Research

Currently, we are working on two thrust areas:

Check out our publications page for recent publications from our group in these areas.

Introducing the DV Research Group

Completed Projects:

Copper-based Catalysts for Cross-Coupling Reactions (1999-2007)

Discovered synthetic protocols for the use of copper(I) complexes as catalysts for the cross-coupling of aryl halides with various nucleophiles.
Two of our complexes, Cu(phenanthroline)(PPh₃)Br (Cat. No. 29-4000) and [Cu(phenanthroline)(PPh₃)₂]NO₃ (Cat. No. 29-6000) are available from Strem Chemicals.

Recovery and Reuse of Transition Metal Catalysts (1999-2005)

Discovered that the linker between the soluble polymer and the catalysts had impact on the stereoselectivity of enantioselective reactions.
Discovered that a sohxlet process can be combined with a dialysis membrane to rapidly recover and reuse transition metal catalysts.

Higher Dimensional Electronic Materials (1999-2005)

Synthesized various pi-conjugated molecules and studied them as ligands for multidimensional electronic structures.
Showed that two dimensional electronic networks can be obtained through directed assembly of molecules.

Chirooptical Studies on Electroactive Molecules (1999-2012)

Synthesized helical pi-conjugated molecules and studied them for their chirooptical properties
In collaboration with the Barnes group, studied chirooptical properties of single helical molecules

Materials for Proton Transport (2007-2011)