Professor
Gregory Chung-Wei Fu
California Institute of Technology
Organic chemist; Educator
Area
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Specialty
Chemistry
Elected
2007
Developed palladium and nickel catalysts for the formation of carbon-carbon bonds through cross-coupling reactions. Achieved couplings of challenging aryl chlorides and alkyl electrophiles, including asymmetric processes. Designed a range of enantioselective nucleophilic and transition-metal catalysts.
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