Redox Active Heavy Main Group Metal Compounds

我的研究计划的主要目标是开发丰富和可调的主族有机金属配合物（即铟和铋）的反应化学，并利用它们作为昂贵和有毒的过渡金属和稀土配合物的替代品用于绿色化学过程。 在本研究计划中，我们计划合成和表征新型氧化还原活性化合物。 这将通过使用无环和大环双核配体和氧化还原活性配体来提供反应性单、双和多金属络合物来实现。 测定所得化合物的电化学性质，并筛选它们与小分子的反应性。 这项工作将对重主族金属的基础化学和反应化学的发展作出重大贡献。它将建立用于制备先前未探索的氧化还原活性主族金属分子化合物的参数，并展示其作为化学转化中的反应物种的潜力。 最终，这可能导致具有独特反应性并提供新型化学产品的新型均相有机金属催化剂。这些贡献将进一步挖掘有机金属主族重金属化合物作为开发可持续和环境友好型技术的关键组成部分的潜力。

The primary goal of my research program is to develop the rich and tunable reaction chemistry of main group organometallic complexes (i.e. those of indium and bismuth), and exploit their use as alternatives to expensive and toxic transition metal and rare earth coordination complexes for green chemical processes. In this research proposal, we plan to synthesize and characterize novel redox active compounds. This will be achieved through the use of acyclic and macrocyclic dinucleating ligands and redox active ligands to provide reactive mono-, bi- and polymetallic complexes. The electrochemical properties of the resulting compounds be determined, and they will be screened for reactivity with small molecules. This work will represent a significant contribution to the development of the fundamental and reaction chemistry of heavy main group metals. It will establish the parameters for preparing previously unexplored redox active main group metal molecular compounds and demonstrate their potential as reactive species in chemical transformations. Ultimately, this may lead to new classes of homogeneous organometallic catalysts that possess unique reactivity and afford novel chemical products. These contributions will further the hitherto underexplored potential of organometallic heavy main group metal compounds as key components in the development of sustainable and environmentally friendly technologies.