Karsten Meyer (chemist) explained

Karsten Meyer
Birth Date:17 May 1968
Birth Place:Herne, Germany
Nationality:German
Fields:Inorganic Chemistry, Coordination Chemistry, Bioinorganic Chemistry
Workplaces:Friedrich–Alexander University Erlangen–Nürnberg (FAU)
University of California, San Diego
Thesis Title:Molecular and Electronic Structure of High-Valent Transition-Metal Nitrido Complexes
Thesis Year:1998
Doctoral Advisor:Karl Wieghardt
Academic Advisors:Christopher C. Cummins
Doctoral Students:Xile Hu
Notable Students:Suzanne Bart

Karsten Meyer (born May 17, 1968, in Herne, Germany) is a German inorganic chemist and Chair of Inorganic and General Chemistry at the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU).[1] His research involves the coordination chemistry of transition metals as well as uranium coordination chemistry, small molecule activation with these coordination complexes, and the synthesis of new chelating ligands.[2] [3] He is the 2017 recipient of the Elhuyar-Goldschmidt Award of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry, the Ludwig-Mond Award of the Royal Society of Chemistry,[4] and the L.A. Chugaev Commemorative Medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences, among other awards. He also serves as an Associate Editor of the journal Organometallics since 2014.[5] [6]

Early life and education

Meyer was born on May 17, 1968, in Herne, Germany.[7] [8] He studied chemistry at the Ruhr University Bochum, receiving his diploma (in chemistry) in May 1995. In summer 1995, Meyer then joined the laboratory of Professor Karl Wieghardt at the Max Planck Institute for Radiation Chemistry, where he worked on the synthesis of novel high-valent nitrido complexes of manganese,[9] chromium[10] and iron.[11] These nitrido complexes were generated by the photolysis of the corresponding azido complexes. Meyer graduated in January 1998 with his Ph.D. He then moved to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a DFG Postdoctoral Fellow in 1998 to conduct research in the laboratory of Professor Christopher Cummins. AT MIT, Meyer worked on amido complexes of uranium with novel amido ligands[12] and dinitrogen cleavage with heterobimetallic complexes of niobium and molybdenum.[13]

Independent career

In 2001, Meyer began his independent career as an assistant professor at the University of California, San Diego. Then in 2006, Meyer moved to the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg as the Chair of the Institute of Inorganic & General Chemistry.[14]

Research

Meyer's early work featured explored the coordination chemistry of uranium with small molecules such as carbon dioxide[15] [16] and light alkanes.[17] Additionally, Meyer's group synthesized novel tripodal N-heterocyclic carbene ligands[18] [19] to stabilize reactive intermediates such as an iron(IV) nitride.[20] [21] In 2011, in collaboration with Prof. Jeremy M. Smith's group, Meyer achieved the first synthesis and characterization of a stable iron(V) nitride complex.[22] [23] [24] [25]

Other research highlights include:

