Friday, July 12, 2024 2:30 pm
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3:30 pm
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How electron poor can we make gold(III)?
Jason L. Dutton
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry
La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
Friday, July 12, 2024
2:30 p.m.
In-person: C2-361 (Reading Room)
Abstract: The title says it all really, and the answer is pretty darn electron poor it turns out. In this seminar, we will discuss our foray into gold(III) coordination chemistry, and our efforts to render Au(III) centres as reactive as possible by making them as electron poor as we can.