Objective
The most cost efficient and environmentally friendly method for conducting the organic synthesis of important chemicals such as pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals is to utilise catalytic processes. Furthermore, many of these chemicals need to be used in an optically pure form and, whilst there are many traditional catalysts available, there are relatively few which can induce the formation of optically pure products.
The objective of this research project is to develop new chiral catalysts for a variety of important chemical processes. Two approaches will be developed, the use of bifunctional catalysts which contain both acidic and basic sites, and the use of catalysts derived from parcyclophane, the latter being structurally related to ferrocene from which many catalysts have been developed.
The catalysts developed in the course of this research will be tested for their activity in a variety of chemical processes including : the addition of hydrogen cyanide (or other cyanide sources) to aldehydes and ketones, giving optically active cyanohydrins; the preparation of optically pure cyclopropanes; chiral oxidations; and chiral addition to alkenes. These processes are all of significant industrial importance, for example, in the preparation of pyrethroid derived agrochemicals.
The research groups involved in this project all have previous experience in the areas in which they will contribute. This experience includes asymmetric catalysis, chiral cyanohydrin synthesis, asymmetric amino acid synthesis and chiral analysis.
Programme(s)
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Coordinator
LL57 2DG Bangor
United Kingdom
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