| EPSRC Reference: |
EP/C530101/1 |
| Title: |
The 'Super-S.E.T.' Reagents - Powerful organic reagents for the preparation of radicals & anions |
| Principal Investigator: |
Murphy, Professor JA |
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| Department: |
Pure and Applied Chemistry |
| Organisation: |
University of Strathclyde |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 April 2005 |
Ends: |
31 March 2008 |
Value (£): |
262,123
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Chemical Synthetic Methodology |
Electrochemical Science & Eng. |
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| Chemicals |
Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology |
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Free radicals are reactive species, that feature one, or more, unpaired electrons.One of the most frequent methods of forming free-radicals is through reaction of a normal valence-satisfied molecule with an electron-donor; very frequently reactive metals like sodium are the electron-donors, so a sodium atom, Na, gives away an electron and becomes an Na+ ion; the compound that receives the electron becomes a reactive radical-anion as a result and undergoes chemical reactions, leading frequently to fragmentation to an organic radical and an inorganic anion. The organic radical could accept another electron from another electron-donor (Na atom) and so become an organic anion.This proposal deals with the chemistry of a family of novel, powerful ORGANIC electron-donor reagents that could take the place of even very reactive metals, and trigger formation of radicals - and even anions - with a wide set of substrates. This would be the first time that a set of organic molecules, many of them neutral compounds, was shown to act in this way, and makes many exciting experiments possible.We have very recently demonstrated that the concept works with two new electron-donor substances, and now propose to investigate some of the novel properties of these, and related, unusually reactive organic compounds.
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http://www.strath.ac.uk |