Chemistry Weekly Seminar - Dr. Karl Scheidt
Dr. Karl Scheidt, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, will present a seminar.
Title: Cooperative Catalysis Strategies for Synthesis
N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) have tremendous versatility as ligands for transition metals and as highly selective organocatalysts. Our research program has pioneered the development of NHCs as unique Lewis base catalysts for stereoselective C–C and C–N bond forming processes involving unique homoenolate and enolate reactivity. These new metal-free, catalytic reactions provide immense opportunities for development and application in target synthesis. This presentation will provide a brief overview of carbene catalysis and then details our recent discoveries in the area of cooperative carbene catalysis as well as creating new families of NHC.