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University Professor Douglas Stephan (photo by Camilla Pucholt)

Douglas Stephan receives 2024 Catalysis Award from Chemical Institute of Canada

Douglas Stephan, a in the department of chemistry in the Faculty of Arts & Science, has received the in recognition of his contributions to the field of catalysis.

A world-leading researcher in inorganic chemistry, Stephan is best known as the founder of the field of 鈥渇rustrated Lewis pair鈥 (FLP) chemistry. His groundbreaking paper 鈥淩eversible, Metal-Free Hydrogen Activation,鈥 , has been cited more than 2,000 times and is credited with changing the way chemistry is taught by broadening the scope of catalysts beyond transition metals.

鈥淲e have 100 years of transition metals science,鈥 said Stephan. 鈥淒oing metal-free catalysis was something we thought was impossible, so FLPs have opened the door on chemistry we couldn鈥檛 do before.鈥 

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