Electrochemical Studies of Important Organometallic Compounds in New Types of Electrolytes

佛蒙特大学的William Geiger教授在分析和表面化学项目的支持下，研究新型电解质中的有机金属化合物的电化学。特别令人感兴趣的是非配位氟基硼酸盐阴离子。这些物质在低至中极性溶剂（包括含氟溶剂）中具有更高的溶解度和电导率。在含氟溶剂中工作是有吸引力的，因为产品/反应物/催化剂分离的可能性。在这些体系中，离子对相互作用的研究具有电化学上的优势。该计划还建议对铑基配合物进行电化学研究，以开发新的合成途径。这项工作的成果将涉及许多领域，包括电分析化学、材料和传感器开发、采用均相无机或有机金属催化的合成和工业化学，以及用无害环境的替代品取代有毒有机溶剂的努力。

Professor William Geiger of the University of Vermont is supported by the Analytical and Surface Chemistry program to study organometallic compounds electrochemically in novel electrolytes. Of particular interest are noncoordinating fluoroarylborate anions. These substances afford increased solubilities and conductivities in low-to-medium polarity solvents including fluorous solvents. Work in fluorous solvents is attractive because of possibilities of product/reactant/catalyst separation. There are electrochemical advantages which allow the study of ion-pairing interactions in these systems. The PI also proposes to study rhodium-based complexes electrochemically for the purpose of developing new synthetic pathways. The outcomes of the work will be relevant to many areas including electroanalytical chemistry, materials and sensor development, synthetic and industrial chemistry employing homogeneous inorganic or organometallic catalysis and in efforts to replace toxic organic solvents with environmentally benign substitutes.