Luc Boisvert

Professor, Chemistry

Luc Boisvert’s research interests include catalysis and organic, organometallic, and green chemistry, with an eye toward sustainability. He has worked on the development of more efficient and sustainable ways to form chemicals, mainly through the development of new homogeneous catalysts for organic synthesis. His publications include “Insertion of Molecular Oxygen into a Palladium (II) Methyl Bond: A Radical Chain Mechanism Involving Palladium (III) Intermediates,” and “A Chiral Auxiliary Cleavable by Ring-Closing Alkene Metathesis–Efficient Synthesis of Chiral Nonracemic Cycloalkenes.” Recently, Boisvert and his students have been working on a project tentatively titled “Green Chemistry: Development of Catalysts for Hydrogenation and Amide-Forming Reactions.”

Education
BS Sherbrooke University 1999
PhD Sherbrooke University 2006
Classes
Organic Chemistry I CHEM 250-A Fall 2024
Organic Chemistry I CHEM 250-B Fall 2024

Contact Information

Thompson 355C