个人简介

1996 B.S. University of Idaho 2003 M.S. University of Idaho 2005 Ph.D. University of Chicago 2005-2008 Postdoctoral Research Appointee in the Materials Science Division of Argonne National Laboratory

研究领域

Organic/Inorganic Chemistry, Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis

Transition metal mediated catalysis plays an important role in today’s world, and is involved in the production of pharmaceuticals, fine/commodity chemicals, and high performance polymers/co-polymers. A greater understanding of the reactivity of transition metal active species is vital to the development of new catalysts and new transformations. Research in the Burns group focuses on synthetic and mechanistic organometallic chemistry involving the design of novel organic based ligands and transition metal complexes for catalytic C-X (X = H, C, B, Si) bond formation. The Burns group employs ligand-oriented catalyst design, utilizing traditional organic synthesis, to target reactive single-site homogeneous transition metal catalysts. The challenges presented by this area of research are appealing because they offer chemists a chance to apply and develop new synthetic methodologies. Merging homogeneous catalysis and heterogeneous catalysis is another area of focus in the Burns group. A key ligand design element for many homogenous transition metal catalysts is for the ancillary ligand to possess steric bulk. This feature can greatly increase the difficultly of ligand synthesis. Utilization of the three-dimensional structure of periodic mesoporous silicas to the replace ligand steric bulk affords a new method of transition metal catalyst synthesis. New molecules and reactions discovered during the course of our research may challenge current ideas on structure, bonding, and reactivity. A wide range of synthetic and spectroscopic methods for the manipulation and characterization of reactive materials, including air- and moisture-sensitive manipulations using gloveboxes and Schlenk lines, multinuclear NMR spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, electrochemistry, molecular modeling and X-ray crystallography are employed. The research conducted in our labs is directed toward understanding the roles of transition metals in catalysis and developing new stoichiometric and catalytic transformations for converting readily available molecules such as olefins and alkanes into more valuable products.

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Synthesis of Air-Stable Zwitterionic 2-Phosphiniminium-arenesulfonates Christopher T. Burns, Suisheng Shang, Rajesh Thapa, Mark S. Mashuta Tetrahedron Lett. 2012,53, 4832-4835 Electropolymerization of a Bifunctional Ionic Liquid Monomer Yields and Electroactive Liquid Crystalline Polymer Sungwon Lee, Gregory A. Becht, Byeongdu Lee, Christopher T. Burns, and Millicent A. Firestone Adv. Funct. Mater. 2010,20, 2063-2070 Thiophene-based Ionic Liquids: Synthesis, Physical Properties, Self-assembly and Oxidative Polymerization Christopher T. Burns, Sung-won Lee, Sönke Seifert, and Millicent A. Firestone Polym. Adv. Technol.2008, 19, 1369-1382 Synthetic Utility of Epoxides for Chiral Functionalization of Isoxazoles Jared K. Nelson, Christopher T. Burns, Miles P. Smith, Brendan Twamley, and Nicholas R. Natale Tetrahedron Lett. 2008,49, 3078-3082 Acidichromic Spiropyran-Functionalized Mesoporous Silica: Towards Stimuli-Responsive Metal Ion Separations Media Christopher T. Burns, Sung-yuen Choi, Mark Dietz, and Millicent A. Firestone Sep. Sci. Technol. 2008,43, 2508-2519 Mechanism of Ethylene Oligomerization by a Cationic Palladium(II) Alkyl Complex that Contains a (3,5-Me2-pyrazolyl)2CHSi(p-tolyl)3) Ligand Mathew P. Conley, Christopher T. Burns, and Richard F. Jordan Organometallics 2007,26, 6750-6759 Ethylene Polymerization by Sterically Crowded Palladium(II) Complexes that Contain Bis(heterocycle)methane Ligands Christopher T. Burns, and Richard F. Jordan Organometallics 2007,26, 6737-6749 Ethylene Dimerization by Cationic Palladium(II) Alkyl Complexes that Contain Bis(heterocycle)methane Ligands Christopher T. Burns, and Richard F. Jordan Organometallics 2007,26, 6726-6736 Acrylonitrile Insertion Reactions of Cationic Palladium Alkyl Complexes Fan Wu, Steven R. Foley, Christopher T. Burns, and Richard F. Jordan J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005,127, 1841-1853 Photochemical Synthesis of a Palladium Dichloromethyl complex, {(hexyl)HC(N-methyl-imidazol-2-yl)2}Pd(CHCl2)Cl. X-Ray Molecular Structures of {(hexyl)HC(N-methylimidazolyl-2-yl)2}Pd(X)Cl, X = Cl, and CHCl2 Christopher T. Burns, Han Shen, and Richard F. Jordan J. Organomet. Chem.2003, 683, 240-248 Bis(permethylcyclopentadienyl)aluminum compounds: Precursors to [Cp*Al-2](+) but not to Cp*Al-3 Christopher T. Burns, Pamela J. Shapiro, Peter H. M. Budzelaar, Roger Willett, and Ashwani Vij Organometallics 2000,19, 3361-3367 Stable borate-bridged ansa-zirconocene complexes. Preparation and X-ray crystallographic characterization of [Cp*Al-2](+)[Me(Ph)B(eta(5)-C5H4)(2)ZrCl2](-) and [PPN](+)[Cl(Ph)B(eta(5)-C5H4)(2)ZrCl2](-) Christopher T. Burns, Daniel S. Stack, Pamela J. Shapiro, Ashwani Vij, Klaus Kunz, Gerald Kehr, Tom Concolino, and Arnold L. Rheingold Organometallics 1999,18, 5432-5434 The direct synthesis of 2-oxazolines from carboxylic esters using lanthanide chloride as catalyst Peiwen Zhou, Jason E. Blubaum, Christopher T. Burns, Nicholas R. Natale Tetrahedron Lett. 1997, 38, 7019-7020