Research
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Latest funding
- $300,000
Sulfur ylides as thermally stable masked carbene crosslinkers for polymer materials
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
- $83,040
Quantitative Structure-Reactivity-Selectivity Models of Organometallic C-H Activation: Advancing Predictive Chemistry and Catalysis
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $25,000
Recovery and reactivation of chiral precious metal catalysts applicable to pharmaceutical synthesis
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
No publications available.
Sulfur ylides as thermally stable masked carbene crosslinkers for polymer materials
Principal investigators: Leitch, David
Keywords: Polymers, rubber and plastics; Materials sciences
Quantitative Structure-Reactivity-Selectivity Models of Organometallic C-H Activation: Advancing Predictive Chemistry and Catalysis
Principal investigators: Leitch, David DC
Keywords: c-h activation; cheminformatics; high-throughput experimentation; homogeneous catalysis; late stage functionalization; organic synthesis; pharmaceutical manufacturing; process chemistry; quantitative models; structure-reactivity relationship
Recovery and reactivation of chiral precious metal catalysts applicable to pharmaceutical synthesis
Principal investigators: Leitch, David DC
Keywords: catalyst design; catalyst recycling; circular economy; critical minerals; homogeneous catalysis; organic synthesis; organometallic chemistry; platinum group metals; process chemistry; sustainability
Data Driven Discovery of New Catalysts for Asymmetric Synthesis
Principal investigators: Leitch, David DC
Keywords: amination; asymmetric synthesis; c-h activation; cheminformatics; high-throughput experimentation; homogeneous catalysis; late stage functionalization; natural products; quantitative models; statistical analysis
A Modular Continuous Flow System for the Synthesis of Molecules and Materials
Principal investigators: Leitch, David
A universal palladium precatalyst for efficient chemical synthesis of molecules and materials
Principal investigators: Leitch, David
Manufacture of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients using Transition Metal Catalysts for Selective Functionalization of C-H Bonds
Principal investigators: Leitch, David DC
Ultra-High Performance Liquid Chromatography as a High-Throughput Analytics Platform for Organic Chemistry
Principal investigators: Leitch, David
Chemical Cartography via High-Throughput Experimentation: Predictive Models, Catalyst Development, and New Synthetic Methodology
Principal investigators: Leitch, David
Chemical Cartography via High-Throughput Experimentation: Predictive Models, Catalyst Development, and New Synthetic Methodology
Principal investigators: Leitch, David
Keywords: reaction methodology; catalysis; high-throughput experimentation; reaction modeling and prediction; kinetics and mechanism; catalyst development; cycloaddition; chemical space and informatics; bioisosteres; process chemistry
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