Chemistry Department Faculty
Fredrik Haeffner
Assistant Professor of the Practice
Fredrik Haeffner
Ph.D.
Contact
Merkert Center
Telephone: 617-552-3625
Email: jan.haeffner@bc.edu
Education
- Ph.D., Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Research Interests
Chemical reactivity and selectivity involving organic and organometallic reactions, enzyme and small molecule catalysis, and in silico design and optimization of catalysts for a variety of reactions.
Research
Professor Haeffner is a computational chemist with interests in chemical reactivity and selectivity involving organic and organometallic reactions, enzyme and small molecule catalysis, and in silico design and optimization of catalysts for a variety of reactions. Professor Haeffner joined the chemistry department to share his expertise in computational chemistry with students and faculty members and to expand the use of this important tool in research carried out at the department.
Representative Key Publications
- Silverio DL, Torker S, Pilyugina T, Vieira EM, Snapper ML, Haeffner F, Hoveyda, AH.ÌýNatureÌý2013,Ìý494,Ìý216-221. Simple Organic Molecules as Catalysts for Enantioselective Synthesis of Amines and Alcohols.
- Manville N, Alite H, Haeffner F, Hoveyda AH, Snapper ML.ÌýNature ChemistryÌý2013,Ìý5,Ìý768–774. Small-Molecule Achiral Heterocycles as Co-Catalysts for Enantioselective Alcohol Silyl Ether Formation.
- Haeffner F, Marquez M, Gonzalez C.ÌýJournal of Physical Chemistry BÌý2007,Ìý111,Ìý268-272. Density Functional Theory Predicts Room Temperature C-F Activation by a Fluoro-Calix[4]Pyrrole-tert-Amine Macrocycle.
- Haeffner F, Houk KN, Schulze SM, Lee JK.ÌýJournal of Organic ChemistryÌý2003,Ìý68,Ìý2310-2316. Concerted Rearrangement versus Heterolytic Cleavage in Anionic [2,3]- and [3,3]-Sigmatropic Shifts. A DFT Study of Relationships Among Anion Stabilities, Mechanisms and Rates.
- Haeffner F, Norin T, Hult K.ÌýBiophysical JournalÌý1998,Ìý74,Ìý1251-1262. Molecular Modeling of the Enantioselectivity in Lipase-Catalyzed Transesterification Reactions.
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