Glove box and solvent purification system for air and moisture sensitive synthesis (target: metal free subphthalocyanine)

需要一个惰性气氛手套箱和溶剂净化系统，使学生在我的实验室安全，常规和可重复地进行水和氧敏感的化学合成，这将增加我的综合研究能力。目前，我的研究计划分为两个领域，每个领域都支持塑料太阳能电池的共同目标。 第一个领域（50%）专注于酞菁（Pc）晶体的设计，合成和工程，用于光捕获和电荷产生。 第二个（50%）集中在电传输聚合物上，将产生的电荷转移到电极上，从而完成太阳能电池电路。 在短期内，惰性气氛手套箱和溶剂纯化系统将直接支持我在Pc晶体上的工作，更具体地说，我对无金属亚酞菁（H2-subPc）的追求，这是一种目前文献中没有报道的难以捉摸的化合物。 其衍生物作为塑料太阳能电池的光捕获晶体具有潜在的应用前景。 溶剂净化系统也将支持我的另一半研究计划的电传输聚合物。 通过适当的维护，手套箱和溶剂纯化系统的使用寿命将比我在多伦多大学的任期更长，从长远来看，这台设备将确保我的实验室有能力进行氧气和水分敏感的合成。

An inert atmosphere glove box and solvent purification system is requested to enable students in my laboratory to safely, routinely and reproducibly carry out water and oxygen sensitive chemical syntheses which will add to my general research capability.At present, my research program is divided into two areas each supporting the common goal of a plastic solar cell.  The first area (50%) is focused toward the design, synthesis and engineering of phthalocyanine (Pc) crystals for light capture and electrical charge generation.  The second (50%) is focused towards electrically transportive polymers to move the generated charge to the electrodes thereby completing the solar cell circuit.  In the short term both the inert atmosphere glove box and the solvent purification system will directly support my work on Pc crystals and more specifically my pursuit of metal free subphthalocyanine (H2-subPc), an elusive compound not currently reported in the literature.  Its derivatives have potential applications as a light capturing crystal for plastic solar cells.  The solvent purification system will also support the other half of my research program on electrically transportive polymers.  With proper maintenance the glove box and solvent purification system will have a lifetime longer than my tenure at the University of Toronto and in the long term this equipment will ensure my lab has the capability to carry out oxygen and moisture sensitive syntheses.