Amir H. Hoveyda is an American organic chemist and professor of chemistry at Boston College, and held the position of department chair until 2018.[1] In 2019, he embarked as researcher at the Institute of Science and Supramolecular Engineering at University of Strasbourg.[2]
Hoveyda received his Ph.D. from Yale University under Stuart Schreiber in 1986, and worked as postdoctoral fellow in the lab of David A. Evans at Harvard University.[1] He received the Cope Scholar award from the American Chemical Society in 1998.
Hoveyda's research focuses on the development for chemoselective and stereoselective catalysis, in particular function-oriented catalyst design. He is particularly noted for his work on developing catalysts for stereoselective olefin metathesis,[3] such as the Hoveyda–Grubbs catalyst. In recent years he has worked extensively on copper(I)-N-heterocyclic carbenes complex catalyzed allyl addition, allylic substitution and conjugate addition reactions.[4] His research also involves metal-free catalysis, e.g. catalytic stereoselective allyl addition reactions promoted by chiral aminophenol-derived ligands, as well as bioactive molecules synthesis.
- ^ a b "BCC Faculty - Amir H. Hoveyda". Boston College. Archived from the original on 21 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-25.
- ^ "Université de Strasbourg - Recherche: La " magie " de la catalyse au service de l'environnement". www.recherche.unistra.fr. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
- ^ Hoveyda, Amir H.; Richard R. Schrock (2001-02-23). "Catalytic Asymmetric Olefin Metathesis". Chemistry: A European Journal. 7 (5): 945–950. doi:10.1002/1521-3765(20010302)7:5<945::AID-CHEM945>3.0.CO;2-3. PMID 11303874.
- ^ Gillingham, D. G.; Hoveyda, A. H. (2007). "Chiral N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Natural Product Synthesis: Application of Ru-Catalyzed Asymmetric Ring-Opening/Cross-Metathesis and Cu-Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation to Total Synthesis of Baconipyrone C*". Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 46 (21): 3860–4. doi:10.1002/anie.200700501. PMID 17415730.