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Welcome to the Riordan Laboratory  Bioinorganic, Coordination, Organometallic & Chemistry

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Professor Charles G. Riordan

Vice Provost for Graduate and Professional Education
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716

211 Lammot DuPont Laboratory
(302) 831-1073 (Office)
(302) 831-4518 (Laboratory)
(302) 831- 8697 (Graduate Office)

Email: riordan(at)udel.edu

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Our research program focuses on frontier mechanistic problems in bioinorganic chemistry that may be probed through synthesis, reactivity and kinetic studies.  Research at this interface requires the tools of chemical synthesis, spectroscopy and physical organic chemistry.  The studies are collaborative and multidisciplinary. Specifically, we are interested in modeling the spectroscopic properties and catalytic reactivity of the nickel-containing enzymes, with current focus on acetyl coenzyme A synthase (ACS), an enzyme central to the metabolism of small molecules, i.e. CO, CO₂ and acetate, in the anaerobic world. Second, we are taking a bio-inspired approach to explore small molecule activation via low valent, late transition metal complexes, such as nickel(I), cobalt(I)and iron(I). Reductive activation of dioxygen (as well as sulfur and selenium) by nickel(I) represents our current focus.

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Last Updated: March 9, 2011