Titre : It's as Easy as s,p,d... Combining Inorganic and Green Chemistry
La conférence (en anglais) sera prononcée par la professeure Francesca Kerton, du département de chimie de la Memorial University of Newfoundland. Cette dernière sera de passage à Montréal à titre d'examinatrice externe d'une soutenance de thèse en chimie.
Résumé : Recent results from the Kerton group will be presented as a journey around the periodic table taking in both main group (s- and p-block) and transition metal (d-block) compounds. We have been using these metal complexes as tools in green chemistry. For example, the use of Li, Al and Zn complexes in ring-opening polymerization reactions of epsilon-caprolactone and rac-lactide that yield biodegradable polyesters will be presented. Cobalt complexes and their catalytic activity in cycloaddtion reactions of carbon dioxide and propylene oxide will be described. Finally, the use of copper complexes in aerobic oxidation catalysis will be discussed.