Breaking and Making Bonds with Aluminium. This project aims to explore the use of aluminyl anions, a recently developed class of aluminium compounds, as sustainable alternatives to the environmentally

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Breaking and Making Bonds with Aluminium. This project aims to explore the use of aluminyl anions, a recently developed class of aluminium compounds, as sustainable alternatives to the environmentally damaging noble transition metal complexes widely used in fine chemical manufacturing. The project expects to generate major fundamental and applied advances in chemistry, using an innovative synthetic approach aided by both computational investigations and an international research team. Expected outcomes of this project include improved techniques for sustainable chemical synthesis, advanced knowledge, an international research network, and a highly trained workforce. The development of this research should provide significant environmental benefits to the fine chemicals industries.. Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships. Field: 3402 - Inorganic Chemistry. Lead: A/Prof Jamie Hicks