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Synthesis Of Pyridone Ligands And Iron Precursors For The Development Of Iron-Based Hydrogenation Catalysts, Becky Hanscam

Summer Research

Green chemistry is concerned with the development of safer, more efficient, and more environmentally acceptable chemical products and processes. An important aspect of green chemistry is the reduction of chemical waste. Catalysis is essential to achieving such a transformation. Hydrogenation is an example of an industrially important catalytic process. Hydrogenation reactions are common in the pharmaceutical industry as they provide a cost-effective and reliable approach to a wide range of compounds. However common hydrogenation catalysts are composed of expensive and toxic metals. The goal this research is to develop hydrogenation catalysts, based on iron, that will be less expensive and …