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.

该项目将支持圣母大学的两名美国研究生和三名美国本科生在海德堡大学的四个德国领先研究小组中分别进行为期 16 周和 10 周的催化领域研究。他们将在催化的一般领域工作，催化是化学、制药和材料行业的一项关键技术，约 80% 的化学产品是使用催化制造的这一事实表明了这一点。因此，新型催化反应的开发、研究和应用对于经济竞争和环境可持续发展的社会至关重要。与海德堡大学相关的 19 名诺贝尔化学奖获得者表明，海德堡大学是该领域的世界领先者之一。参与的学生将接触到一个通过与世界一流的教师互动以及与美国最重要的经济和科学合作伙伴之一建立联系来促进科学和个人成长的环境。该项目的一个独特之处是圣母大学和海德堡大学之间建立了长期且结构良好的交流伙伴关系，确保参与的学生获得在当今国际化、相互关联的科学和商业世界中茁壮成长的技能和经验。学生将在涵盖计算/理论、有机、无机和材料化学等四个领域进行研究，为学生在该领域提供全面的培训环境 催化，该项目的统一概念。 每个主题均由海德堡的导师指导，导师是各自领域的领导者：（i）材料和激发态计算化学（Dreuw），（ii）：涉及金属自由基反应的反应机制（Gade）（iii）可持续化学的新金催化反应（Hashmi）和（iv）自下而上生成石墨烯纳米带中的金属表面催化 （泰格德）。学生们将与这些领导小组合作，探索许多创新概念，例如计算激发态的新方法，包括圆二色性； T 形几何形状的 3D 金属配合物的异常反应性、利用金催化为生物质衍生的化学原料增加价值以提高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带的靶向化学合成。总而言之，这些研究使用严格的基于结构和机制的方法探索催化的不同基础和应用方面，该方法以协同方式结合计算和实验方法。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。