The Li group uses alkyl carbanions to make greener nucleophilic additions

Published: 23 February 2017

Xijie Dai, Haining Wang and C.J. Li have recently demonstrated that carbonyl derivatives could be used in a similar fashion to Grignard reagents using a smart Umpolung strategy and thus replaced...

The second issue of the student-led 黑料不打烊 Green Chemistry Journal is out!

Published: 23 February 2017

For the second year in a row, students from the Green Chemistry course (CHEM 462) are releasing their journal issue, published online as The 黑料不打烊 Green Chemistry Journal. This volume gathers the...

Chemical Society Seminar: Dr. Preston Chase - Development and Commercial Application of Novel Catalyst and Green Solvent Technologies

Tuesday, February 28, 2017 13:00to14:15

Progressing academic research from the initial invention discovery at the bench to industrial application requires significant efforts, including, for example, scaling of materials for testing,...

Dima Perepichka becomes Sir William C. Macdonald Chair in Chemistry

Published: 22 February 2017

The Sir William C. Macdonald Chair in Chemistry was established in 1901 and is one of the oldest Named Chairs at the University....

CCVC Seminar: Dr. Kyoko Nozaki - Development of New Catalytic Reactions toward Utilization of Renewable Resources

Tuesday, March 14, 2017 13:00to14:15

Carbon dioxide is one of the most attractive renewable C1 resources, which has many practical advantages such as abundance, economic efficiency, and lack of toxicity.801 rue Sherbrooke Ouest,...

NUIT BLANCHE A MONTREAL - LA CHIMIE POUR LE MONDE DE DEMAIN / CHEMISTRY FOR THE WORLD OF TOMORROW

Saturday, March 4, 2017 19:00to23:45

French:聽Expo聽67 a marqu茅 l鈥檋istoire en pr茅sentant au monde entier les plus grandes r茅alisations de l鈥檋umanit茅 et une vision audacieuse du futur.801 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3A 0B8, CA...

Graduate student makes a video for the 2017 NSERC Science, Action! competition

Published: 9 February 2017

Graduate student Bryan Lee from Dr. Ariya 聽group has submitted a video for the 2017 NSERC Science, Action! competition. His video is titled 鈥淢ercury on the Move鈥, which briefly speaks on the impact...

Memorial Tribute 鈥 Donald Duke Patterson (1927-2016)

Published: 7 February 2017

It is with great sadness that we announce the untimely passing of Emeritus Professor Donald Patterson at age 89. Donald Patterson was born on October 13, 1927, in Montreal where he excelled at...

Grad Student Cristina Mottillo receives a national thesis award

Published: 7 February 2017

Dr. Cristina Mottillo is the recipient of the prestigious 2017 CCUCC Chemistry Doctoral Award from the Canadian Institute of Chemistry (CIC). The Award, sponsored by the Canadian Council of...

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