Research Summary
Molecular Architecture via Coordination: Formation of discrete supramolecular species with well defined geometries and shapes via self-assembly (molecular triangles, squares, rectangles, pentagons, hexagons, 3D assemblies). Organometallic Chemistry; Polyvalent Iodine Species; Alkynyl Esters; Reactive Intermediates (vinyl cations, unsaturated carbenes).
Education
- B.S., Chemistry, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois . Project: Magna Cum Laude
- Ph.D., Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley . Project: NIH Fellow, with A. Streitwieser
- Postdoctoral, Chemistry, Princeton University . Project: NIH Fellow, with P.v.R. Schleyer
Biography
BORN: November 17, 1941, Nurnberg, Germany
CITIZENSHIP: U.S.A. (Naturalized, June, 1962)
MARRIED: 1969, Christine M.E. Schirmer
CHILDREN: Antonia (b. 1973); B.S. Brown Univ. 1995; M.D. and MBA McGill Univ. 2001
Alexandra (b. 1977); Honors B.S. Univ. of Utah 2000
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