List of Graduate Students and Thesis Titles:

Roger A. Boggs

I. Stereochemistry of the Norrish Type II Cleavage of Ketones. II. Preparation and Reactions of Metal Carbene Complexes.

Graduated December 1972.

Now at Polaroid, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Clifford R. Cyr

I. Metal Carbonyl Catalyzed Olefin Isomerization. II. Reactions of Metal Carbonyl Anions with Methyl and Phenyl Metal Carbonyl Compounds.

Graduated May 1973.

Now at E. I. duPont, Photo Products, Pennsylvania.

David F. Marten

The Reaction of Organocopper(I) Reagents with Enol Esters Derived from 1,3- Dicarbonyl Compounds.

Graduated August 1974.

Now Professor at Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California.

Charles A. Bunnell

I. The Decarbonylation of Acylpentacarbonylmanganese(I) Compounds. II. Nucleophilic Attack of Organolithium Reagents on Acylpentacarbonylmanganese(I) Compounds.

Graduated August 1974.

Now at Eli Lilly, Lafayette, Indiana.

Ronald L. Anderson

I. Generation, Structure, Basicity and Alkylation of Conjugate Bases of Transition Metal Carbene Complexes. II. Thermolysis of Transition Metal Carbene Complexes.

Graduated December 1974.

Now at BP, Napierville, Illinois.

Terry J. Burkhardt

I. Reaction of Phosphorus Ylide with Transition Metal Carbene Complexes. II. Preparation and Reactions of Diphenylcarbenepentacarbonyltungsten(O).

Graduated December 1974.

Now at Exxon, Baytown, Texas.

William R. Brunsvold

Reactions of Anions of Group VI Transition Metal- Carbene Complexes.

Graduated June 1976.

Now at IBM, Poughkeepsie, New York.

Stanley W. Polichnowski

Preparations and Reactions of Alkyl- and Arylpentacarbonyltungsten Anions.

Graduated December 1977.

Now at Eastman Chemicals, Kingsport, Tennessee.

Hendrik E. Tuinstra

I. Reactions of (Di-p-tolycarbene)pentacarbonyltungsten(O) with Alkenes - A Model for the Olefin Metathesis Reaction. II. Stereochemistry of Terminal Alkene Nonproductive Metathesis.

Graduated January 1978.

Now at Dow Chemical, Midland, Michigan.

Loren D. Albin

Electrochemical Reduction of Arylmethoxycarbene Complexes.

Graduated June 1978.

Now at 3M, St. Paul, Minnesota.

Stephen M. Neumann

Models for the Metal Catalyzed Reduction of Carbon Monoxide by Hydrogen.

Graduated August 1978.

Now at Eastman Kodak, Rochester, New York.

Daniel M. Scheck

I. Mechanism of Decomposition of Bisacyl Rhenium and Manganese Compounds. II. Mechanism of Rearrangement of Platinacyclobutanes.

Graduated August 1979.

Now at Dow Chemical, North Carolina.

Mark C. Cesa

I. Stereochemistry and Mechanism of the Reaction of LiCu(CH3)2 with g-Cyclopropyl a,b-Unsaturated Ketones. II. Stereochemistry and Mechanism of ¹³CO Exchange with Group VIB Metal Carbene Complexes.

Graduated December 1979.

Now at British Petroleum, Illinois.

Alan J. Shusterman

Chelated Tungsten Alkene- Carbene Complexes.

Graduated January 1981.

Now Professor at Reed College, Portland, Oregon.

Stephen G. Harsy

I. Cyclopentadienyl Rearrangements in Phosphine Substitution Reactions of Group VIB Cyclopenta-dienyldicarbonylnitrosyl Complexes. II. Synthesis and Reaction of Alkenylpentacarbonyltungstate(0) Anions. III. Metathesis Reactions of an Asymmetric Titanium Methylene Complex.

Graduated August 1982.

Now at UW Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin.

Nicholas W. Vollendorf

Tungsten(0) Chelated Aminocarbene- Alkene Complexes.

Graduated December 1982.

Now at Virent Energy Systems, Madison, Wisconsin.

R. Morris Bullock

Heterobimetallic Compounds Linked by a Heterodifunctional Ligand.

Graduated January 1984.

Now at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

William H. Miles

I. Synthesis and Reactions of Iron Carbene Complexes. II. Synthesis and Reactions of Bridging Methylene Complexes.

Graduated June 1984.

Now Associate Professor at Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania.

Joseph M. O'Connor

Trimethylphosphine Induced Cyclopentadienyl Ligand Transformations.

Graduated August 1984.

Now Associate Professor at the University of California- San Diego.

