Project description
Novel catalysts for cooperative activation of dinitrogen
Funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the TRUFA project will develop transition metal-uranium catalysts for the cooperative activation of dinitrogen. The isolation of transition metal-uranium bridged dinitrogen complexes would represent a fundamental advance in inorganic chemistry, enabling detailed studies on the cleavage of N-N bonds and the catalytic formation of N-H and N-C bonds.
Objective
The proposal entitled TRUFA (TRansition metal-Uranium FLPs for the cooperative Activation and functionalisation of dinitrogen) will be developed by the candidate at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL; Switzerland, outgoing phase) and at the University of Seville (Spain, incoming phase) under the supervision of Prof. Marinella Mazzanti and Dr. Jesús Campos, respectively.
The goal of the proposal is to develop cooperative transition metal-uranium functionalisation catalysts by exploiting a Frustrated Lewis pair approach. The isolation of transition metal-uranium bridged dinitrogen complexes would represent a fundament development in Inorganic Chemistry as well as provide access to a range of studies concerning the cleavage of the N-N bond and the catalytic formation of N-H and N-C bonds en route to ammonia and organonitrogen compounds, respectively.
Fields of science
Programme(s)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Funding Scheme
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-GF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global FellowshipsCoordinator
41004 Sevilla
Spain