Peter T. Wolczanski

Peter Thomas Wolczanski is the George W. and Grace L. Todd professor of Chemistry at Cornell University.

Peter T. Wolczanski
Born	August 28, 1954 (1954-08-28) (age 70) Utica, NY
Alma mater	Massachusetts Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology
Known for	Low-valent three-coordinate transition metal complexes Small molecule activation (most notably complete CO scission)
Scientific career
Fields	Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry
Institutions	Cornell University
Thesis	The reactivity and syntheses of mono and bis permethylcyclopentadienyl zirconium hydrides (1981)
Doctoral advisor	John E. Bercaw
Other academic advisors	Mark Wrighton
Notable students	Christopher C. Cummins
Website	wolczanski.chem.cornell.edu/pete/

Education

Wolczanski obtained his B.S. in Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1976 while doing research under the direction of Mark Wrighton. He entered graduate school at the California Institute of Technology, working under John Bercaw on various chemistries of permethylzirconocene hydrides and was awarded a doctorate degree in 1981.

Awards and Professional Activities

• Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1999)
• Casimir Funk Natural Science Award, Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America (1998)
• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow (1987-1989)
• J. S. Fluor Fellow (1980)
• 2011 ACS Award in Organometallic Chemistry
• Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1999)
• Casimir Funk Natural Science Award, Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America (1998
• Dow Chemical Co., Technical Advisory Boards (1996-2003 (Synthesis), 2006-2007
• Visiting Miller Research Professorship, Univ. California, Berkeley (1995)
• Fellow, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1987-1989
• Union Carbide Innovation Recognition Program (1988
• Chair, Organometallic Subdivision, ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry (1994-1995)
• Executive Committee, ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry (1991-1993)

Selected publications

• "Carbon Monoxide Cleavage by (silox)₃Ta (silox = ^tBu₃SiO-): Physical, Theoretical and Mechanistic Investigations." Neithamer, D.R.; LaPointe, R.E.; Wheeler, R.A.; Richeson, D.S.; Van Duyne, G.D.; Wolczanski, P.T. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1989, 111, 9056-9072.
• "Symmetry and Geometry Considerations of Atom Transfer: Deoxygenation of (silox)₃WNO and R₃PO (R = Me, Ph, ^tBu) by (silox)₃M (M = V, NbL (L = PMe₃, 4-picoline), Ta; silox = ^tBu₃SiO)." Veige, A. S.; Slaughter, L. M.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Wolczanski, P. T.; Matsunaga, N.; Decker, S. A.; Cundari, T. R. Inorg. Chem. 2003, 42, 6204-6224.
• "Thermodynamics, Kinetics and Mechanism of (silox)₃M(olefin) to (silox)₃M(alkylidene) Rearrangements (silox = ^tBu₃SiO; M = Nb, Ta)." Hirsekorn, K. F.; Veige, A. S.; Marshak, M. P.; Koldobskaya, Y.; Wolczanski, P. T.; Cundari, T. R.; Lobkovsky, E. B. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 4809-4830.
• "3-Center-4-Electron Bonding in [(silox)₂Mo=NR]₂(μ-Hg) Controls Reactivity while Frontier Orbitals Permit a Dimolybdenum π-Bond Energy Estimate." Rosenfeld, D. C.; Wolczanski, P. T.; Barakat, K. A.; Buda, C.; Cundari, T. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 8262-8263.
• "PC Bond Cleavage of (silox)₃NbPMe₃ (silox = ^tBu₃SiO) under Dihydrogen Leads to (silox)₃Nb=CH₂, (silox)₃Nb=PH or (silox)₃NbP(H)Nb(silox)₃, and CH₄." Hirsekorn, K. F.; Veige, A. S.; Wolczanski, P. T. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 2192-2193.

External links

• Wolczanski Group Website