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Joshua Figueroa
Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry: Synthesis, Small Molecule Activation and New Transformations. |
| Contact Information |
| Office: PACH 4224-A |
| Phone: (858) 822-7478 |
| Fax: (858) 822-4442 |
| Email: jsfig@ucsd.edu |
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| Education and Appointments |
| 2005 |
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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| 2000 |
B.S., University of Delaware
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| Awards and Academic Honors |
| 2009 |
Hellman Faculty Fellow |
| 2007 |
Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award |
| 2005-2007 |
National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University |
| 2005 |
Davison Thesis Award, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Research Interests |
Research in the Figueroa Group centers on the design and synthesis of highly tailored and reactive transition metal complexes for small molecule activation chemistry. A major focus is the development of new and useful transformations of stable small molecules such as N2, O2 and CO2. We hope to discover efficient means to utilize these abundant chemical feedstocks in transformations relevant to organic synthesis, industry and alternative energy. A second theme is the modulation and control of redox equivalents in chemical reactions through the explicit use of redox-active ligands and/or spectator agents.
Students in the Figueroa group will become well-versed in organic and inorganic synthetic methodologies. In addition, we routinely use a host of spectroscopic techniques including UV-vis, FTIR, EPR and multi-nuclear NMR. X-ray crystallography and quantum-chemical calculations (DFT) are also major components of our research effort and allow us to both predict and interpret molecules of interest.
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Inorganic Chemistry
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Synthesis
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| Selected Publications |
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Labios, L. A.; Millard, M. D.; Rheingold, A. L.; Figueroa, J. S. "Bond Activation, Substrate Addition and Catalysis by an Isolable
Two-Coordinate Pd(0) Bis-Isocyanide Monomer" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 11318-11319.
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Ditri T. B.; Fox, B. J.; Moore, C. E.; Rheingold, A. L.; Figueroa, J. S. "Effective Control of Ligation and Geometric Isomerism: Direct Comparison of Steric Properties Associated with Bis-mesityl and Bis-diisopropylphenyl m-Terphenyl Isocyanides." Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48, 8362-8375.
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Fox, B. J.; Millard, M. D.; DiPasquale, A. G.; Rheingold, A. L.; Figueroa, J. S. "Thallium(I) as a Coordination Site Protection Agent: Preparation of an Isolable Zero-Valent Nickel Trisisocyanide" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 3473-3477.
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Fox, B. J.; Sun, Q. Y.; DiPasquale, A. G.; Fox, A. R.; Rheingold, A. L.; Figueroa, J. S "Solution Behavior and Structural Properties of Cu(I) Complexes Featuring m-Terphenyl Isocyanides. Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 9010-9020.
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