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SUMMARY:The Development of Nitroarenes and –Alkanes as Versatile Nitrene 
 Precursors
LOCATION:Chemistry A101
TZID:America/Denver
DTSTART:20230503T160000
UID:2026-04-16-20-06-49@natsci.colostate.edu
DTSTAMP:20260416T200649
Description:Research Seminar -\n\nCarbon-nitrogen bonds are ubiquitous acro
 ss nearly all classes of chemicals from pharmaceuticals to commodity chemi
 cals. An appealing way to incorporate nitrogen into compounds is through t
 he use of nitrenes since they are single N atom units with diverse reactiv
 ity. An ideal way to access nitrenes would be from a stable and abundant N
 -source that has desired functionality incorporated on the N-atom\, such a
 s N-aryl or N-alkyl. The nitro group (RNO2) exemplifies this idea\, as it 
 is easily installed and nitroarenes and -alkanes can be rapidly derivatize
 d via traditional chemical methods. Recently\, a photochemical 1\,3-cycloa
 ddition between nitroarenes and alkenes was reported that generates a 1\,3
 \,2-dioxazolidine intermediate which then decomposes to oxidatively cleave
  the alkene. One possible pathway of decomposition generates an aryl nitre
 ne. This proposal aims to develop a research program centered around using
  a 1\,3-cycloaddition between nitro groups and olefin activators to genera
 te nitrenes that can engage in subsequent transformations. 4:00 pm
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