Catalytic Imine Metathesis

塔拉教授Y.迈耶，化学系，匹兹堡大学，是由化学部，国家科学基金会的无机，生物无机和有机化学计划的支持，她在催化亚胺复分解项目。具体而言，该项目的目标将集中在（i）合成第二代催化剂，（ii）制备一类基于磷化合物的新型亚胺复分解催化剂，以及（iii）合成新的单体。具体目标的实现不仅将导致制备新的单体，催化剂和聚合物，而且还将提供对金属-氮键合的基本性质的更好理解。该主题是各种应用的核心，包括金属氮化物前体合成，丙烯的氨氧化，有机合成中的固氮和金属催化的碳-氮形成。本科生和研究生都将得到指导，并将获得广泛的化学技能，在有机金属催化领域，使国家的化学工业的福祉至关重要。

Professor Tara Y. Meyer, Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, is supported by the Inorganic, Bioinorganic and Organometallic Chemistry Program of the Division of Chemistry, National Science Foundation, for her project in catalyzed imine metathesis. Specifically, the project objectives will focus on (i) synthesizing second generation catalysts, (ii) on preparing a new class of imine metathesis catalysts based on phosphorous compounds, and (iii) on synthesizing new monomers.Realization of the specific objectives will not only result in the preparation of new monomers, catalysts and polymers, but will also provide a greater understanding of the fundamental nature of metal-nitrogen bonding. This topic is central to a diverse range of applications including metal-nitride precursor synthesis, ammoxidation of propylene, nitrogen fixation and metal-catalyzed carbon-nitrogen formation in organic syntheses. Both undergraduate and graduate students will be mentored and will gain broad chemical skills in an area of organometallic catalysis so crucial to the well being of the nation's chemical industry.