Low-coordinate main-group chemistry: Phosphorus and Borondoped aromatic compounds

本项目将重点研究主族元素掺杂芳烃的设计、合成、反应性和电子性质。我们的目标是对这些化合物的反应性、键合性和电子结构产生基本的理解，并开发与材料化学相关的新型杂环（例如，作为发射材料或导电材料）。该项目将建立在Cowley小组之前的工作基础上，该小组已经探索了P=B双键的反应性，并建立了磷硼烯作为同时将磷和硼结合到不饱和有机化合物中的试剂（例如：Angew）。化学。Int.Ed。浙江农业学报，2017,56,99539957)。

This project will focus on the design, synthesis, reactivity and electronic properties of main-groupelement doped aromatic hydrocarbons. Our ambition is to generate fundamental understanding of reactivity, bonding and electronic structure in such compounds and to develop new classes of heterocycles that are relevant to materials chemistry (e.g. as emissive or conducting materials).The project will build on previous work in the Cowley group, which has explored the reactivity of P=B double bonds and established phosphaborenes as reagents for the simultaneous incorporationof phosphorus and boron into unsaturated organic compounds (see for example: Angew. Chem. Int.Ed., 2017, 56, 99539957).