Titre: ''Reactivity Chemistry and Catalysis with Iron''
Emdroit: Pavillon Roger-Gaudry, Salle G-815
Hôte: Davit Zargarian
Résumé:
Replacing noble metal-based homogeneous catalysts with base metal counterparts such as iron-based catalysts has attracted a lot of research interest. In addition to the low cost associated with the high abundance of iron, iron-based catalysts are potentially less toxic and more environmentally friendly than their noble metal counterparts. Moreover, the use of open-shell iron centers can potentially result in lower activation barriers and invoke one-electron processes that are less prevalent in noble metal chemistry. While nature uses iron-containing metalloenzymes extensively toward catalytic reactions, several applications of iron catalysis are emerging in organic synthesis as well. This lecture highlights a few recent results from our adventure with iron-based reactivity chemistry and catalysis, including alkyne dimerization,1,2 small molecule binding,3 and potential metal-alkylidene chemistry.4
1. Q. Liang, K. M., Osten, D. Song Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 6317-6320.
2. Q. Liang, K. Sheng, A. Salmon, V. Y. Zhou, D. Song ACS Catal. 2019, 9, 810-818.
3. Q. Liang, D. Song Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56, 11956-11970.
4. Q. Liang, A. Salmon, P. J. Kim, L. Yan, D. Song J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 1263-1266.
