Faculty Guide

Title

Associate Professor of Chemistry

Chemistry

Expertise

Synthetic inorganic, bioinorganic and organometallic chemistry.

Profile

group webpage:
http://people.brandeis.edu/~thomasc/index.HTML

Awards and Honors

Alberta Gotthardt and Henry Strage Award for Aspiring Young Science Faculty (2013)

2012 Organometallics Fellow (2012)

Kavli Fellow (2012)

Michale Laban Walzer '56 Award for Excellent in teaching (2012)

2011 Sloan Research Fellowship (2011 - 2013)

Courses Taught

CHEM	39b	Intermediate Chemistry Laboratory
CHEM	122b	Inorganic Chemistry II, Lectures
CHEM	220c	Inorganic Chemistry Seminar
CHEM	230c	Organic Chemistry Seminar

Scholarship

DePasquale, J.; Nieto, I.; reuther, L. E.; Herbst-Gervasoni, C. J.; Paul, J. J.; Mochalin, V.; Zeller, M.; Thomas, Christine M.; Addison, A. W.; Papish, E. T.. "Iridium Dihydroxybipyridine Complexes Show That Ligand Deprotonation Dramatically Speeds Rates of Catalytic Water Oxidation." Inorganic Chemistry DOI: 10.1021/ic302448d. (2013). (forthcoming)

Kuppuswamy, S.; Powers, T. M.; Johnson, B. M.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Brozek, C. K.; Foxman, B. M.; Berben, L. A.; Thomas, Christine M.. "Metal–Metal Interactions in C3-Symmetric Diiron Imido Complexes Linked by Phosphinoamide Ligands." Inorganic Chemistry DOI: 10.1021/ic302108k. (2013). (forthcoming)

Napoline, J. W.; Krogman, J. P.; Shi, R.; Kuppuswamy, S.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, Christine M.. "Activation of E-H and E-E (E = S, O) Bonds by Heterobimetallic Zr/Co Complexes: Evidence for both One- and Two-Electron Processes." European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201300122. (2013). (forthcoming)

Zhou, W.; Marquard, S. L.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, Christine M.. "Catalytic Hydrosilylation of Ketones Using a Co/Zr Heterobimetallic Complex: Evidence for an Unusual Mechanism Involving Ketyl Radicals." Organometallics DOI: 10.1021/om301194g. (2013). (forthcoming)

Evers, Deirdra A.; Bluestein, Alia H.; Foxman, Bruce M.; Thomas, Christine M.. "Synthesis and Investigation of the Metal-Metal Interactions in Early/Late Heterobimetallic Complexes Linking Group 5 Imido Fragments to Co(I)." Dalton Transactions 41. (2012): 8111-8115. (forthcoming)

Krogman, J. P.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, Christine M.. "Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of an Anionic Zr–Oxo Relevant to CO2 Reduction by a Zr/Co Heterobimetallic Complex." Inorganic Chemistry 52. 6 (2013): 3022-3031.

Mathialagan, R.; Kuppuswamy, S.; De Denko, A. T.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, Christine M.. "Metal–Metal Bonding in Low-Coordinate Dicobalt Complexes Supported by Phosphinoamide Ligands." Inorganic Chemistry 52. 2 (2013): 701-706.

Napoline, J. W.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, Christine M.. "N–H activation of hydrazines by a heterobimetallic Zr–Co complex: promotion of one-electron chemistry at Zr." Chemical Communications DOI: 10.1039/C2CC35594A. (2013).

Pan, B.; Pierre, S.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Napoline, J. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, Christine M.. "Isolation of N-Heterocyclic Alkyl Intermediates en Route to Transition Metal N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes: Insight into a C–H Activation Mechanism." Organometallics 32. 2 (2013): 704-710.

Thomas, Christine M.. "“Zr/Co Heterobimetallic Complexes: Single-electron Transfer Chemistry and Ligand Hemilability.”." Gordon Research Conference on Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms, Galveston, TX. 2013.

Cooper, Benjamin G.; Napoline, J. Wesley, Thomas, Christine M.. "Catalytic Applications of Early/Late Heterbimetallic Complexes." Catalysis Reviews - Science and Engineering 54. (2012): 1-40.

Kuppuswamy, S.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Powers, T. M.; Turnbull, M. M.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, Christine M.. "Utilization of Phosphinoamide Ligands in Homobimetallic Fe and Mn Complexes: The Effect of Disparate Coordination Environments on Metal-Metal Interactions and Magnetic and Redox Properties.." Inorganic Chemistry 51. (2012): 8225-8240.

Kuppuswamy, Subramaniam; Coopoer, Benjamin G.; Bezpalko, Mark W.; Foxman, Bruce M.; Powers, Tamara M.; Thomas, Christine M.. "Synthesis and Structural Characterization of High Spin M/Cu (M = Mn, Fe) Heterobimetallic and Fe/Cu2 Trimetallic Phosphinoamides." Inorganic Chemistry 51. 3 (2012): 1866-1873.

Pan, Baofei; Bezpalko, Mark W.; Foxman, Bruce M.; Thomas, Christine M.. "Heterolytic Activation of E-H Bonds Across Pt-P Bonds in Pt NHP (N-heterocylic Phospenium/Phosphido) Complexes.." Dalton Transactions 41. (2012): 9083-9090.

