Green Chemistry @ MUN

Happy Holidays :)

greenchem — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:47:33 +0000

Today (Dec. 21st) will be the last day in the department for Dr. Fran Kerton and Dr. Chris Kozak. They will be on sabbatical for 2012.

The profs will still be replying to e-mails – so please write if you have any questions and we will try to respond promptly.

Happy Christmas!

Happy Christmas

greenchem — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:53:56 +0000

Today the group went out for Lunch together…..a good time was had by all. I hope you all enjoyed your secret santa gifts

2 days and 2 new PhDs

greenchem — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:41:20 +0000

Zhenzhong defended his thesis on Monday, December 12. Thank you to Dr. Tom Baker (UOttawa), Dr. Erika Merschrod S. (MUN) and Dr. Louise Dawe (MUN) for examining his thesis, and Dr. Patrick Byrne for chairing the defence. Congratulations Zhenzhong!

This was followed by Kamrul’s thesis defence on Tuesday, December 13. Thank you to Dr. Audrey Moores (McGill), Dr. Karen Hattenhauer (MUN) and Dr. Dave Thompson (MUN) for examining his thesis, and Dr. Paul Gillard for chairing the defence. Congratulations Kamrul!

Dr. Zhenzhong Hu, examiners, supervisor and chair at the end of his defence

Happy supervisor and new PhD at the end of the defence

Thank you to Ruby and all in Grad Studies for the photos and organizing the defences.

In hommage to Zhenzhong’s (Dr. Hu’s) defence, here is a link to the BBC’s Dr Who website and a short intro/clip featuring the other Tom Baker:

Cover story…

greenchem — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:43:32 +0000

Thank you to Jason Mercer (Computer Science) and Louise Dawe (Chemistry) for all their hard work in preparing the cover art for the December issue of European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, which features Nduka’s work on zinc complexes and their activity in ring-opening polymerization reactions.

Cover Art for European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry

Another Kerton-Kozak paper accepted!

greenchem — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:56:19 +0000

Congratulations to Lisa (BSc Hons student), Nduka (PhD candidate and mentor), Chad (Former undergraduate research assistant in Kerton group – now at MUN medical school) and Uttam (Former MSc student, now PhD candidate at UOttawa). Also, thank you to Louise Dawe for her continued X-ray crystallography collaborations with our groups.

The paper is titled “Coupling of Carbon Dioxide with Neat Propylene Oxide Catalyzed by Aminebisphenolato Cobalt(II)/(III) Complexes and Ionic Co-catalysts” and has been accepted for publication in Catalysis Communications (published by Elsevier). Well done everyone!

AIDW 2012 website live!

greenchem — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:40:06 +0000

Chris Kozak is vice-chair and webmaster for the 2012 Atlantic Inorganic Discussion Weekend (AIDW 2012). This annual conference is being held at University of Prince Edward Island on March 23-25.

MUN GCCG students – speak to Chris and Fran if you want to attend.

The website is: www.aidw2012.ca

New Student and Thank You!

greenchem — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:09:12 +0000

An early welcome to Dalal Alhashmialameer! She is joining our group in January from Saudi Arabia having completed an English language course at Memorial. Her PhD will be co-supervised with Karen Hattenhauer. Good luck in your studies and research, Dalal!

Also, thank you to our MUCEP students this semester: Jessica, Jennifer and Landon. Thank you for all your work in the lab.

Also, thank you to Hassan, Zhenzhong and Kamrul for all their help during their PhD studies. We wish you all luck in your future careers and continued success in research.

Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry

greenchem — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:37:47 +0000

Zhenzhong’s full paper (8 pages) titled “Simple copper/TEMPO catalyzed aerobic dehydrogenation of benzylic amines and anilines” has been accepted for publication in Org. Biomol. Chem., DOI:10.1039/C2OB06670J. It should be available online soon.

Graphical Abstract / Table of Contents Entry for the article

Patent submitted for iron catalysts developed in the CGCC!

greenchem — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:18:04 +0000

Chris Kozak and his collaborator Mike Shaver at UPEI have recently submitted a patent application for iron catalysts and their use in C-C cross-coupling and controlled radical polymerization. The work is being evaluated for further development and partnerships through GreenCentre Canada, MUN and UPEI.

Congratulations Zhenzhong

greenchem — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 14:50:35 +0000

Zhenzhong’s research on alcohol oxidation catalysis has been accepted for publication in Applied Catalysis A: General (published by Elsevier). Congratulations to him!