Organic Chemistry Seminar
Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Heavier Group 14 Element-Based Pincer Type Complexes: New Catalysts for Efficient Molecular Transformations Featuring Non-innocent Behavior of a Silyl Ligand
Jun Takaya,
Associate Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Tokyo Institute of Technology,
Development of multi-functional ligand for transition metal catalyst is an important challenge to achieve efficient synthetic transformations of unreactive molecules. Dr. Takaya has developed new synthetic reactions of carbon dioxide and unsaturated hydrocarbons utilizing newly designed palladium catalysts bearing a group 14 element-centered pincer ligand. Mechanistic investigations clarified intermediacy of an unprecedented η2-(Si–H)Pd(0) complex through fluxional behavior of the silyl ligand, which enables unprecedented bond activation/formation mechanisms.
For more information, please contact Lynne Martinez by phone at 626-395-4004 or by email at [email protected].
Event Series
Organic Chemistry Seminar Series