Meddling with metals: New reactions and applications

ORGN 335

Mark Lautens, mlautens@chem.utoronto.ca, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3H6, Canada
Over the past 20 years we have investigated a variety of metal promoted and catalyzed transformations and found interesting C-C, C-N and C-O bond-forming reactions that can be applied to the synthesis of natural products and medicinal agents. This lecture will highlight some of our recent progress using Pd, Rh, Cu, and Lewis acids such as Mg(II) and Sc(III).