CAREER: Metal-Ligand Multiple Bonding in Later, First Row Complexes

乔治城大学化学系的Timothy Warren博士得到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，以表彰他在职业奖下的工作，以建立对后面第一排参与环丙基化、氮杂环化和碳氢化合物氧化等催化反应的多结合官能团的基本理解。沃伦博士将用一类很有前途的β-二酮酸酯配体制备卡宾、硝烯和锰铜氧配合物，以便深入了解这些催化过程，从而能够设计出更有效和更有选择性的催化剂。沃伦将研究和教育结合在一起，开发了一门名为“研究体验导论”的课程，通过一个综合研究项目向积极进取的新生介绍研究实验室，并计划通过一个面向少数族裔服务的DC高中的试点外联计划，促进对科学努力的更好理解。

Dr. Timothy Warren, Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University 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 establish a fundamental understanding of multiply-bound functional groups in later, first row complexes that participate in catalytic reactions involving cyclopropanation, aziridination and hydrocarbon oxidation. Dr. Warren will prepare carbene, nitrene and oxo complexes of Mn-Cu with a promising class of beta-diketiminate ligands in order to lend insight into these catalytic processes so as to enable the design of more efficient and selective catalysts.Dr. Warren has integrated research and education by developing a course, "Introduction to the Research Experience", that introduces motivated freshmen students to the research laboratory through a synthetic research project and plans to promote a better understanding of the scientific effort through a pilot outreach program to minority-serving DC high schools.