Awards

Professional memberships

Personal life

Meyer's hobbies include nature and macro photography, scuba diving, and driving his car on a closed circuit.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chair of Inorganic and General Chemistry › Prof. Dr. Karsten Meyer. 2021-05-19. en-US.
  2. Web site: karsten meyer – publications. 2021-05-19. www.inorganic-chemistry.net.
  3. Web site: Karsten Meyer's Publons profile. 2021-05-19. publons.com. en.
  4. Web site: FAU-based chemist receives award of the Royal Society of Chemistry › Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. 19 June 2017 . 2021-05-20. en-GB.
  5. Web site: Organometallics. 2021-05-20. pubs.acs.org. en.
  6. Web site: Curriculum Vitae › Prof. Dr. Karsten Meyer. 2021-05-21. en-US.
  7. Castro-Rodríguez. Ingrid. Meyer. Karsten. 2006-03-17. Small molecule activation at uranium coordination complexes: control of reactivity via molecular architecture. Chemical Communications. en. 13. 1353–1368. 10.1039/B513755C. 16550268. 1364-548X.
  8. 2017. Karsten Meyer. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56. 2. 440–441. 10.1002/anie.201606067. 1521-3773.
  9. Meyer. Karsten. Bendix. Jesper. Metzler-Nolte. Nils. Weyhermüller. Thomas. Wieghardt. Karl. 1998. Nitridomanganese(V) and -(VI) Complexes Containing Macrocyclic Amine Ligands. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 120. 29. 7260–7270. 10.1021/ja980686j. 0002-7863.
  10. Meyer. Karsten. Bendix. Jesper. Bill. Eckhard. Weyhermüller. Thomas. Wieghardt. Karl. 1998. Molecular and Electronic Structure of Nitridochromium(V) Complexes with Macrocyclic Amine Ligands. Inorganic Chemistry. 37. 20. 5180–5188. 10.1021/ic980302q. 0020-1669.
  11. Meyer. Karsten. Bill. Eckhard. Mienert. Bernd. Weyhermüller. Thomas. Wieghardt. Karl. 1999. Photolysis of cis- and trans-[FeIII(cyclam)(N3)2]+Complexes- Spectroscopic Characterization of a Nitridoiron(V) Species]. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 121. 20. 4859–4876. 10.1021/ja983454t. 0002-7863.
  12. Meyer. Karsten. Mindiola. Daniel J.. Baker. Thomas A.. Davis. William M.. Cummins. Christopher C.. 2000. Uranium Hexakisamido Complexes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 39. 17. 3063–3066. 10.1002/1521-3773(20000901)39:17<3063::AID-ANIE3063>3.0.CO;2-0. 11028031 . 1521-3773.
  13. Mindiola. Daniel J.. Meyer. Karsten. Cherry. John-Paul F.. Baker. Thomas A.. Cummins. Christopher C.. 2000-03-31. Dinitrogen Cleavage Stemming from a Heterodinuclear Niobium/Molybdenum N2 Complex: New Nitridoniobium Systems Including a Niobazene Cyclic Trimer. Organometallics. 19. 9. 1622–1624. 10.1021/om000159k. 0276-7333.
  14. Web site: FAU-based chemist receives award of the Royal Society of Chemistry › Faculty of Sciences. 2021-05-20. en-GB.
  15. Castro-Rodriguez. Ingrid. Nakai. Hidetaka. Zakharov. Lev N.. Rheingold. Arnold L.. Meyer. Karsten. 2004-09-17. A Linear, O-Coordinated η1-CO2 Bound to Uranium. Science. en. 305. 5691. 1757–1759. 10.1126/science.1102602. 0036-8075. 15375263. 2004Sci...305.1757C . 93791804 .
  16. Bart. Suzanne C.. Anthon. Christian. Heinemann. Frank W.. Bill. Eckhard. Edelstein. Norman M.. Meyer. Karsten. 2008-09-17. Carbon Dioxide Activation with Sterically Pressured Mid- and High-Valent Uranium Complexes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 130. 37. 12536–12546. 10.1021/ja804263w. 18715008 . 0002-7863.
  17. Castro-Rodriguez. Ingrid. Nakai. Hidetaka. Gantzel. Peter. Zakharov. Lev N.. Rheingold. Arnold L.. Meyer. Karsten. 2003-12-01. Evidence for Alkane Coordination to an Electron-Rich Uranium Center. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 125. 51. 15734–15735. 10.1021/ja0379316. 14677950 . 0002-7863.
  18. Hu. Xile. Tang. Yongjun. Gantzel. Peter. Meyer. Karsten. 2003-02-01. Silver Complexes of a Novel Tripodal N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligand: Evidence for Significant Metal−Carbene π-Interaction. Organometallics. 22. 4. 612–614. 10.1021/om020935j. 0276-7333.
