Cortland Pierpont

  • Professor Emeritus
  • CHEMISTRY

Education

Ph.D.: Brown University, 1971

Areas of Expertise

Bioinorganic Chemistry, Photochemical Reactions & Multi-electron Chemistry, Transition Metal Catalysis, Renewable Energy

Awards and Honors

International Center for Advanced Studies Fellowship (Russia), 1997
STINT Visiting Scientist/Scholar Fellowship (Sweden) 1997
TMU Fellowship (Japan) 1996
Swedish Natural Science Research Council Fellowship, 1994
National Academy of Sciences Fellowship, 1990

 

C. G. Pierpont, S. Kitagawa, 鈥淰alence Tautomerism of Metal Complexes鈥.  In Inorganic Chromotropism:  Basic Concepts and Applications of Colored Materials, Ed. Y. Fukuda; Elsevier, Tokyo, 2007, pp. 116 - 142.

D. N. Hendrickson, C. G. Pierpont,  鈥淰alence Tautomeric Transition Metal Complexes鈥.  In Topics in Current Chemistry, Vol. 234, Eds. P. G眉tlich, H. A. Goodwin; Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2004, pp. 63-95.

C. G. Pierpont, 鈥淏ending Crystals.  Solid State Photomechanical Properties of Transition Metal Complexes Containing Semiquinonate Ligands鈥  Proc. Indian Acad. Sci (Chem. Sci.), 114, 247-254 (2002).

C. G. Pierpont,  鈥淪tudies on Charge Distribution and Valence Tautomerism in Transition Metal Complexes of Catecholate and Semiquinonate Ligands鈥,  Coord. Chem. Rev., 216-217, 99-125 (2001).

C. G. Pierpont, A. S. Attia, 鈥淪pin Coupling Interactions in Transition Metal Complexes Containing Radical o-Semiquinone Ligands.  A Review鈥,  Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun., 66, 33-51 (2001).

C. G. Pierpont,  鈥淯nique Properties of Transition Metal Quinone Complexes of the MQ3 Series鈥,  Coord. Chem. Rev., 219-221, 415-433 (2001).

C. G. Pierpont, C. W. Lange  "The Chemistry of Transition Metal Complexes Containing Catechol and Semiquinone Ligands"  Prog. Inorg. Chem., 41, 381-492 (1994).