个人简介

A.B., 1977, Harvard Univ. Ph.D., 1987, Princeton Univ. Postdoctoral Fellow, 1986-1988, Ohio State Univ. AwardOrganizationDivisionLevel CodeType CodeStart DateEnd Date Outstanding Faculty Award NomineeMichigan State UniversityASMSUProfessionalFaculty Position2001 Teacher-Scholar AwardMichigan State UniversityCollege of Natural ScienceProfessionalHonors19941995 Nominated for Teacher-Scholar AwardMichigan State UniversityProfessionalFaculty Position1993 New Faculty AwardCamille and Henry Dreyfus FoundationProfessionalHonors1988 Ph.D.Princeton UniversityGraduateDegree1986 Charlotte Elizabeth Procter Honorific FellowshipPrinceton UniversityGraduateFellowship19841985 Hugh Stott Taylor Fellowship in ChemistryPrinceton UniversityGraduateFellowship1981 Ph.D. CandidateUniversity of WashingtonGraduateEducation19791981 A.B.Harvard UniversityUndergraduateDegree1977

研究领域

Inorganic Materials Organic Theoretical and Computational

(Research Description PDF - 866 kb) Probing mechanisms and theory from molecular interactions to process design, Jackson group efforts range from fundamental... Nature, scope, and applications of hydridic-to-protonic hydrogen bonding1,2 Complexant design and synthesis for thermally robust alkalides and electrides3 Approaches to organic-based magnetic materials by self-assembly4 ...to eminently practical... "Green" catalytic pathways from renewables to useful “petro-” chemicals5-8 Alkali metal reductants “tamed” by dispersion in silica or alumina.9,10 More information can be found at http://www.cem.msu.edu/~jackson; two active areas are outlined below, where the common thread is mechanistic. By understanding molecular interactions and reactions we seek rules to design materials and processes with targeted characteristics. From the post-doc to the high-school level, scientists trained in the group have gone on to excellent positions in academics, industry, or governmental research. Fig. 1. ORTEP images of the (unpublished) neutron diffraction structure of NaBD4 ? 2D2O. These orthogonal views show the close D···D contacts between three D2O molecules and one of the deuterons of the BD4– ion. Hydridic-to-protonic hydrogen bonding: Our discovery and studies of this interaction, AKA dihydrogen bonding, began with a high school student studying NaBH4?2H2O (Fig. 1).1 Besides the novelty of hydrogen’s serving as the nucleophile in a hydrogen bond, this work has uncovered reactions governed by the material’s phase and local stoichiometry as well as a bona fide crystal-to-crystal solid state transformation. Ongoing dihydrogen bonding projects focus on crystal engineering; a search for possible biological significance;2 and use of dihydrogen bonded systems as candidates for IR-pumped bond-selective vibrationally activated reactions. Green Chemistry: With Prof. Dennis Miller (MSU Chemical Engineering), we aim to replace fossil petroleum with renewables as the basis for chemicals and fuels. Our catalytic paths upgrade bio-based feedstocks (e.g. carbo-hydrates, organic acids) to commodity and specialty building blocks (1,2-propanediol, chiral amino alcohols).5-8 Mechanistic insight—basic science—is key to process design—practical engineering—so we focus on adsorption, surface spectroscopy,5 and kinetic and quantum chemical modeling studies,7 complemented by classical mechanistic explorations of substituent effects,6 isotopic labeling, and variations in catalysts and conditions.8 Fig. 2. Electrocatalytic hydrogenation (ECH) of lactic acid over Ru/C particles at 70?C converts the –COOH to –CHO. Reduction to –CH2OH, the only product seen from “normal” hydrogenation, takes longer. Synergy: Our studies of catalytic reductions of aqueous organic acids to alcohols (practical) are now intersecting the dihydrogen bond (fundamental) work; interfacial dihydrogen bonding of metal-bound hydride sites under water seems to strongly affect their reactivity. In turn, the quest for “biomass refinery operations” via electrocatalytic reduction of lactic acid unexpectedly found lactaldehyde en route to propylene glycol (Figure 2).5 Our efforts now include crude biomass upgrading to energy- and fuel-relevant targets.8 Such serendipities and synergies at the borders of practical and fundamental; synthesis, structure and mechanism; and experiment and theory pull us back inexorably to the lab each day. Come join us; there’s always room for another partner in the search!

