Matthias Beller, Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse, $50,000
“Hydrogenation of Amides promoted by Ru- and Fe-Pincer Complexes—Ligand-Metal Cooperative Catalysis for the Mild and Selective Synthesis of Amines”

Neal Mankad, University of Illinois at Chicago, $100,000
“Bimetallic Approach to Iron-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions”

Paul Chirik, Princeton University, $100,000
“Modern Alchemy: New Paradigms for Enabling Base Metal-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling in the Pharmaceutical Industry”

Daniel Weix, University of Rochester, $50,000
“Direct Synthesis of Alkylated Arenes and Heteroarenes from the Cross-Coupling of Heteroaromatic Halides in Non-Amide Solvents”

Janet Scott, University of Bath, $100,000
“Intelligent Selection of Greener Solvents”

Neil Garg, UCLA, $60,000
“Development of Green Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions”

Shannon Stahl, University of Wisconsin-Madison, $150,000
“Oxidation/Epoxidation Methods Without the Use of Chlorinated Solvents: Chemoselective Aerobic Alcohol Oxidation Catalyzed by Earth-Abundant Metals”

Wei Zhang, University of Massachusetts-Boston, $25,000
“Greener Grignard Reactions”

Charles Liotta, Georgia Tech University, $150,000
“Green and Effective Continuous Catalytic Homo-Nazarov Cyclization Towards Multi-Step Synthesis of Heteroaromatic Ring-Fused Clyclohexanones”

David Cole-Hamilton, University of St. Andrews, $150,000
“Amide Hydrogenation to Amines”