Doctor of Philosophy [Ph.D] (EPSRC PhD in Chemistry: the synthesis of new small molecules containing Lewis acidic and basic sites for metal-free catalysis)
42 months
Full Time
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- This research project will illustrate new design strategies to synthesise ambiphilic molecules that contain both electrophilic (Lewis acidic) and nucleophilic (Lewis basic) sites that may be employed as catalysts in catalytic hydrogenation, dehydrocoupling, cyclisation, hydrosilylation, hydroboration and carbon dioxide utilisation reactions.
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