Titre : Radical Frontiers in Catalysis.
Endroit : Pavillon Roger-Gaudry, salle G-1015 à 11 h
Hôte : André Charette
La conférence sera prononcée par le professeur Theodore Betley, du département de chimie et de biologie chimique au sein de l'Université Harvard.
Resumé : Within metal-catalyzed reactions, developing electronic structure to function relationships is critical for obtaining desirable reactivity. Electronic structure considerations dictate the stability and/or reactivity of both mononuclear and polynuclear complexes. We have developed weak-field ligand platforms to enable (1) iron-based reagents to catalyze C-H bond functionalization, and (2) unveil small-molecule activation at polynuclear reaction sites.
