Name: Jeffrey Quesnel
Hometown: Ormstown, Quebec, Canada
Info: Ph. D. Graduated in 2015. Currently working at Gilead, Edmonton.
 

 
Project description: Synthesis of N-Heterocycles via Palladium Catalyzed Carbonylation

 

Publications:
5) Metal-Catalyzed Multicomponent Reactions in "Applied Homogenous Catalysis with Organometallic Compounds: A Comprehensive Handbook" in Three Volumes, Third, Completely Revised and Updated Edition
Jeffrey S. Quesnel and Bruce A. Arndtsen*, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany (Editors: Cornils, B., Hermann, W. A., Beller, M., Paciello, R.)
 
4) A Palladium-Catalyzed Carbonylation Approach to Acid Chloride Synthesis
Quesnel, J. S.; Arndtsen, B. A. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 16841.
3) Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Multicomponent Coupling Reactions with Imines and Carbon Monoxide
Quesnel, J. S.; Arndtsen, B. A. Pure Appl. Chem. 2013, 85, 377.
 
2) Palladium-Catalyzed Aryl Iodide Carbonylation as a Route to Imidazoline Synthesis: Design of a Five-Component Coupling Reaction
Bontemps, S.; Quesnel, J. S.; Worrall, K.; Arndtsen, B. A. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 8948.
 
1)Deposition of an Anionic Conjugated Poly(phenylenevinylene) onto Silica Nanoparticles via Electrostatic Interactions: Assembly and Single Particle Spectroscopy
An Thien Ngo, Kai Lin Lau, Jeffrey Scott Quesnel, Robert Aboukhalil and Gonzalo Cosa*, Can. J. Chem. 2011, 89, 385-394.