Location: Bowdoin / Ryan Nelson

Chemistry

Ryan Nelson

Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Contact Information

rnelson2@bowdoin.edu
207-725-3965
Chemistry
156 Druckenmiller Hall


Spring 2013

  • Introductory Chemistry II (CHEM 102B)
  • Instrumental Analysis (CHEM 310)
  • Instrumental Analysis (CHEM 310L1)


Education

  • Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2006
  • B.A., Chemistry, Gustavus Adolphus College – St. Peter, MN, 2000

Lin, T.-P.; Nelson, R. C.; Wu, T.; Miller, J. T.; Gabbaï, F. P. Lewis acid enhancement by juxtaposition with an onium ion: the case of a mercury stibonium complex. Chem. Sci. 2012, 3, 1128-1136.

Nelson, R. C.; Miller, J. T. An introduction to X-ray absorption spectroscopy and its in situ application to organometallic compounds and homogeneous catalysts. Cat. Sci. Technol. 2012, 2, 461-470.

Wade, C. R.; Lin, T-P; Nelson, R. C.; Mader, E. A.; Miller, J. T.; Gabbaï, F. P. Synthesis, structure and properties of a T-shaped 14-electron stiboranyl-gold complex. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 8948-8955.

Vicente, B. C.; Nelson, R. C.; Moses, A. W.; Chattopadhyay, S.; Scott, S. L. Interactions Involving Lewis Acidic Aluminum Sites in Oxide-Supported Perrhenate Catalysts. J. Phys. Chem. C 2011, 115, 9012-9024.

Vicente, B. C.; Nelson, R. C.; Singh, J.; Scott, S. L.; van Bokhoven, J. A. Electronic Structures of Supported Pt and PtSn Nanoparticles in the Presence of Adsorbates and During CO Oxidation. Catal. Today 2011, 160, 137-143.

Singh, J.; Nelson, R. C.; Vicente, B. C.; Scott, S. L.; van Bokhoven, J. A. Electronic Structure of Alumina-supported Monometallic Pt and Bimetallic PtSn Catalysts under Hydrogen and Carbon Monoxide Environment. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2010, 12, 5668-5677.

Hisamoto, M.; Nelson, R.; Lee, M-Y; Eckert, J.; Scott, S. Mode of Adsorption of (CH3)2Au(acac) onto Partially Dehydroxylated Silica. J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113, 8794-8805.

Moses, A. W.; Rabb, C.; Nelson, R. C.; Leifeste, H. D.; Ramsahye, N. A.; Chattopadhyay, S.; Eckert, J.; Chmelka, B. F.; Scott, S. L. Spectroscopically Distinct Sites Present in Methyltrioxorhenium Grafted onto Silica-Alumina, and Their Abilities to Initiate Olefin Metathesis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 8912-8920.

Nelson, R. C.; Landis, C. R. Chiral Phospholane Ligands Applied to Rhodium-Catalyzed Hydroformylation. Chim. Oggi, 2006, Precious Metal Reaction Insert, 36-39.

Landis, C. R.; Nelson, R. C.; Jin, W.; Bowman, A. C. Synthesis, Characterization, and Transition-Metal Complexes of 3,4-Diazaphospholanes. Organometallics, 2006, 25, 1377-1391.

Landis, C. R.; Jin, W.; Owen, J. S.; Clark, T. P.; Nelson, R. C. Preparation of Diazaphosphacycles and Their Use in Transition Metal Catalyzed Organic Synthesis. PCT Int. Appl. WO 2005042546, 2005.

Stahl, S. S.; Thorman, J. L.; Nelson, R. C.; Kozee, M. A. Oxygenation of Nitrogen-Coordinated Palladium(0): Synthetic, Structural, and Mechanistic Studies and Implications for Aerobic Oxidation Catalysis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 7188-7189.

Nelson, R. C.; Johnson, J. B.; Congdon, D. J.; Nedrelow, J. H.; O’Brien, B. A. Alkali-Metal Phthaloylphosphides: Easily Prepared Phosphide Reagents for Coordination and Main-Group Chemistry. Organometallics 2001, 20, 1705-1708.

Nelson, Ryan C.; Mader, Elizabeth; Johnson, Marc; Miller, Jeff; Lummiss, Justin; Fogg, Deryn; Khusnutdinova, Julia; Mirica, Liviu In Situ Charaterization of Homogeneous Transition Metal Systems Using an Improved XAFS Solution Cell. Poster Presentation, Chicago Catalysis Club 2011 Spring Symposium, May 2011.

Nelson, Ryan C.; Wixson, Laurel K.; Scott, Susannah L. Silica support effects in well-defined heterogeneous molybdenum metathesis catalysts. Oral Presentation. 236th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 2008.

O’Brien, Brian A.; Nelson, Ryan C.; Johnson, Jeffery B. Cesium and Potassium Phthaloylphosphanides. Poster Presentation, 219th ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 2000.