Pyridine amide ligands and their copper(II) complexes
There
are a number of copper-containing enzymes that participate in redox
reactivity. Natural enzymes are the ultimate example of
optimised
ligand system, the complex ligand geometry and coordination environment
has evolved to be exceedingly efficient and selective. Our
goal
is to develop copper complexes that can also be used for the oxidation
of selected substrates, specifically the oxidation of organic molecules
and other biomolecules to produce potential fuels. Although
this
project is inspired by biological systems, it is not exactly an enzyme
modelling project. Likewise, a potential goal that can be
stated
is the desire to catalytically produce fuels from biomass or other
"green" feedstocks, but this is not an applied science project
{unless a funding agency would like me to spin it as an applied science
project}. This is basic science. Ligand design and
synthesis, transition-metal complex design and synthesis, and, oh by
the way, we'll see if any of the complexes we make happen to be good
oxidation catalysts. This project exploits all the advantages
of
inorganic chemistry, and specifically transition metal coordination
chemistry; it requires a little bit of all the aspects of chemistry
that a student would learn from basic organic synthesis to kinetics to
spectroscopy.
Current Members:
Connie Anderson - Pyridine monoamide ligands (Spring 2014-?)
Former
Members:
Kshitij Gurung - Monomethylaniline pba ligands
(Fall 2012-Spring 2013)
Michelle Branch - Methylaniline
derived pbas
(2009-2012, working at ... in Minneapolis)
Kaitlyn Funk - Methylaniline
derived pbas
(2009-2012, working at Arclin in North Carolina)
Kevin Schultze - Alkylamido
pbas and their copper(II) complexes
(2006-2009, grad student @ Univ. North Carolina Chapel Hill)
Joseph Bzdok - Cu salens
(2008-2009, currently serving in the United States Army)
Tracy Kurtz - Cu pbas
(2007-2009, working at Aldevron in Fargo, ND)
Deborah Pestka - Cu salens
(2008-2009, Pharmacist)
Brendan Haight - Cu pbas
(Years, currently XXX)
Rachel Branson - Cu bleach oxidation
(Years, currently XXX)
Kari Fisher - Cu pbas
(Years, currently XXX)
Nivedha Manohar - Cu pbas
(Years, currently XXX)
Sara Aleem - Cu pbas
(Years, currently XXX)
Jennifer Smith - Co enzyme models
(Years, currently XXX)
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