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SUMMARY:Amping Up Organic Synthesis with Electricity: An Electrocatalytic A
 pproach to Reaction Discovery
LOCATION:Chemistry A101
TZID:America/Denver
DTSTART:20203001T000000
UID:2026-04-30-01-23-48@natsci.colostate.edu
DTSTAMP:20260430T012348
Description:About the Seminar\nOxidation and reduction reactions are among 
 the most important and frequently executed processes in organic synthesis.
  However\, our ability to manipulate the oxidation states of functional gr
 oups in complex settings with high efficiency\, precision\, and minimal wa
 ste remains in a largely nascent stage. Owing to its many distinct charact
 eristics\, electrochemistry represents an attractive approach to discoveri
 ng new reactions and meeting the prevailing trends in organic synthesis. I
 n particular\, electrocatalysis—a process that integrates electrochemist
 ry and small-molecule catalysis—has the potential to substantially impro
 ve the scope of synthetic electrochemistry and provide a wide range of use
 ful transformations. Despite its attractive attributes and extensive appli
 cations in energy-related fields\, electrocatalysis has been used only spa
 ringly in synthetic organic chemistry. Thus\, there exists a clear impetus
  for inventing new catalytic strategies to improve the scope of synthetic 
 electrochemistry and provide new platforms for reaction discovery and synt
 hetic innovations. Toward this end\, we developed a new catalytic approach
  that combines electrochemistry and redox-metal catalysis for the function
 alization of alkenes to access a diverse array of vicinally functionalized
  structures. This presentation will detail our design principle underpinni
 ng the development of electrocatalytic alkene difunctionalization and hydr
 ofunctionalization with a particular emphasis on enantioselective electroc
 atalysis.\nAbout the Speaker\nSong Lin grew up in Tianjin\, China. He obta
 ined his B.S. degree from Peking University in 2008\, where he carried out
  undergraduate research with Zhangjie Shi on Pd-catalyzed C–H alkylation
 . In 2008\, he embarked his graduate studies at Harvard University working
  under the direction of Eric Jacobsen. His doctoral research was focused o
 n the development and mechanistic understanding of enantioselective reacti
 ons catalyzed by multifunctional hydrogen-bond donors. Motivated by the de
 ep interest in catalysis cultivated during his graduate studies\, Song the
 n carried out postdoctoral studies with Chris Chang at UC Berkeley. His po
 stdoctoral research was focused on using molecularly tunable materials\, s
 uch as covalent organic frameworks\, as catalysts for electrochemical redu
 ction of CO2. In the summer of 2016\, Song moved to Ithaca to start his in
 dependent career at Cornell University\, where he is currently a Howard Mi
 lstein Faculty Fellow and Assistant Professor of Chemistry. Song has recei
 ved several early career awards\, including Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship\, O
 NR Young Investigator Award\, Lilly Research Award\, NSF CAREER Award\, an
 d 3M Nontenure Faculty Award. 4:00 pm
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