Professor Graham Dobereiner of Temple University- CANCELLED

Due to the anticipated weather conditions, this seminar has been cancelled.

Professor Graham Dobereiner of Temple University will present

"Inorganic Additives in Organotransition Metal Chemistry"

on March 7, 2018 at 4:10 PM in Neville Hall, Room 3.

Abstract:

External additives (such as Bronsted or Lewis acid and bases) can boost catalytic output or tune selectivity of homogeneous catalytic reactions.  Our research group is working to better understand the origins of additive effects so that improved catalytic reactions can be designed and implemented.  In one case, we have developed a spectroscopic assay for measuring the affinity of Lewis acids for specific ligands of organometallic complexes.  Other projects involve benchmarking the effect of additives on catalytic reactions and correlating quantitatively to other physical properties.  The culmination of these efforts is the discovery of new (and improved) conditions for catalytic bond formations.