Colin Carver, 5^th year

 

 

 

 

 

Graduate Students

 

 

Education:      

                         Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, May 2004,

                         University of Idaho, Moscow, ID       

                         Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, August  2007, UCLA  

 

Awards/Fellowships:

                         ERULF Fellow, Department of Energy, Jan – Aug 2001

                         Merck Index Award, University of Idaho, May 2004

                         Excellence in Teaching Award, UCLA, 2006

                         Inorganic Research Award, UCLA, 2007

 

Research Interests:

 

I have been investigating the reactivity of various scandium, yttrium, and lanthanum alkyl complexes supported by ferrocene diamide ligands.  The overall goal of my research is to develop novel catalysts for small molecule activation, including C-H activation and reduction of carbon dioxide, and for the polymerization of olefins and polar substrates.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Presentations:

                         

Electrophilic scandium alkyl complexes supported by 1,1' bis-                              amidoferrocene ligands. Carver, Colin T.; Diaconescu, Paula L. Abstracts of Papers, 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, United States, March 25-29, 2007  (2007).

                         

Development of new ion-exchange polymers for technetium sensors                           applicable to the vadose zone. Hubler, T. L.; Bryan, S. A.; Carver, C. T.; Thornton, M. E.; Hammack, K. L.; Seliskar, C. J.; Heineman, W. R. Abstracts of Papers, 222nd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, United States, August 26-30, 2001  (2001).

 

 

Publications:

                         

Ring-Opening Reactions of Aromatic N-Heterocycles by Scandium and Yttrium Alkyl Complexes.  Carver, Colin T.; Diaconescu, Paula L.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130(24), 7558-7559

                         

Scandium Alkyl Complexes Supported by a Ferrocene Diamide Ligand.  Carver, Colin T.; Monreal, Marisa; Diaconescu, Paula L.

Organometallics 2008, 27(3), 363-370

 

Redox processes involving a uranium center in the presence of                             ferrocene diamide ligands. Monreal, Marisa; Carver, Colin T.; Diaconescu, Paula L.

Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46(18), 7226-7228

 

Rhodium catalysts bound to functionalized mesoporous silica.                              Bitterwolf, Thomas E.; Newell, J. David; Carver, Colin T.; Addleman, R.                           Shane; Linehan, John C.; Fryxell, Glen. Inorganica Chimica Acta                              2004,  357(10),  3001-3006.