Support for Coordination of COST-D40: Innovative Catalysis
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Nottingham
Department Name: Sch of Chemistry
Abstract
COST-D40 is a chemistry Action in the area of 'Innovative Catalysis' involving 22 countries from around Europe and encompassing the activities of over 45 separate research groups. All these activities are coordinated from Nottingham by Simon Woodward (SW) who, as Chair of the Action, is charged with the smooth running of all aspects of programme including: organization of its research Working Groups, its review meetings and overall scientific personal exchanges. Although the EU's FP7 programme allows reimbursement for some travel costs of the Action members in D40 it provides no mechanism for the Chair of the Action to interact scientifically with the programme. After consultation with EPSRC this application has been made seeking a contribution to the increased consumables costs (k15.94 direct costs over 46 months) to SW's group caused by running and interacting with the D40 research programme.
People |
ORCID iD |
| S Woodward (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Asikainen M
(2012)
Allenyl ester precursors for 1H-inden-1-ol carboxylates: comparisons with their propargylic equivalents having terminal alkyne functions
in Tetrahedron
Asikainen M
(2012)
Allenyl ester precursors for 1H-inden-1-ol carboxylates: comparisons with their propargylic equivalents having terminal alkyne functions
in Tetrahedron
Asikainen M
(2010)
An SN2' displacement approach to allenyl acetates
in Tetrahedron Letters
Bertolini F
(2009)
A practical regioselective ring-opening of activated aziridines with organoalanes
in Tetrahedron Letters
Conte V
(2010)
Palladium-catalysed methylation of aryl halides in ionic liquids with stabilized AlMe3
in Applied Catalysis A: General
Crampton R
(2009)
Reaction prospecting by 31P NMR: enantioselective rhodium-DuPhos catalysed addition of ZnMe2 to diphenylphosphinoylimines
in Tetrahedron: Asymmetry
De Roma A
(2008)
Amino-sugar modular ligands-useful cores for the formation of asymmetric copper 1,4-addition catalysts.
in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Glynn D
(2010)
On the scope of trimethylaluminum-promoted 1,2-additions of ArZnX reagents to aldehydes.
in Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
Hawner C
(2010)
Rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric 1,4-addition of aryl alanes to trisubstituted enones: binap as an effective ligand in the formation of quaternary stereocenters.
in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
Latham C
(2011)
Short Synthesis of Chiral 4-Substituted ( S )-Imidazolinium Salts Bearing Sulfonates and Their Use in ?-Selective Reactions of Allylic Halides with Grignard Reagents
in European Journal of Organic Chemistry
| Description | Thirteen young (typically PhD) chemical scientists undertook collaborative research supported by both the EPSRC and the COST-D40 Action. This has resulted in over dozen new research publications including contributions to a leading new book on innovative catalysis. |
| Exploitation Route | The research outputs were instrumental in providing a new generation of researchers in catalysis. |
| Sectors | Chemicals |
| Description | As this programme involved the coordination of over 60 groups in Europe it is difficult to track the impact of every contribution. However, in an internal assessment by COST, Action D40 was recognized as one of the most successful physical sciences Actions |
| First Year Of Impact | 2010 |
| Sector | Chemicals,Education,Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology,Other |
| Impact Types | Cultural,Societal,Economic |
| Description | EPSRC |
| Amount | £342,388 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/G026882/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | University of Cádiz |
| Organisation | University of Cadiz |
| Country | Spain |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We have been informally collaborating with Dr Maria Jesus Duran Pena since 2015 on identifying new methods for cyclopropanes and their use. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Dr Maria Jesus Duran Pena, was able to visit the UK on a Fellowship and contributed to a publication (Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 7609-7616). We hope to repeat this. |
| Impact | Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 7609-7616 |
| Start Year | 2015 |