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Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Smith College
Office: 229 Sabin Reed
Phone: (413)-585-3839
Fax: (413)-585-3786
Email: mfagan(at)science.smith.edu
Ph. D. University of Wisconsin, 1999
Thesis: I. Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Alkene Complexation in Yttrium-Alkyl-Alkene Complexes. II. Mechanism of the Reversal of Enantioselectivity in the Platinum-Catalyzed Hydroformylation of Styrene.
Advisor: Charles P. Casey
B.S. University of New Hampshire, Chemistry, 1994
Advisor: Gary R. Weisman
Smith College, 2002-present
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Rhode Island College, 2000-2002
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Post-doctoral fellow with Stephen L. Buchwald
CHM 111: Chemistry I: General Chemistry
CHM 222: Chemistry II: Organic Chemistry
CHM 223: Chemistry III: Organic Chemistry
CHM 226: Synthesis
CHM 324: Organometallics
Mechanisms of organic and organometallic reactions: how do they work and how can their selectivity be improved? We are probing two very divergent systems that remarkably have similar intermediates: (1) palladium complexes used to create carbon-carbon bonds with stereoselectivity, and (2) bacterial enzymes that dechlorinate haloacetic acids in water.
“Reversal of Enantioselectivity in the Hydroformylation of Styrene with [2S,4S-BDPP]Pt(SnCl3)Cl at High Temperature Arises from a Change in the Enantioselective Determining Step.” Casey, C. P.; Martins, S.; Fagan, M. A. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 125, 5585-5592.
“Structural Dependence of Thermodynamics of Alkene Binding to Yttrium Alkyl Complexes and the Kinetics of Alkyl Migration to Coordinated Alkenes.” Casey, C. P.; Tunge, J. A.; Lee, T.-Y.; Fagan, M. A. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 2641-2651.
“Why Propene is Not Polymerized by (Cp*2YH)2: Reactions of Yttrium Alkyl Complexes with Alkenes Produce Allyl Complexes.” Casey, C. P.; Tunge, J. A.; Fagan, M. A. J. Organomet. Chem. 2002, 633, 91-97.
"Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Alkene Complexation in d0 Metal-Alkyl-Alkene Complexes." Casey, C. P.; Klein, J. F.; Fagan, M. A. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 4320-4330.
