个人简介

Sonny Lee's research efforts focus on challenging problems in transition element inorganic chemistry. His studies involve the synthesis of new compounds and compound classes, and the characterization of their physical and chemical properties by a broad array of methods. Bioinorganic chemistry Nitrogenase Clusters Synthetic analogues Transition metals Safety Committee, Faculty Representative, 2014-present Graduate Advisory Committee, Faculty Representative, 2012-present Chemistry Awards Committee, Faculty Representative, 2012-present Undergraduate Curriculum / Affairs Committee, Faculty Representative, 2006-present Science Faculty Council, Department Representative, 2008-10 Gaussian09 Funding, Licensing, and Distribution, 2009 1993 Ph.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1987 B.S., California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA,

研究领域

Topics of fundamental chemical and/or biological interest form the basis for Sonny Lee's investigations. His primary research area is directed toward understanding molecular aspects of biological nitrogen fixation. These studies have led to the development of synthetic chemistry associated with clusters of weak-field iron and anionic nitrogen ligation; the discovery within these clusters of iron centers with rare or unprecedented features, e.g., high-valent +4 oxidation states, 3-coordinate metal environments and terminal imide ligation; and the demonstration of physicochemical analogies that relate iron-nitrogen systems to biological iron-sulfur chemistry.

The research efforts of Sonny Lee and co-workers focus on challenging problems in transition element inorganic chemistry. Our studies involve the synthesis of new compounds and compound classes, and the characterization of their physical and chemical properties by a broad array of methods. Topics of fundamental chemical and/or biological interest form the basis for our investigations. One primary research area is directed toward understanding molecular aspects of biological nitrogen fixation. These studies have led to the development of synthetic chemistry associated with clusters of weak-field iron and anionic nitrogen ligation; the discovery within these clusters of iron centers with rare or unprecedented features, e.g., high-valent +4 oxidation states, 3-coordinate metal environments and terminal imide ligation; and the demonstration of physicochemical analogies that relate iron-nitrogen systems to biological iron-sulfur chemistry.

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Christopher J. Pollock, Lay Ling Tan, Wei Zhang, Kyle M. Lancaster, Sonny C. Lee*, and Serena DeBeer*, “Light Atom Influences on the Electronic Structures of Iron-Sulfur Clusters”, Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 2591-2597. Sonny C. Lee*, Wayne Lo, and R. H. Holm*, “Developments in the Biomimetic Chemistry of Cubane-Type and Higher Nuclearity Iron-Sulfur Clusters”, Chem. Rev. 2014, 114, 3579-3600. Lay Ling Tan, R. H. Holm*, and Sonny C. Lee*, “Structural Analysis of Cubane-Type Iron Clusters”, Polyhedron 2013, 58, 206-217. Xu-Dong Chen, Wei Zhang, Jeremiah S. Duncan, and Sonny C. Lee*, “Iron-Amide-Sulfide and Iron-Imide-Sulfide Clusters : Heteroligated Core Environments Relevant to the Nitrogenase FeMo Cofactor ”, Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 12891-12904. Xu-Dong Chen, Jeremiah S. Duncan, Atul K. Verma, and Sonny C. Lee*, “Selective Syntheses of Iron-Imide-Sulfide Cubanes, Including a Partial Representation of the Fe-S-X Environment in the FeMo-Cofactor”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 15884-15886.