Development and application of nickel catalysts for sustainable chemistry

可持续化学镍催化剂的开发与应用

• 批准号: RGPIN-2016-06471
• 负责人: Rousseaux, Sophie
• 金额: $ 2.55万
• 依托单位: University of Toronto
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=663781
• 关键词: Development; application; nickel; catalysts; sustainable

Chemical manufacturing and related industries are omnipresent in the lives of Canadians. Medicines, clothes, everyday objects, and food all rely on basic chemical processes to convert crude material into these highly valuable basic necessities. Over the last century, organic chemists have developed numerous chemical “tools” to enable these transformations. It is however becoming increasingly clear that alternative “green” chemical processes must be developed to address the environmental challenges facing our planet in the 21st century. ***Research in Prof. Sophie Rousseaux's group involves the development of sustainable alternatives to current reactions employed in the chemical manufacturing industry. With this aim in mind, her group will investigate processes for the conversion of renewable chemical feedstocks into value-added products with minimal waste production. More specifically, her group will develop new nickel catalysts capable of transforming carbon-oxygen bonds found in biomass into carbon-carbon or carbon-nitrogen bonds. These reactions will provide alternative tools to access high-value products relevant to the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries as well as to materials science and nanotechnology. Not only will her results lead to important environmental benefits for Canadians, but they also have the potential to provide economic benefits in the form of more affordable medicines, food and everyday commodity items for example.

化学制造业和相关行业在加拿大人的生活中无处不在。药品、衣服、日常用品和食物都依赖于基本的化学过程，将原材料转化为这些极有价值的基本必需品。在过去的世纪，有机化学家已经开发了许多化学“工具”，使这些转变。然而，越来越清楚的是，必须开发替代的“绿色”化学工艺以解决我们的星球在21世纪世纪面临的环境挑战。* Sophie Rousseaux教授小组的研究涉及开发化学制造业当前反应的可持续替代品。考虑到这一目标，她的团队将研究将可再生化学原料转化为增值产品的过程，同时减少废物的产生。更具体地说，她的团队将开发新的镍催化剂，能够将生物质中的碳-氧键转化为碳-碳或碳-氮键。这些反应将为获得与制药和农业化学工业以及材料科学和纳米技术相关的高价值产品提供替代工具。她的研究结果不仅将为加拿大人带来重要的环境效益，而且还可能以更负担得起的药品、食品和日常商品的形式提供经济效益。