Pan, Baofei; Xu, Zhequan; Bezpalko, Mark W.; Foxman, Bruce M.; Thomas, Christine M.. "N-Heterocyclic Phosphenium Ligands as Sterically and Electronically Tunable Isolobal Analogues of Nitrosyls." Inorganic Chemistry 51. 4170-4179 (2012): DOI: 10.1021/ic202581v.

Thomas, Christine M.. "Activation and functionalization of sigma bonds by early/late heterobimetallic complexes." ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA. March 27, 2012.

Thomas, Christine M.. "Activation of carbon dioxide by early/late heterobimetallic complexes." ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA. March 28, 2012.

Thomas, Christine M.. "Metal-Metal Multiple Bonds in Early/Late Heterobimetallic Complexes: Applications Towards Small Molecule Activation and Catalysis." Comments in Inorganic Chemistry 42. (2012): 13-48.

Thomas, Christine M.. "“Activation of Carbon Dioxide and Related Molecules by Zr/Co Heterobimetallic Complexes.”." Gordon Research Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, Newport, RI. 2012.

Thomas, Christine M.. "“Applications of Metal-Metal Multiple Bonds in Early/Late Heterobimetallic Complexes.”." 244th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. 2012.

Day, G. S.; Pan, B.; Kellenberger, D. L.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, Christine M.. "Guilty as Charged: Non-Innocent Behavior by a Pincer Ligand Featuring a Central Cationic Phosphenium Donor." Chemical Communications 47. (2011): 3634-3636.

Huacuja, R.; Graham, D. J.; Fafard, C. M.; Chen, C.-H.; Foxman, B. M.; Herbert, D.; Alliger, G.; Thomas, Christine M.; Ozerov, O.. "Reactivity of a Pd(I)-Pd(I) dimer with O2: Monohapto Pd Superoxide and Dipalladium Peroxide in Equilibrium." Journal of the American Chemical Society 133. (2011): 3820-3823.

Krogman, J. P.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, Christine M.. "Activation of CO2 by a Heterobimetallic Zr/Co Complex." Journal of the American Chemical Society 133. 37 (2011): 14582-14585.

Pan, Baofei; Bezpalko, Mark W.; Foxman, Bruce M.; Thomas, Christine M.. "Coordination of an N-Heterocyclic Phosphenium Containing Pincer Ligand to a Co(CO)2 Fragment Allows Oxidation To Form an Unusual N-Heterocyclic Phosphinito Species." Organometallics 30. 21 (2011): 5560-5563.

Setty, Vinay N.; Zhou, W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, Christine M.. "Subtle Differences Between Zr and Hf in Early/Late Heterobimetallic Complexes with Co." Inorganic Chemistry 50. 10 (2011): 4647-4655.

Thomas, Christine M.. "Reactivity of Early/Late Heterobimetallic Complexes Featuring Metal-Metal Multiple Bonds: Small Molecule Activation and Catalytic Applications." Organometallics Gordon Research Conference. Newport, RI

Zhou, W.; Napoline, J. W.; Thomas, Christine M.. "A Catalytic Application of Co/Zr Heterobimetallic Complexes: Kumada Coupling of Unactivated Alkyl Halides with Alkyl Zinc Reagents." European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2011. 13 (2011): 2029-2033.

Benjamin G. Cooper, Claudia M. Fafard, Chun-Hsing Chen, Bruce M. Foxman, and Christine M. Thomas. "Electronic Factors Affecting Metal-Metal Interactions in Early/Late Heterobimetallics: Substituent Effects in Pt/Zr Bis(phosphinoamide) Complexes." Organometallics 29. invited publication for honorary issue in honor of Dietmar Seyferth (2010): 5179-5186.

Bennett P. Greenwood, Gerard T. Rowe, Chun-Hsing Chen, Bruce M. Foxman and Christine M. Thomas. "Metal−Metal Multiple Bonds in Early/Late Heterobimetallics Support Unusual Trigonal Monopyramidal Geometries at both Zr and Co." Journal of the American Chemical Society 132. 1 (2010): 44-45.

Christine M. Thomas. "Multielectron Redox Activity and Metal-Metal Interactions in Early/Late Heterobimetallic Complexes." 21st Boston Regional Inorganic Colloquium. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. February 2010.

Thomas, Christine M.. "Multielectron Redox Activity Facilitated by Metal-Metal Interactions in Early/Late Heterobimetallics." 238th National American Chemical Society Meeting. Washington, DC. August 2009.

Thomas, Christine M.. "Mutlielectron Redox Activity Facilitated by Metal-Metal Interactions in Early/Late Heterobimetallics." Organometallics Gordon Research Conference. Newport, RI. July 2009.

Thomas, Christine M.; Napoline, J. W.; Rowe, G. T.; Foxman, B. M.. "Oxidative Addition Across Zr/Co Multiple Bonds in Early/Late Heterobimetallic Complexes." Chemical Communications 46. (2010): 5790-5792.

Greenwood, B. P; Forman, S. I.; Chen, Chun-Hsing; Foxman, B. M.;Thomas, Christine M.. "Multielectron Redox Activity Facilitated by Metal-Metal Interactions in Early-Late Heterobimetallcs: Co/Zr Complexes Supported by Phosphinoamide Ligands." Inorganic Chemistry 48. (2009): 6251-6260.