Joseph Sadighi Dept. of Chemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology

Event Date:
March 11, 2013 – 4:00 PM to March 12, 2013 – 4:59 PM

Location:
Burson 115

Event Date:
March 11, 2013 – 4:00 PM to March 12, 2013 – 4:59 PM

Location:
Burson 115

SEMINAR SERIES
SPRING 2013

Georgia Institute of Technology

Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Will be presenting

“Oligonuclear Complexes of the Group 11 Metals Supported by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes”

Abstract:

N-Heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes stabilize late transition metal complexes featuring unusual metalcarbon, metal-heteroatom, and metal-main group bonds. Such complexes enable difficult bond-breaking and bond-forming processes, including the deoxygenation of carbon dioxide. This presentation will describe the reaction chemistry of linear, NHC-supported complexes of copper, silver and gold, leading to the synthesis of unusual dinuclear and trinuclear complexes featuring three-center, two-electron bonding.

BIO:

Dr. Sadighi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Prior to his appointment at Georgia Tech in 2011, he was an NIH Postdoctoral Scholar at the California Institute of Technology (1999-2001), a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry at MIT (2001-2007) and a soldier in the U.S. Army (2007-2011). He received B.A. and Ph.D. degrees in chemistry from Williams College (1994) and MIT (1999), respectively. His research interests are in synthetic inorganic and organometallic chemistry, including the design and synthesis of late transition metal complexes in unusual coordination environments and oxidation states, the activation of carbon dioxide, and the preparation of metal complexes supported by fluorinated organic ligands.

Monday, March 11, 2013 @ 4:00pm Rm. 115 Burson

Refreshments served @ 3:45