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Our lab will be moving to UCLA in January 2025.
Potential graduate students should apply directly to the Ph.D. program.

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Research Interests

 

Research Motivation: Despite advances in high-throughput screening methods leading to a surge in the discovery of catalytic reactions, our knowledge of the molecular-level interactions in the rate- and selectivity-determining steps of catalytic reactions involving highly unstable and reactive open-shell intermediates is rudimentary. These knowledge gaps prevent control, suppression or enhancement, of competing reaction channels that can drive the development of new catalytic reactions.​

 

Research Approach: The Gutierrez group combines computational and experimental approaches to advance our understanding of organic/organometallic reaction mechanisms. In turn, this information is used to guide the design of new sustainable, catalytic, and asymmetric transformations that can be adapted by the organic, organometallic, and bio(in)organic in the synthesis of medicinally-active compounds.

 

For C&EN profile on our research, see: C&EN Whitepaper

What we do

ORGANIC SYNTHESIS
TRANSTION METAL CATALYSIS

Research Projects

Understanding the role of open-shell intermediates in small-molecule catalysis

Development of predictive models of reactivity and selectivity in transition-metal catalysis

Rational design of Ni/photoredox-catalyzed radical cross-coupling reactions 

Expand the scope of Fe-catalyzed multicomponent radical cascades/cross couplings

Development of base metal-catalyzed (e.g., Fe, Ni, Co) asymmetric cross-couplings

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