报告题目：Why Do Weaker Bonds Lead to More Stable Complexes? What is Going On?

报 告 人：William D. Jones，Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester (Associate Editor for theJournal of the American Chemical Society)

报告时间：2017年10月11日（星期三）上午10:00~11:15

报告地点：化学馆120室

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William D. Jones 个人简介

Education and Institutional Responsibilities

Charles F. Houghton Professor of Chemistry

PhD, California Institute of Technology, 1979

Awards and Honors

2003 ACS Award in Organometallic Chemistry

Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award for 2009

Edward Peck Curtis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, 2009

Associate Editor for theJournal of the American Chemical Society

Fellows of the American Chemical Society

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Selected Publications

(1)“Determination of Rhodium-Alkoxide Bond Strengths in Tp¢Rh(PMe3)(OR)H,” Jing Yuwen, Yunzhe Jiao, William W. Brennessel, and William D. Jones,Inorg. Chem.2016,55, 9482-9491.

(2)“Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivities of Molybdenum and Tungsten PONOP Pincer Complexes, Sumit Chakraborty, Lloyd Munjanja, Ruth Castro Rodrigo, William W. Brennessel and William D. Jones,Organometallics,2016,35, 3124–313

(3)“C-CN Cleavage using Palladium Supported by a Dippe Ligand,” Lloyd Munjanja, Coralys Torres-López, William W. Brennessel and William D. Jones,Organometallics 2016,35, 2010-2013. (NSF, CENTC, DOE)

(4)“Nitrile Coordination to Rhodium Does Not Lead to C-H Activation,” Yunzhe Jiao, William W. Brennessel, William D. Jones,Acta Cryst. C,2016,72, 850-852. (DOE)

(5)“Towards Benchmarking in Catalysis Science: Best Practices, Opportunities and Challenges,” Thomas Bligaard, R. Morris Bullock, Charles T. Campbell, Jingguang Chen, Bruce C. Gates, Raymond J. Gorte, Christopher W. Jones, William D. Jones, John R. Kitchin, Susannah L. Scott,ACS Catal.2016,6, 2590-2602.1