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Towards sustainable chemical processes: immobilization of molecular organo and metal catalysts and their application for fine chemical synthesis – GLOBUCAT
The project concerns the research for eco-compatible chemical processes for the synthesis of organic compounds, intermediates and targets in health industry and material sciences. This search is nowadays inevitable since - even if highly active catalysts are currently available to promote chemical r
Development of novel ammoxidation catalysts with tailored anion structures based on transition metal nitrides and oxynitrides – AMMOXAN
Acrylonitrile is an important intermediate in chemical industry for the synthesis of various polymers and coatings. Acrylonitrile is currently produced by ammoxidation of costly and increasingly scarce propylene. This project aims at developing novel catalysts allowing the use of cheaper and abundan
Activation of CO2 on ZnO surfaces and subsequent reactions with nucleophilic coadsorbates – ACTCO2
CO2 is a greenhouse gas responsible for global climate warming. It may be possible to limit its emission, to store it but also to use it to obtain high added value products. This last goal implies its activation to increase its reactivity towards other molecules and the use of heterogeneous catalyst
N-heterocyclic carbenes incorporated in porous networks – CAPONE
The elaboration and the design of re-usable catalyst systems is a key issue in green process engineering. The concept of heterogeneous catalysis often allows to achieve recyclable catalysts, but factors such as metal leaching, catalyst poisoning and catalyst deterioration often limit the applicabili
Tandem Metathesis/Hydroformylation for sustainable conversion of biomass derived substrates – BIOTANDEM
With the announced end or rarefaction of fossil resources, alternative carbon sources are strongly desired. In this context, the production of raw materials -as petroleum chemical substitutes- from renewable resources for the chemical industry is a topic of growing interest. In particular, the use a