Adam S. Veige Explained

Adam S. Veige
Field:	Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry
Alma Mater:	Cornell University Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Work Institution:	University of Florida
Doctoral Advisor:	Peter T. Wolczanski
Known For:	Trianionic pincer ligands Coordinatively and electronically unsaturated early transition metal complexes

Adam S. Veige is a professor of Chemistry at the University of Florida. His research focuses on catalysis and the usage of inorganic compounds, including tungsten and chromium complexes.

Education

Veige received a Ph.D. degree in chemistry from Cornell University in 2003 under the direction of Peter T. Wolczanski. He pursued postdoctoral research under the direction of Daniel G. Nocera at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Career

Veige joined the faculty of the University of Florida as an assistant professor of chemistry (inorganic chemistry) in 2004. In 2010, Veige received the Alfred P. Sloan fellowship award,^[1] the only researcher to be so honored in Florida in 2010.^[2] He was promoted to an associate professor in 2011. He is currently the director of the Center for Catalysis in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Florida.

His research focuses on the design, synthesis, isolation, and characterization of novel inorganic molecules for application in the production of fertilizers, polymers, and pharmaceuticals. His research has included the preparation of chiral catalysts,^{[3] [4] [5]} synthesis of nitriles via N-atom transfer to acid chlorides,^[6] chromium catalyzed aerobic oxidation,^{[7] [8]} an alkene isomerization catalyst,^[9] a highly active alkene polymerization catalyst, and a highly active alkyne polymerization catalyst.

Awards

• Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award (2004)
• National Science Foundation (NSF) Career Award (2008)
• Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship Award (2010)
• Heaton Family Faculty Award (2011)

Selected publications

• McGowan . K. P. . O'Reilly . M. E. . Ghiviriga . I. . Abboud . K. A. . Veige . A. S. . Compelling mechanistic data and identification of the active species in tungsten-catalyzed alkyne polymerizations: Conversion of a trianionic pincer into a new tetraanionic pincer-type ligand . 10.1039/C2SC21750C . Chemical Science . 2013 . 4 . 3 . 1145.
• Sarkar . S. . McGowan . K. P. . Kuppuswamy . S. . Ghiviriga . I. . Abboud . K. A. . Veige . A. S. . 10.1021/ja2117975 . An OCO3–Trianionic Pincer Tungsten(VI) Alkylidyne: Rational Design of a Highly Active Alkyne Polymerization Catalyst . Journal of the American Chemical Society . 134 . 10 . 4509–4512 . 2012 . 22352966.
• O'Reilly . M. E. . Del Castillo . T. J. . Abboud . K. A. . Veige . A. S. . The influence of reversible trianionic pincer OCO3−μ-oxo Criv dimer formation (\Criv]2(μ-O)) and donor ligands in oxygen-atom-transfer (OAT) . 10.1039/c1dt11104c . Dalton Transactions. 41 . 8 . 2237–2246 . 2012 . 22094964.
• McGowan . K. P. . Abboud . K. A. . Veige . A. S. . Trianionic NCN³⁻ Pincer Complexes of Chromium in Four Oxidation States (Cr^II, Cr^III, Cr^IV, Cr^V): Determination of the Active Catalyst in Selective 1-Alkene to 2-Alkene Isomerization . 10.1021/om200547u . Organometallics . 30. 18. 4949–4957. 2011 .
• O’Reilly . M. E. . Del Castillo . T. J. . Falkowski . J. M. . Ramachandran . V. . Pati . M. . Correia . M. C. . Abboud . K. A. . Dalal . N. S. . Richardson . D. E. . 10.1021/ja2050474 . Veige . A. S. . Autocatalytic O₂ Cleavage by an OCO³⁻ Trianionic Pincer Cr^III Complex: Isolation and Characterization of the Autocatalytic Intermediate [Cr^IV]₂(μ-O) Dimer . Journal of the American Chemical Society . 133 . 34 . 13661–13673 . 2011 . 21780813.
• Del Castillo . T. J. . Sarkar . S. . Abboud . K. A. . Veige . A. S. . 1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition between a metal–azide (Ph₃PAuN₃) and a metal–acetylide (Ph₃PAuC≡CPh): An inorganic version of a click reaction . 10.1039/C1DT10787A . Dalton Transactions . 40 . 32 . 8140–8144 . 2011 . 21725564.

