Center for Enabling New Technologies through Catalysis

由华盛顿大学领导的通过催化实现新技术中心（CENTC）得到了NSF化学部作为第二阶段化学键合中心（CBC）的奖励。 CENTC汇集了来自美国各地的16名研究人员，致力于开发通过激活强键合成有机材料的高效，廉价和环境友好的方法。 基于使用过渡金属来选择性地活化和官能化强化学键的新方法具有从大规模批量工艺到精细化学合成的化学品生产的革命性的潜力，例如在制药工业中发生的。 在第二阶段CBC中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参加了该中心，并帮助制作关于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机构计划，允许CENTC的研究结果直接传达到行业，在那里它可以转化为现实世界的应用。 该中心支持的项目侧重于绿色-经济和环境-化学，石油，制药和材料生产，因此具有显著的潜力，以提高美国的竞争力，并通过提高能源独立性来加强我们的国家安全。

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.