Center for Enabling New Technologies through Catalysis

由华盛顿大学领导的催化新技术中心 (CENTC) 得到了 NSF 化学部授予的第二阶段化学键合中心 (CBC) 的支持。 CENTC 汇集了来自美国各地的 16 名研究人员，致力于开发高效、廉价且环保的方法，通过激活强键来合成有机材料。 基于使用过渡金属选择性激活和功能化强化学键的新方法有可能彻底改变化学品的生产，从大规模批量加工到精细化学合成，例如制药行业中发生的情况。 第二阶段 CBC 正在进行广泛的项目，包括加氢胺化、氧化、C-H 官能化、烷烃复分解、燃料电池研究、生物质作为原料的使用和酶化学。CENTC 的工作通过对各级学生的培训产生了广泛的影响。 此外，来自美国各地的高中教师也参与该中心，并帮助制作有关 CENTC 研究进展和影响的演示文稿和视频。 该中心有一个工业附属计划，允许将 CENTC 研究成果直接传达给工业界，并在工业界将其转化为实际应用。 该中心支持的项目侧重于经济和环境方面的绿色化——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增强能源独立性增强我们国家安全的巨大潜力。

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.