Intrinsic Electron Transfer Reactivity of Molecules of Fundamental Interest

威斯康辛大学的Jack Pladziewicz得到了无机、生物无机和有机金属化学项目的支持，在一所本科院校从事自交换电子转移速率常数和相关重组能的研究。将特别注意：a)测量以使气相和溶剂（乙腈中的肼等）中自交换速率常数的比较成为可能；B)具有高氧化还原电位的偶联；C)具有根本重要性的新制度。电子转移反应在具有重要实际意义的化学领域（例如工业催化、生物呼吸、神经功能）中具有至关重要的意义。尽管近几十年来在对这一过程的理论理解方面取得了实质性进展，但仍存在一些未解决的主要问题。这一重要领域的进一步科学进展将取决于对审慎选择的系统进行仔细测量的大量数据集的可用性。这些数据的测量为本科生提供了一个很好的科学研究入门。

Jack Pladziewicz of the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, is supported by the Inorganic, Bioinorganic and Organometallic Chemistry program for research in an undergraduate institution dealing with self-exchange electron-transfer rate constants and related reorganization energies. Particular attention will be devoted to: a) measurements to make possible comparison of self-exchange rate constants in the gas phase and in solvents (hydrazines in acetonitrile, etc.); b) couples with high redox potential; c) new systems of fundamental importance.Electron-transfer reactions are of crucial significance in chemical areas of great practical importance (industrial catalysis, biological respiration, neural functioning, for example). Although substantial progress has been made in recent decades in theoretical understanding of such processes, major unsolved problems remain. Further scientific advance in this important area will depend on the availability of extensive data-sets based on careful measurements of judiciously selected systems. Measurement of such data provides an excellent introduction to scientific research for undergraduate students.