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Jackson Group
University of Kansas
Department of Chemistry
1251 Wescoe Hall Drive
Lawrence, KS 66045-7572
Lab: B028, 1016, 1015, and 1009 Malott Hall
785-864-4445
Prof. Tim Jackson
Department of Chemistry
University of Kansas
1251 Wescoe Hall Drive
Lawrence, KS 66045-7572
Office: 1027 Malott Hall
785-864-3968
E-mail: taj@ku.edu
Jackson Group News
December 2017
Mn K-edge X-ray absorption studies of mononuclear Mn(III)-hydroxo complexes by Derek Rice and Gayan Wijeratne in Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry
Welcome to the group, Jaycee Mayfield and Elizabeth Grotemeyer!
October 2017
Manganese-oxygen Intermediates in O-O Bond Activation and Hydrogen-Atom Transfer Reactions by Derek Rice and Allyssa Massie in Accounts of Chemical Research
April 2017
ACS National meeting in San Francisco by Derek Rice, Allyssa Massie, Melissa Denler, Joshua Parham, and Aruna Munasinghe.
March 2017
Equatorial Ligand Perturbations Influence the Reactivity of Manganese(IV)-Oxo Complexes by Allyssa Massie, Melissa Denler, et. al in Angewandte Chemi International Edition
December 2016
Welcome to the group, Yuri Lee!
November 2016
Spectroscopic and Computational Investigations of a Mononuclear Manganese(IV)-Oxo Complex Reveal Electronic Structure Contributions to Reactivity by Domenick Leto, Allyssa Massie, and Derek Rice in JACS.
July 2016
Steric and Electronic Influence on Proton-Coupled Electron-Transfer Reactivity of a Mononuclear Mn(III)-Hydroxo Complex by Derek Rice, Gayan Wijeratne, Andrew Burr, and Josh Parham in Inorganic Chemistry
April 2016
Congratulations to Hannah Colmer, graduating with Ph.D with honors!
December 2015
Welcome to the group, Aruna Munasinghe!
June 2015
Welcome to the group, Melissa Denler!
June 2015
Congratulations to Gayan Wijeratne, graduating with Ph.D. with honors!
April 2015
Presentation by Gayan Wijeratne, "Dioxygen activation under ambient conditions using bio-inspired manganese(II) complexes to generate mid-valent oxidants for catalytic O–H bond oxidations," and poster presentation by Hannah Colmer, "Formation, Characterization, and O-O Bond Activation of a Bio-inspired Peroxomanganese(III) Complex," at 249th ACS National Meeting and Exposition, Denver, CO.
January 2015
"O–H bond oxidation by a monomeric Mn(III)–OMe complex" by Gayan Wijeratne published in Dalton Transactions
December 2014
Welcome to the group, Josh Parham!
November 2014
October 2014
"Geometric and electronic structure of a peroxomanganese(III) complex supported by a scorpionate ligand" by Hannah Colmer published in Dalton Transactions
July 2014
"Saturation Kinetics in Phenolic O–H Bond Oxidation by a Mononuclear Mn(III)–OH Complex Derived from Dioxygen" by Gayan Wijeratne and Briana Corzine published in Inorganic Chemistry
June 2014
"Mn K-Edge X-ray Absorption Studies of Oxo- and Hydroxo-manganese(IV) Complexes: Experimental and Theoretical Insights into Pre-Edge Properties" by Domenick Leto published in Inorganic Chemistry
June 2014
Domenick Leto graduates with Ph.D with honors
May 2014
"Electrochemical formation and reactivity of a manganese peroxo complex: acid driven H2O2 generation vs. O–O bond cleavage " by Hannah Colmer published in Chemical Science
January 2014
Poster presentation by Dr. Timothy Jackson at the Metals in Biology Gordon Research Conference and by Domenick Leto, Gayan Wijeratne, and Hannah Colmer at the Bioinorganic Gordon Research Seminar in Ventura, CA
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