News & Events Events RSC School Seminar - Dr. Sinead Keaveney (University of Wollongong) Title: Development of new catalytic processes using a combined experimental and computational approach schedule Date & time Date/time 18 Aug 2022 | 12pm next_week Event series Event series RSC Seminar Series contact_support Contact RSC Adminrsc.admin@anu.edu.au Content navigation toc Description Title: Development of new catalytic processes using a combined experimental and computational approach Abstract Complex organic compounds are ubiquitous in the pharmaceutical, agrochemical and materials chemistry industries, with these compounds often featuring a diverse range of functional groups. To meet the continuing demand for efficient, sustainable and selective strategies to access complex organic compounds, our toolbox of synthetic methods needs to continually expand. To address these challenges, my research focuses on applied organometallic catalysis and photocatalysis, to allow new synthetic methods to be developed. In particular, I am interested in rationally designing catalysts to facilitate challenging and high-value chemical transformations, with detailed mechanistic studies used to guide catalyst design, to understand trends in chemical reactivity and to direct the choice of experimental parameters. We use a range of different mechanistic tools to provide unique insight into reaction mechanisms, including kinetic analyses, computational studies and a suite of X-Ray based techniques. This presentation will focus on our recent work where combined experimental and computational studies have been used to develop new reactivity, such as C-H trifluoromethylation, nickel-catalysed cross coupling reactions, denitrogenation reactions of thiadiazoles and photocatalysed oxidation reactions. Location Building 138, Level 3, Room 3.105 Upcoming events in this series 2 May 2024 | 12 - 1pm RSC School Seminar - Rupal Ismin (Director of Sydney Knowledge Hub) Title: A more porous campus: the power of collaboration in accelerating research impact View the event