Laurel Schafer
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
Our group has developed specialized expertise in the exploitation of easily prepared and modular amidate ligand sets. Upon complexation, the unique electronic characteristics of these ligands promote the formation of very electrophilic metal centers that display promising reactivity in both C-N (hydroamination), C-C (the direct alkylation of amines) bond formation and the ring-opening polymerization of lactones.