Identifying ligand frameworks for first row transition metals that direct reactivity away from single electron chemistry toward two-electron chemistry that is typically reserved for Noble metals. By establishing the steric and electronic factors controlling this chemistry, we hope to develop catalytic iron-mediated reactions that are normally reserved for palladium and rhodium, in addition to exploring new and otherwise unprecedented transforms.

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Chemistry Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign