NSF Org:	CHE Division Of Chemistry
Recipient:	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES
Initial Amendment Date:	February 24, 1999
Latest Amendment Date:	November 26, 2001
Award Number:	9874857
Award Instrument:	Continuing Grant
Program Manager:	Katharine Covert kcovert@nsf.gov  (703)292-4950 CHE  Division Of Chemistry MPS  Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Start Date:	February 15, 1999
End Date:	January 31, 2003 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$331,500.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$355,000.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 1999 = $85,500.00 FY 2000 = $105,500.00 FY 2001 = $82,000.00 FY 2002 = $82,000.00
History of Investigator:	Mahdi Abu-Omar (Principal Investigator) abuomar@chem.ucsb.edu
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	University of California-Los Angeles 10889 WILSHIRE BLVD STE 700 LOS ANGELES CA  US  90024-4200 (310)794-0102
Sponsor Congressional District:	36
Primary Place of Performance:	University of California-Los Angeles 10889 WILSHIRE BLVD STE 700 LOS ANGELES CA  US  90024-4200
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	36
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	RN64EPNH8JC6
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s):	SYNTHETIC INORGANIC
Primary Program Source:	app-0100  01000102DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT app-0102  app-0199
Program Reference Code(s):	1045, 1187, 9146, 9178, MANU, SMET
Program Element Code(s):	196600
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.049

ABSTRACT

This CAREER award in the Inorganic, Bioinorganic, and Organometallic Chemistry Program supports research and education on oxygen transfer reactions by Dr. Mahdi M. Abu-Omar of the Chemistry Department, University of California - Los Angeles. New rhenium-based catalysts will be prepared and used to enhance the oxygen-transfer chemistry of sulfoxides. The catalytic reactions of complexes of the general formula ReOCl3LL' will be studied in detail using spectroscopic and kinetic methods. Density Functional Theory calculations on model systems will be used to understand the catalytic reactivities. Using the results, chiral Re(V) oxazoline complexes that are resistant to degradation will be designed in order to promote asymmetric oxo-transfer reactions.

Efficient new catalysts will be developed for the asymmetric epoxidation of olefins by sulfoxides. The educational component of this CAREER Award will focus on incorporating contemporary research issues into undergraduate classes in inorganic chemistry and new approaches to problem sessions will be developed.

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