Dr. Ken Whitmire
Organometallic Compounds
Organometallic chemistry is an area of immense industrial
importance as many of these compounds serve as precursors
to advanced materials or as catalysts for technologically
important processes such as hydrogenations, reductions,
oxidations, addition reactions, polymerizations, etc. The
goal is to create never-before-prepared compounds with interesting
structures, physical properties and/or reactivities, and
to publish these results in leading chemistry journals.
The Century Scholar will learn to handle materials that
may be air and/or moisture sensitive and to analyze them
by modern spectroscopic methods. There is some flexibility;
depending upon the student's specific interests, additional
related projects are possible.
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