Grubbs, Robert H.

Advisor — 121 thesises

• Gin, Douglas L. — A new route to poly(p-phenylene): stereoregular precursors via transition-metal-catalyzed polymerization (1993, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Betz, Kerry Nicole — A Novel, General Method for the Construction of C-Si Bonds by an Earth-Abundant Metal Catalyst (2015, Senior thesis (Major))
• Ahmed, Tonia Sarah — Achieving High Stereoselectivity in Ruthenium-Catalyzed Olefin Metathesis Reactions for Organic and Polymer Synthesis (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chu, Crystal Kitying — Advances in Selectivity and Reactivity in Transition Metal Catalysis: Carbon–Silicon Bond Formation, Wacker Oxidation, and Olefin Metathesis (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Toutov, Anton Alexandrovich — Alkaline Salts of Sodium and Potassium: from C–X Reduction to C–H Functionalization and Beyond (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gajda, Gregory Joseph — An Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopic Investigation of Inorganic and Organometallic Molybdenum Complexes Adsorbed on Aluminum Oxide Surfaces (1986, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Morrill, Christie — Application of Transition Metal Catalysis to Small Molecule Synthesis (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Matson, John B. — Applications and Extensions of Living Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Novak, Bruce Michael — Aqueous Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizations (1989, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Begley, Tadhg Pulcarious — Bispecific, Cleavable, Protein DNA Crosslinker, Psoralen-Diol-Nitroveratrole. A Probe of Bacteriophage Structure (1983, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Al-Saihati, Zainab Ahmed — C(sp³)–H Activation via Dehydrogenation of Cyclic and Heterocyclic Alkanes by Single-Site Iridium Pincer Ligated Complexes (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Trnka, Tina Maria — Catalysts for Olefin Metathesis: Ruthenium Alkylidene Complexes with Phosphine and N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Funk, Timothy William — Chemo- and Stereoselective Olefin Metathesis in Small Molecule Synthesis (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hertzberg, Robert P. — Cleavage of DNA with Methidiumpropyl-EDTA (1984, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Jiaming — Concise Total Syntheses of ∆¹²-Prostaglandin J Natural Products Using Stereoretentive Metathesis (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wagaman, Michael Wayne — Conjugated Electroluminescent Polymers Synthesized by a Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization Precursor Route (1998, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hejl, Andrew — Controlling Olefin Metathesis through Catalyst and Monomer Design (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Blumenfeld, Carl Michael — Covalent Functionalization of Metal-Oxide Surfaces with Non-Traditional Ligands (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Edwards, Julian Peter — Cyclic Polyolefins via Ring-Expansion Metathesis Polymerization (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Berlin, Jacob Myar — Design Of Olefin Metathesis Catalysts: From Enantioselective Reactions To Tetrasubstituted Olefins (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sanders, Daniel Paul — Development of Fluorinated Monomers and Polymers for Advanced Photolithographic Applications (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Robert Tan — Development of Late Transition Metal Catalysts for the Transformation of Olefins (1997, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kwan, Brian Joseph — Development of Sequential Olefin Cross Metathesis-Organocatalysis Methodology (2005, Master's thesis)
• Wilhelm, Thomas Edward — Easier and More Efficient Methods for the Generation of Metathesis Catalysts: Investigations into Group VI and VII (1999, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Scherman, Oren Alexander — Enhancing Materials Through Controlled Architectures with Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kirkland, Thomas Andrew — Expanding the Applications of Transition Metal Alkylidenes and Alkylidynes to Organic Synthesis (2000, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Scholl, Matthias — Expanding the Scope of Ruthenium-Based Olefin Metathesis Catalysts (2000, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Brown-Wensley, Katherine Ann — Formation of Bonds to Carbon at Transition Metal Centers (1981, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Burns, Elizabeth G. — Functional polymers via ring-opening metathesis polymerization (1993, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rutenberg, Isaac Michael — Functionalized Polymers and Surfaces via Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Walker, Ron — Functionalized Polymers from Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization Through Monomer Design (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gorman, Christopher B. — Highly conjugated, substituted polyacetylenes via the ring-opening metathesis polymerization