Peter T. Wolczanski

Peter T. Wolczanski
BornAugust 28, 1954 (1954-08-28) (age 70)
Utica, NY
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology
Known forLow-valent three-coordinate transition metal complexes
Small molecule activation (most notably complete CO scission)
Scientific career
FieldsInorganic and Organometallic Chemistry
InstitutionsCornell University
ThesisThe reactivity and syntheses of mono and bis permethylcyclopentadienyl zirconium hydrides (1981)
Doctoral advisorJohn E. Bercaw
Other academic advisorsMark Wrighton
Notable studentsChristopher C. Cummins
Websitewolczanski.chem.cornell.edu/pete/

Peter Thomas Wolczanski is the George W. and Grace L. Todd professor of Chemistry at Cornell University.

Education

Wolczanski obtained his B.S. in Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1976 while doing research under the direction of Mark Wrighton. He entered graduate school at the California Institute of Technology, working under John Bercaw on various chemistries of permethylzirconocene hydrides and was awarded a doctorate degree in 1981.[1]

Awards and Professional Activities

  • Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1999)
  • Casimir Funk Natural Science Award, Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America (1998)
  • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow (1987-1989)
  • J. S. Fluor Fellow (1980)
  • 2011 ACS Award in Organometallic Chemistry
  • Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1999)
  • Casimir Funk Natural Science Award, Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America (1998
  • Dow Chemical Co., Technical Advisory Boards (1996-2003 (Synthesis), 2006-2007
  • Visiting Miller Research Professorship, Univ. California, Berkeley (1995)
  • Fellow, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1987-1989
  • Union Carbide Innovation Recognition Program (1988
  • Chair, Organometallic Subdivision, ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry (1994-1995)
  • Executive Committee, ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry (1991-1993)

Selected publications

  • "Carbon Monoxide Cleavage by (silox)3Ta (silox = tBu3SiO-): Physical, Theoretical and Mechanistic Investigations." Neithamer, D.R.; LaPointe, R.E.; Wheeler, R.A.; Richeson, D.S.; Van Duyne, G.D.; Wolczanski, P.T. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1989, 111, 9056-9072.
  • "Symmetry and Geometry Considerations of Atom Transfer: Deoxygenation of (silox)3WNO and R3PO (R = Me, Ph, tBu) by (silox)3M (M = V, NbL (L = PMe3, 4-picoline), Ta; silox = tBu3SiO)." Veige, A. S.; Slaughter, L. M.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Wolczanski, P. T.; Matsunaga, N.; Decker, S. A.; Cundari, T. R. Inorg. Chem. 2003, 42, 6204-6224.
  • "Thermodynamics, Kinetics and Mechanism of (silox)3M(olefin) to (silox)3M(alkylidene) Rearrangements (silox = tBu3SiO; M = Nb, Ta)." Hirsekorn, K. F.; Veige, A. S.; Marshak, M. P.; Koldobskaya, Y.; Wolczanski, P. T.; Cundari, T. R.; Lobkovsky, E. B. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 4809-4830.
  • "3-Center-4-Electron Bonding in [(silox)2Mo=NR]2(μ-Hg) Controls Reactivity while Frontier Orbitals Permit a Dimolybdenum π-Bond Energy Estimate." Rosenfeld, D. C.; Wolczanski, P. T.; Barakat, K. A.; Buda, C.; Cundari, T. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 8262-8263.
  • "PC Bond Cleavage of (silox)3NbPMe3 (silox = tBu3SiO) under Dihydrogen Leads to (silox)3Nb=CH2, (silox)3Nb=PH or (silox)3NbP(H)Nb(silox)3, and CH4." Hirsekorn, K. F.; Veige, A. S.; Wolczanski, P. T. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 2192-2193.

References

  1. ^ Wolczanski, Peter Thomas (1981). The reactivity and syntheses of mono and bis permethylcyclopentadienyl zirconium hydrides (Ph.D.). California Institute of Technology. OCLC 437056692 – via ProQuest.