RUI: Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Alkylidenecarbenes from Methylenecyclopropanes

化学系化学结构、动力学和机制-B计划支持科尔比学院的Dasan M.Thamattoor教授进行本科生主导的研究计划，以研究基于环丙基菲和吲哚体系的新的光化学来源产生的亚烷基卡宾。该计划包括研究具有烷基和芳基取代基的无环烷基卡宾，环烷基卡宾的研究，特别强调它们生成小环和中环环炔的能力，二卤代亚甲基的研究，以及从单一前体生成两个烷基卡宾的多米诺骨牌效应和C2的形成。这项研究计划为本科生提供研究经验，培训他们有机分子的合成，以及用于表征这些分子和确定其结构的物理方法。这项工作将继续一项外展计划，在夏季的几个月里为高中生提供研究机会。此外，将寻求与当地中小学的数学和科学教师建立新的伙伴关系，以提供STEM科目的高质量教学，并加强现有的伙伴关系。

The Chemical Structure, Dynamics, and Mechanisms - B Program of the Division of Chemistry supports Professor Dasan M. Thamattoor of Colby College, in an undergraduate-driven research program, to investigate alkylidenecarbenes generated from new photochemical sources based on cyclopropanated phenanthrene and indan systems. The program includes the study of acyclic alkylidenecarbenes with alkyl and aryl substituents, the investigation of cycloalkylidenecarbenes, with a particular emphasis on their ability to generate small- and medium-ring cycloalkynes, the study of dihalovinylidenes, and the domino generation of two alkylidenecarbenes from a single precursor and the formation of C2. This research program provides a research experience for undergraduate students, which trains them in the synthesis of organic molecules and in the physical methods used to characterize these molecules and determine their structures. The work will continue an outreach program that provides research opportunities to high school students over the summer months. Also, the implementation of new partnerships with math and science teachers at local elementary and middle schools, to deliver quality instruction in STEM subjects, will be sought and existing ones strengthened.