2019年5月13日上午10点30分，应红宝石官方网站hbs160邀请，英国约克大学Michael North教授在化学馆321会议室做了题为“Reaction of CO2with Strained Heterocycles”的学术报告。此次报告由化学学院余达刚教授主持，冯小明教授、刘小华教授、王天利教授、董顺喜教授、朱剑波教授、成楚旸教授、张琦教授、付绍敏教授和曹伟地教授等老师及学生参加了此次报告。
在报告中，North教授首先介绍了CO2利用在可持续发展中的重要意义，随后详细介绍了他们利用CO2合成环状碳酸酯和噁唑啉酮的发展过程。North教授重点介绍了他们课题组发展的高活性催化剂(salen)Al-O-Al(salen)，及其高效催化环氧乙烷和CO2在温和条件下构建重要环状碳酸酯的反应机制。在此基础上，他们课题组通过催化剂固载实现了催化剂多次循环利用，降低反应成本，并有望实现工业化。此外，他们通过改变铝催化剂的配体，还实现了氮丙啶和CO2参与的噁唑啉酮的高效构建。整场报告内容丰富，North教授讲解清晰，由浅入深，形象生动地向我们展示了他们课题组近期的工作，在座的师生全神贯注、兴趣盎然。在随后的自由提问环节，在座师生与North教授进行了深入地讨论交流，大家获益匪浅。报告在全场师生热烈的掌声中落下了帷幕，结束后部分老师与North教授进行了合影留念。
Michael North教授简介：
Prof. Dr. Michael North obtained his B.Sc. in chemistry from the University of Durham and a D.Phil. in organic chemistry from the University of Oxford. After a postdoctoral post at the University of Nottingham, he held academic posts at the Universities of Wales, London and Newcastle, before being appointed to the Chair in Green Chemistry at the University of York. His research interests include catalysis using earth crust abundant metals, organocatalysis, CO2utilisation and synthesis of synthetic polymers from sustainable feedstocks. He has published more than 200 high-level research papers. As a world-renowned green chemist, he is a visiting professor in many institutes and also received many awards, including the Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and Chartered Chemist in 1999, Descartes Prize in 2001, and the 2014 Green Chemistry Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry.
