Seminar Series - Ring construction by Pd-catalyzed C-H activation

6 February 2019

Time: 1:00 - 2:00pm
Speaker: Professor Olivier Baudoin, University of Basel
Venue: G.O Jones Lecture Theatre

In this Chemistry and Biochemistry seminar, Professor Olivier Baudoin of University of Basel will deliver a talk on ‘Ring construction by Pd-catalyzed C-H activation'.

Research in Professor Baudoin's group in the past decade have focused on the functionalization of unactivated C(sp3 )-H bonds using catalysis by palladium(0) complexes. In particular, the group has developed a series of reactions allowing to synthesize diverse monocyclic and polycyclic systems in an efficient manner from (hetero)aryl and alkenyl halides through the intramolecular C-H activation of alkyl groups.

This seminar is open to all.