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中心(CBC)的奖项的支持。CENTC汇集了来自美国各地的16名研究人员，致力于开发高效、廉价和环境友好的方法，通过激活强键来合成有机材料。基于使用过渡金属选择性地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，从大规模的大宗工艺到精细的化学合成，如制药行业中发生的那样。在这一第二阶段CBC中，正在开展广泛的项目，包括氢胺化、氧化、C-H官能化、烷烃歧化、燃料电池研究、生物质作为原料和酶化学。此外，来自美国各地的高中教师正在参与该中心，并帮助制作关于CENTC研究的进展和影响的演示文稿和视频。该中心有一个工业分支机构计划，允许将CENTC的研究结果直接传达给行业，在那里可以将其转化为现实世界的应用程序。该中心支持的项目侧重于绿色--经济和环境--化工、石油、制药和材料生产，因此有很大潜力通过提高能源独立性来提高美国的竞争力和增强我们的国家安全。

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.