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Assistant Professor
Chemistry - Tenure-Track Faculty
503 Crosley Tower
513-556-6377
hairong.guan@uc.edu

Professional Summary

Hairong Guan is an organometallic chemist with research interests in synthetic organometallic chemistry, catalysis, and reaction mechanisms. After earning a BS degree from Peking University in 2000, he joined Professor Jack Norton's group at Columbia University, where he studied ruthenium-catalyzed ionic hydrogenation of iminium and aziridinium cations. Upon completion of his Ph.D. in 2005, he took a postdoctoral fellow position in the laboratory of Professor Charles Casey at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research project in Wisconsin involved the development of iron-catalyzed hydrogenation reactions. In 2007, he joined the faculty at the University of Cincinnati.

Education

Ph.D., Columbia University, New York, 2005 (Chemistry).

M.Phil., Columbia University, New York, 2004 (Chemistry).

M.A., Columbia University, New York, 2001 (Chemistry).

B.S., Peking University, Beijing, China, 2000 (Chemistry).

Positions & Work Experience

08-2005-07-2007, Research Associate, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.

Research Interests

synthetic organometallic chemistry, catalysis, and reaction mechanisms

Peer Reviewed Publications

Guan, H.; Iimura, M.; Magee, M. P.; Norton, J. R.; Janak, K. E. "Effect of Chelate Ring Size on the Rate of Hydride Transfer from CpRu(P-P)H (P-P = Chelating Diphosphine) to an Iminium Cation". Organometallics (2003), 22, 4084-4089.

Guan, H.; Saddoughi, S. A.; Shaw, A. P.; Norton, J. R. "Ruthenium-Catalyzed Ionic Hydrogenation of Aziridinium Cations". Organometallics (2005), 24, 6358-6364.

Guan, H.; Iimura, M.; Magee, M. P.; Norton, J. R.; Zhu, G. "Ruthenium-Catalyzed Ionic Hydrogenation of Iminium Cations. Scope and Mechanism". J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2005), 127, 7805-7814.

Casey, C. P.; Guan, H. "An Efficient and Chemoselective Iron Catalyst for the Hydrogenation of Ketones". J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2007), 129, 5816-5817.

Shaw, A. P.; Guan, H.; Norton, J. R. "Synthesis and Properties of Carboxy-Substituted Half-Sandwich Ruthenium Complexes with Chelating Bisphosphine Ligands (h5-C5H4CO2H)Ru(h2-L)X (X = I, H)". J. Organomet. Chem. (2008), 693, 1382-1388.

Guan, H. "Titanium and Zirconium Mediated or Catalyzed Umpolung Reactions". Curr. Org. Chem. (2008), 12, 1406-1430.

Chakraborty, S.; Krause, J. A.; Guan, H. "Hydrosilylation of Aldehydes and Ketones Catalyzed by Nickel PCP-Pincer Hydride Complexes". Organometallics (2009), 28, 582-586.

Casey, C. P.; Guan, H. "Cyclopentadienone Iron Alcohol Complexes: Synthesis, Reactivity, and Implications for the Mechanism of Iron Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Aldehydes". J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2009), 131, 2499-2507.

Zhang, J.; Krause, J. A.; Huang, H.-K.; Guan, H. "Ancillary Ligand and Ketone Substituent Effects on the Rate of Ketone Insertion into Zr-C Bonds of Zirconocene-1-aza-1,3-diene Complexes". Organometallics (2009), 28, 2938-2946.

Books

Guan, H. Ruthenium-Catalyzed Ionic Hydrogenation Reactions: Mechanistic Studies and Synthetic Applications; VDM Verlag Dr. Müller: Saarbrücken, 2008.

Invited Presentations

(12/13/2007). Transition Metal Hydrides in Homogeneous Catalysis. Shepherd Chemical Company, Norwood, OH.

(01/24/2008). Iron Catalyzed Hydrogenation Reactions. Ripon College, Ripon, WI.

