New Phosphorus- and Boron-Containing Allene Analogues for Small Molecule Activation and Catalysis

EPSRC：Vesela Zarina：EP/R513209/1该项目将为催化相关化学开发新的丰富元素系统。它将建立一种名为烯类化合物的关键类别的磷/硼替代品。发展富元素化学，能够进行传统上由贵金属实现的强大的合成转化，是减少环境破坏和满足全球经济要求的关键。这种布局旨在克服主族元素体系与贵金属元素体系相比的一个主要缺点：它们的化学活化配位有限。这将通过合成含磷/硼的联烯来实现，该联烯将用于氢和一氧化碳等小分子的化学活化。这将为无金属催化的进一步发展提供所需的基础知识，并在领导多伦多大学斯蒂芬小组和爱丁堡大学考利小组的两位顶尖主组化学研究人员之间建立新的合作。

EPSRC : Vesela Zarkina : EP/R513209/1This project will develop new abundant-element systems for catalytically relevant chemistry. It will establish phosphorus/boron containing alternatives of a key class of compounds called allenes. The development of abundant-element chemistry, capable of the powerful synthetic transformations, traditionally enabled by precious metals, is key to reducing environmental damage and meeting the global economy requirements. This placement aims to overcome a central disadvantage of main-group element containing systems compared to precious metal ones: their limited coordination sites for chemical activation. This will be achieved by the synthesis of phosphorus/boron containing allenes which will be used for the chemical activation of small molecules such as hydrogen and carbon monoxide. This will provide fundamental knowledge required for further advances in metal-free catalysis and establish a new collaboration between two of the top main-group chemistry researchers leading the Stephan group at the University of Toronto and the Cowley group at the University of Edinburgh.