New Catalytic Reactions for Organic Synthesis

这一提议旨在开发一种新的、更有效的方法来制备复杂的有机分子。我们的工作将集中在有机反应，特别是氧化反应的新型催化剂的生产上。新催化反应的发展对化学工业和学术界都很重要，因为它使有价值的有机化合物能够快速有效地制备出来，并将产生的成本和废物降至最低。我们目前寻求改进的反应依赖于大量过量的氯化剂的使用，通过使用我们的新试剂，我们能够完全消除这一要求。这显然是对现有技术的一大改进(即一种新的、更环保的化合物制造方法)，并将对新氧化反应的使用产生重大影响，特别是在大规模使用。

This proposal seeks to develop a new and more efficient way to prepare complex organic molecules. Our efforts will focus on the production of new catalysts for organic reactions, especially oxidation reactions. The development of new catalytic reactions is important to chemical industry as well as academia because it enables valuable organic compounds to be prepared quickly and efficiently with minimisation of cost and waste produced.The reactions that we seek to improve currently rely on the use of a large excess of chlorinating agent and, by using our new reagents, we are able to completely remove this requirement. This is clearly a big improvement on exisiting technology (ie a new and 'greener' way of making compounds), and will have significant ramifications for the use of new oxidising reactions, especially on a large scale.