Gregory Dake
Professor
Department of chemistry
The University of British Columbia
Canada
Biography
Faculty in University of British Columbia Faculty in University of British Columbia
Research Interest
Catalysis. Our group has a long-standing interest in catalysis within synthetic organic chemistry. Students interested in catalysis and synthesis have the opportunity to work within the CREATE Sustainable Synthesis Industrial program. For example: • CREATE Sustainable Synthesis: the construction of medicinally relevant heterocycles using transition metal catalysis • Ligand Design: collaboratively with Professor Derek Gates, we have designed a set of chiral, phosphaalkene (two-coordinate P) ligands (PhAk-Ox, PhAk-phen-Ox, PhAk-pyr-Ox) for use in catalysis and macromolecular chemistry. • DMAP catalyzed cyclizations to form tetrahydroxanthones • Metal Catalyzed Annulation: Pt(II), Ag(I), Au(I) catalyzed cyclizations onto alkynes. High yielding, mild, multibond forming processes to form complex heterocycles.
