 气体;然而，从化学上讲，它是一种非常有效的氧化剂， 当用作氧化剂时， 环境友好的还原产物。 尽管其 通常低反应性的一氧化二氮是一个威胁， 环境 因此，对其反应性的基础研究 具有开发氧化剂的潜力， 有害副产品，并提供新的方法来处理 环境威胁。

In this project in the Inorganic, Bioinorganic and Organo- metallic Chemistry Program, Dr. Hillhouse will continue his studies on the organometallic chemistry of nitrous oxide. Specific objectives of the study include the development of new preparative methods for the synthesis of oxometal complexes, development of selective methods for oxidation of organic molecules, and exploration of the binding of nitrous oxide by metal complexes. Both early and late transition metal systems will be studied. %%% Nitrous oxide has a well deserved reputation as an unreactive gas; however, thermodynamically it is a very potent oxidant and when used as an oxidizing reagent would give dinitrogen as an environmentally benign reduction product. In spite of its usual low reactivity nitrous oxide is a threat to the environment. Therefore fundamental studies of its reactivity have the potential for development of an oxidant with no harmful by-products and to provide for new ways to deal with an environmental threat.