LEAPS-MPS: Exploration and Development of Transition Metal Complexes and Their Application in Undergraduate Laboratory Settings

在这个项目中，由化学部管理，并由既定的激励竞争研究计划(EPSCoR)共同资助，Joan Roque-Peña教授和她在波多黎各大学凯伊分校的本科生将探索和开发小分子转化的新催化剂，以及开发实验，在本科化学实验室教授新概念。该项目有可能推动可用于工业应用的空气稳定催化剂的开发。该项目将扩展波多黎各大学卡伊分校的研究基础设施，这是一家位于波多黎各的拉美裔服务机构，将允许Roque-Peña教授培训拉美裔本科生无机和有机金属化学以及化学教育研究方法。Roque-Peña教授和她的本科生的目标是合成新的Ir络合物，将用于小分子活化研究。他们还将探索用钴取代昂贵的重金属Ir的可能性，钴是一种更便宜、更环保的解决方案。他们将使用计算方法来？然后，他们将能够合成新的、更安全的络合物。此外，Roque-Peña教授将为无机化学实验室开发新的综合实验，并将利用她的研究成果为未来实验的发展提供信息。这项研究项目将扩大波多黎各大学凯伊分校的研究基础设施，让学生接触到他们过去没有探索过的新化学概念，并允许拉美裔学生学习无机和有机金属化学以及化学教育中的常见技术和方法。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

In this project, managed by the Chemistry Division and co-funded by the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), Professor Joan Roque-Peña, and her undergraduate students at the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey will be exploring and developing new catalysts for small molecule transformations as well as developing experiments to teach novel concepts in undergraduate chemistry laboratories. This project has the potential to advance the development of air-stable catalysts that could be used in industrial applications. This project will expand the research infrastructure at the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey, a Hispanic Serving Institution located in Puerto Rico, which will allow Professor Roque-Peña to train Hispanic undergraduate students in inorganic and organometallic chemistry and chemical education research methods.Professor Roque-Peña and her undergraduate students aim to synthesize new iridium complexes that will be studied for small molecule activation. They will also explore the possibility of substituting iridium, which is an expensive heavy metal, with cobalt, which is a cheaper and environmentally safer solution. They will employ computational methods to? They will then be able to synthesize new and safer complexes. Additionally, Professor Roque-Peña will be developing new integrated experiments for the inorganic chemistry laboratory and will use her research findings to inform the development of future experiments. This research project will expand the research infrastructure at the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey, expose students to new chemistry concepts that they have not explored in the past, and allow Hispanic students to learn common techniques and methods in inorganic and organometallic chemistry as well as chemical education.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.