Bimetallic Catalysis for Diverse Methane Functionalization (BECAME)

CONSOLIDATOR GRANT
Entidad Financiadora: 
H2020-EU.1.1.
Ref.: 
ERC-2019-COG-863914
Duración: 
2020-2025
Investigador principal: 
Martín Fañanás-Mastral
Grupo de investigación: 

Bimetallic Catalysis for Diverse Methane Functionalization (BECAME)

Methane, the main ingredient found in natural gas, is used chiefly as a burning fuel; alternatively, it can be converted into a useful mixture called synthesis gas. Despite advances in the field, methane’s versatile use is hindered by its low intrinsic reactivity. The principal strategy the EU-funded BECAME project will follow to increase methane's reactivity is to use one transition metal complex to activate the carbon-hydrogen bonds, and another transition metal complex to catalyse the methylation process. BECAME researchers expect the proposed method to reveal more about catalytic cross-coupling reactions and carbon-hydrogen activation, and serve as a fundamental basis for efficient and sustainable methane functionalisation.