个人简介

Prof. Yves Rubin has been a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry since 1992. He came to UCLA after doing Postdoctoral research with Prof. Ronald Breslow at Columbia University. Prior to this, he received his Ph.D. under the guidance of Prof. François Diederich at UCLA. Prof. Rubin is a native of the French part of Switzerland and received his diploma in chemistry in 1987 from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland with Professors Albert Gossauer and Alexander von Zelewski. Dr. Rubin was promoted to full professor in 2001. His current research is aimed at the synthesis of the still unknown endohedral fullerene complexes of the transition metals, which should display remarkable electronic and materials properties once available.

研究领域

organic/Nanoscience/Materials/Synthesis

Our research program is motivated by the need to create and explore novel organic materials for future technological applications. We use the tools of modern synthetic and physical-organic chemistry to prepare and study novel and often aesthetically pleasing molecules with important electronic properties. Our major research effort is aimed at the synthesis of endohedral metal complexes of buckminsterfullerene (C60). We have been using a "molecular surgery" strategy consisting in the opening of the fullerene cage through controlled reactions, insertion of small atoms or molecules, and reclosure through chemical transformations. We are also studying organic ferromagnets based on high spin networks constructed from novel stable organic radicals. A third area of research is dealing with electron-rich molecules as precursors of organic conductors and superconductors.

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Rubin, Y.; Dick, K.; Diederich, F.; Georgiadis, T. M. “Chiral Recognition in Aqueous Solution. Search for Water-Soluble Chiral Hosts with Apolar Binding Sites”, J. Org. Chem. 1986, 51, 3270-3278. (resulting from undergraduate research) Diederich, F.; Rubin, Y.; Knobler, C. B.; Whetten, R. L.; Schriver, K. E.; Houk, K. N.; Li, Y. “All-Carbon Molecules: Evidence for the Generation of Cyclo[18]carbon from a Stable Organic Precursor”, Science 1989, 245, 1088-1090. Rubin, Y.; Diederich, F. “Precursors to the Cyclo[n]carbons: [4n+2]- and [4n]Annulenes with Unusual Stabilities”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1989, 111, 6870-6871. Rubin, Y.; Knobler, C. B.; Diederich, F. “Precursors to the Cyclo[n]carbons: From 3,4-Dialkynyl-3-cyclobutene-1,2-diones and 3,4-Dialkynyl-3-cyclobutene-1,2-diols to Cyclobuteno-dehydroannulenes and Higher Oxides of Carbon”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1990, 112, 1607-1617. Li, Y.; Rubin, Y.; Diederich, F.; Houk, K. N. “Electronic and Structural Properties of the Cyclobutenodehydroannulenes”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1990, 112, 1618-1623. Rubin, Y.; Knobler, C. B.; Diederich, F. “Synthesis and Crystal Structure of a Stable Hexacobalt Complex of Cyclo[18]carbon”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1990, 112, 4966-4968. Rubin, Y., Kahr, M.; Knobler, C. B.; Diederich, F.; Wilkins, C. L. “The Higher Oxides of Carbon C8nO2n (n = 3-5): Synthesis, Characterization and X-ray Crystal Structure. Formation of Cyclo[n]carbon Ions Cn+ (n = 18, 24) and Cn– (n = 18, 24, 30), and Higher Carbon Ions Including C60+ in Laser Desorption Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometric Experiments”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1991, 113, 495-500.