CAREER: Studies of Two-Electron Photo-Reagents

美国辛辛那特大学化学系威廉·B·康尼克博士获得了国家科学基金会化学部无机、生物无机和有机金属化学项目的支持，以表彰他在职业生涯奖下阐明控制多电子转移反应的因素的工作。金属络合物将通过两个电子转移反应来制备。利用时间分辨的方法，将获得动力学数据，为验证现有的多电子转移模型提供可靠的机械信息。这项努力的教育组成部分包括为7-12年级的高中教师开发一门化学课程，以及使用研究性激光设备进行本科生实验；从而使大量高年级本科生接触到研究环境。

Dr. William B. Connick, Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnat, is supported by the Inorganic, Bioinorganic and Organometallic Chemistry program of the Division of Chemistry, National Science Foundation, for his work under a CAREER Award to elucidate the factors governing multielectron transfer reactions. Metal complexes will be prepared that undergo two-electron transfer reactions. Using time-resolved methods, kinetic data will be obtained to provide firm mechanistic information for verification of existing models of multielectron transfer.The educational component of this endeavor involves the development of a chemistry course for grade 7-12 high school teachers and an undergraduate laboratory experiment using a research laser facility; thereby, exposing a large number of senior undergraduates to a research setting.