The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $463,709 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and collaborators from France. The funding supports a multi-year research effort to develop new catalytic methods for constructing heterocyclic chemical building blocks used in pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and advanced materials. The project involves an international collaboration between UTSA professors Oleg Larionov and Michael Doyle, and French professors Nicolas Blanchard and Jean-François Brière, who are experts in the essential chemical reactivity. The research aims to enable chemo- and stereoselective access to synthetically challenging heterocycles using earth-abundant metal and organic catalysts, while also providing insights into the underlying catalytic mechanisms. This research will train students and postdoctoral scholars in modern chemical methods and prepare them for careers in the chemical sciences and industry.
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