of monosubstituted cyclooctatetraenes (1992, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ennis, Michael Dalton — I. Asymmetric Alkylation Reactions of Chiral Imide Enolates. II. Efforts Directed Toward the Total Synthesis of (+)-Macbecin I (1983, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Zhong-Ren — I. Dynamics of Block Copolymer Nanostructures. II. Polymerizability of Cyclic Olefins and Ring-Closing Metathesis (1998, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mathre, David John — I. The Disastereoselective Alkylation of Chiral 2-Oxazolidinone Imide Enolates. II. Efforts Directed Toward the Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Ferensimycin B (1985, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hong, Soon Hyeok — Improvement of Olefin Metathesis Efficiency through Understanding Catalyst Stability (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Jean — Improving Selectivity in Olefin Metathesis for Small Molecule Synthesis and Materials Applications (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Van Wingerden, Matthew Martin — Improving the Efficiency of Ruthenium-Catalyzed Olefin Metathesis with Solid-Supported Catalysts, Microfluidic Reactors, and Novel X-Type Ligands (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Guidry, Erin Nicole — Interlocked Molecules Using Olefin Metathesis (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chatterjee, Arnab Kumar — Investigations into the Selectivity of Olefin Cross-Metathesis Using Ruthenium Alkylidene Catalysts: Electronic and Steric Matching of Substrates (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wysong, Ernest Byron — Investigations of group IVA transition metal mediated carbon-carbon bond forming reactions (1990, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wickens, Zachary Kimble — Manipulating Selectivity and Reactivity in Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidation Reactions (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wheeler, David Roger — Mechanism and applications of the photochemistry of Bis(η^5-cyclopentadienyl)titanacyclobutanes (1990, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Soto Gonzalez, Jorge — Mechanistic Aspects of the Ziegler-Natta Polymerization (1984, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Anslyn, Eric Van — Mechanistic, Synthetic and Theoretical Studies of High Valent Metallacycles and metal Alkylidenes (1988, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Johnson, Lynda K. — Methods for the Synthesis of Tungsten Alkylidenes: Ring-Opening of Cyclopropenes and Alkylidene Transfer from Phosphoranes (1992, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Weitekamp, Raymond Andrew — Multifunctional Materials: Bottom-Up and Top-Down (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Waltman, Andrew Willis — N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands for Nickel Ethylene Polymerization Catalysts:Toward the Incorporation of Polar Comonomers (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• McNicholas, Brendon James — New Electrolytic Media and Methods for Energy Storage and Conversion (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Maynard, Heather Dawn — New Materials for Biological Applications Prepared by Olefin Metathesis Reactions (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Blackwell, Helen Elizabeth — New synthetic applications for ring-closing metathesis and cross-metathesis employing well-defined ruthenium alkylidenes (1999, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gorodetskaya, Irina A. — Nonlinear Polymeric Architectures via Olefin Metathesis (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Perkins, Thomas Gardner — Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Investigations: Structure, Function, and Dynamics (1982, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Coolbaugh, Thomas Smith — Nucleophilic Activation of Carbon Monoxide: Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity of Intramolecular Group VI Metallaesters (1985, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Weck, Marcus — Olefin Metathesis for the Synthesis of Supramolecular Structures (1999, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• France, Marcia Beth — Olefin metathesis with group VIII transition metal complexes : mechanism, reactivity, and catalyst development (1995, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Choi, Tae-Lim — Olefin Metathesis: a Versatile Tool for the Synthesis of Small to Large Molecules (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cohen, Steven Alan — Organotitanium and Niobium Chemistry. I. Structure and Reactivity of a Titanium Ethylene Complex. II. Reactivity of Decamethyl Niobocene Derivatives (1982, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Klavetter, Floyd L. — Polyacetylene and Novel Conjugated Derivatives through the Metathesis Polymerization of 1,3,5,7-Cyclooctatetraenes (1989, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Younkin, Todd Ross — Polymerization of Functionalized Olefins with Neutral Group Ten Catalysts (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Swager, Timothy Manning — Precursor Routes to