Project description
Exploring the use of carbon nucleophiles to capture nitrous oxide
As a potent greenhouse gas, nitrous oxide (N2O) significantly contributes to global warming and ozone layer depletion. It is a highly inert substance and can remain in the atmosphere for decades. While chemists have developed synthesis reactions to exploit N2O as an oxygen atom donor, reactions to harness its nitrogen atoms are quite limited. Supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the N2OTOCARBON project aims to investigate the chemical capture of N2O using carbon nucleophiles to form carbon-nitrogen bonds. To do so, it will establish novel synthetic chemistry methodologies to manipulate functional organic groups such as diazenes, hydrazines and amines. N2OTOCARBON’s research will help reduce global warming, while benefiting the chemical industry.
Objective
Nitrous oxide, commonly known as “laughing gas” for its physiological effects, is both a potent greenhouse gas an ozone depleting substance. Indeed, it is a major contributor to climate change, thereby posing a critical concern for contemporary society. It possesses a warming potential approximatively 300 times that of carbon dioxide and due to its high chemical stability, it persists in the atmosphere for over 100 years. Despite its chemical inertness, synthetic chemists have discovered ways to harness its potential. Primarily used as an oxygen atom donor, its applications encompass oxidation processes, including the industrial-scale oxidation of olefins to ketones. In contrast, there are limited reactions, wherein nitrous oxide serves as the source of nitrogen atoms. C-N bonds are prevalent in natural products, synthetic intermediates, pharmaceutical compounds, and functional materials. In this project, I will explore the chemical capture of nitrous oxide using carbon nucleophiles to form C-N bonds. I will develop new synthetic methodologies to access versatile organic functional groups such as diazenes, hydrazines and amines using this approach. We foresee that this research will benefit both the environmental crisis and the chemical industry. It will introduce new practices that enable the repurposing of ecologically problematic gases into valuable chemical commodities.
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- natural sciences chemical sciences organic chemistry ketones
- natural sciences chemical sciences electrochemistry electrolysis
- natural sciences chemical sciences organic chemistry amines
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HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
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80333 Muenchen
Germany
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