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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Prof. Jake Soper, Georgia Tech
The Radical Fringe: Harnessing Non-innocent Ligands for Redox Control in Catalysis
School Colloquia
An ability to selectively make and break the chemical bonds in small molecules is at the root of outstanding problems in benchtop-scale organic synthesis, pharmaceuticals and commodity chemicals production, petroleum manufacturing, and energy generation and storage. Most synthetically useful bond-activation and functionalization redox reactions rely on transition metal catalysts to facilitate 2eâ" transfer over potentially competing 1eâ" pathways, often sacrificing kinetic facility for selectivity. We have discovered new catalytic platforms that utilize redox-active "non-innocent" ligands for unprecedented selectivity in low-barrier free radical reactions. This seminar will highlight our recent successes in applying this strategy for development of base metal Câ"C coupling catalysts, as well as preparation of well-defined metal oxyl radicals for Oâ"X bond forming reactions relevant to artificial photosynthesis.
For more information contact Prof. Charles Liotta (404-894-8222).
