DCMeta · Dual Catalysis for Meta Functionalisation under Mild Conditions

Dual Catalysis for Meta Functionalisation under Mild Conditions

DCMeta is a catalysis project that has examined the role of visible light in activating metal catalysts for new chemical transformations. The use of high energy UV light to enable chemical reactions has a long history in organic chemistry, enabling a large number of chemical reactions to proceed that are not feasible under any other method. The high energy implicit in UV photochemistry, however, along with attendant issues of specialised equipment and difficulties in scale-up, have hindered wider exploitation in industry for the synthesis of valuable molecules. Recent developments using visible light have created an exciting alternative, where simple light sources can be used in conjunction with a catalyst to enable new chemical reactivity. The synthesis of new molecules under sustainable conditions has enormous importance in our society: DNA, sugars, proteins, the molecules of nature, drugs, insecticides and vitamins represent just some of the classes of molecule essential to the way we live our lives. As a result, the discovery of new and improved ways to synthesise new and improved molecules is at the forefront of modern chemistry research. The use of metal catalysis and photochemistry offers substantial improvements to both the synthesis of existing molecules and the discovery of new ones, which can have wide application in medicine, engineering and agriculture. The overall objective is to harness visible light to control the behaviour of metal catalysts in chemical reactions.

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