PRIN 2017- 2017W8KNZW_002 - MELUCCI MANUELA- New Approaches in Nanocarbo-catalysis for organic transformations (DCM.AD006.165)

Area tematica

Scienze chimiche e tecnologie dei materiali

Area progettuale

Struttura responsabile del progetto di ricerca

Istituto per la sintesi organica e la fotoreattività (ISOF)

Responsabile di progetto

ROBERTO ZAMBONI
Telefono: 0516399770
E-mail: direzione@isof.cnr.it

Abstract

The Nano-Carbo-Cat project aims at investigating new frontiers in the emerging field of "carbocatalysis". Covalently or supramolecularly modified graphene oxides, oxidized nanohorns, nanodiamonds and carbon nanotubes will be realized, fully characterized and employed in challenging carbon-carbon forming reactions (i.e. C-H activation, biomass conversion, CO2-fixation.....). Particular focus will be devoted to sustainability, selectivity and operational simplicity by adopting enabling techniques such as batch and flow protocols, photocatalysis, MW-assisted synthesis, use of metal composites and multicomponent reactions. Advanced spectroscopic techniques (XPS, IR, Raman, SEM/ TEM) will be combined with QM/MM computational tools in order to achieve full structure/properties correlations and mechanistic elucidations. The consortium is characterized by young and dynamic PIs (age sum of the proponents 166!!!), featuring diversified but complementary expertise in several "hot-topics" of nowadays organic chemistry such as: synthesis/characterization of carbon-based materials, catalysis in organic synthesis and enabling techniques such as flow-, photo- and computational chemistry

Obiettivi

The use of nanostructured carbon-based materials for promoting synthetic organic reactions is an emerging field commonly referred as "carbocatalysis". Graphene-derivatives are among the most employed 2D-materials due to the relatively low cost of product, high surface area, mechanical robustness and facile chemical derivatization by means of conventional synthetic tools. However, being a new-scientific-frontiers, carbocatalysis still suffers from several technological issues, i.e. control of the structure/catalytic properties, understanding of mechanism, and high catalyst loading among the others.
Nano-Carbo-Cat aims at addressing some of these challenges posing the base for innovative concepts in the use of tailor-designed nanostructured carbon materials. Synthetically intriguing organic transformations for the formation of new carbon-carbon linkages will be addressed. Fullerene derivatives endowed with specific oxygen functional groups and the use of computational and spectroscopic/microscopic analyses, will contribute in rationalizing concepts such as structure/property relation and reaction mechanisms

Data inizio attività

01/08/2019

Parole chiave

catalytic reactions, organic chemistry, graphene

Ultimo aggiornamento: 18/01/2025