Michael C. Baird, Queen’s University
Chemistry
Professor
Kingston, Ontario
bairdmc@chem.queensu.ca
Office:
(613) 533-6000 ext. 32614
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Bio/Research
Many branches of chemistry and materials science now interface with organometallic chemistry, defined as the study of compounds containing carbon-metal bonds. Thus organometallic chemistry research in our lab is interdisciplinary in nature and involves research on aspects of inorganic, organic, p...
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Bio/Research
Many branches of chemistry and materials science now interface with organometallic chemistry, defined as the study of compounds containing carbon-metal bonds. Thus organometallic chemistry research in our lab is interdisciplinary in nature and involves research on aspects of inorganic, organic, polymer, and catalysis chemistry. As outlined below and on the linked pages, we are currently working on a wide variety of research projects which offer opportunities for students and PDFs to gain both useful scientific knowledge and also experience with a number of important spectroscopic and analytical tools.
Projects to be initiated over the next year or so will give new graduate students opportunities to synthesize interesting organometallic compounds which have never been prepared before, to explore the use of organometallic compounds as catalysts for "green" chemistry and for making plastics biodegradable, to develop new initiators for polymer synthesis and to develop new catalytic applications of organometallic compounds to both industrial processes and organic synthesis.
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Projects to be initiated over the next year or so will give new graduate students opportunities to synthesize interesting organometallic compounds which have never been prepared before, to explore the use of organometallic compounds as catalysts for "green" chemistry and for making plastics biodegradable, to develop new initiators for polymer synthesis and to develop new catalytic applications of organometallic compounds to both industrial processes and organic synthesis.
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