Project Grant 2247330
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of Delaware. The grant supports Professor Donald Watson's research on developing new chemical methods to rapidly install boron and silicon atoms into organic molecules. This work aims to enable accelerated access to important organic compounds for applications in medicine, electronics, and agriculture. In addition to the core research, the...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to Professor Mary Watson at the University of Delaware. The grant supports the development of new methods for the enantioselective, metal-catalyzed synthesis of cyclic molecules containing oxygen and nitrogen atoms. This research aims to enable efficient access to complex heterocyclic molecules that are challenging to prepare as single enantiomers, which is...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $700,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support a collaborative research effort focused on developing new approaches to catalysis and electrochemistry for the synthesis of biaryl molecules. Professors Daniel Weix and Shannon Stahl of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Professor Mohammad Rafiee of the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and Professor Robert Paton of...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Chemical Catalysis program awarded a $560,760 project grant to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) to study dearomatization reactions catalyzed by transition metal complexes derived from earth-abundant metals such as copper, iron, and nickel. This collaborative research project with the Université Grenoble Alpes in France will advance the understanding of how metal-ligand complex characteristics interface with different reagent...
- This $525,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at the University of California, Irvine to develop new nickel-catalyzed stereospecific cross-electrophiile coupling reactions from 2022-2025. Professor Elizabeth Jarvo and her team are studying nickel catalysis mechanisms to establish ligand features necessary to support one- and two-electron redox steps in cross-electrophiile coupling reactions. Their work seeks to provide useful late-stage functionalization strategies...
- This $575,000 federal Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, supports the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in developing new sustainable nickel-catalyzed coupling methods for the stereoselective synthesis of complex organic molecules. The 3-year project, led by Professor Simon Meek, focuses on creating efficient, site- and stereo-controlled multicomponent reactions using simple carbonyl-type...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Chemical Synthesis Program awarded a $450,000 Project Grant to Professor William Chain at the University of Delaware (UDE) to develop new classes of reactions with aromatic compounds. The goal is to exploit weak bonds and temporarily elevate the reactivity of normally inert chemical compounds to facilitate the formation of a wide array of new carbon-based bonds, forging new cyclic frameworks that have applications in industrial, chemical, and medical...
- The University of Delaware received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry to develop metal catalyzed methods for the preparation of organosilanes and related molecules. The three-year award, which runs from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024, will support research under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). This program aims to promote progress in the mathematical and physical sciences and strengthen the nation's...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports Professor Robert Waymouth's research at Stanford University on developing new catalysts and reaction pathways for enantioselective (chiral) electrochemical hydrogenation. The $600,000 award, spanning 3 years from August 2025 to July 2028, aims to create more efficient, longer-lasting, and less wasteful catalysts for selectively producing chiral molecules that...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $650,151 Project Grant under its Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to Yale University. The grant, titled "Insights into Alkene Hydrofunctionalization from Mechanistic and Reactivity Studies," supports Professor Patrick Holland's research on developing cobalt catalysts for the efficient transformation of simple chemical feedstocks into more complex molecules. The project aims to improve the mechanistic understanding,...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded Professor Donald Watson of the University of Delaware a $600,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026. The grant will support the development of new catalytic methods to prepare axially chiral compounds through nickel-catalyzed processes. Specifically, Professor Watson and his team will further study an enantioselective nickel-catalyzed reductive aryl halide coupling reaction to develop more effective and broader-scope syntheses of non-racemic axially chiral biarenes. They will explore extending this homocoupling process to additional substrate classes and pursue intramolecular variants to achieve enantioselective reductive cyclizations. The grant also aims to realize a highly enantioselective cross-coupling between two distinct aryl halide substrates. Findings are expected to advance biaryl synthesis and enantioselective catalysis more broadly.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $600.0k | 3/31/23 |