New Pincer Complex Catalysts for Carbon and Hydrocarbon Upgrading

用于碳和碳氢化合物升级的新型 Pincer 复合催化剂

• 批准号: 2733898
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Imperial College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2733898
• 关键词: New; Pincer; Complex; Catalysts; Carbon

Catalysis forms the cornerstone of chemical manufacturing, with 20-30% of the world's GDP relying on catalytic process. This sector will also be hugely important for future development, providing everything from the materials we need for sustainable growth to chemical intermediates for medicines and vaccines. In this project new earth abundant early transition metal catalysts (metal = group 4-6) will be made to convert carbon containing molecules (gaseous alkanes, alkenes, CO, CO2) to value added materials. The catalysts will be supported by 'PCP'-type pincer ligands which allow for the careful tuning of the metal centre's electronic and steric properties. This will in turn lead to the optimisation of the reactivity complexes and lead to the carbon upgrading being performed catalytically. With proof-of-concept reactivity established structure-activity relationships will be developed, leading to further catalyst optimisation. The pincer framework will also be extended to other earth abundant elements such as s-block and p-block metals.

催化构成了化学制造的基石，全球20-30％的GDP依赖于催化过程。该行业对于未来的发展也将非常重要，从我们为可持续增长所需的材料到药物和疫苗的化学中间体所需的一切。在这个项目中，将制定新地球丰富的早期过渡金属催化剂（金属= 4-6组），以将含有碳的分子（气态烷烃，烷烃，CO，CO2）转换为增值材料。催化剂将由“ PCP”型钳子配体支持，该配体可以仔细调整金属中心的电子和空间特性。反过来，这将导致反应性复合物的优化，并导致催化性进行碳升级。随着概念验证的反应性，将建立结构活性关系，从而进一步催化剂优化。钳子框架也将扩展到其他丰富的元素，例如S块和P块金属。