Counting the Electrons: Nickel Catalysed Electrochemical C-H Activation

使用有机金属催化剂的现代化学合成方法在化学工业中受到高度重视，为世界经济提供了数十亿美元的驱动力。然而，传统的催化是昂贵的，因为依赖稀土金属，往往与有毒的添加剂或试剂结合在一起。这项工作的目的是开发基于地球上丰富的镍的新型廉价的过渡金属催化剂，并通过电化学利用电子的能量来显著提高这些催化剂的反应活性。该项目将寻求改进复杂的和常用的化学品的建造方式，通过使用可能产生的可再生电子的原子经济过程来建造。

Modern chemical synthetic methods using organometallic catalysts are highly prized in chemical industry and provide a multibillion dollar driver for world economies. However, traditional catalysis is expensive because of the reliance on rare earth metals often conjunction with toxic additives or reagents. The aim of this work is to develop new inexpensive transition metal catalysts based on earth abundant nickel and harness the power of electrons through electrochemistry to dramatically improve the reactivity of these catalysts. This project will seek to improve the way both complex and commonly used chemicals constructed through an atom economical process with potentially renewably produced electrons.