Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0208952

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0208952

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Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Hydrogen Abstraction in Chemical, Biochemical and Polymerization Processes. Hydrogen-abstraction reactions are of vital importance in the chemical, biochemical and polymerization processes that occur in everyday life. The objective of the proposed research is to improve our understanding of such reactions. State-of-the-art quantum chemistry calculations will be used to examine a broad range of hydrogen-abstraction reactions, and to obtain accurate information about the factors that influence such reactions. Building on this work, more detailed case studies will be performed in two important areas: the hydrogen-abstraction steps in biochemical reactions mediated by coenzyme B12, and chain-transfer processes in conventional and controlled free-radical polymerization.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 20-06-2002

End Date: 19-06-2005

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $187,118.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry | Polymerisation Mechanisms | Mechanisms Of Reactions | Quantum Chemistry

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Plastics in primary forms | Biological sciences | Chemical sciences |

Other Keywords

Biological sciences | Chemical sciences | Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry | Mechanisms Of Reactions | Plastics in primary forms | Polymerisation Mechanisms | Quantum Chemistry

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