External links

• Veige at the University of Florida Chemistry Department Website
• University of Florida Chemistry Department Website
• Oboro Labs Cyclic Polymer and Catalyst Technologies Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chemistry Department – University of Florida . ufl.edu . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120501131814/http://www.chem.ufl.edu/news/story.shtml?reference=2010VeigeSloan . 2012-05-01 .
2. Web site: Chemistry Professor Selected as Sloan Research Fellow | UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences News . 2011-12-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100829183117/http://www.clas.ufl.edu/events/news/articles/20100317-veige.html . 2010-08-29 .
3. Synthesis and characterization of κ-2-bis-N-heterocyclic carbene rhodium(I) catalysts: application in enantioselective arylboronic acid addition to cyclohex-2-enones. . Jeletic . Matthew S. . Lowry, R. J.. Swails, J. M.. Ghiriviga, I.. Veige, A. S. . 10 October 2011 . 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2011.05.015 . 696 . 20 . Journal of Organometallic Chemistry . 3127–3134.
4. A new chiral di-N-heterocylic carbene (NHC) cyclophane ligand and its application in palladium enantioselective catalysis. . Dalton Transactions . 39 . 28 . 6392–6394 . Jeletic . Matthew S. . Ghiriviga, I.. Abboud, K. A.. Veige, A. S. . 2010-07-28 . 10.1039/C0DT00268B . 20567755 .
5. New iridium and rhodium chiral di-N-heterocyclic (NHC) complexes and their application in enantioselective catalysis: explanations for catalyst performance. . Dalton Transactions . 15 . 2764–2776 . Jeletic . Matthew S. . Jan, M. T.. Ghiriviga, I.. Veige, A. S. . 2009-04-21 . 10.1039/B819524B . 19333500 .
6. Addition of mild electrophiles to a Mo≡N triple bond and nitrile synthesis via metal-mediated N-atom transfer to acid chlorides. . Journal of the American Chemical Society. 130. 48. 16128–16129. Sarkar . Soumya . Abboud, K. A.. Veige, A. S. . 7 November 2008 . 10.1021/ja805629x . 18989962.
7. Catalytic aerobic oxidation by a trianionic pincer Cr^III/Cr^VO couple. . Inorganic Chemistry. 48. 23. 10901–10903. O'Reilly . Matthew . Falkowski, J. M.. Ramachadran, V.. Pati, M.. Abboud, K. A.. Dalal, N. S.. Gray, T. G.. Veige, A. S. . 6 November 2009 . 10.1021/ic9019469 . 19894679.
8. Autocatalytic O₂ cleavage by an OCO³⁻ trianionic pincer Cr^III complex: isolation and characterization of the autocatalytic intermediate [Cr^IV]₂(μ-O) dimer. . Journal of the American Chemical Society. 133. 34. 13661–13673. O'Reilly . Matthew . Del Castillo, T. J.. Falkowski, J. M.. Ramachadran, V.. Pati, M.. Correia, M. C.. Abboud, K. A.. Dalal, N. S.. Richardson, D. E.. Veige, A. S. . 2011-07-22 . 10.1021/ja2050474 . 21780813.
9. Trianionic NCN³⁻ pincer complexes of chromium in four oxidations states (Cr^II, Cr^III, Cr^IV, Cr^V): determination of the active catalyst in selective 1-alkene to 2-alkene isomerization. . Organometallics. 30. 18. 4949–4957. McGowan . Kevin P. . Abboud, K. A.. Veige, A. S. . 2011-08-29 . 10.1021/om200547u .