Structure, Bonding, Reactivity and Catalysis with Transition Metal-Main Group Compounds

化学合成（SYN）项目的这个奖项支持加州大学伯克利分校的T. Don Tilley教授的工作，他在寻找由过渡金属-主族元素多键介导的新化学转化方面进行了基础研究。一般来说，以多个金属-配体键为中心的反应性是非常重要的，硅烯配合物中金属-硅双键的化学反应有望导致新的有用的转化。最近发现由硅烯配合物介导的化学转化促进了烯烃氢硅键的加成，一系列相关的转化似乎是可能的。从这些研究中建立的基本原理应该适用于化学，材料科学和催化的一系列问题。该提案的基础研究将为工业催化过程中用较少的金属（如铁和钴）替代稀有和昂贵的金属（如铂和铑）指明道路。总的来说，新的、更有效的化学转化将使能源和资源得到更有效的利用。

This award in the Chemical Synthesis (SYN) program supports work by Professor T. Don Tilley at the University of California, Berkeley, to carry out fundamental studies on the search for new chemical transformations that are mediated by transition metal-main group element multiple bonds. In general, reactivity centered on multiple metal-ligand bonds is very important, and the chemistry of metal-silicon double bonds in silylene complexes is expected to lead to new, useful transformations. Chemical conversions mediated by silylene complexes have recently been found to promote the addition of hydrogen-silicon bonds to alkenes, and a range of related transformations seem likely. The fundamental principles established from these studies should be applicable to a range of problems in chemistry, materials science and catalysis. The basic research of this proposal should point the way to replacement of rare and expensive metals such as platinum and rhodium with less abundant metals such as iron and cobalt, in industrial catalytic processes. In general, new, more efficient chemical transformations will enable the more efficient use of energy and resources.