Expansion of the Guerbet Reaction Towards Group 7 Metal Catalysts and Triglyceride Substrates

该项目将探索(i) α -烯烃的选择性三聚化和四聚化，以及（ii）使用所谓的Guerbert或借氢化学的C4+醇的链生长。该项目将以发现为导向，并将利用BP资助的其他项目中使用的配体库，用于乙醇、乙醇/甲醇和C1单元与醇和二醇的选择性偶联。

The project will explore (i) the selective trimerization and tetramerization of alpha-olefins and (ii) the chain growth of C4+ alcohols using so-called Guerbert or hydrogen-borrowing chemistry. The programme will be discovery orientated and will make use of ligand libraries used in other BP funded projects in the Wass group for the selective coupling of ethanol, ethanol/methanol and C1 units to alcohols and diols.