Dean Roddick
Professor
Inorganic/Organometallic Chemistry

B.S., 1979, University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D., 1984, California Institute of Technology
Postdoctoral Fellow, 1984-95, University of Wisconsin
Postdoctoral Fellow, 1985-86, University of California, San Diego

dmr@uwyo.edu • (307) 766-2535 • PS 418

General Scope - Our research program centers on the application of novel perfluorinated phosphine ligands to a variety of challenging problems in metal coordination chemistry and homogeneous catalysis. In our laboratory we have exploited the chelating perfluorinated phosphine ligand (C₂F₅)₂PCH₂CH₂P(C₂F₅)₂ ("dfepe"), which mimics the electronic properties of the classic pi-acceptor ligand carbon monoxide while possessing substantially greater steric influence and chemical inertness. This ligand has allowed us to synthesize a wide range of highly stabilized electrophilic "Teflon-coated" transition metal complexes with unique chemical properties. More recently we have extended this this class of phosphine ligands to include monodentate (C₂F₅)₂P(R) as well as PCP "pincer" type phosphines.  






 

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