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Metal- and Organocatalysis for Sustainable Polymers, Chemicals, and Fuels

 Prof. Dr. Eugene Y.-X. Chen

Colorado State University, USA 

Prof. Dr. Eugene Y.-X. Chen简介： 

Prof. Dr. Eugene Y.-X. Chen是Colorado State University的全职教授，并兼职该大学工程院的教授，于2012年任可再生能源中心的主任。Eugene Y.-X. Chen教授目前在高分子化学、可再生能源化学、金属有机化学以及金属和有机催化领域的研究相当活跃，2002年获得Alfred P. Sloan奖，美国先进科学联合会的成员（American Association for the Advancement of Science）。

Prof. Dr. Eugene Y.-X. Chen报告内容简介： 

Nonfood plant biomass holds potential to provide humanity with a sustainable source of chemicals, materials, and fuels, provided that biorefining of such biomass can be advanced further to render it technologically and economically competitive compared to traditional oil refineries. Towards this central objective, we have recently developed several effective catalytic systems, based on transition metal and main-group complexes as well as organic catalysts, for biomass conversion into feedstock chemicals, polymers, and biofuels. Such catalysts either promote rapid polymerization of biomass-derived monomers to bioplastics having stereo-random to stereo-perfect microstructures, or catalyze selective upgrading of the biorefining building blocks to kerosene/jet fuel or diesel fuel intermediates which can be readily converted to new liquid fuels in a subsequent, one-step chemical transformation. Accordingly, this presentation will describe our efforts and progress towards these emerging research fronts, with an emphasis being placed on the mechanistic aspects of catalysis.

KEY REFERENCES  

(1) Chen, X.; Caporaso, L.; Cavallo, L.; Chen, E. Y.-X. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 7278. (2) Zhang, Y.; Chen, E. Y.-X. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 2465. (3) Zhao, W.; Wang, Y.; Liu, X.; Chen, X.; Cui, D.; Chen, E. Y.-X. Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 6375. (4) Hu, Y.; Miyake, G. M.; Wang, B.; Cui, D.; Chen, E. Y.-X. Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 3345. (5) Liu, D.; Zhang, Y.; Chen, E.  

Y.-X. Green Chem. 2012, 14, 2738 (cover article). (6) He, J.; Zhang, Y.; Chen, E. Y.-X. ChemSusChem. 2012, in press. (7) Escudé, N. C.; Ning, Y.; Chen, E. Y.-X. Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 3247 (cover article). (8) Liu, D.; Chen, E. Y.-X. Appl. Catal. A: Gen. 2012, 435-436, 78. (9) Zhang, Y.; Gustafson, L. O.; Chen, E. Y.-X. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 13674. (10) Zhang, Y.; Caporaso, L.; Cavallo, L.; Chen, E. Y.-X. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 1572. (11) Zhang, Y.; Miyake, G. M.; Chen, E. Y.-X. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 10158(designated VIP). (12) Miyake, G. M.; Zhang, Y.; Chen, E. Y.-X. Macromolecules 2010, 43, 4902. (13) Zhang, Y.; Ning, Y.; Caporaso, L.; Cavallo, L.; Chen, E. Y.-X. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 2695. (14) Chen, E. Y.-X. Chem. Rev. 2009, 109, 5157–5214 (invited contribution to the thematic issue on Frontiers in Polymer Synthesis).