Schrödinger’s Thomas Mustard demonstrates how structure-property relationships paired with automated high throughput screening can rapidly advance the rate of discovery and understanding of catalysis activity.

In this hour-long webinar, we look at how systematic evaluation of steric and electronic contributions provides an unprecedented fundamental understanding of factors controlling a target reaction. With these structure– property relationships, one can re-design a reaction or catalyst to achieve desired activity. Paired with automated high throughput screening, the rate of discovery and understanding is accelerated.

The content of this webinar covers reaction/catalysts activity and selectivity predictions from simulations, along with high-throughput automated methods for in silico reaction screening. Examples in areas of hydroformylation and epoxy-amine thermosets are also covered.

By the end of this webinar you will…

• Have learned how to accelerate catalysis research and development projects using Schrödinger’s leading computational chemistry software platform

• Be able to use tried-and-tested techniques to improve the accuracy of your in silico predictions with Schrödinger’s proven methodologies

• Understand ways to streamline your workflows with integrated software solutions for reaction and catalysis research projects

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Speaker:  Thomas (TJ) Mustard, principal scientist at Schrödinger’s materials science division

Thomas (TJ) Mustard is a principal scientist in the materials science division at Schrödinger, working to extend and apply automated tools for reactivity and catalysis. TJ studied chemistry at Eastern Washington University, US, and completed a PhD in computational chemistry focusing on reaction elucidation and organometallic catalysis at Oregon State University in the group of Paul H.-Y. Cheong in 2015. He then began working for Schrödinger in 2015 on a wide range of materials applications including: semiconductor reactions, mechanical properties and organic electronic materials.

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Moderator:  Benjamin Valsler, digital editor, Chemistry World

Ben is the digital editor of Chemistry World magazine, producing video and podcasts to accompany the magazine and website. Prior to joining the Royal Society of Chemistry, he was the producer of the award-winning Naked Scientists, making local and national radio programmes for the BBC, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Primedia in South Africa.

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