TSVP Talk: "Bond Activation and Homogeneous Catalysis Beyond Classical Reactivity Patterns" by Robert Langer

Title: Bond Activation and Homogeneous Catalysis Beyond Classical Reactivity Patterns

Speaker: Robert Langer, Martin Luther University

Abstract: New catalytic approaches can significantly improve the sustainability of chemical processes and enhance the recyclability of chemical products. The talk aims to describe different strategies to modulate the reactivity of transition metal complexes, enabling new and alternative reaction pathways. Different rationales will be discussed and examples will be presented, ranging from the stabilization of elusive chemical groups to the modification of polyesters, micellar catalysis and radical chemistry.

Profile: Robert Langer is a Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (Germany). His research focuses on homogeneous catalysis, organometallic chemistry, and coordination chemistry, with particular emphasis on metal–metal and metal–ligand cooperation in bond activation and catalytic processes.
He received his PhD in inorganic chemistry from the University of Karlsruhe in 2009 (now KIT). Following a postdoctoral stay at the Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel), he served as a group leader at Philipps University Marburg before being appointed professor in Halle.

Language: English

Target audience: General audience/everyone at OIST and beyond.
Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration.

This talk will also be broadcast online via Zoom:
Meeting ID: 993 1216 5065
Passcode: 603487

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