Oxidation-Reduction Mechanisms

斯坦福大学化学系的Henry Taube在无机化学、生物无机化学和有机金属化学计划的支持下，开展臭氧化合物氧化还原反应的机理研究。这项研究的一个亮点将是比较一价锶(III)一氢化合物与具有I、II和IV氧化态的类似化合物的反应活性。我们还将研究其他各种主题：1)Os的二氢络合物的氧化还原和酸碱化学；2)由三氮杂环烷配体施加的表面几何结构对高氧化态化学的影响；以及3)新的七配位顺磁性Os(IV)络合物的反应性研究。这项研究具有基础性，因此为理解如何控制电子转移提供了基础。从这些研究中获得的信息可能会为开发新的催化剂或分子电子学提供重要的见解。

Henry Taube of the Chemistry Department, Stanford University, is supported by the Inorganic, Bioinorganic and Organometallic Chemistry Program to carry out mechanistic studies of oxidation-reduction reactions of osmium compounds. One highlight of the study will be comparison of the reactivity of osmium (III) monohydrides with analogous compounds with I, II, and IV oxidation states. A variety of other topics will be investigated: 1) oxidation-reduction and acid-base chemistry of dihydrogen complexes of osmium; 2) examination of the influence of a facial geometry, imposed by triazacyclononane ligands, upon the high oxidation-state chemistry of osmium; and 3) and investigations into the reactivity of novel seven-coordinate paramagnetic Os (IV) complexes. The research is of a fundamental nature and, as such, provides the foundation for understanding how to control electron transfer. The information garnered from these studies may provide crucial insights into the development of new catalysts or molecular electronics.