University of Calgary

Dr. Ian R Hunt

  Senior Instructor, Department of Chemistry
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Email: irhunt@ucalgary.ca

Curriculum Vitae
B.Sc. (Hons.), 1987 University of East Anglia (U.K)
Ph.D., 1990 University of East Anglia (U.K)
 

Research Interests

  • Chemical education - how to teach chemistry, especially organic chemistry, effectively, what is effective?
  • The mechanisms by which Lewis acids coordinate and hence promote reactions such as the Diels-Alder reaction, with a view to using this knowledge to improve the efficiency of catalytic (asymmetric) processes.
  • Physical organic chemistry, mechanisms of Lewis acid catalysed reactions, Diels-Alder reactions, pericyclic reactions

Teaching Interests

  • Chemical education - how to teach chemistry, especially organic chemistry, effectively, what is effective?
  • The mechanisms by which Lewis acids coordinate and hence promote reactions such as the Diels-Alder reaction, with a view to using this knowledge to improve the efficiency of catalytic (asymmetric) processes.
  • Physical organic chemistry, mechanisms of Lewis acid catalysed reactions, Diels-Alder reactions, pericyclic reactions

Graduate Program