AC Kolloquium - Professor Dr. Jarl Ivar van der Vlugt

Cooperate, control and catalyze - creative chemistry with re(dox-)active ligands
Metal-ligand and main group element-ligand cooperativity – how and why?
Can we induce and exploit radical reactivity in noble metal complexes using redox-active ligands?
How can we design iron complexes for highly selective C-H functionalization reactions under mild conditions?
Which strategies allow the design of multinuclear complexes featuring redox-active ligands?
Can we target and control metal-metal interactions, multi-electron storage and electronic communication?
During the lecture, I will introduce some of our recent and ongoing approaches, involving ligand design, coordination chemistry principles, stoichiometric reactivity studies and catalytic screening, to address these questions. I look forward to discussing these developments with you!