Norman Hascoe Distinguished Lecture Series

Computational Studies of Chemical Reactions of Complex Systems: Nano Structures, Catalysts, and Enzymatic Reactions

Keiji Morokuma
Cherry L. Emerson Center for Scientific Computation, and
Department of Chemistry
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry
Kyoto University, Japan

The chemical reaction which creates, destroys, reorganizes chemical bonds to produce new compounds is the most important subject of chemistry. Theoretical/computational studies have come a long way and are now playing the central role in understanding the mechanism and dynamics of chemical reactions and in helping designing more useful chemical reactions and catalysts. I will discuss a few recent examples of our own theoretical/computational studies on chemical reactions of complex molecular systems: (A) self-assembly reactions of small carbon clusters to form fullerenes and carbon nanotubes; (B) homogeneous catalytic reactions and reactions of transition metal and organometallic compounds; and (C) reactions of metalloenzymes and the effects of protein environment.

Monday, April 16, 2007
4:00 pm
Gant Science Complex
Physics Department
Room P38

(Refreshments will follow, with a panel discussion at 5:30 PM.)


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