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217 Clark Hall Ph: (304) 293 – 3435×6403/6423 Fax: (304) 293 – 4904 Email: jpeterse@wvu.edu |
Professional Preparation:
Ph.D. (Physical Chemistry), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1974
B.A. (Chemistry), Carthage College, 1969, summa cum laude
Research Interests:
Our research effort at West Virginia University focuses on the synthesis and structural characterization of highly reactive electron-deficient Group 4 metal complexes and systematic studies of their chemical reactivity. Investigations are directed at exploring the potential utility of these electrophilic reagents for directing C-C bond formation or as catalyst precursors for Ziegler-Natta olefin polymerization.
Recent Publications:
P. De Waele, B. A. Jazdzewski, J. Klosin, R. E. Murray, C. N. Theriault, and P. C. Vosejpka, and J. L. Petersen, “Synthesis of Hafnium and Zirconium Imido-Amido Complexes from Bis-imine Ligands. A New Family of Olefin Polymerization Catalysts”, Organometallics, 26, 3896-3899 (2007).
A. R. Morgan, M. Kloskowski, F. Kalischewski, A. H. Phillips, and J. L. Petersen, “Exploring Alternative Synthetic Routes for the Preparation of Five-Coordinate Diamidoamine Group 4 Metal Complexes”, Organometallics, 24, 5383-5392 (2005).
F. Hannig, R. Frölich, K. Bergander, G. Erker, and J. L. Petersen, “Structural and Spectroscopic Evidence for Intramolecular Agostic M…H-C and Dative Zr←F-C(ortho) Interactions in the Zwitterionic Group 4 Metal Betaine Complexes, [(C5H4)SiMe2(N-t-Bu)]M(+)C4H6B(-)(C6F5)3, M = Ti, Zr”, Organometallics, 23, 4495-4502 (2004).
L. Braun, T. Dreier, M. Christy, and J. L. Petersen, “Stereoelectronic Influence of the Type of Bifunctional Ansa-monocyclopentadienyldimethylsilylamido Ligand on the Molecular Structures Displayed by Zirconium Dichloride and 1,4-Diphenylbutadiene Complexes”, Inorganic Chemistry, 43, 3976-3987 (2004).
J. W. Strauch and J. L. Petersen, “Preparation and Structural Characterization of ansa-Mono(cyclopentadienyldimethylsilyl)amido Group 4 Metal Butadiene Complexes. Observation of a Tetranuclear Structure for [(C5H4)SiMe2(N-t-Bu)]Zr(C4H6) Featuring Bridging Butadiene Ligands”, Organometallics, 20, 2623-2630 (2001).
Personal or Group website:
http://petersen.chem.wvu.edu
