Chemistry Program Presents
Catalytic Reactions in Complex Molecular Environments
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
RKC 115
5:00 pm EST/GMT-5
5:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Scott J. Miller
Irenee du Pont Professor of Chemistry
Yale University
Irenee du Pont Professor of Chemistry
Yale University
Performing site-selective reactions upon molecules with many functional groups presents unique challenges for catalysis. Functional group tolerance is a persistent challenge, but so too is functional group selectivity when addressing multiple occurrences of functionalities that can react, individually, in a controlled manner with the catalyst. In this sense, site-selectivity – within a substrate – becomes a major issue. This lecture will describe recent developments in our efforts to develop low-molecular weight catalysts for reactions that present these challenges. Over time, our view of complexity has ebbed and flowed, with foci on enantioselectivity, site-selectivity and chemoselectivity. Most recently, we have been studying enantioselectivity as a prelude to extrapolation of principles to more complex stereochemical settings where multiple issues are presented in a singular substrate.
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Time: 5:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Location: RKC 115