Cortland Pierpont headshot
Professor Emeritus
Chemistry

Education

Ph.D.:听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. 听In听Inorganic Chromotropism:听 Basic Concepts and Applications of Colored Materials, Ed. Y. Fukuda; Elsevier, Tokyo,听2007, pp. 116 - 142.

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

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

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

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

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

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