Vortrag
Oriented External Electric Fields (OEEFs)- Universal Catalysts

Veranstaltungen
09.09.24
15:00 – 16:00
Berlin
Straße des 17. Juni 115, 10623, Berlin, Deutschland
Prof. Dr. Sason Shaik
Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
This talk outlines my outlook on the development of electric-field (EF)-mediated-chemistry, and a vision of its future. I discuss applications of oriented-external electric-fields (OEEFs) on chemical reactivity, and proceed with relevant experimental verifications. Subsequently, the talk outlines other ways of generating EFs, e.g. by use of pH-switchable charges, ionic additives, water droplets, and so on. This is followed by a summary of the conceptual principles for understanding and predicting OEEF Effects, e.g., the reaction-axis rule, the capability of OEEFs to act as tweezers that orient reactants and accelerate their reactions, etc. Finally, I plan to discuss applications of OEEFs in continuous-flow setups, which may in principle scale-up to molar concentrations. The talk ends with a future vision: as the OEEF is a universal catalyst, its usage will change chemical education, if not also the art of making new molecules.

