CAREER: New horizons in Coordination and Organometallic Chemistry of Azulene: A Combined Synthetic, Spectroscopic, Structural, Electrochemical, and Theoretical Investigation

职业：甘菊环配位和有机金属化学的新视野：综合合成、光谱、结构、电化学和理论研究

• 批准号: 0548212
• 负责人: Mikhail Barybin
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: University of Kansas Center for Research Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-02-01 至 2012-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0548212&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CAREER; New; horizons; Coordination; Organometallic

This CAREER award by the Inorganic, Bioinorganic, and Organometallic Chemistry Program supports research and educational activities of Professor Mikhail Barybin of the Department of Chemistry, University of Kansas to develop rational strategies for incorporating the electronically unusual azulenic motif (a nonbenzenoid aromatic framework involving fused 5- and 7-membered carbon rings) into molecular and supramolecular hybrid metal/organic ensembles. This research undertakes a multifaceted approach to understand chemical reactivity and physical properties of a new class of azulenic derivatives, namely isocyanoazulenes, with the ultimate goal of designing ensembles suitable for developing unique azulene-based liquid crystals and one-dimensional charge transport materials. The development of metallomesogens (i.e., metal-containing liquid crystals) based on the 2,6-azulenic scaffold will deliver new and more cost-efficient platforms for fabricating azulene-containing liquid crystal devices, which are currently of substantial fundamental and commercial interest. The project will also provide new strategies for improving electron delocalization in the hybrid metal-organic systems relevant to applications in molecular electronics and nanotechnology. The integrated educational component of the project is aimed at promoting early involvement of undergraduate students in chemistry research. To this end, an innovative curriculum for freshmen level Honors Chemistry Laboratory that includes community outreach aspects will be developed and implemented. This course will provide opportunities for students to take greater control over the design and implementation of their laboratory investigations and will encourage undergraduates into chemistry research well before their senior year by fostering student engagement and both intellectual and technological skills.

无机，生物无机和有机金属化学计划的这一职业奖支持堪萨斯大学化学系的Mikhail Barybin教授的研究和教育活动，以制定合理的策略，以纳入电子不寻常的方差型基序（涉及非苯乙烯芳香族框架5 - 和7元的碳环）成分子和超分子杂化金属/有机合奏。 这项研究采用了一种多方面的方法来了解新型的叠氮衍生物的化学反应性和物理性能，即异氰酸苯二氧化碳，其最终目标是设计适合开发独特基于氮气的液晶和一维电荷运输材料的合奏。 基于2,6-齐扎脚手架的金属蛋白（即含金属液晶）的发展将提供新的且更具成本效益的平台，用于制造含叠二氮的液晶器件，这些液晶器件目前具有实质性的基本兴趣和商业兴趣。 该项目还将提供与分子电子和纳米技术相关的杂交金属有机系统中电子离域化的新策略。 该项目的综合教育部分旨在促进本科生从事化学研究的早期参与。 为此，将开发和实施包括社区外展方面在内的新生级别的创新课程。 本课程将为学生提供对实验室调查的设计和实施的更大控制，并通过培养学生的参与以及知识和技术技能来鼓励在高年级之前就可以很好地进入化学研究。