Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry

这个奖项在无机，生物无机和有机化学计划提供了持续的支持弱配位阴离子的研究由克里斯托弗A。里德，化学系，加州大学滨江。 该项目的目标是开发部分氯化碳硼烷阴离子的化学性质。这些阴离子是非亲核性和非氧化性的，提供了非反应性的“最小配位阴离子”。酸如H（CB 11H6Cl6）是超强酸，但在其他方面是温和的试剂。这种性质的组合使得研究非常弱的碱如巴克敏斯特富勒烯、烃和稀有气体的质子化成为可能。酸碱反应是化学和生物学中最基本、最重要的反应之一，它是超酸化学的一个重要分支。这项研究探讨了极端的酸行为。这种化学的发展对许多化学过程都有影响，包括烯烃聚合、石油裂化、硼中子俘获疗法和电池技术。 它可能导致新的化学试剂和选择性催化剂。

This award in the Inorganic, Bioinorganic, and Organometallic Chemistry Program provides continued support for research on weakly coordinating anions by Dr. Christopher A. Reed, Chemistry Department, University of California at Riverside. The goal of the project is to develop the chemistry of partially chlorinated carborane anions. These anions are non-nucleophilic and non-oxidizing, providing a non-reactive "least coordinating anion". Acids such as H(CB11H6Cl6) are superacidic yet otherwise gentle reagents. This combination of properties makes it possible to study protonation of very weak bases such as buckminsterfullerenes, hydrocarbons, and noble gases. The superacid chemistry will be extended to "supermethyl" and "superoxidant" reagents.Acid-base reactions are among the most fundamental and important reactions in chemistry and biology. This research explores the extremes of acid behavior. Development of this chemistry has implications for numerous chemical processes, including olefin polymerization, petroleum cracking, boron neutron capture therapy and battery technology. It may lead to new chemical reagents and selective catalysts.