Unsaturated Heterometallic Cluster Complexes for Hydrogen Activation and Catalytic Hydrogenations

这项由无机化学、生物无机化学和金属有机化学项目颁发的奖项支持了南卡罗来纳大学理查德·D·亚当斯教授为氢的可逆活化而设计、合成和表征新的不饱和异金属络合物的工作。异常活跃的靶向络合物含有铂或钯和高度空间密集的膦配体，以诱导电子饱和和可逆氢键。这种氢活化在温和的温度下发生，在化学工业的氢气储存和催化加氢反应中可能是重要的。氢的产生和利用作为一种替代燃料在新兴的氢经济中变得越来越重要。由于亚当斯教授在合成和表征新材料方面贡献了难得的专业知识，他所在团队的研究生和博士后将获得独特的、相关的和非常有价值的学习经验。

This award by the Inorganic, Bioinorganic, and Organometallic Chemistry Program supports the work of Professor Richard D. Adams at the University of South Carolina to design, synthesize, and characterize new, unsaturated heterometallic complexes for the reversible activation of hydrogen. The exceptionally-active targeted complexes contain platinum or palladium and highly sterically crowded phosphine ligands to induce electronic saturation and reversible hydrogen bonding. This hydrogen activation occurs at mild temperatures and may be important in hydrogen storage as well as in catalytic hydrogenation reactions for the chemical industry. The generation and utilization of hydrogen as an alternative fuel is of growing importance in the emerging hydrogen economy. As Professor Adams contributes rare expertise in both the synthesis and characterization new materials, the graduate and postdoctoral students in his group will gain unique, relevant, and highly valuable learning experiences.