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Biomass to chemicals: Catalysis design from first principles for a sustainable chemical industry

Objetivo

The use of renewable feedstocks by the chemical industry is fundamental due to both the depletion of fossil
resources and the increasing pressure of environmental concerns. Biomass can act as a sustainable source of
organic industrial chemicals; however, the establishment of a renewable chemical industry that is
economically competitive with the present oil-based one requires the development of new processes to
convert biomass-derived compounds into useful industrial materials following the principles of green
chemistry. To achieve these goals, developments in several fields including heterogeneous catalysis are
needed. One of the ways to accelerate the discovery of new potentially active, selective and stable catalysts is
the massive use of computational chemistry. Recent advances have demonstrated that Density Functional
Theory coupled to ab initio thermodynamics, transition state theory and microkinetic analysis can provide a
full view of the catalytic phenomena.
The aim of the present project is thus to employ these well-tested computational techniques to the
development of a theoretical framework that can accelerate the identification of new catalysts for the
conversion of biomass derived target compounds into useful chemicals. Since compared to petroleum-based
materials-biomass derived ones are multifuncionalized, the search for new catalytic materials and processes
has a strong requirement in the selectivity of the chemical transformations. The main challenges in the
project are related to the high functionalization of the molecules, their liquid nature and the large number of
potentially competitive reaction paths. The requirements of specificity and selectivity in the chemical
transformations while keeping a reasonably flexible framework constitute a major objective. The work will
be divided in three main work packages, one devoted to the properties of small molecules or fragments
containing a single functional group; the second addresses competition in multiple functionalized molecules;
and third is dedicated to the specific transformations of two molecules that have already been identified as
potential platform generators. The goal is to identify suitable candidates that could be synthetized and tested
in the Institute facilities.

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ERC-2010-StG_20091028
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ERC-SG - ERC Starting Grant

Institución de acogida

FUNDACIO PRIVADA INSTITUT CATALA D'INVESTIGACIO QUIMICA
Aportación de la UE
€ 1 496 199,60
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