Feb 9
Chemistry Department Seminar: Ronald Brisbois, Professor, Macalester College, Department of Chemistry
"Leveraging Cyclophane and 1,2,3-Triazole Synthesis to Prospect for Novel Atropisomeric Scaffolds, Fluorophores, and Colorimetric Sensors"
Macalester Exchange
This seminar will feature an overview of research conducted by an undergraduate research group. Initial work toward novel organometallic cyclophanes and metal-mediated supramolecular self-assemblies led to a serendipitous reaction that motivated development of methods for desilylative Sonogashira cross coupling and desilylative 1,2,3-triazole synthesis. In turn, our foray into 1,2,3-triazole methodology has motivated prospecting efforts towards a novel atropisomeric bis-1,2,3-triazole scaffold and towards 1,2,3-triazole-derived fluorophores and selective colorimetric sensors.
*This seminar counts towards the chemistry major seminar attendance requirement.