  19. Hu. Xile. Castro-Rodriguez. Ingrid. Olsen. Kristian. Meyer. Karsten. 2004-02-01. Group 11 Metal Complexes of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands: Nature of the MetalCarbene Bond. Organometallics. 23. 4. 755–764. 10.1021/om0341855. 0276-7333.
  20. Vogel. Carola. Heinemann. Frank W.. Sutter. Jörg. Anthon. Christian. Meyer. Karsten. 2008. An Iron Nitride Complex. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 47. 14. 2681–2684. 10.1002/anie.200800600. 1521-3773. 18306203. 40134695 .
  21. Yeston. Jake. 2008-03-14. Crystals of an Iron Nitride. Science. en. 319. 5869. 1461. 10.1126/science.319.5869.1461b. 0036-8075. free.
  22. Scepaniak. Jeremiah J.. Vogel. Carola S.. Khusniyarov. Marat M.. Heinemann. Frank W.. Meyer. Karsten. Smith. Jeremy M.. 2011-02-25. Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of an Iron(V) Nitride. Science. en. 331. 6020. 1049–1052. 10.1126/science.1198315. 0036-8075. 21350172. 2011Sci...331.1049S. 20321170 .
  23. Web site: Urquhart. James. 2011-02-24. Elusive form of iron captured. 2021-05-21. Chemistry World. en.
  24. Web site: 2011-02-28. Iron(V) Nitride Mimics Nitrogenase Activity. 2021-05-21. cen.acs.org.
  25. Nishibayashi. Yoshiaki. 2011-06-23. Nitrido complexes step up. Nature Chemistry. en. 3. 7. 502–504. 10.1038/nchem.1077. 21697867. 1755-4349.
  26. Scholz. F.. Himmel. D.. Heinemann. F. W.. Schleyer. P. v R.. Meyer. K.. Krossing. I.. 2013-07-05. Crystal Structure Determination of the Nonclassical 2-Norbornyl Cation. Science. en. 341. 6141. 62–64. 10.1126/science.1238849. 0036-8075. 23828938. 2013Sci...341...62S. 206549219 .
  27. Web site: Extance. Andy. 2013-07-04. Crystal structure closes classic carbocation case. 2021-05-21. Chemistry World. en.
  28. Web site: Stoye. Emma. 2013-12-12. Cutting edge chemistry in 2013. 2021-05-21. Chemistry World. en.
  29. Web site: Peplow. Mark. 2013-07-10. The nonclassical cation: a classic case of conflict. 2021-05-21. Chemistry World. en.
  30. Web site: Solving Old Bonding Debate. 2021-05-21. cen.acs.org.
  31. Web site: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. 2013-07-09. Chemistry riddle solved. 2021-05-21. ScienceDaily. en.
  32. Web site: Yirka. Bob. 2013-07-05. German scientists solve nonclassical 2-norbornyl carbocation structure. 2021-05-21. phys.org. en.
  33. Bart. Suzanne C.. Heinemann. Frank W.. Anthon. Christian. Hauser. Christina. Meyer. Karsten. 2009-09-09. A New Tripodal Ligand System with Steric and Electronic Modularity for Uranium Coordination Chemistry. Inorganic Chemistry. 48. 19. 9419–9426. 10.1021/ic9012697. 19739633. 0020-1669.
  34. La Pierre. Henry S.. Kameo. Hajime. Halter. Dominik P.. Heinemann. Frank W.. Meyer. Karsten. 2014. Coordination and Redox Isomerization in the Reduction of a Uranium(III) Monoarene Complex. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. en. 53. 28. 7154–7157. 10.1002/anie.201402048. 24889470. 1521-3773.
  35. La Pierre. Henry S.. Scheurer. Andreas. Heinemann. Frank W.. Hieringer. Wolfgang. Meyer. Karsten. 2014. Synthesis and Characterization of a Uranium(II) Monoarene Complex Supported by δ Backbonding. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. en. 53. 28. 7158–7162. 10.1002/anie.201402050. 24889659. 1521-3773.
  36. Halter. Dominik P.. Heinemann. Frank W.. Bachmann. Julien. Meyer. Karsten. 2016. Uranium-mediated electrocatalytic dihydrogen production from water. Nature. en. 530. 7590. 317–321. 10.1038/nature16530. 26808900. 2016Natur.530..317H. 4449447 . 1476-4687.
  37. Halter. Dominik P.. Heinemann. Frank W.. Maron. Laurent. Meyer. Karsten. 2018. The role of uranium–arene bonding in H 2 O reduction catalysis. Nature Chemistry. en. 10. 3. 259–267. 10.1038/nchem.2899. 29461533. 2018NatCh..10..259H. 1755-4349.
  38. Mazzanti. Marinella. 2018. The secret is in the ring. Nature Chemistry. en. 10. 3. 247–249. 10.1038/nchem.2940. 29461532. 1755-4349.
  39. Web site: Curriculum Vitae › Prof. Dr. Karsten Meyer. 2021-05-21. en-US.
  40. Web site: 2011 Call for Nominations! Dalton European/African Lectureship – Dalton Transactions Blog. 2021-05-20. en-US.

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