Synthetic Coordination Chemistry

南加州大学的里德教授将在无机、生物无机和有机金属项目的资助下进行合成无机化学的研究。他将研究弱配位阴离子的配位化学，如BC11H12-及其衍生物。这些阴离子应该可以制备高活性的阳离子物种，包括非常弱的给体的硅阳离子和过渡金属络合物，如氙气和碳氢化合物。他还将通过研究自旋掺杂的Fe(III)Y(卟啉)类型的中间自旋态络合物的性质，来开发一系列“磁化学系列”。第三个研究领域将是富勒胺化学，在那里他将研究C60n-、C70n-和BC59-等物种。在合成无机化学方面的研究提供了许多机会。南加州大学的里德教授将研究几个子领域，重点是大阴离子，这些阴离子与阳离子结合的倾向非常低。这一性质将允许合成不寻常的阳离子，这些阳离子通常会与任何可用的阴离子强烈结合。这种特殊阳离子的潜在应用将是催化和开发合成有机物质的新试剂。其他研究将集中在描述金属阳离子和其他原子基团之间成键的新方法。

Professor Reed of the University of Southern California will conduct studies on synthetic inorganic chemistry with funding from the Inorganic, Bioinorganic, and Organometallic program. He will investigate the coordination chemistry of weakly coordinating anions, such as BC11H12- and its derivatives. These anions should allow the preparation of highly-reactive cationic species, including the silicenium cation and transition-metal complexes of very weak donors, such as xenon and hydrocarbons. He will also develop a "magnetochemical series", by investigating the nature of spin-admixed intermediate spin state somplexes of the type Fe(III)Y(porphyrin). A third area of investigation will be in fulleride chemistry, where he will examine species such as C60n-, C70n-, and BC59-. %%% Research in synthetic inorganic chemistry presents many opportunities. Professor Reed of USC will investigate several sub-areas, with a focus of large anions that have a very low tendency to bind to cations. This property will allow unusual cations to be synthesized, cations that would normally be strongly bound to whatever anions were available. Potential applications of such unusual cations would be in catalysis and the development of new reagents for synthesis of organic substances. Additional studies will focus on new ways to describe the bonding between metal cations and other atomic groups.