Dave Dodd
4th year student and research assistant, 2004-2005
B.Sc. 2006 (Western, Nathan Jones)

Dave is currently a graduate student with Prof. Robert Hudson. While in the Jones group, he worked to make new chiral NHC-based ligands for asymmetric catalysis.
Publication
"Model Intermolecular Asymmetric Heck Reactions Catalyzed by Chiral Pyridyloxazoline Palladium(II) Complexes" D. W. Dodd, H. E. Toews, F. d. S. Carneiro, M. C. Jennings and N. D. Jones Inorg. Chim. Acta 2006 (in press).
Oral Presentations
2. "Model Intermolecular Asymmetric Heck Reactions Catalyzed by Chiral Pyridyloxazoline Palladium(II) Complexes" David W. Dodd, Heather E. Toews, Florentino d. S. Carneiro, Michael C. Jennings and Nathan D. Jones* 38th Inorganic Discussion Weekend, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario. November 4th-6th, 2005.
1. "Chiral Ligands for Asymmetric Catalysis" David W. Dodd and Nathan D. Jones* 33rd Southern Ontario Undergraduate Student Chemistry Conference, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario. March 19th, 2005.
