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IMMEDIATE RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Inorganic Chemistry: a) The synthesis, structural characterization and reactivity of transition metal complexes containing sulfur-based ligands; b) the modeling of both industrial and biological catalytic systems; and c) synthesis and structural characterization of transition metal complexes with thiophenic ligands.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

• Structure of (Dimethyldithiocarbamate)(triphenylphosphine)(h⁵-cyclopentadiene) Ruthenium(II). A. W. Cordes and M. Draganjac, Acta Cryst., Sect. C., C44, (1988), 363-364.
• Synthesis of [Ru(CO)₂(Se₄)₂]^2-. An Anionic Ru²⁺ Polychalcogenide Complex. M. Draganjac, Sandeep Dhingra, Song-Ping Huang and Mercouri Kanatzidis. Inorganic Chem., 29, (1990), 590-591.
• New Organometallic Dithiooxalate Compound. Synthesis and Structure of [Cp₂ZrCl]₂(dto). Colin A. Hester, M. Draganjac and A. W. Cordes. Inorg. Chim. Acta, 184, (1991), 137-139.
• Molecular structures of [CpRu(PPh₃)(dtoxa-H₂O)]BF₄ and {[CpRu(PPh₃)₂]₂(µ-dtoxa)]}(BF₄)₂, dtoxa = dithiooxamide. M. Draganjac, David Minick and A. W. Cordes. J. Cryst. Spec. Res., 23, (1993), 265-271.
• The Reaction of CpRu(PPh₃)₂⁺ with Organic Thiols. Synthesis and Characterization of [CpRu(PPh₃)₂(RSH)]BF₄, R = benzyl, phenethyl, and the Molecular and Crystal Structure of [CpRu(PPh₃)₂(C₆H₅CH₂CH₂SH)]BF₄.CH₂Cl₂. Haengsoon Park, David Minick, M. Draganjac, A. W. Cordes, R. L. Hallford and Gordon Eggleton. Inorg. Chim. Acta, 204, (1993), 195-198.
• Crystal and molecular structure of [CpRu(PPh₃)₂(t-C₄H₉SH)]BF₄. David Minick, M. Draganjac, Joey W. Crump and A. W. Cordes. J. Cryst. Spec. Res., 23, (1993), 629-632.
• The S-H Stretching Frequencies in Ruthenium Mercaptan Complexes and the Crystal and Molecular Structures of [CpRu(PPh₃)₂(s-C₄H₉SH)]BF₄.CH₂Cl₂ and [CpRu(PPh₃)₂(i-C₄H₉SH)]BF₄.CH₂Cl₂. Haengsoon Park, David Minick, M. Draganjac, Joey W. Crump, A. W. Cordes and Elizabeth M. Holt. Proc. Ark. Acad. Sci., 47, (1993), 142-144.
• The Reaction of CpRu(PPh₃)₂⁺ with Trimethylenesulfide. Synthesis and Molecular and Crystal Structure of [CpRu(PPh₃)₂(SC₃H₆)]CF₃SO₃. Haengsoon Park, M. Draganjac, S. R. Scott, A. W. Cordes and Gordon Eggleton. Inorg. Chim. Acta, 221, (1994), 157-160.
• Structure of Cyclopentadienylbis(triphenylphosphine)(thioacetamide)ruthenium(II) tetrafluoroborate. C. D. Bryan, A. W. Cordes and M. Draganjac. Acta Cryst., Sect. C, 50, (1994), 1231-1233.
• Molecular structure of [CpRu(PPh₃)₂(C₆H₁₁SH)]BF₄.CH₂Cl₂. Yanjing Jiang, M. Draganjac and A. W. Cordes. J. Cryst. Chem., 25, (1995), 653-656.
• Structural Assignments in [CpRu(PPh₃)₂(n-PrSH)]BF₄ by NMR Techniques. Mark Draganjac and Robert Zey. NMR Exercises for the Undergraduate Laboratory/Classroom, (Central Missouri State University Press, Warrensburg, MO:1995).
• Crystal and molecular structure of Cp₂Mo(mto), mto = monothiooxalate. Tanya Hagler, M. Draganjac and Clifton Woods. J. Cryst. Chem., 25, (1995) 871-874.
• Molecular structure of [CpRu(PPh₃)₂(tht)]BF₄, tht = tetrahydrothiophene. Yanjing Jiang, M. Draganjac and A. W. Cordes. J. Cryst. Chem., 26, (1996) 657-660.
• Synthesis and molecular structure of [CpRu(1,4,7-S₃C₆H₁₂)]O₃SCF₃. M. Green, M. Draganjac, Y. Jiang and A. W. Cordes. J. Cryst. Chem., 29, (1999) 273-276.
• Synthesis and Molecular Structure of [CpRu(PPh₃)(pms)₂]OTfl.3/4C₂H₄Cl₂. P. M. Nave, M. Draganjac, A. W. Cordes and T. M. Barclay. J. Ark. Acad. Sci., 53, (1999), 147-149.
• Synthesis, molecular structure and computational study of a ruthenium bis(thietane) complex.  Paul M. Nave, M. Draganjac, B. Ward, A.W. Cordes, T.M. Barclay, T. R. Cundari, J. J. Carbó, F. Maseras. Inorg. Chim. Acta, 316, (2001), 13-18.
• Synthesis and Characterization of a Ruthenium-Thioxane Complex.  Amanda Wroble, Scotty Sproles, M. Draganjac and Paul M. Nave. J. Ar. Acad. Sci., 55, (2001), 193-195.
• Synthesis of a Ruthenium-tetra(tht(dichloride Compound and the Molecular Structure of the Partially Oxidized Compound RuCl₂(tht)_2.2(tht-O)_1.8. L. A. Thornton, Jr., M. Draganjac, Andres Meza and A. W. Cordes. J. Ar. Acad. Sci., 55, (2001), 189-190.
• Reaction of CpRu(PPh₃)₂Cl with Six-member cyclothioethers.  Structures of the [CpRu(PPh₃)_xL]X Complexes (L = pentamethylene sulfide, x = 2, X = BF₄^-; L = 1,3-dithiane, 1,3,5-trithiane, x = 2, X = CF₃SO₃^-; L = 1,4-dithiane, x = 1, X = BF₄^- ). Mark Green, M. Draganjac, Yanjing Jiang, Paul M. Nave, A. W. Cordes, C. D. Bryan, J. K. Dixon, S. L. Folkert and C.-H. Yu, J. Chem. Cryst., 33, (2003) 473-479.
• The Quest for Chain‑Link Hydrogen Bonded Capsules: Self‑Assembly of C‑Methyl Calix[4]resorcinarene with 1,2‑bis(5’‑pyrimidyl) ethyne. Ivan Georgiev, Charles L. Barnes, Mark Draganjac and Eric Bosch, Crystal Growth and Design, (2004), 4, 235‑239.

Spring 2009 Research Group

Dr. D., Blake, Amanda, Les, Bernard, Sheng

Shengkuei Chiu

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