Preparation of Paramagnetic Ligands for Coordination-Complexes and Networks with Interesting Magnetic Properties

本项目将探索顺磁性过渡金属配合物的合理设计与合成，将结合电化学、电子顺磁共振波谱学和磁强计学进行研究。具体的性质包括有机双基中的交换偶联、可重入磁性、固态中的构象j调制以及高自旋双基的稳定性。在一般意义上，分子结构和具有磁性的分子的电子性质之间的关系将被探索。通过这个奖项，有机和大分子化学项目支持北卡罗莱纳州立大学David A. Schultz教授的研究。舒尔茨教授和他的同事们将根据材料单个分子的设计来制备新材料，这些材料将展示磁性。这种材料可能是21世纪分子级信息存储和检索设备以及其他超小型电子元件改进的组成部分。本科生对研究的强烈参与将为潜在的新科学家提供极好的培训经验。

This project will explore the rational design and synthesis of paramagnetic transition metal complexes, which will be studied by a combination of electrochemistry, electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, and magnetometry. Specific properties that will come under scrutiny include exchange coupling in organic biradicals, re-entrant magnetic properties, conformational J-modulation in the solid state, and stabilities of high-spin biradicals. In a general sense, the relationship between the molecular structure and electronic properties of molecules that exhibit magnetism will be explored.With this Award, the Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry Program supports the research of Professor David A. Schultz of North Carolina State University. Professor Schultz and coworkers willprepare new materials that will demonstrate magnetic properties that are based on the design of the material's individual molecules. Such materials could be integral for the refinement of molecular-leel information storage and retrieval devices and other subminiature electronic components for the 21st Century. A strong undergraduate involvement in the research will provide an excellent training experience for potential new scientists.