New Catalytic Reactions for Organic Synthesis

该提案旨在开发一种新的更有效的方法来制备复杂的有机分子。我们的努力将集中在生产用于有机反应，特别是氧化反应的新型催化剂上。开发新的催化反应对化学工业和学术界都很重要，因为它可以快速有效地制备有价值的有机化合物，同时最大限度地减少成本和废物的产生。我们寻求改进的反应目前依赖于使用大量过量的氯化剂，通过使用我们的新试剂，我们能够完全消除这一要求。这显然是对氧化技术的一个重大改进（即一种新的和“更绿色”的制造化合物的方法），并将对新的氧化反应的使用产生重大影响，特别是在大规模上。

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.