Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms Early Career Award
Recognising excellence in the field by those in the early stages of their career.
Details
| Status | Closed |
|---|---|
| Career stage | Early career |
Awarded by the Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms Group
The group is concerned with all aspects of the fundamentals, methodologies and applications of inorganic reaction mechanisms, that is of the processes of bond formation and cleavage, electron transfer, the nature of intermediates, medium and other effects, in inorganic and organometallic redox and substitution reactions, including those which underlie important catalytic, environmental, biological and industrial processes.
Winners
The work in the areas of main-group chemistry, small-molecule activation and sustainable catalysis. Recent work has focused on exploring the interactions of frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) with light, and understanding the implications of these findings on the mechanism of small-molecule activation by FLPs. In particular, we have used supramolecular techniques to probe the encounter complex (the weakly associated Lewis acid and base) in solution, which underpins FLP catalysis.
2022: , University of Warwick
2021: , University of Strathclyde
2020: , University of Bath
About this prize
The Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms Early Career Award is awarded annually to recognise excellence in our field by those in the early stages of their career.