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Marincean, S.; Jackson, J. E. "Can Hydridic-to-Protonic Hydrogen Bonds Catalyze Hydride Transfers in Biological Systems?" J. Phys. Chem. A 2010, 114, 13376-13380. Xi, Y.; Holladay, J. E.; Frye, J. G.; Oberg, A. A.; Jackson, J. E.; Miller, D. J. "A Kinetic and Mass Transfer Model for Glycerol Hydrogenolysis in a Trickle Bed Reactor" Org. Process Res. Devel. 2010, 14, 1304-1312. Xi, Y.; Jackson, J. E.; Miller, D. J. "Characterizing Lactic Acid Hydrogenolysis Rates in Laboratory Trickle Bed Reactors" Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2011, 50, 5440-5447. Murkute, A. D.; Jackson, J. E.; Miller, D. J. "Supported Mesoporous Solid Base Catalysts for Condensation of Carboxylic Acids" J. Catal. 2011, 278, 189-199. Dye, J. L.; Nandi, P.; Jackson, J. E.; Lefenfeld, M.; Bentley, P. A.; Dunyak, B. M.; Kwarcinski, F. E.; Spencer, C. M.; Lindman, T. N.; Lambert, P.; Jacobson, P. K.; Redko, M. Y. "Nano-Structures and Interactions of Alkali Metals within Silica Gel" Chem. Mater. 2011, 23, 2388-2397. Kulshrestha, A.; Schomaker, J. M.; Holmes, D.; Staples, R. J.; Jackson, J. E.; Borhan, B. "Selectivity in Additions of Organometallic Reagents to Aziridine-2-Carboxaldehydes: Effects of Protecting Groups and Substitution Patterns" Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 12326-12339. Li, Z.; Kelkar, S.; Lam, C. H.; Luczek, K.; Jackson, J. E.; Miller, D. J.; Saffron, C. M. "Aqueous Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation of Furfural Using a Sacrificial Anode" Electrochim. Acta 2012, 64, 87-93. Li, Z.; Garedew, M.; Lam, C. H.; Jackson, J. E.; Miller, D. J.; Saffron, C. M. "Mild Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation and Hydrodeoxygenation of Bio-oil Derived Phenolic Compounds using Ruthenium Supported on Activated Carbon Cloth" Green Chem. 2012, 14, 2540-2549. Marincean, S.; Fritz, M.; Scamp, R.; Jackson, J. E. "Mechanistic Investigations in α-Hydroxycarbonyls Reduction by BH4" J. Phys. Org. Chem. 2012, 25, 1186-1192. Garzan, A.; Jaganathan, A.; Marzijarani, N. S.; Yousefi, R.; Whitehead, D. C.; Jackson, J. E.; Borhan, B. "Solvent-Dependent Enantiodivergence in the Chlorocyclization of Unsaturated Carbamates" Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 9015-9021. Taurozzi, J. S.; Redko, M. Y.; Manes, K. M.; Jackson, J. E.; Tarabara, V. V. "Microsized Particles of Aza222 Polymer as a Regenerable Ultrahigh Affinity Sorbent for the Removal of Mercury from Aqueous Solutions" Separ. Purific. Tech. 2013, 116, 415-425. Yousefi, R.; Ashtekar, K.; Whitehead, D.; Jackson, J. E.; Borhan, B. "Dissecting the Stereocontrol Elements of the Catalytic Asymmetric Chlorolactonization: Syn Addition Obviates Bridging Chloronium" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 14524-14527. Li, Z.; Kelkar, S.; Raycraft, L.; Garedew, M.; Jackson, J. E.; Miller, D. J.; Saffron, C. M. "A Mild Approach for Bio-oil Stabilization and Upgrading: Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation Using Ruthenium Supported on Activated Carbon Cloth" Green Chem. 2014, 16, 844-852. Redko, M. Y.; Taurozzi, J. S.; Manes, K. M.; Jackson, J. E.; Tarabara, V. V. "Synthesis and Characterization of Aza222-Based Polymers for the Removal of Mercury from Aqueous Solutions" React. Funct. Polym. 2014, 74, 90-100. Ma, X.; Lin, R.; Beuerle, C.; Jackson, J. E.; Obare, S.; Ofoli, R. "Effects of surface activation on the structural and catalytic properties of ruthenium nanoparticles supported on mesoporous silica" Nanotechnology 2014, 25, 045701. Ashtekar, K. D.; Marzijarani, N. S.; Jaganathan A.; Holmes, D.; Jackson, J. E.; Borhan, B. "A New Tool To Guide Halofunctionalization Reactions: The Halenium Affinity (HalA) Scale" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 13355-13362. Wu, J. I.; Jackson, J. E.; Schleyer, P. v. R. "Reciprocal Hydrogen Bonding–Aromaticity Relationships" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 13526–13529. Spahlinger, G. W.; Jackson, J. E. "Nucleofugality in Oxygen and Nitrogen Derived Pseudohalides in Menshutkin Reactions: The Importance of the Intrinsic Barrier" Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2014, 16, 24559-24569. Lam, C. H.; Lowe, C. B.; Li, Z.; Longe, K. N.; Rayburn, J. T.; Caldwell, M. A.; Houdek, C. E.; Maguire, J. B.; Saffron, C. M.; Miller, D. J.; Jackson, J. E. "Electrocatalytic Upgrading of Model Lignin Monomers with Earth Abundant Metal Electrodes" Green Chem. 2015, 17, 601-609. Konar, A.; Shu, Y.; Lozovoy, V.; Jackson, J. E.; Levine, B.; Dantus, M. "Polyatomic Molecules under Intense Femtosecond Laser Irradiation" J. Phys. Chem. A 2014, 118, 11433-11450.