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Chemistry Department Seminar: Oleg Ozerov, Texas A&M
Date: Friday, October 19th, 2012
Time: 3:30 pm
Duration: 1 hour
Location: Olin 04
Sponsored by: Chemistry
Contact: Matt Whited, x4530
Oleg Ozerov
Texas A&M University
Reaction Discovery With Pincer Complexes
Chemical reactions can be viewed as sequences of bonds being broken and formed in a certain order. Discovery of new chemical transformation usually requires either new elementary ways of breaking or making chemical bonds or a new way to combine the known elementary steps. In our research, pincer ligands have been invaluable as tools that permit studying elementary reactions at transition metal centers in well-defined environments. The presentation will focus on design strategies for rigid pincer ligands and their application in the synthesis of unusual metal complexes, studies of elementary reactions, and catalysis.