Project description
Photoexcited nitroarenes as ozone surrogates in olefin ozonolysis
Olefins are commonly converted by olefin ozonolysis into synthetic intermediates including aldehydes, ketones and carboxylic acids for the bulk chemical industry. Concerns regarding ozone safety have prohibited use of this reaction by fine chemical sectors including the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries. Recent demonstration that photoexcited nitroarenes can be used as ozone surrogates for the oxidative cleavage of olefins opens the door to use by the fine chemical industry. With the support of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the NOZONE project aims to make this possible by characterising the key mechanisms governing reactivity.
Objective
Olefins are feedstocks readily available from petroleum and vegetable biomass with an integral role in the preparation of high-value materials. In particular, olefin ozonolysis used to introduce oxygen atoms and convert these molecules into a broad spectrum of synthetic intermediates like aldehydes, ketones and carboxylic acids.
So far ozonolysis reactions mostly adopted by the bulk chemical industry which uses it on simple materials. The fine chemical sectors (pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries) do not use this reactivity mostly due to safety concerns in handling ozone.
The Leonori group has recently demonstrated that photoexcited nitroarenes can be used as ozone surrogates for the oxidative cleavage of olefins. This project seeks to understand the key mechanistic factors that govern the reactivity so that generalization and application by the broad chemical community might be possible.
The completion of such a timely and relevant mechanistic project at RWTH Aachen University will be facilitated by generating, transferring, sharing and disseminating knowledge, and will enhance The Researchers future career following the training plan envisioned.
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- natural sciences chemical sciences organic chemistry aldehydes
- natural sciences chemical sciences organic chemistry ketones
- engineering and technology environmental engineering energy and fuels fossil energy petroleum
- agricultural sciences agriculture, forestry, and fisheries agriculture horticulture vegetable growing
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HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
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52062 Aachen
Germany
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