Conducting Polymers from the Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Cyclic Olefins (1988, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Norbeck, Daniel Word — Progress Toward the Total Synthesis of Polyether Ionophore Antibiotics (1985, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Benedicto, Alto D. — Rational Approaches to Regulating Polymer Properties in Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (1995, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Park, Joon Won — Reactivity of Titanocene Methylidene with Metal Halides, Alkene Sulfides, and Alkene Oxides (1989, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Moser, David Randall — Regulation of ColEl Plasmid DNA Replication in Escherichia coli (1984, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Daeffler, Christopher Scot — Ring-Opening Metathesis of Bulky Norbornene Monomers and the Radical-Mediated Hydrophosphonation of Olefins (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Claverie, Jérôme — Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization with Tungsten Based Catalysts: Kinetics, Thermodynamics and Mechanism (1996, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cucullu, Michèle Elise — Ruthenium Based Catalysts: Catalytic Dehalogenation of Chloroarenes and Syntheses of Bimetallic Carbene Complexes (1999, Master's thesis)
• Giardello, Amy Beth — Ruthenium Mediated Olefin Metathesis : Materials with Controlled Microstructure and Functionalization (1999, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Anderson, Donde R. — Ruthenium Olefin Metathesis Complexes: Catalyst Development and Mechanistic Studies (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Morgan, John Philip — Ruthenium-Based Olefin Metathesis Catalysts Coordinated with NHeterocyclic Carbene Ligands: Synthesis and Applications (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dias, Eric Lee Kuiokalani — Ruthenium-Based Olefin Metathesis Catalysts: Synthesis, Mechanism, and Activity (1998, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zuercher, William John — Ruthenium-Catalyzed Polycyclization Reactions (1998, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Keitz, Benjamin Keith — Selectivity in Ruthenium Catalyzed Olefin Metathesis: Applications and Origins (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ulman, Michael — Selectivity, activity, and stability of ruthenium-carbene based olefin metathesis initiators (2000, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sveinbjörnsson, Benjamín Ragnar — Self-Assembly of Brush Polymers (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ginsburg, Eric Jay — Soluble polyacetylenes by the ring-opening methathesis polymerization of substituted cyclooctatetraenes (1991, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rosebrugh, Lauren Estelle — Stereoselective Olefin Metathesis Processes Using Cyclometalated Ruthenium Alkylidene Complexes (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ward, Donald William — Stereoselective Ruthenium-Catalyzed Olefin Metathesis (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Clawson, Leigh Ellen — Studies on the Reactivity of Titanocene Alkylidenes and Titanocene Alkyl Chlorides (1988, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Xia, Yan — Syntheses of Polymers with Diverse Architectures via Metathesis Polymerization and Investigation of Their Structure-Property Relationships (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Okada, Sheldon Yoshio — Synthesis and Biological Applications of Oligopeptide-Substituted Polynorbornenes (2001, Master's thesis)
• Bellmann, Erika — Synthesis and Characterization of Hole-Transporting and Electroluminescent Polymers (2000, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Brown, Duncan William — Synthesis and Matrix Isolated Photolysis of 2,3-Dimethylbicyclo[2.2.0]Hexa-2,5-Diene-1,4-Dicarboxylic Acid Anhydride: A Potential Precursor to 2,3 -Dimethyl-1,4-Dehydrobenzene (1981, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Waymouth, Robert Mebane — Synthesis and Reactivity of Alkylaluminum Adducts of Zirconium Ketene and Ketone Complexes (1987, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Meinhart, James Douglas — Synthesis and Reactivity of Titanocene Methylene Complexes and Bis(η⁵-Cyclopentadienyl) Titanacyclobutenes (1987, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Finch, William C. — Synthesis and Reactivity of Transition Metal Methylidene Complexes (1986, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ho, Suzzy Chen Hsi — Synthesis and Reactivity of Transition of Metal Homo- and Heterobinuclear Ketene Complexes (1986, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chang, Alice B. — Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Bottlebrush Block Polymers: Molecular Architecture and Materials Design (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gan, Quan — Synthesis of Cyclic Polymers by Ring Expansion and Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Maughon, Bob Robinson, Jr. — Synthesis of Functionalized Polymers by Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP) (1998, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Clark, Paul