Hydrocarbon and Alkene Conversion Chemistry with PFAP Catalysts

使用 PFAP 催化剂进行碳氢化合物和烯烃转化化学

• 批准号: 1213903
• 负责人: Dean Roddick
• 金额: $ 43.1万
• 依托单位: University of Wyoming
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-06-01 至 2015-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1213903&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Hydrocarbon; Alkene; Conversion; Chemistry; PFAP

The Chemical Catalysis Program supports the research of Professor Dean M. Roddick of the University of Wyoming on the development of perfluoroalkylated phosphine (PFAP) metal complex catalysts for the efficient conversion of simple hydrocarbon feedstocks to useful products. Specific challenges for investigation are the selective dehydrogenation of alkanes and tandem oxidation of alkanes to alcohols and ketones, as well as the controlled oligomerization of fluoroolefins. A key feature of PFAP systems is their unique air- and moisture-stability, which allows metal reaction centers to carry out fundamental C-H and C-C bond forming steps under stringent oxidative and hydrolytic conditions. Density Functional Theory (DFT) studies further suggest that group 10 metal PFAP systems are particularly well-suited to novel fluoroolefin oligomerization and polymerization chemistry.This award will provide a twofold impact on the larger community. First, this research project addresses several critically important and unrealized research challenges in catalysis. Discovery of practical and efficient conversion methodologies from abundant hydrocarbon feedstocks to useful chemical precursors and feedstocks would transform chemical industry, improve atom economy and increase synthetic efficiencies. Second, Professor Roddick's research group trains not only graduate and undergraduate students as future professionals in catalysis research, but also spearheads outreach to community colleges throughout Wyoming through visits and workshops, and also collaborates and contributes to the newly-formed School of Energy Resources at the University of Wyoming.

化学催化项目支持怀俄明大学 Dean M. Roddick 教授的研究，即开发全氟烷基化膦 (PFAP) 金属络合物催化剂，以将简单的碳氢化合物原料有效转化为有用的产品。研究的具体挑战是烷烃的选择性脱氢和烷烃串联氧化为醇和酮，以及氟代烯烃的受控低聚。 PFAP 系统的一个关键特征是其独特的空气和湿度稳定性，这使得金属反应中心能够在严格的氧化和水解条件下进行基本的 C-H 和 C-C 键形成步骤。密度泛函理论 (DFT) 研究进一步表明，第 10 族金属 PFAP 系统特别适合新型氟烯烃低聚和聚合化学。该奖项将对更大的社区产生双重影响。首先，该研究项目解决了催化领域几个极其重要且尚未实现的研究挑战。发现从丰富的碳氢化合物原料到有用的化学前体和原料的实用且有效的转化方法将改变化学工业，改善原子经济性并提高合成效率。其次，罗迪克教授的研究小组不仅将研究生和本科生培养为催化研究的未来专业人员，而且还通过访问和研讨会带头向怀俄明州各地的社区大学进行推广，并与怀俄明大学新成立的能源学院合作并做出贡献。