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Dr. Joyce E. Shade, Professor of
Chemistry
Ph.D., University of Louisville
Deputy Director of Research and Scholarship
Director of Special Academic Programs(410) 293-2509 - Nimitz Hall Office
(410) 293-6338 - Michelson Hall Office
Chemistry Department
U.S. Naval Academy
572M Holloway Road
Annapolis, MD 21402-5026
shade@usna.edu
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Synthesis and characterization
studies of mono and disubstituted isocyanide complexes
of iron and ruthenium are being conducted by Professor
Shade under both thermal and photochemical conditions.
The identity of incoming Lewis bases such as phosphine
or phosphite ligands, solvent identity, reaction
temperature and wavelength of the photolysis lamp are
all under investigation as variables which affect the
identity and ratio of reaction products. Through
collaborative efforts with colleagues in England and
Idaho, frozen matrix isolation studies are being
conducted at 12K to investigate the cyano-isocyanide
intermediates generated in these reactions. In a
separate project, the incorporation of resolved prophos
ligand into cyclopentadienyl iron and ruthenium
complexes is under study with an emphasis on the
characterization of the diastereomeric products. Other
projects underway in Professor Shade's laboratory and
research collaborations involve 1) the synthesis and
structural characterization of ditertiary phosphine
derivatives of tetracarbonyldi-n5-cyclopentadienyliron
and ruthenium; 2) the generation of metal radicals as
intermediates in organometallic synthesis; 3) the
syntheses and photochemical rearrangements of ring
coupled bimetallic compounds; and 4) the syntheses and
characterization of bidentate complexes of iron and
ruthenium via photochemical Reimer-Tieman reactions.
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