Robert Crabtree, Yale University, $160,000
“Atom Economic Alcohol Activation and Amide Synthesis Using Base-Metal Catalysts Heterogenized on Titania Nanoparticles”

Chao-Jun Li, McGill University, $130,000
“Chiral Amines via Asymmetric Multi-component Reactions”

Michael Krische, University of Texas-Austin, $129,000
“Byproduct-Free Synthesis of Chiral Amines via C-C Bond Forming Transfer Hydrogenation and Hydrogen Auto-Transfer”

Robert Maleczka and Milton Smith, Michigan State University, $100,000
“Catalytic C-H Activation/Cross-Coupling of Aromatics (Avoiding the Preparation of Haloaromatics)”

Jianliang Xiao, University of Liverpool, $126,166
“Hydrogenation of Amides by Multifunctional Catalysts via Ground State Destabilisation”