Associate Professor Rowan Young

Associate Professor Rowan Young is a member of the School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences at The University of Queensland. His research interests include catalysis, inorganic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, organic synthesis, organometallic chemistry, and transition metal chemistry. He is associated with the study of fluorine chemistry, pincer ligands, frustrated Lewis pairs, and homogeneous catalysis. His profile page provides further details on his research and publications.

Rowan D. Young is an ARC Future Fellow at the University of Queensland, specializing in organometallic chemistry, Lewis acid catalysis, and C-F activation chemistry. His research focuses on developing selective functionalization strategies for fluorinated compounds, particularly through frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) mediated reactions. He has explored monoselective C-F bond activation in polyfluorocarbons, enabling targeted substitution in geminal or distal sites. His work also includes catalytic halodefluorination of aliphatic C-F bonds and the synthesis of novel carbene pincer complexes. Additionally, he investigates transition metal-alkane σ-complexes and their reactivity, contributing to the understanding of metal-ligand interactions in catalytic processes.