Philip J. Brondsema

I. The Relative Rates of the Degenerate Metathesis of Terminal Olefins and the Degenerate Metathesis of Ethylene Catalyzed by Tungsten Hexachloride-Tetramethyl Tin. II. The Metathesls and Polymerization of Terminal Olefins Catalyzed by Molybdenum Nitrosyl Chloride Aluminum Alkyl Complexes. III. The Stereoselective Metathesis of Cis- 2- Pentene to Cis- 2- Butene Catalyzed by Molybdenum Complexes of Phosphines of Different Symmetry and Aluminum Alkyl Cocatalysts.

Graduated December 1984.

Now at Dow Chemical, Midland, Michigan.

Seth R. Marder

Synthesis and Reactivity of Diiron Complexes with Bridging Carbon Ligands.

Graduated August 1985.

Now Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia.

Mark W. Meszaros

I. Structural Comparisons of Iron Formyl and Iron Acetyl Complexes. II. Reactions and Mechanisms Involving a Diiron m- Methylidyne Complex and Alkenes.

Graduated October 1985.

Now at Flinn Scientific, Batavia, Illinois.

Nora L. Hornung

I. Intramolecular Cyclopropanation and Olefin Metathesis Reactions of (CO)5W=C(OCH2CH2CH=CHOCH3)C6H4-p-CH3. II. Alkylation at Nitrogen in Tungsten(0) Aminocarbene Complexes. III. Regioselective Deprotonation and Alkylation a to Nitrogen in (CO)5W=C[N(CH3)2]C6H4-p-CH3.

Graduated January 1987.

Now at E.I. duPont, Wilmington, Delaware.

Edwin A. Austin, Jr.

The Synthesis and Reactivity of Diiron Complexes Containing Bridging Alkenylidene, Alkenyl, and Allene Ligands.

Graduated October 1987.

Now at Aldrich Chemical, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Mark S. Konings

Synthesis, Structure, and Bonding of Diiron m- Vinylcarbyne Complexes.

Graduated October 1987.

Now at 3M, St. Paul, Minnesota.

Edward W. Rutter, Jr.

Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity of Rhenium- Platinum Dihydrides.

Graduated May 1989.

Now at Intel

Gregory T. Whiteker

Synthesis, Structure and Hydroformylation Selectivity of Metal Complexes of Diphosphines with Large Natural Bite Angles.

September 1989. Now at Dow Chemical, Midland, MI

Laura J. Smith Vosejpka

I. Formation of Cyclic Hydrocarbons from C5H5(CO)2Fe(CH2)nX Complexes. II. Synthesis of threo- C5H5(CO)2FeCHDCHDCH2SC6H5 and its Conversion to Cyclopropane - A Determination of the Stereochemistry of Cyclopropane Formation. III. Photoreactions of C5H5(CO)2Fe(CH2)nX.

Graduated November 1989.

Now at Dow Chemical, Midland, Michigan.

Paul C. Vosejpka

I. Reactions of Nucleophiles with Cationic Diiron Complexes. II. Reactions of Nucleophiles and Electrophiles with Amphiphilic Rhenium Alkylidene Complexes.

Graduated November 1989.

Now at Dow Chemical, Midland, Michigan.

Chae S. Yi

I. Synthesis and Reactions of Cationic Rhenium Allyl Complexes. II. Acid Catalyzed Isomerization and Deuterium Exchange of Rhenium Alkene Complexes. III. Synthesis and Reactions of Cationic Rhenium Allenyl Complexes.

Graduated November 1991.

Now Associate Professor at Marquette University.

Gerald P. Niccolai

I. Fenske-Hall Molecular Orbital Studies of [CpM(CO)n]2 Complexes: The Interplay of Metal-Metal Bonding and Bridging and Semibridging Ligands. II. The Photolytic Dehydrogenation of the Diiron Alkylidene Complex, [CpFe(CO)]2(m-CO)(m-CHCH2CH2CH2CH3).

Graduated February 1992.

Now Senior Researcher, Laboratoire ICAR, CNRS, Lyon, France.

Todd L. Underiner

Rearrangements of Organorhenium Compounds

Graduated December 1992.

Now at Procter and Gamble, Cincinnati, OH.

Yan Wang

Synthesis, Reactions and Mechanistic Studies of Rhenium-Platinum Complexes

Graduated January 1993.

Now Vice-President of Business Development and Research at Scientific Protein Laboratories, LLC, Wisconsin.

Lori M. Petrovich

Selectivity in Rhodium-Catalyzed Hydroformylation is Kinetically Controlled and Determined by Diphosphine Chelation Mode

Graduated October 1993.

Ross M. Widenhoefer

Reactions of Small Molecules with Paramagnetic Tricobalt Hydride Clusters

Graduated October 1994.

