Gas-phase and Solution Reactivity Studies on para-Benzyne Analogs and Related Bi, Tri- and Tetraradicals

对苯炔类似物及相关双基、三基和四基的气相和溶液反应性研究

• 批准号: 1464712
• 负责人: Hilkka Kenttamaa
• 金额: $ 45万
• 依托单位: Purdue University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-09-01 至 2018-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1464712&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Gas; phase; Solution; Reactivity; Studies

With this award, the Chemical Structure, Dynamics and Mechanisms Program is supporting fundamental research of Professor Hilkka Kenttämaa at Purdue University. Professor Kenttämaa and her students explore the reactivity of a variety of highly reactive radical species with up to four radical sites in the gas phase by using Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance and linear quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometry and in solution by using a photoreactor and HPLC/mass spectrometry. High-level quantum chemical calculations are carried out to complement the experimental studies. The information obtained in this research on the factors that control organic bi- and polyradicals' chemical properties improves the fundamental understanding of organic chemistry as well as in the design of bi- and polyradicals with tailored properties for applications such as organic synthesis, development of new organic materials, design of better synthetic antitumor drugs and treatments for aging. More than 20 graduate and 5-10 undergraduate students (including several females and students from underrepresented groups) carry out all aspects of the research under investigator's supervision. Collaborative projects with industrial and academic groups broaden the students' understanding of research and facilitate their development into independent scientists. In this research, methods are developed for the generation and study of a variety of charged aromatic, carbon-centered bi- and polyradicals in the gas phase and in solution. The reactivity and reaction kinetics of the radical species are examined using carefully selected reagents. Experimental studies are complemented by high-level quantum chemical calculations in order to delineate the most important reactivity-controlling parameters in the gas phase and in solution. The ultimate goal is to develop the intellectual framework that allows prediction and tuning the chemical properties of this type of organic bi- and polyradicals in the gas phase and in solution.

凭借该奖项，化学结构、动力学和机制项目正在支持普渡大学 Hilkka Kenttämaa 教授和她的学生探索气相中具有多达四个自由基位点的各种高反应性自由基物质的反应性。通过使用傅里叶变换离子回旋共振和线性四极离子阱质谱法以及在溶液中通过使用光反应器和高效液相色谱/质谱法进行高级量子化学分析。进行计算是为了补充实验研究，在控制有机双自由基和多自由基化学性质的因素方面获得的信息提高了对有机化学的基本理解以及具有定制性质的双自由基和多自由基的设计。 20 多名研究生和 5-10 名本科生（包括几名女性和来自代表性不足群体的学生）开展了该研究的各个方面，例如有机合成、新有机材料的开发、更好的合成抗肿瘤药物的设计和衰老治疗。研究在研究者的监督下，与工业和学术团体的合作项目拓宽了学生对研究的理解，并促进他们发展成为独立科学家。在这项研究中，开发了用于生成和研究各种带电芳香族、碳中心双原子的方法。使用精心挑选的试剂检查自由基物质的反应性和反应动力学，并通过高级量子化学计算来补充，以描述最重要的反应性控制。最终目标是开发能够预测和调整此类有机双自由基和多自由基在气相和溶液中的化学性质的智能框架。