Courtney Roberts, University of Minnesota

Organic Transformations Enabled by d⁰ Metals and Redox-Active Ligands

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

University of Minnesota

Abstract: Group 3 and 4 metals generally exist in their highest oxidation states, making them d⁰ metals. Due to this, redox transformations are challenging. Our group has recently employed redox-active (tris)amido ligands in order to allow for facile redox reactions with d⁰ metals. Through this manifold we have developed radical reactions (alkyl–alkyl cross-coupling), polar reactions through radical-polar crossover (gem-difluorostyrene synthesis), and photocatalyzed reactions (cross-coupling with unactivated substrates). Recent advances in these areas will be discussed.