James P. Collman

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James P. Collman
Born1932 (age 91–92)
PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsBioinorganic chemistry, organometallic chemistry
InstitutionsUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Stanford University
ThesisThe Magnesium Enolate of 2,2-Diphenylcyclohexanone (1958)
Doctoral advisorReynold C. Fuson
Doctoral studentsPenelope Brothers, Kim Kimoon, Hilary Godwin, Jack R. Norton, Kenneth S. Suslick, Jonathan Sessler
Other notable studentsRobert H. Grubbs, Karl Barry Sharpless

James P. Collman (born 1932) is an American chemist who is the George A. and Hilda M. Daubert Professor of Chemistry, emeritus at

National Academy of Sciences.[2]

Early life and education

Collman was born in 1932, in Beatrice, Nebraska.

Collman received B.S. (1954) and M.S. degrees (1956) in

University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1958 under Reynold C. Fuson. After serving as an Instructor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for one year, he was hired as an assistant professor in 1959.[3] Collman was promoted to associate professor in 1962, then full professor in 1966.[4]
In 1967, he moved to Stanford University. He was promoted to George A. & Hilda M. Daubert Endowed Chair in Chemistry in 1980, and is now professor emeritus.

Research contributions

Collman has contributed to several aspects of transition metal chemistry, as documented in over 366 scientific papers.

In the 1960s his group demonstrated that certain metal

acetylacetonates undergo Friedel-Crafts
-like reactions, indicating that these chelate rings have aromatic character.

In the area of organometallic chemistry, through reviews as well as original research, his group popularized the

Collman's reagent, Na2Fe(CO)4, prepared in his laboratories, enables certain C-C coupling reactions in organic synthesis. He coauthored an influential textbook, Principles and Applications of Organotransition Metal Chemistry, that went through three editions.[6]

He popularized the use of

cytochrome oxidase.[7]

Awards and honors

Collman has advised many academic researchers, many of whom have gone on to notable careers. Two of his postdoctoral researchers at Stanford, Karl Barry Sharpless and Robert H. Grubbs, later received Nobel Prizes in Chemistry.

References

  1. doi:10.1021/ar9603064
  2. ^ "James P. Collman". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  3. ^ "James Collman | Department of Chemistry". chemistry.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  4. ^ "COLLMAN-Vita". web.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  5. ISSN 0002-7863
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  6. ISBN 0-935702-51-2
  7. ^ Chemical & Engineering News, 19 January 2009, p. 73
  8. ^ Chemical & Engineering News, 19 January 2009, "2009 ACS National Award Winners", pp. 72-73
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