(01/25/2008). Iron and Ruthenium Catalyzed Hydrogenation Reactions. Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI.

(04/11/2008). Iron Catalyzed Hydrogenation Reactions. Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN.

Poster Presentations

Chakraborty, S.; Krause, J. A.; Guan, H. (10/24/2008). Hydrosilylation of Aldehydes and Ketones Catalyzed by Nickel PCP-Pincer Complexes. Oesper Symposium, American Chemical Society local Meeting, Cincinnati, OH.

Zhang, J.; Krause, J. A.; Guan, H. (11/07/2008). Umpolung of alpha,beta-Unsaturated Imines: Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of Azazirconacyclopentenes. 9th Annual Ohio Inorganic Meeting, Toledo, OH.

Chakraborty, S.; Krause, J. A.; Guan, H. (11/08/2008). Hydrosilylation of Aldehydes and Ketones Catalyzed by Nickel PCP-Pincer Complexes. 9th Annual Ohio Inorganic Meeting, Toledo, OH (oral).

Chakraborty, S.; Krause, J. A.; Guan, H. (03/25/2009). Hydrosilylation of Aldehydes and Ketones Catalyzed by Nickel PCP-Pincer Complexes . 237th ACS National Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT (oral).

Brown, A. N.; Guan, H.; Coleman, M. G. (03/23/2009). Iron-Catalyzed Oppenauer-Type Oxidation of Alcohols. 237th ACS National Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT.

Chakraborty, S.; Krause, J. A.; Guan, H. (05/21/2009). Hydrosilylation of Aldehydes and Ketones Catalyzed by Nickel PCP-Pincer Complexes . 2009 ACS Central Regional Meeting, Cleveland, OH (oral).

Zhang, J.; Krause, J. A.; Huang, H.-K.; Guan, H. (05/20/2009). Ancillary Ligand and Ketone Substituent Effects on the Rate of Ketone Insertion into Zr-C Bonds of Zirconocene-1-aza-1,3-diene Complexes. 2009 ACS Central Regional Meeting, Cleveland, OH (oral).

Honors & Awards

Dissertation with distinction, Columbia University.

Pegram Award, Columbia University.

Student Advising

Sumit Chakraborty , , Advisor, In Progress .

Papri Bhattacharya , , Advisor, In Progress .

Sanjeewa Rodrigo , , Advisor, In Progress .

Brett Bolton, Undergrad, Advisor, In Progress .

Julie Hess, Undergrad, Advisor, Research, WISE/REWU, Completed .

Alec N. Brown, Undergrad, Advisor, Research, NSF-REU, Completed .

Jonisha Baggett , , Supervisor, ACS Projeet SEED , Completed .

Sneha Kelker , , Chair, Completed .

Kumudu Madduma-Liyanage , , Committee Member, In Progress .

Vikas Shingade , , Committee Member, In Progress .

Daoli Zhao , , Committee Member, In Progress .

Dr. Jie Zhang (postdoctoral fellow), , Supervisor, In Progress .

Dr. Michael G. Coleman (visiting professor), , Supervisor, Completed .

Jake Dietz, , Advisor, In Progress .

Christopher Bartesko , Undergrad, Advisor, In Progress .

Emily B. Senour , Undergrad, Advisor, In Progress .

Clarke Brinn , , Committee Member, In Progress .

Service

Member, Graduate Admissions Committee , 2007 to 2009.

Morale Committee , 2007 to 2008.

NMR Facility Manager Search Committee , 2008.

Hoke S. Greene Chair of Catalysis Search Committee , 2008 to 2009.

Other Experience and Professional Memberships

2002 American Chemical Society.

2007 Sigma Xi.

Courses Taught

15-CHEM-751 ADV INORGAN CHEM I .

15-CHEM-444 INORG SYNTHESIS.

15-CHEM-751 ADV INORGAN CHEM I .

15-CHEM-753 SEL TOP INORG CHEM.