Direct Partial Oxidations Using Molecular Oxygen - Final Report
- Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
In 2006, Richard A. Kemp (University of New Mexico) and Karen I. Goldberg (University of Washington) formed a team and began to investigate new strategies to accomplish direct selective aerobic oxidations, with a particular emphasis on the epoxidation of propylene and higher olefins. This DOE-BES funded project was renewed twice and concluded after a no-cost extension earlier this year. Multiple novel strategies involving homogeneous catalyst systems were initiated and investigated during the award. Important fundamental understanding and insight concerning requirements for promotion of aerobic olefin epoxidation was generated. During the tenure of this project, new knowledge was generated concerning the synthesis, characterization and aerobic reactivity of metal hydrides and hydroxides. Key results describing synthetic strategies and optimization of the preparation of mononuclear late metal hydrides were published. The team reported the first example of O2 insertion into a Pd-H bond, a reaction which had been proposed in the literature but never previously observed. Our experimental investigation of the mechanism was later followed by computational work, and a description of what is now referred to as the Hydrogen Atom Abstraction (HAA) pathway for this reaction has been widely accepted in the community. After investigation of many other late metal hydrides, both experimentally and computationally, the team put together a chapter that included a description of key contributing factors that allow reaction by the HAA mechanism. A brief sampling of other classic papers from our project include hydrogenolysis reactions of late metal hydroxide and alkoxide complexes, the synthesis of nickel-hydrides, and the involvement of hemilabile ligands in promoting new reaction pathways.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG02-06ER15765
- OSTI ID:
- 1406251
- Report Number(s):
- Final report: DOE-UNM-15765
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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