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Host-Guest Interactions in Polycyclic Systems

Category
Znanstveni projekti Ministarstva znanosti, obrazovanja i športa
Start date
Mar 1st 2008
End date
Dec 31st 2011
Status
Done

Principal investigator

Davor Margetić, dr. sc.

Davor.Margetic@irb.hr

+385 1 468 0197

Investigations proposed in this research project will cover synthesis of novel polycyclic compounds of norbornane type, possessing two or three functional groups, with precise geometrical positions. The physical, chemical and photophysical properties of newly prepared molecules will be investigated. Study of their interactions with ions and neutral organic molecules will be especially important, with the aim of selective molecular recognition, charge and energy transfer. In order to achieve this goal, we intend to use modern, environmentally more acceptable chemical reactions (under high pressure, using microwave heating and solid state reactions). Experimental work will be complemented with molecular design and quantum-chemical calculations of mechanisms of non-covalent interactions, giving a special attention on the study selectivity, electronic and molecular structure of products and complexes.

Laboratory for physical-organic chemistry