Cooperative Asymmetric Dual / Multiple Activation Catalysis under Confinement (B06*)

• Subject Area: Inorganic Molecular Chemistry - Synthesis and Characterisation ; Organic Molecular Chemistry - Synthesis and Characterisation ; Physical Chemistry of Solids and Surfaces, Material Characterisation
• Term: since 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 358283783

We wish to develop a deep understanding of cooperative asymmetric catalysis under confinement. Major questions are whether the entropic advantage observed with enzymes resulting from H-bonding networks can be transferred to bi-/trifunctional catalysts immobilized in mesoporous supports and whether this assembly can be used for a self-preorganization of the participating catalytic centers to allow for the targeted synergistic effects. A central strategy is to make use of the replacement of water/alcohol molecules in the active sites by the substrates, which results in an entropic overcompensation by substrate binding. Catalysts will be studied both as a whole and by splitting them into their individual parts.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1333: Molecular Heterogeneous Catalysis in Confined Geometries
• Applicant Institution: Universität Stuttgart
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Michael R. Buchmeiser; Professor Dr. René Peters