Now an associate professor at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.

Ronald S. Cariño

Reactions of Cp*(CO)2Re=Re(CO)2Cp* with Alkynes and Other Organic Ligands.

Graduated January 1996.

Now at Clorox, Oakland, California.

Susan L. Hallenbeck

I. Yttrium(III) d⁰ Transtion Metal-Alkyl-Alkene Complexes. II. The Reaction of Aceytlene with Cp*3Co3(m2-H)3(m-H).

Graduated in May 1996.

Now at Dupont, Wilmington, Delaware

Curt Czerwinski

Effect of ring strain in a hydroxycarbene complex-metal acyl hydride equilibrium : II. Stereochemistry of hydrogen chloride addition to an amphiphilic carbene complex.

Graduated in 1996.

Now an assistant professor at University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, LaCrosse, Wisconsin

John R. Nash

Synthesis and reactions of rhenium pi-propargyl complexes.

Graduated in 1997.

Now at Lifetouch, Minneapolis, MN.

John T. Brady

Kinetic and mechanistic investigations of rhenium alkyne complexes.

Graduated in 1998.

Now at 3M in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Evelyn J. Lin Paulsen

Electron withdrawing substituents on equatorial and apical phosphines have opposite effects on the regioselectivity of rhodium catalyzed hydroformylation.

Graduated in 1998.

Now at Air Products, Allentown, PA.

Steven Chung

Studies of ETA-3 propargyl complexes of rhenium and platinum.

Graduated in 1998.

Now at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois.

Jennifer Fisher Klein

Kinetics and thermodynamics of d¡-yttrocene-alkyl-alkene complexes : I. : Reaction rates of alkenes with Cp*2YH(THF).

Graduated in 1999.

Now at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.

Maureen A. Fagan

I. Kinetics and thermodynamics of alkene complexation in d0 yttrium-alkyl-alkene complexes

II. Mechanism of the reversal of enantioselectrivity in the platinum-catalyzed

Graduated in 1999.

Now an assistant professor at Smith College, MA.

Stefan Kraft

[1,3] metal shifts and dimerizations of rhenium alkynyl carbene complexes

Graduated in 2001.

Now an assistant professor at Kansas State University.

Donald W. Carpenetti II

Models of key intermediates in metallocene catalyzed alkene polymerizations: Zirconium- alkyl-alkene chelates.

Graduated in 2001.

Now at Delphi Automotive, Oklahoma City, OK.

Steven W. Singer

Formation and reactions of a hydroxycyclopentadienyl ruthenium hydride: An organometallic complex containing electronically coupled acidic and hydridic hydrogens

Graduated in 2001.

Now a postdoc at University of California-Berkeley.

Timothy Boller

Regioselectivity of nucleophilic addition to eta-3 propargyl complexes and electronic effects novel equilibrium between eta-3 propargyl and eta-2 allenyl complexs of rhenium

Graduated in 2002.

Now a Exxon-Mobil, Houston, TX.

Thomas E. Vos

Formation and reactions of aminocyclopentadienyl ruthenium complexes: an exploration into new organometallic hydrogenation catalysts

Graduated in 2002.

Now at Invista, Orange, TX.

Susie C. Martins

Understanding the Origin of Selectivity in Hydroformylation

Graduated in 2004.

Now at UOP, Des Plaines, IL.

Jeffrey B. Johnson

Analysis of a Hydroxycyclopentadienyl Ruthenium Hydride Ligand-Metal Bifunctional Catalyst: Reactivity, Mechanistic Studies and the Development of More Active Catalysts

Graduated in 2004.

Now a postdoc at Colorado State University.

Galina A. Bikzhanova

Hydroxycyclopentadienyl Ruthenium Hydride Hydrogenation Catalysts: Mechanism of Imine Reduction and Development of a More Active Catalyst

Graduated in 2005.

Now a postdoc at University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Neil A. Strotman

I.Stereochemistry of Cyclopropane Formation Involving Group (IV) Organometallic Complexes

II. Slower Stoichiometric and Faster Catalytic Reduction of Aldehydes by the PPh₃ Substituted Hydroxycyclopentadienyl Ruthenium Hydride [2,5-Ph₂-3,4-Tol₂(eta-5-C₄4COH)]Ru(CO)(PPh₃)H: A Highly Chemoselective Catalyst for Hydrogenation of Aldehydes over Ketones.

Graduated in 2005.

Now a postdoc at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Sharon E. Beetner

In Situ Observations of Hydrogenations with Hydroxycyclopentadienyl Ruthenium Hydride Catalysts

Graduated in 20057.

Now a Research Scientist at SABIC Americas.