Project 1

Catalytic carboxylation of saturated hydrocarbons with CO₂ en route to fatty acids (WP1)

Host institution: ICIQ, Spain
Deadline for application: 1st April 2020
3 PhD year position. Expected start date: Mid 2020.
Remember to read the eligibility criteria here.

Objectives:

1. Optimize reaction conditions for catalytic carboxylation of simple saturated hydrocarbons with Ni and Cu catalysts
2. Study the generality of the carboxylation reactions on different starting materials
3. Design asymmetric variants of the carboxylation reaction
4. Evaluate commercial interest in products and work on development of scalable processes (during stay at EV)
5. Train elements of computational chemistry to gain knowledge mechanistic aspects (during stay at UIT)

Expected results:

1. Catalytic system that allows for directly transforming carbon dioxide into added-value fatty acids from simple saturated hydrocarbon feedstocks
2. Mechanistic insights into CO₂-based carboxylation of simple hydrocarbons

Planned secondments:

• UIT to Assoc. Prof. Hopmann (2 months): Work on the mechanistic intricacies from a computational perspective (with ESR5).
• Industrial secondment to EV with Prof. Franke (2 months): Design of a scalable carboxylation process.

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Enrolment in Doctoral degree: ESR1 will have the daily work at ICIQ, but will be formally enrolled at URV, Spain.

Principal Supervisor: Prof. Ruben Martin (ICIQ)

Questions? Write to us at co2perate@uit.no.