May 2
Chemistry Department Seminar: Vy Dong (UC Irvine)
The Jerry and Jean Mohrig Lecture
Chancellor's Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine
"Choose Your Own Adventures in Metal-Hydride Catalysis"
Metal hydrides promote a wide-range of organic transformations that include both C-C bond making and C-C bond breaking processes. This lecture will highlight the development of Rh and Co-catalysts for use in enantioselective hydrofunctionalizations (e.g., hydroacylation, hydroamination, hydrothiolation, and/or hydrogenation). In addition, a unique transfer hydroformylation will be described that allows conversion of aldehydes/alcohols to olefins. The presentation emphasizes mechanistic studies that showcase the role of counter-ions for controlling selectivities. Lastly, we disclose applications of these catalysts for transforming feedstocks into more complex building blocks and natural products.
*This seminar counts towards the chemistry major attendance requirement
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