Chemistry with Carborane Anions

无机、生物无机和有机金属化学计划支持加州大学河滨分校的克里斯托弗·A·里德教授在碳硼烷阴离子的反应性和机理研究方面的工作。碳硼酸，如H(CHB11Cl11)，是已知的最强的纯质酸，但它们也是最温和的-因为它们的共轭碱性阴离子具有低的亲核性，对氧化还原过程是惰性的。这项工作集中在两个与碳硼烷活性有关的问题上：什么过程需要碳硼烷阴离子的极端惰性？由于碳硼烷阴离子的特殊性质，可以独特地研究哪些机理？从该项目中获得的知识对石油精炼、聚合催化、电池和燃料电池技术等商业重要领域具有重要意义。参与该项目的博士后、研究生和本科生定期与来自俄罗斯、德国和英国的科学家合作。

The Inorganic, Bioinorganic and Organometallic Chemistry Program supports the work of Professor Christopher A. Reed of the University of California - Riverside on reactivity and mechanistic studies of the carborane anions. Carborane acids, such as H(CHB11Cl11), are the strongest known pure protic acids, yet they are also the gentlest - because their conjugate base anions have low nucleophilicity and are inert towards redox processes. This work focuses on two questions related to carborane activity: What processes require the extreme inertness of carborane anions above all others? and What mechanisms can be uniquely studied because of the special properties of carborane anions? The knowledge gained from this project has ramifications for commercially important areas such as petroleum refining, polymerization catalysis, batteries and fuel cell technologies. Postdoctoral, graduate and undergraduate students working on the project regularly collaborate with scientists from Russia, Germany and the United Kingdom.