BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ZContent.net//ZapCalLib 1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:From Heterocycles to Heteroatom Transfer: radical approaches for ch emical synthesis LOCATION:Chemistry A101 TZID:America/Denver DTSTART:20211108T160000 UID:2026-05-02-06-04-27@natsci.colostate.edu DTSTAMP:20260502T060427 Description:About the Seminar:\n\nThe selective generation and controlled r eactivity of organic radicals continues to serve as inspiration for reacti on development in chemical synthesis. These processes can provide access to unique reactivity platforms via distinct mechanisms providing new bon d forming pathways and insights. This talk will describe recent advances  in radical-mediated reaction development using P(IV)-intermediate and  metal-ligand co-operativity approaches to functionalize olefin feeds tocks. Efforts in methods development will be presented alongside mechanis tic investigations through a combination of experimental spectroscopic an d computational studies.\n\nAbout the Speaker:\n\nValerie earned her B.S. in chemistry from Towson University before heading to the University of No rth Carolina at Chapel Hill where she developed heteroatom-centered radica ls for hydrocarbon functionalization under the tutelage of Prof. Erik Alex anian. She then moved to Princeton University where she was an NIH Postdoc toral Fellow in the lab of Prof. Paul Chirik developing reduced Fe- and Co -based catalysts to achieve olefin coupling reactions. In 2016 Valerie mov ed to the University of California San Diego starting her independent care er. 4:00 pm END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR