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Simplifying Synthesis at the Interface of Organic and Materials Chemistry
Presented by Prof. Phil Milner
Bio:
Phil is in his 5th year as a professor of organic chemistry at Cornell. His group designs frameworks and polymers for gas storage, catalysis, and electrochemical applications. If you'd like to meet with Phil, please add your name to the schedule below. If you're out of town and would like to have your group meet with Phil, please put me in touch with your group. You're welcome to join us for dinner and if you have a student that would like to take Phil to lunch, please let me know.
Abstract:
Porous framework materials, including metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), are highly tunable materials with myriad potential applications ranging from chemical separations to gas storage to catalysis. This is due to the unusual local environment offered by their pores. Herein we will discuss how this tunability can be used to unlock new reactive species relevant to organic synthesis and catalysis, focusing on fluorination chemistry, which is critical to the pharmaceutical, polymer, and agrochemical industries. We will also draw inspiration from organic chemistry for the design of new chemical separations and electrocatalytically active materials.
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