CAREER: Mechanstic Studies Involving Late Transition Metal Complexes for Catalytic Carbon Dioxide Conversion

耶鲁大学化学系的Nilay Hazari教授将开发过渡金属催化剂，用于将二氧化碳转化为有机材料。特别是单体Ni和Pd配合物，促进二氧化碳形成新的碳-碳键将成为目标。这可能导致一种官能团耐受催化剂的发展，这种催化剂可以将二氧化碳转化为羧酸，这在合成化学中非常有用。这个项目更广泛的影响包括鼓励当地高中生参观耶鲁大学不同的研究实验室。二氧化碳催化转化为更有价值的化合物是一个重要的问题，因为这种温室气体作为构建更复杂分子的一种容易获得和廉价的碳源的潜力。目前，将二氧化碳转化为有用化学品的实际方法相对较少，开发新的二氧化碳转化催化剂对可持续化学具有重要影响。在这项工作中，存在于许多有机化合物中的羧酸将由二氧化碳合成。此外，除了本科生和研究生的培训外，还将引入允许当地高中生参观化学实验室的项目。

In this CAREER award funded by the Chemical Catalysis Program of the Chemistry Division, Professor Nilay Hazari of the Department of Chemistry at Yale University will develop transition metal catalysts for the conversion of carbon dioxide into organic building blocks. In particular monomeric Ni and Pd complexes that promote the formation of new C-C bonds from carbon dioxide will be targeted. This could result in the development of a functional group tolerant catalyst that can convert carbon dioxide into carboxylic acids, which are highly useful in synthetic chemistry. The broader impacts of this program include the development of a program that will encourage local high school students to visit different research laboratories at Yale.The catalytic conversion of carbon dioxide into more valuable compounds is an important problem due to the potential of this greenhouse gas as a readily available and inexpensive source of carbon in the construction of more complex molecules. Currently, there are relatively few practical methods for converting carbon dioxide into useful chemicals and the development of new catalysts for carbon dioxide conversion could have important impact on sustainable chemistry. In this work carboxylic acids which are present in many organic compounds will be synthesized from carbon dioxide. In addition, alongside the training of both undergraduate and graduate students, a program will be introduced which allows local high school students to visit chemistry laboratories.