The 2008 CENTC Summer School on Organometallic Catalysis was July 20-25, 2008 at the University of Washington.

The Center for Enabling New Technologies through Catalysis (CENTC) draws together a group of investigators conducting research aimed toward the development of new catalytic systems.  Many of the scientific and technological advances of the 21st century will depend on novel and energy-efficient syntheses of chemical compounds.  Fundamental studies and commercial successes alike, from biology and medicine to information sciences, will require new materials with specifically tailored properties.  It is increasingly important that chemical production use efficient and environmentally friendly syntheses, with effective utilization of abundant raw materials such as hydrocarbons or biomass.  Chemical syntheses of the future will require the ability to selectively activate and transform typically unreactive chemical bonds.  Accordingly, a major focus of the center is in elucidating and applying the fundamental principles necessary for the catalytic transformations of strong chemical bonds including C-H, C-C, C-O, C-N, N-H.

Attendees at the 2007 CENTC Annual Meeting (15 faculty PIs, 4 Advisory Board members, 1 faculty co-worker, 3 post-docs, 20 graduate students, 6 Industrial Affiliates representatives, 2 staff members).

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The Center for Enabling New Technologies through Catalysis is a Center for Chemical Innovation funded by the National Science Foundation