New Technologies for Sustainable Chemistry: An Organometallic Future in Clean Energy

可持续化学新技术：清洁能源的有机金属未来

• 批准号: RGPIN-2020-04480
• 负责人: Drover, Marcus
• 金额: $ 2.48万
• 依托单位: University of Windsor
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=717028
• 关键词: New; Technologies; Sustainable; Chemistry; Organometallic

We are in the midst of an energy crisis' - with increasing rates of fossil fuel consumption, atmospheric CO2 continues to reach unprecedented levels, causing concern regarding climate change and ocean acidification. To ensure the well-being of future generations, it is imperative that we work to curtail greenhouse gas emissions, invest in alternative energy sources, and discover superior/more efficient routes for the synthesis of speciality chemicals such as pharmaceuticals for health, agrochemicals to enhance crop yield, and advanced chemicals such as those found in organic light emitting polymers for display technologies. In the Drover group, we believe there is an organometallic future' to clean energy, employing chemical synthesis and metal-based reactivity to target these goals. In this vein, my group's interests comprise concepts broadly related to catalysis using novel constructs having structure and/or bonding properties that can be leveraged for the development of new reactions with creative design elements inspired by nature. We will develop functional molecules: ligands, transition metal, and main group compounds that promote the equitable use of resources, specifically with regard to global hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen cycles. Our motivation is sourced from a desire to revise how mankind interacts with the planet by a) inventing new methods to utilize greenhouse gases as feedstocks - seeking to identify new iron catalysts for the selective reduction of CO2, a waste/greenhouse gas, to CH3OH: a suitable gasoline substitute and platform chemical; b) designing new catalysts for clean energy through H2 manipulation - hydrogen fuel cells are becoming increasingly important green energy sources and our approach will deliver new H2 fuel cell technology developed from cheap catalysts based on earth abundant metals; and c) providing new routes for the synthesis of fluorine-containing specialty chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and bulk consumer products - with 20-25% of all drug molecules containing at least one C-F bond, this proposal offers a new catalytic protocol for alkane fluorination via the precise insertion of carbon fluorine (C-F) functionality into organic substrates. My research program provides a mechanism for the recruitment of a diverse team of co-workers with broad ethnic, gender, and geographic distribution, enhancing Canada's reputation for scientific inclusivity and excellence in energy, sustainability, and catalysis. In addition, these original approaches shall represent attractive investments for industry and will encourage departmental and international collaboration (Canada, U.S., U.K., China and beyond).

我们正处于一种能源危机之中 - 随着化石燃料消耗率的增加，大气中的二氧化碳继续达到前所未有的水平，引起人们对气候变化和海洋酸化的关注。为了确保子孙后代的福祉，我们必须努力减少温室气体排放，投资替代能源，并发现综合特种化学物质的卓越/更高效的途径，例如健康的药物，农业化学物质，用于增强作物产量的农业化学物质，以及在有机物灯中发现的诸如先进化学物质，例如，在有机光中发现了供您的有机灯光效果。在Drover Group中，我们认为使用化学合成和基于金属的反应性来针对这些目标有一个有机金属的未来。因此，我小组的兴趣是使用具有结构和/或粘结属性的新型结构，可以利用其用于开发新反应的概念，这些概念与受自然启发的创意设计元素的开发相关。 我们将开发功能分子：配体，过渡金属和主要组化合物，这些化合物促进了公平使用资源，特别是在全球氢，碳，氮和氧气周期方面。我们的动机来自于修改人类如何通过a）通过a）发明新方法来利用温室气体作为原料的愿望来得出的 - 试图识别新的铁催化剂，以选择性减少二氧化碳，垃圾/温室气体，ch3OH：一种合适的汽油替代品和平台化学品； b）设计新的催化剂通过H2操纵 - 氢燃料电池正在变得越来越重要的绿色能源，我们的方法将提供基于地球丰富金属的廉价催化剂开发的新的H2燃料电池技术；和c）提供新的途径，用于合成含氟的特种化学品，药品和大量消费产品 - 所有含有至少一个C-F键的药物分子的20-25％，该提议通过精确插入碳氟（C-F）（C-F）的有机含量（C-F）插入有机含量（C-F）的功能性。 我的研究计划提供了一种机制，可以招募一个多元化的同事团队，这些团队具有广泛的种族，性别和地理分布，并提高了加拿大在能源，可持续性和催化方面的科学包容性和卓越的声誉。此外，这些原始方法应代表行业的有吸引力的投资，并将鼓励部门和国际合作（加拿大，美国，英国，中国及以后）。