Patrick J. Walsh
Visiting Professor
Institute of Advanced Materials
The Institute of Advanced Materials
China
Biography
Biographical Information 1986: B.A. University of California, San Diego 1991: Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 1991-1994: The Scripps Research Institute 1994-1999: Assistant Prof., San Diego State University 1996-1999: Professor, Instituto Tecnologico de Tijuana 1999-2002: Assistant Prof., U. of Pennsylvania 2002-2005: Associate Prof., U. of Pennsylvania 2005-present: Professor of Chemistry, U. of Pennsylvania 2008-present: Alan MacDiarmid Professor of Chemistry
Research Interest
Research Interests: Walsh's research interests focus on the development of new reactions, synthetic methods, and catalysts and the study of reaction mechanisms. Current interests include enantio- and diastereoselective tandem reactions and the study of lanthanide-based catalysts.
Publications
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A green chemistry approach to asymmetric catalysis: solvent-free and highly concentrated reactions PJ Walsh, H Li, CA de Parrodi Chemical reviews 107 (6), 2503-2545
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Generation, alkyne cycloaddition, arene carbon-hydrogen activation, nitrogen-hydrogen activation and dative ligand trapping reactions of the first monomeric imidozirconocene (Cp2Zr: NR) complexes PJ Walsh, FJ Hollander, RG Bergman Journal of the American Chemical Society 110 (26), 8729-8731
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Stoichiometric and catalytic hydroamination of alkynes and allene by zirconium bisamides Cp2Zr (NHR) 2 PJ Walsh, AM Baranger, RG Bergman Journal of the American Chemical Society 114 (5), 1708-1719
