Small Neutral All-Carbon Molecules from Well-Defined Precursors

纽约州立大学石溪分校化学学部的启动基金支持Nancy Goroff教授的研究。本研究的主题是利用易接近且稳定的有机物质分子前体制备小的、具有特定尺寸的中性全碳分子，如C6、C8和C10。使用具有不同起始几何形状的前体分子，包括环状和线性分子，将允许比较不同的Cn异构体的化学性质。气相和低温实验将研究这些分子碳同素异形体的结构以及它们如何反应。碳是所有有机化学的基础，但直到最近，科学家们才开始了解在没有其他元素的情况下碳的化学性质。这些在没有其他元素（包括氢）的情况下对不同碳种类的研究是有机化学的一个新组成部分。这项工作将有助于为定制新的或难以获得的全碳材料提供机会，包括更大的富勒烯和全碳聚合物网络，它们可能具有独特的材料应用

This starter grant award of the Chemistry Division to the State University of New York at Stony Brook supports the research of Professor Nancy Goroff. The theme of the research is the preparation of small, size-specific neutral all-carbon molecules, such as C6,C8, and C10, from molecular precursors which are accessible and stable organic species. Using precursor molecules with different starting geometries, including both cyclic and linear molecules, will allow the comparison of the chemistry of different Cn isomers. Gas-phase and low-temperature experiments will examine the structures of these molecular carbon allotropes and how they react. Carbon is the basis of all organic chemistry, but only recently have scientists begun to learn about the chemistry of carbon in the absence of other elements. These studies of the different carbon species in the absence of other elements, including hydrogen, are a new part of organic chemistry. This work should help open up opportunities to tailor new or poorly available all-carbon materials, including larger fullerenes and all-carbon polymer networks, which may have unique materials applications