个人简介

B.S., Magna cum Laude, 1999, Kean University, Union, NJ Ph.D., 2004, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fl Postdoctoral Fellow, Purdue University with Mahdi Abu-Omar

研究领域

Inorganic Chemistry

Our research group specializes in Homogeneous Catalysis. Our research approach is broad in that it encompasses many areas, from the development of useful synthetic organic methodologies for organic chemistry to the mechanistic principles that underlie catalytic reactions. Students become familiar with a variety of techniques, including manipulations of air sensitive compounds using vacuum lines and an inert-atmosphere glove-box, and the characterization of complexes using a variety of spectroscopic methods such as: one and two dimensional NMR spectroscopy, UV-Vis spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry. Fundamental reactivity is examined using the techniques of physical inorganic and organic chemistry, i.e. reactivity is examined through the use of kinetics, including stopped-flow kinetics, isotope effects, labeling studies and other mechanistic tools. Insights into the structure and bonding of highly reactive species are probed using density functional theory calculations.

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Frasco, D. A.; Lilly, C. P.; Boyle, P. D. and Ison, E. A. "Cp*IrIII-Catalyzed Oxidative Coupling of Benzoic Acids with Alkynes. " ACS Catal., 2013, 3(10), 2421–2429. Lehman, M. C.; Gary, J. B.; Boyle, P. D.; Sanford, M. S.; and Ison, E. A. "Effect of Solvent and Ancillary Ligands on the Catalytic H/D Exchange Reactivity of Cp*IrIII(L) Complexes." ACS Catal., 2013, 3(10), 2304–2310. Liu, S.; Senocak, A.; Smeltz, J. L; Yang, L.; Wegenhart, B.; Yi, J.; Kenttämaa, H. I.; Ison, E. A. and Abu-Omar, M. M. "Mechanism of MTO-Catalyzed Deoxydehydration of Diols to Alkenes Using Sacrificial Alcohols." Organometallics, 2013, 32(11), 3210–3219. Smeltz, J. L.; Lilly, C. P.; Boyle, P. D.; and Ison, E. A. "The Electronic Nature of Terminal Oxo Ligands in Transition-Metal Complexes: Ambiphilic Reactivity of Oxorhenium Species." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135(25), 9433–9441. Smeltz, Jessica L.; Boyle, Paul D.; Ison, Elon A.The Role of Low-Valent Re Species in Catalytic Hydrosilylation Reactions with OxoRhenium Catalysts." Organometallics, 2012, 31(17), 5994–5997. Lilly, Cassandra P.; Boyle, Paul D.; Ison, Elon A. "Synthesis of Oxorhenium Acetyl and Benzoyl Complexes Incorporating Diamido Pyridine Ligands: Implications for the Mechanism of CO Insertion." Organometallics 2012, 31, 4295-4301. DOI: 10.1021/om3002872 Ison, E. A.; Ison, A. "Green and Sustainable Chemistry in the Undergraduate Labs: Teaching the Full Spectrum of Research Skills through Synthesis and the Application of Catalysis." J. Chem. Ed. 2012, 89(12), 1575-1577.