Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE150100127
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$360,000.00
Summary
Flow Reactor Chemical Synthesis Facility. Flow reactor chemical synthesis facility: This flow chemistry facility aims to greatly expand upon the traditional scale batch synthesis operations that are currently in use by organic, organometallic, biological and materials chemistry researchers while minimising environmental impact. The anticipated advantages of this facility are manifold and include both significantly enhanced capabilities (broader experimental/chemical space) and considerably impro ....Flow Reactor Chemical Synthesis Facility. Flow reactor chemical synthesis facility: This flow chemistry facility aims to greatly expand upon the traditional scale batch synthesis operations that are currently in use by organic, organometallic, biological and materials chemistry researchers while minimising environmental impact. The anticipated advantages of this facility are manifold and include both significantly enhanced capabilities (broader experimental/chemical space) and considerably improved safety and efficiency (no unstable intermediate accumulation, greater selectivity, cleaner products, reduced solvent requirements).Read moreRead less
Utilising nature's complexity - understanding fundamental organometallic binding modes of furans and coordination of bioderived furans. The earth's decreasing reserves of fossil fuels has prompted an intense push to utilise the renewable bioresources to replace the many products and fuels derived from petroleum. One of the promising developments is the production of so-called Furanics, useful molecules produced easily from carbohydrates found in waste materials from the sugar, corn and forestry ....Utilising nature's complexity - understanding fundamental organometallic binding modes of furans and coordination of bioderived furans. The earth's decreasing reserves of fossil fuels has prompted an intense push to utilise the renewable bioresources to replace the many products and fuels derived from petroleum. One of the promising developments is the production of so-called Furanics, useful molecules produced easily from carbohydrates found in waste materials from the sugar, corn and forestry industries. Given Australia's wealth of agricultural resources, discovering the full power of these potentially useful furanic compounds should be a major priority. This research aims to link Australia's biomass potential with the plastics, pharmaceutical, fine and agrichemical industries.Read moreRead less
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE130100057
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$200,000.00
Summary
A diffractometer for small molecule structural elucidation by crystallographic analysis. X-ray diffractometry provides an unambiguous means of identifying the three-dimensional spatial arrangement of atoms within molecules affording important insights into the origins of chemical properties. A modern diffractometer will provide information to help develop new functional materials, therapeutic agents and environmentally sustainable processes.
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE130100213
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$840,000.00
Summary
Multinuclear 700 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometer for advanced molecular analysis. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is the most important analytical tool in chemistry. A new 700 MHz NMR spectrometer is to replace three outdated NMR spectrometers at the NMR Facility to enable new multinuclear experiments, while serving the analytical needs of over 20 research groups in chemical and biological research.
Boron and silicon based pincer ligands for environmentally responsible catalysis. The production of everyday chemicals (pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, polymers) comes at a price, economic and environmental. Metal catalysts significantly reduce the environmental impact of both the associated energy requirements and waste products. New classes of catalysts will be developed based on the unconventional elements boron and silicon.