B.S. University of California, Los Angeles 1993 Ph.D. Yale University 1998 NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology 1998-2001

ORGANIC/INORGANIC/AND POLYMER CHEMISTRY

The development of metal-mediated reactions has greatly expanded the synthesis of small molecules and polymeric materials. These complexes possess the profound ability to permit transformations that are otherwise energetically prohibited. Toward this end, our group hybridizes classical synthetic chemistry with state-of-the-art instrumentation to discover new metal-mediated reactions. Efforts focus on reaction optimization, mechanism elucidation, and constructing small and large molecules rich in structure and function.

K. Zhang, M. Conda-Sheridan, S. Cooke, J. Louie ??N-Heterocyclic Carbene Bound Ni(I)-Complexes and Their Roles in Catalysis?? Organometallics2011, 30, 2546-2552. K. Zhang, J. Louie ??Rhodium-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Cycloaddition Route to Substituted Anilines?? J. Org. Chem.2011, 76, 4686-4691. P. Kumar, D. M. Troast, R. Cella, J. Louie ??Ni-Catalyzed Ketene Cycloaddition: A System that Resists the Formation of Decarbonylation Side Products?? J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 7719-7721; C & E News May 9, 2011. B. R. D??Souza, T. K. Lane, J. Louie ??Iron Catalyzed Cycloaddition of Cyanoalkynes and Alkynes?? Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 2936-2939. R. M. Stolley, M. T. Maczka,? J. Louie ??Nickel-Catalyzed Cycloaddition of Diynes and Cyanamides?? Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2011, 20-21, 3815-3824; Invited Contribution to a Special Edition Honoring Women in Chemistry.

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