Project Grant 2453313
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Chemical Synthesis Program has awarded a $550,000 Project Grant to Professor Jon Njardarson of the University of Arizona. The grant supports the development of new asymmetric anionic reaction cascades that leverage readily available feedstock materials and negatively charged reaction partners to produce higher-value fine chemical products. Key objectives include in situ trapping of lithium enamides to expand product types, as well as the formation of...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Chemical Synthesis Program awarded a $592,818 Project Grant to Professor Brandon Ashfeld at the University of Notre Dame for the project "Exploiting Catalyst-Controlled Mechanistic Divergency in Cycloaddition Approaches to Oxindole Alkaloid Synthesis." The grant supports the development of new chemical reactions and synthetic tools to address challenges in the synthesis of complex, biologically relevant oxindole molecules. The research evaluates...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Chemical Synthesis Program awarded a $575,000 Project Grant to the University of Kansas Center for Research Inc. to develop new photochemical reactions for creating valuable and structurally complex molecules efficiently and selectively. The project, titled "Exploiting Mechanistic Knowledge to Develop Selective and Robust Synthetic N,π*-Star Photochemistry," aims to (1) generate reactive ylides from strained rings through light-induced sensitized...
- The National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry awarded a $515,013 Project Grant to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to study the reaction chemistry of aromatic building blocks. The grant, which runs from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2026, supports Professor Jeffrey Johnson's research team as they seek to develop new chemical reactions that generate highly functionalized and useful products from simpler and abundant feedstock chemicals. The research aims to convert achiral...
- 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) Division of Chemistry is providing a $600,000 Project Grant to Professor Song Lin at Cornell University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. The grant supports the development of new chemical reactions that selectively couple amines to form nitrogen-nitrogen (N-N) bonds, which are prevalent in bioactive natural products, medicines, agrochemicals, and functional materials. The long-term objective is to facilitate...
- 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 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) is supporting the research of Professor Christopher M. Beaudry at Oregon State University. The $160,244 award from November 15, 2024 to October 31, 2025 is focused on developing new chemical reactions to transform aromatic ring structures into more densely functionalized and value-added molecules. This work aims to enable...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences grant program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of Minnesota. The grant will fund research by Dr. Hoye and his group to capitalize on the high potential energy of alkyne compounds to generate reactive organic intermediates and discover new organic chemical reactions. The research aims to develop innovative chemical synthesis methods that could enable the production of valuable...
- This Project Grant award, funded by the Division of Chemistry within the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $500,000 to Professors Angus Lamar and Gordon Purser at the University of Tulsa. The award supports their research into new methods for the modification of arenols and heteroarenols, which are compounds used in medicines, agricultural products, and advanced materials. The goal is to develop operationally simple organic...
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 domains, including novel therapeutic agents. This 3-year project, titled "Umpolung Methods with Electron Rich Aromatic Systems: Amine-Derived Reactive Intermediates in Synthesis", leverages three unconventional reactivity manifolds facilitated by amines utilizing both traditional and electrochemical reaction processes. The project provides high-level education and training for students starting as early as high school, and includes outreach to local schools to promote science engagement.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $450.0k | 7/29/25 |