Periodic Reporting for period 1 - GLYCONHC (Exploiting carbohydrate/N-heterocyclic carbene hybrid complexes as innovative multifunctional oxidation catalysts with tailoring of weak interactions allowing for development of enzyme mimics)

There is a constant need to improve and streamline catalytic reactions which can transform pharmaceutically-relevant functional groups (e.g. alcohols, amines, ketones, aldehydes). Taking advantage of naturally-occurring carbohydrates (sugars) in the design of new catalysts...