Synthetic Challenges in Fluorocarbon Chemistry

通过这个奖项，有机和高分子化学项目支持达特茅斯学院的大卫·莱马尔教授的工作。这项研究将包括对含氟分子和材料的合成和性质的持续研究，其中最著名的是特氟龙。由于这些化合物是相对惰性的，Lemal教授计划制造张力和不饱和的含氟环化合物，以研究这些新分子和材料的性质，因为它们有望具有与已知的含氟化合物和材料不同的、有望有用的性质。广泛的影响：对从事这些项目的本科生和博士后研究人员的培训和教育将通过至少两个途径为社会做出有价值的贡献：增加更多训练有素、技能更高的科学家；以及发现有可能比已知的含氟材料具有更好性能的新材料。

With this award, the Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry Program supports the work of Professor David Lemal of Dartmouth College. This research will involve the continued study of the synthesis and properties of fluorine containing molecules and materials, of which Teflon is the best known. Since these compounds are relatively inert, Professor Lemal plans to make strained and unsaturated cyclic compounds containing fluorine in order to study the properties of these new molecules and materials, as they are expected to have differing, and hopefully useful, properties relative to the known fluorinated compounds and materials.Broader Impacts: The training and education of the undergraduate students and the postdoctoral researchers working on these projects will provide a valuable contribution to society via at least two avenues: an increase in more highly trained and skilled scientists; and the discovery of new materials that have the potential to have better properties than known fluorinated materials.