BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250929T125828EDT-8543VRbcbE@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250929T165828Z DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\n\nN2 reduction (or 'fixation') has been a longstandi ng target of study in chemistry because of the compelling goal of utilizin g abundant\, cheap atmospheric N2 for chemical synthesis. Current methods reduce N2 to ammonia at high temperatures and pressures. This seminar will discuss our research into low-temperature N2 fixation\, as well as new me chanisms that lead to organic products from N2. One of our strategies borr ows from the natural enzyme\, nitrogenase\, which uses an unusual iron-sul fur cluster whose atomic-level mechanism is mysterious. This motivates the development of iron-sulfur complexes with unusual shapes\, and study of t heir interactions with N2 and other nitrogenase substrates. Another strate gy involves low-coordinate iron coordination compounds\, which display new mechanisms for breaking the N-N bond of N2. Studies on low-valent iron co mpounds have led to the first example of converting N2 and arenes directly into aniline products.\n\nBio:\n\nPatrick L. Holland attended Terry Parke r High School in Jacksonville\, graduating in 1989. This was followed by f our years at Princeton University in Princeton\, New Jersey\, and graduate school at the University of California at Berkeley with Bob Bergman and D ick Andersen. He received his Ph. D. in inorganic chemistry in 1997 and th en did postdoctoral research in Bill Tolman’s research group at the Univer sity of Minnesota. In July of 2000\, he joined the faculty at the Universi ty of Rochester. After thirteen happy years in Rochester\, he moved to Yal e University\, where he is currently Professor of Chemistry.\n DTSTART:20190326T170000Z DTEND:20190326T183000Z LOCATION:Room 10\, Maass Chemistry Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0B8\ , 801 rue Sherbrooke Ouest SUMMARY:CCVC: Patrick Holland - Nitrogen Binding and Fixation using Iron Co mplexes URL:/chemistry/channels/event/ccvc-patrick-holland-nit rogen-binding-and-fixation-using-iron-complexes-293032 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR