Seminars for December 2014

James McKone, Ph.D.    
Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Cornell University, Ithaca NY

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Two-Dimensional Semiconductors for Solar Energy Storage

Charles Yeung, Ph.D.    
Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Harvard University, Cambridge MA

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Catalysis with Transition Metals and Chiral Hydrogen Bond Donors: C–H Activation, Olefin Halogenation, Indoline Synthesis, and In Silico Protease Design

Joseph Topczewski, Ph.D.    
Department of Chemistry
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Synthesis of Schweinfurthin Natural Products and the Promise of C-H Activation

Keary Engle, Ph.D.    
Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena CA

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 402 Walter Library

Ligand Design in Transition Metal Catalysis: Advances in C–H Activation and Olefin Metathesis

Ming Chen, Ph.D.    
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley CA

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Enantioselective Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation via Nucleophilic and Electrophilic Allylation