Gregory — Synthesis of Interlocked Molecules by Olefin Metathesis (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Swisher, Nicholas Adam — Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of "Reverse Pyridine" Bis(phosphinite) Pincer Complexes (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sanford, Melanie Sarah — Synthetic and Mechanistic Investigations of Ruthenium Olefin Metathesis Catalysts (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Whited, Matthew Thomas — Synthetic and Mechanistic Studies of Small-Molecule Activation at Low-Valent Iron, Cobalt, and Iridium Centers (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Moore, Eric Jan — Synthetic, Structural and Mechanistic Studies of Interactions of Carbon, Nitrogen, and Oxygen Nucleophiles with Bis-Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl Zirconium and Hafnium Derivatives (1984, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bielawski, Christopher William — Tailoring Polymer Synthesis with Designer Ruthenium Catalysts (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mitch, Charles Howard — The Application of Metallated Enamines to the Synthesis of Morphine Alkaloids (1982, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rock, Michael M., Jr. — The design and synthesis of electroactive and magnetic polymers (1993, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Thomas, Renee Michelle — The Design, Synthesis, and Application of Ruthenium Metathesis Catalysts for the Preparation of Small Molecules and Polymers (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Nguyen, SonBinh TheBao — The designs, syntheses, and applications of well-defined, single component group VIII olefin metathesis catalysts (1995, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jordan, Jason Paul — The Development of Water-Soluble Olefin Metathesis Catalysts Containing an N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligand (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• White, Mary Ann — The Formation of Carbon-Carbon and Carbon-Nitrogen Bonds Mediated by Organometallic Cobalt Complexes (1980, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• McGrath, Dominic V. — The organometallic chemistry of aqueous ruthenium(II) with functionalized olefins: complex formation, isomerization, and metathesis chain transfer (1992, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hillmyer, Marc Andrew — The Preparation of Functionalized Polymers by Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (1995, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Barger, Paul Theron — The Reactivity of Zirconium Hydrides with Transition Metal Carbonyls (1983, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Marritt, William Alan — The Syntheses and Characterization of Binuclear Clathrochelate Complexes (1983, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Stille, John Robert — The Synthetic Versatility of Titanocene Methylidene Sources and Their Utility in the Total Synthesis of Capnellene (1986, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fitzsimmons, Brian Joseph — The Total Synthesis of the Enantiomer of Lasalocid A (1984, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Elder, Delwin Lerone — The Use of Well-Defined Molybdenum ROMP Initiators in the Synthesis of Fluorescent Poly(arylenevinylene) Homopolymers and Copolymers (2000, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Benitez, Diego — Theoretical Study of the Mechanism of Olefin Metathesis and Synthesis of Cyclic Polymers (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Morris, Melody Ann — Three-Dimensional Self-Assembly of Brush Block Copolymers to Photonic Crystals (2013, Senior thesis (Major))
• Gilliom, Laura R. — Titanacyclobutanes Derived from Strained, Cyclic Olefins: A New Living Polymerization System (1986, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cannizzo, Louis Fiscel — Titanium Carbenes: Reactions with Selected Carbonyl Compounds and Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Cyclic Olefins (1988, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dow, William Clinton — Total Synthesis of β-Chamigrene (1982, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Flatt, Brenton T. — Transition metal alkylidene complexes via the ring-opening of cyclopropenes (1995, Master's thesis)
• Wu, Zhe — Transition metal carbenes : controlled ring-opening metathesis polymerizations and metathetical reactions with acyclic olefins (1994, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kuhn, Kevin Michael — Understanding and Improving Efficiency in Ruthenium Olefin Metathesis (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Quigley, Brendan Liam — Understanding Selectivity and Activity in Z-selective Metathesis with Cyclometallated Ru-based Catalysts (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lynn, David Michael — Water-Soluable Ruthenium Alkylidene Complexes: Synthesis and Applications to Olefin Metathesis in Protic Solvents (1999, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Herbert, Myles Benton — Z-Selectivc Olefin Metathesis using Chelating Ruthenium Alkylidene Catalysts (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))