CCVC Seminar: Franziska Schoenebeck - New Insights and Developments in Catalysis – An Interplay of Experimental and Computational Tools

Detailed understanding of catalytic transformations is key to designing better catalysts. This talk will give insights on case studies and reactivity designs recently undertaken in our laboratory. A combination of experimental and computational tools were applied to study and/or predict the favored reaction mechanisms, active catalytic species, ligand and additive effects of selected transformations relating to C-C bond formation and the introduction of fluorine containing groups, catalyzed by palladium and/or nickel species of the oxidation states 0, I, II and III.¹ As a result of these investigations, novel reactivities have been uncovered. The lecture will also discuss the power and limitations of computational tools in the study of organic and organometallic reactivities, and outline the advantages of a combined experimental/computational approach.²

References:
[1] (a) F. Proutiere, F. Schoenebeck, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 8192; (b) F. Proutiere, M. Aufiero, F. Schoenebeck, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 606; (c) M. Aufiero, F. Proutiere, F. Schoenebeck, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 7226; (d) M. C. Nielsen, E. Lyngvi, F. Schoenebeck, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 1978.; (e) I. A. Sanhueza, A. M. Wagner, M. S. Sanford, F. Schoenebeck, Chem. Sci. 2013, 4, 2767; (f) M. C. Nielsen, K. J. Bonney, F. Schoenebeck, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 5903; (g) G. Yin, I. Kalvet, U. Englert, F. Schoenebeck, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 4164; (h) G. Yin, I. Kalvet, F. Schoenebeck, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 6809.
[2] For recent reviews, see: a) K. J. Bonney, F. Schoenebeck, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2014, 43, 6609; b) A. S.-K. Tsang, I. A. Sanhueza, F. Schoenebeck, Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 16432; c) T. Sperger, I. A. Sanhueza, I. Kalvet, F. Schoenebeck, Chem. Rev. 2015, DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00163