Diaryliodonium Salts
About this ebook
This primer is intended to bridge that gap, providing advanced undergraduate and graduate students or researchers new to the field with a concise introduction to key aspects of structure, bonding, synthesis, and reactivity of diaryliodonium salts. The author, David R. Stuart, is well-equipped to bring readers up to speed on Diaryliodonium Salts without overwhelming the reader. In addition to the author’s expertise, pioneer Berit Olofsson provides additional insight through video interviews included in primer sections on the synthesis and reactivity of diaryliodonium salts.
Diaryliodonium Salts welcomes a new, young, and diverse generation of researchers to the exciting field of diaryliodonium salt chemistry so that their unique perspectives will continue to expand and advance the field of synthetic organic chemistry and allied fields in medicine, agriculture, and energy where synthetic organic chemistry is applied. Whether you are a graduate student, a postdoc, or a seasoned researcher venturing into a new area, this primer provides a holistic view of the field. It will allow you to explore new territory with these molecules.
About the author
David R. Stuart is a Professor of Chemistry at Portland State University (PSU) in Portland, Oregon (USA). His training is in synthetic organic chemistry, and his current research interests are in reaction discovery and method development, as well as fundamental structural and mechanistic studies, particularly those involving diaryliodonium salts. He was born and raised in Victoria (Canada) and obtained his B.S. degree from the University of Victoria in 2005. He conducted research under the supervision of Prof. Keith Fagnou at the University of Ottawa (Canada) and obtained his PhD in 2010. He was an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University with Prof. Eric Jacobsen from 2010-2012 and started his independent career at PSU in 2012.
