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Nobel Laureate and\u00a0California Institute of\u00a0Technology Professor of Chemistry Robert H. Grubbs will be speaking\u00a0to UCF students, staff, faculty and guests\u00a0on February 4, 2013 as part of the \"\"<\/a>Distinguished Speakers Series, which is hosted by the College of Sciences.<\/p>\n

The event will start at 4 p.m. in Classroom One, Room 121\u00a0and is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n

In “Design and Applications of Selective Catalysts for Olefin Metathesis” Grubbs will speak about how olefin metathesis catalysts have become one of the tools for the efficient synthesis of complex molecules.\u00a0A number of applications of the early catalysts are now being utilized in commercial applications. This reaction provides demonstration of how fundamental science can result in practical applications. Until recently, the catalysts demonstrated poor catalyst controlled selectivity.<\/p>\n

Over the past couple of years, complexes based on molybdenum, tungsten and ruthenium have been discovered that will produce olefins good to excellent selectivity for the generation of Z olefins both in cross and in ring closing metathesis. New ligands have been developed that result in different selectivities and open new applications of metathesis in the synthesis of an array of complex molecules.<\/p>\n

Grubbs received the 2005\u00a0Nobel Prize in Chemistry, along with\u00a0Richard R. Schrock\u00a0and\u00a0Yves Chauvin, for his work in the field of\u00a0olefin metathesis.\u00a0Grubbs studied chemistry at the\u00a0University of Florida\u00a0(B.S. and M.S.), where he worked with\u00a0Merle Battiste, and\u00a0Columbia University, where he obtained his Ph.D. under\u00a0Ronald Breslow\u00a0in 1968.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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