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CAREER: CAS: Organometallic Chemistry of Catalytically Relevant Copper(III) Complexes — NSF Award to Virginia Polytechnic Institut

In this CAREER project, funded by the Chemical Structure, Dynamics & Mechanisms B Program of the Chemistry Division, Wei Liu of the Department of Chemistry at University of Cincinnati is studying the fundamental reactivity of copper complexes for synthesizing important organic molecules. Compared to the precious metal

Award titleCAREER: CAS: Organometallic Chemistry of Catalytically Relevant Copper(III) Complexes
Award ID2602562
AwardeeVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
CityBLACKSBURG
StateVA
Amount obligated$435,789
Principal investigatorWei Liu
ProgramCMFP-Chem Mech Funct, and Prop
Start date01/01/2026
AbstractIn this CAREER project, funded by the Chemical Structure, Dynamics & Mechanisms B Program of the Chemistry Division, Wei Liu of the Department of Chemistry at University of Cincinnati is studying the fundamental reactivity of copper complexes for synthesizing important organic molecules. Compared to the precious metal analogues, copper catalysts are less expensive, less toxic, and have higher abundancy in the earth’s crust. However, the catalytic performance of copper complexes lags largely behi
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