Daniel Fox

Dr. Daniel J. Fox
Phone:  617-994-6467
Email: dfox@suffolk.edu
Office Hours (Archer 627)
 T 4-5
W  11-12
Th  10-11
or by appointment 

Research Interests

• Study of reaction mechanisms involving the reaction of organic and organometallic species with hydrogen
• Parahydrogen Induced Polarization
 

Education

University of California, Berkeley  Ph.D., Chemistry      
SUNY Geneseo  B.S., Chemistry; B.A., Mathematics
 

Employment

Visiting Assistant Professor
2006-2007   Saint Michael’s College                                                                         
Colchester, VT
  

Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Research Advisor:  Professor Richard Eisenberg
 

Publications and Presentations

Fox, D. J.; Duckett, S. B.; Flaschenriem, C.; Brennessel, W. W.; Schneider, J.; Gunay, A.;    Eisenberg, R. “A Model Iridium Hydroformylation System with the Large Bite Angle    Ligand Xantphos:  Reactivity with Parahydrogen and Implications for Hydroformylation Catalysis.”  Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45, 7197-7209.

 

Janka, M. J.; Atesin, A. C.; Fox, D. J.; Flashcenriem, C.; Brennessel, W. W.; Eisenberg, R. “Highly Diastereoselective Oxidative Addition of Methyl Iodide to a Chiral Square-Planar Complex.”  Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45, 6559-6561.

 

Eisenberg, R.; Fox, D. J. “Experimental Methods and Techniques:  Parahydrogen Induced Polarization in Organometallic Chemistry.”  In Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry III; Crabtree, R. H.; Mingos, M. P., Eds.; Elsevier, Ltd.:  Oxford 2006.  pp 429-450.

 

Invited lecture:  “Mechanistic Studies of Stoichiometric and Catalytic Organometallic Chemistry of Late Transition Metal Complexes.”  SUNY Geneseo Department of Chemistry; November 5, 2004.

 

Fox, D. J.; Bergman, R. G. “Synthesis of an Iron Parent Amido Complex and a Comparison of Its Reactivity with the Ruthenium Analog.”  Organometallics  2004, 23, 1656-1670.

 

Fox, D. J.; Bergman, R. G. “Synthesis of a First-Row Transition Metal Parent Amido Complex and Carbon Monoxide Insertion into the Amide N-H Bond.” J. Am Chem.Soc. 2003, 125, 8984-8985.

 

Fox, D. J.; Holland, A. W.; Bergman, R. G.  “Synthesis and Reactivity of Group 8 Parent Amido Complexes.” Contributed Talk, INOR 599, ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 2002.

 

Fulton, J. R.; Holland, A. W.; Fox, D. J.; Bergman, R. G.  “Formation, Reactivity, and Properties of Nondative Late Transition Metal-Oxygen and -Nitrogen Bonds.” Acc. Chem. Res. 2002, 35, 44-56.

 Rosenberg, R. E.; Abel, R. L.; Drake, M. D.; Fox, D. J.; Ignatz, A. K.; Kwiat, D. M.; Schaal, K. M.; Virkler, P. R.  “An Examination of Hyper-conjugative and Electrostatic Effects in the Hydride Reductions of 2-Substituted-4-tert-butylcyclohexanones.” J. Org. Chem. 2001, 66, 1694-1700.

 

Courses Taught

Chem 211 – Organic Chemistry I lecture and lab (fall 2007)
Chem 212 – Organic Chemistry II lecture and lab (spring 2008)