IRES Track I: Development of New Ligands and Reactions in Catalysis

IRES Track I：新配体和催化反应的开发

• 批准号: 2246248
• 负责人: Olaf Wiest
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: University of Notre Dame
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-08-01 至 2026-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2246248&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IRES; Track; Development; New; Ligands

This project will support research two U.S. graduate and three U.S. undergraduate students from the University of Notre Dame to perform research in four of Germany's leading research groups at the University of Heidelberg in the area of catalysis of 16 and 10 weeks, respectively. They will work in the general area of catalysis, which is a key technology in the chemical, pharmaceutical and materials industry as indicated by the fact that ~80% of all chemical products are made using catalysis. As such, the development, investigation and application of novel catalytic reactions is essential for an economically competitive and environmentally sustainable society. The University of Heidelberg is one of the world leaders in this area as indicated by 19 chemistry Nobel Prize Awardees associated with the University of Heidelberg. The participating students will be exposed to an environment that promotes scientific and personal growth through interactions with world-class faculty and networking with one of the most important economic and scientific partners of the US. A unique feature of the program is the long-term and well-structured exchange partnership between the University of Notre Dame and the University of Heidelberg that ensures that the participating students will gain the skills and experience to thrive in today's international, interconnected world of science and business.The students will perform research in four areas that cover a wide range of computational/theoretical, organic, inorganic and materials chemistry, providing a comprehensive training environment for the students in the area of catalysis, the unifying concept of the project. Each topic is supervised by a mentor in Heidelberg who is a leader in their respective field: (i) Computational Chemistry of Materials and Excited States (Dreuw), (ii): Reaction Mechanisms involving Metalloradical Reactivity (Gade) (iii) New gold-catalyzed reactions for sustainable chemistry (Hashmi) and (iv) Metal surface catalysis in the of bottom-up generation of graphene nanoribbons (Tegeder). Working together with the groups of these leaders, the students will explore a number of innovative concepts such as novel methods for the calculation of excited states, including circular dichroism; the unusual reactivity of 3d metal complexes in T-shaped geometry, the use of gold catalysis to add value to biomass-derived chemical feedstock to improve the sustainability of organic synthesis and the targeted chemical synthesis of the carbon nanoribbons that have unique material and catalytic properties. Taken together, the studies explore different fundamental and applied aspects of catalysis using a rigorous structure- and mechanism- based approach that combines computational and experimental methods in a synergistic fashion.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该项目将支持研究研究生和三名来自巴黎圣母院的美国本科生，分别在海德堡大学的德国四个领先的研究小组中进行研究，分别在16和10周的催化区域。它们将在催化的一般领域工作，这是化学，制药和材料行业的关键技术，这表明，所有化学产品中约有80％是使用催化制成的。因此，新型催化反应的发展，调查和应用对于一个经济竞争和环境可持续的社会至关重要。海德堡大学是该领域的世界领导人之一，正如与海德堡大学相关的19个化学诺贝尔奖获奖者所表明的。参与的学生将通过与世界一流的教职员工的互动以及与美国最重要的经济和科学伙伴之一的互动来促进科学和个人成长的环境。该计划的一个独特功能是圣母大学和海德堡大学之间的长期且结构良好催化，该项目的统一概念。 每个主题均由海德堡的一位导师监督，他是各自领域的领导者：（i）材料和激发态的计算化学（dreuw），（ii）：涉及金属反应性（GADE）（iii）新的金色催化反应的反应机制（III）可持续化学（Hashmi）和（Hashmi）和（IIV）金属表面型构图的绘图型构图， （Tegeder）。学生将与这些领导者的群体合作，将探索许多创新的概念，例如用于计算激发状态的新方法，包括圆形二科运动。 3D金属复合物在T形几何形状中的异常反应性，使用金催化为生物质衍生的化学原料增加值，以改善有机合成的可持续性以及具有独特材料和催化特性的碳纳米管的靶向化学合成。综上所述，研究使用严格的结构和基于机制的方法探索了催化的不同基本和应用方面，该方法以协同的方式结合了计算和实验方法。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的智力功能和更广泛的影响来通过评估来支持的，并被认为是值得的。