New Catalysis Enabled by a Metal-Imido Ligand Cooperativity
Significant work has established the utility of low-coordinate iron imido complexes in two-electron nitrene group transfer reactions. We have found that strongly donating bis(carbene)borates ligands expand the scope of iron imido chemistry, including new catalytic transformations that are redox neutral. In addition to providing a platform for accessing rare examples of isolable iron(V) and iron(VI) bis(imido) complexes, a three-coordinate iron(III...Read more about Professor Jeremy Smith (Indiana University)
Making, Seeing, and Using Subvalent Nitrogen Species
Direct C–H amination chemistry via electrophilic subvalent nitrogen intermediates could radically simplify access to nitrogen-containing small molecules by providing the chemical tools to selectively convert ubiquitous C–H bonds to valuable C–N bonds. At present, challenges in chemoselectivity, sustainability, and synthetic versatility prevent realization of the synthetic potential of C–H amination. This talk will describe recent efforts that advance 1) new strategies to structurally...
Professor Claudia Turro, Ohio State University. "Excited States of Transition Metal Complexes for Applications in Solar Energy Conversion and Medicine."
