Crudden centers on the use of catalysis for organic synthesis and materials chemistry. A key focus is the use of boron chemistry to achieve these goals in an efficient and green manner. She will be involved mainly in the development of molecules that selectively induce plant growth as well as in our bio-imaging projects. In addition to her expertise in synthesis and catalysis, Crudden is one of the most visible and capable leaders of the chemistry community in the world. Most notably, she was one of the Canadian organizers for Pacifichem 2010, the largest chemistry conference worldwide, and will continue on as one of two Canadian representatives for 2015. Even more importantly, she is now serving as the President of the Canadian Society for Chemistry. Her visions combined with her enthusiasm and energy are unmatched and essential to ITbM.

Research Highlights

• Efficient synthesis of triarylmethanes - sequential incorporation of aryl rings by palladium catalysts -

Selected Awards and Honors

2017	SYNLETT Best Paper Award 2017
2017	R. U. Lemieux Award, Canadian Society for Chemistry
2015-2016	Killam Research Fellow
2014	Fellow, Chemical Institute of Canada
2012-2013	President, Canadian Society of Chemistry
2014-2018	Scientific Council Member, The Sainsbury Lab, UK
2011	Clara Benson Award
2010	Catalysis Society Lectureship Award
2010	NSERC Accelerator Awardee

Selected Publications

• Eisenberger, P.; Bestvater, B. P.; Keske, E. C.; Crudden, C. M. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 2467-2471. Hydrogenations at Room Temperature and Atmospheric Pressure with Mesoionic Carbene-Stabilized Borenium Catalysts. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201409250
• Nambo, M.; Yar, M.; Smith, J. D.; Crudden, C. M. Organic Letters 2015, 17, 50-53. The Concise Synthesis of Unsymmetric Triarylacetonitriles via Pd-Catalyzed Sequential Arylation: A New Synthetic Approach to Tri- and Tetraarylmethanes. DOI: 10.1021/ol503213z
• Mathew, S.C.; Glasspoole, B.W.; Eisenberger, P.; Crudden, C.M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 5828-5831. Synthesis of Enantiomerically Enriched Triarylmethanes by Enantiospecific Suzuki-Miyaura Cross Coupling Reactions. DOI: 10.1021/ja412159g
• Crudden C. M.; Horton, J. H.; Ebralidze, I. I.; Zenkina, O. V.; Keske, E. C.; Leake, J. D.; Rousina-Webb, A.; McLean, A. B.; Drevniok, B.; Seki, T.; Wu, G.; Mosey, N. J. Nature Chem. 2014, 6, 409-414. Ultra Stable Self-Assembled Monolayers of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes on Gold. DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1891
• Nambo, M.; Crudden, C. M. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 742-746. Modular Synthesis of Triarylmethanes through Palladium-Catalyzed Sequential Arylation of Methyl Phenyl Sulfone. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201307019