Our lab will identify and solve key challenges in synthetic chemistry and catalysis combining organic, (bio)inorganic, and materials chemistry at the interface of molecules and porous materials. We aim to create sustainable first row transition metal catalysts to achieve selective functionalization reactions of simple and complex molecules (late-stage functionalizations) with relevance for process scale using abundant reagents and designing synthetic cofactors.
We will spectroscopically characterize reactive intermediates harnessing the advantages of solid–gas reactions over solution phase chemistry, which will allow us to determine key electronic structure requirements to tune reaction rates, and we will evaluate pore-environment effects to control chemo- and site-selectivities for various transformations. We envision to create innovative synthetic methodologies that are complementary to enzyme catalyzed reactions with widespread applications in chemical synthesis.
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