OXALKANES

Development of sustainable selective catalytic oxidation of alkanes

 Coordinatore  

 Organization address address: CAMPO UNIVERSITARIO DE SANTIAGO
city: AVEIRO
postcode: 3810-193

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Fernando
Cognome: Ferreira Batista
Email: send email
Telefono: +351 234 370200
Fax: +351 234 370090

 Nazionalità Coordinatore Non specificata
 Totale costo 45˙000 €
 EC contributo 45˙000 €
 Programma FP7-PEOPLE
Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
 Code Call FP7-PEO
 Anno di inizio 2010
 Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) 2010-04-01   -   2013-03-31

 Partecipanti

# participant  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO

 Organization address address: CAMPO UNIVERSITARIO DE SANTIAGO
city: AVEIRO
postcode: 3810-193

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Fernando
Cognome: Ferreira Batista
Email: send email
Telefono: +351 234 370200
Fax: +351 234 370090

PT (AVEIRO) coordinator 45˙000.00

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microwave    activated    hydrocarbons    conventional    mild    economically    efficient    heating    chemical    energy    alkanes    supports    catalysts    reactions    transition    oxidation    metal    sustainability    homogeneous    selective    environmentally   

 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Saturated hydrocarbons are chemically inert and therefore their functionalisation is challenging from a basic science viewpoint. The development of selective, energy efficient direct alkane oxidation chemistry could lead to environmentally and economically superior chemical processes and allow the vast reserves of natural gas and petrol to be used more efficiently and economically as feedstocks for fuels and chemical products. Like the active centres of some enzymes, transition metal complexes can potentially activate and functionalise the non-activated C-H bonds of hydrocarbons with high atom economy and low energy under mild reaction conditions. There is also an urgent need to increase the sustainability of homogeneous phase reactions and to develop practical, efficient and low energy immobilisation methods for homogeneous catalysts, as well as to develop and use new, cheaper and more environmentally acceptable solid supports. This project comprises the synthesis and characterisation of transition metal coordination compounds with very versatile and biomimetic polydentate ligands and their application as selective homogeneous catalysts in the oxidation reactions of alkanes under mild conditions and using several oxygen sources. The use of a microwave technology to carry out these reactions could also lead to increases in product yields and selectivities, as well as being more energy-efficient compared to conventional heating methods. To improve the sustainability of these homogeneous catalysts in the catalytic oxidation of alkanes several porous silica and carbonaceous materials will be used as catalysts supports. The use of microwave-activated loading onto these supports will be also tested as a more energy-efficient and a more selective technique than more conventional heating methods.'

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