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EPSRC Reference:	EP/C011074/1
Title:	Using Transition Metal Catalysis to Achieve New Reactivity and Selectivity for Organic Synthesis
Principal Investigator:	Willis, Professor M
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Department:	Chemistry
Organisation:	University of Bath
Scheme:	Advanced Fellowship (Pre-FEC)
Starts:	01 October 2005	Ends:	31 December 2006	Value (£):	298,348
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Chemical Synthetic Methodology
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
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Panel History:	Panel Date Panel Name Outcome 13 Apr 2005 Chemistry Fellowships Interview Panel Deferred 16 Mar 2005 Chemistry Fellowships Sift Panel 2005 Deferred
Summary on Grant Application Form
The ability to build molecules is crucial to molecular science. For new synthetic methods to be accepted as useful tools a demanding set of criteria need to be satisfied; advantages of cost, environmental impact, operational simplicity and reaction efficiency are some of the most important factors to be considered. The focus of this fellowship is to develop new methods to prepare molecules using tools based on transition metal catalysts.The unique reactivities presented by transition metals make them attractive reagents to explore, and to tackle several of the issues discussed above. In particular we plan to use transition metal catalysts to allow the conversion of readily available organic molecules into high value functionalised molecules useful for further manipulation. One of the key aims is to achieve these reactions in a highly selective manner, delivering only single products when the formation of mixtures of several related molecules is possible. We also plan to deliver methods that are easy to perform and that require no special handling techniques.
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