Center for Enabling New Technologies through Catalysis

通过催化实现新技术中心

• 批准号: 0650456
• 负责人: Karen Goldberg
• 金额: $ 1500万
• 依托单位: University of Washington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-08-01 至 2013-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0650456&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Center; Enabling; New; Technologies; through

The Center for Enabling New Technologies through Catalysis, or CENTC, led by the University of Washington, is supported by an award from the NSF Division of Chemistry as a Phase II Chemical Bonding Center, or CBC. CENTC brings together a group of sixteen investigators from across the United States to work on the development of efficient, inexpensive and environmentally friendly methods of synthesizing organic materials by way of activation of strong bonds. New methodology based on using transition metals to selectively activate and functionalize strong chemical bonds has the potential to revolutionize the production of chemicals from large scale bulk processes to fine chemical synthesis, such as occurs in the pharmaceutical industry. A broad scope of projects is being pursued in this Phase II CBC including hydroamination, oxidation, C-H functionalization, alkane metathesis, fuel cell research, the use of biomass as feedstocks and enzymatic chemistry.The work occuring at CENTC is having a broad impact through the training of students at all levels. In addition, high school teachers from various parts of the United States are participating in the center and helping in the production of presentations and videos on the advances and implications of CENTC research. The center has an industrial affiliates program which allows for direct communication of CENTC research results to industry where it can be converted into real-world applications. Projects supported by the center focus on greening -- economically and environmentally -- chemical, petroleum, pharmaceutical and material production and thus have significant potential to increase US competitiveness and to enhance our national security through an increase in energy independence.

由华盛顿大学领导的通过催化促进新技术的中心得到了NSF化学部为II期化学键合中心或CBC的裁决。 CentC汇集了来自美国各地的16名研究人员，通过激活牢固的键来开发有效，廉价和环保的有机材料的方法。 基于使用过渡金属选择性激活和官能化强化学键的新方法有可能彻底改变化学物质从大规模散装过程到精细化学合成的产生，例如在制药行业发生。 在这一II阶段CBC中，正在追求广泛的项目范围，包括水域化，氧化，C-H功能化，烷烃分解，燃料电池研究，将生物量用作原料和酶促化学。CENTC发生在各个级别的学生培训中都有广泛的影响。 此外，来自美国各地的高中教师正在参加该中心，并帮助制作有关CENTC研究的进步和影响的演讲和视频。 该中心有一个工业分支机构计划，该计划允许将CENTC研究结果直接沟通到可以转换为现实世界应用程序的行业。 该中心支持的项目专注于绿化 - 在经济和环境上 - 化学，石油，制药和材料生产，因此具有提高美国竞争力并通过提高能源独立性增强国家安全的巨大潜力。