Regular biography
Marc-André Légaré is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at McGill University. His research focuses on green chemistry, synthesis, catalysis, and materials chemistry, with an emphasis on sustainable methods using earth-abundant elements. He is particularly interested in the role of main group elements in catalysis and organic materials. Légaré's work combines computational modeling with experimental methods to develop innovative catalytic systems. He teaches courses such as Inorganic Chemistry 1 and Physical Organic Chemistry. His research has been published in prestigious journals, including Science and Chemical Reviews.
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Marc-André Légaré is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at McGill University, specializing in Main-Group Elements, Organometallics, Catalysis, Inorganic Chemistry, and Organic Chemistry. His research focuses on nitrogen fixation, CO2 reduction, and catalytic borylation, with an emphasis on metal-free and transition-metal-free systems. He explores frustrated Lewis pair chemistry, organocatalysts, and metallomimetic approaches to mimic transition metal reactivity. His work includes the development of phosphine–borane catalysts for CO2 conversion and the synthesis of novel main-group compounds with unique bonding properties, such as boron–aluminum π bonds and boron–tellurium double bonds. These studies aim to advance sustainable chemical transformations and functional materials.