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Dr. Christine Hahn

Assistant Professor

Education

• Study of Chemistry, 1988-1993, College of Technology at Leuna-Merseburg, Germany
• Diploma in Chemistry (Masters), 1993, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
• Dr. rer. nat. (PhD) in Inorganic Chemistry, 1997, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenburg, Germany

Postdoctoral Experiences

• Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Würzburg (Germany), 1997-1998
• Department of Chemistry, University of Naples (Italy), 1998-2001
• Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany), 2002-2005

Awards

• Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher LEOPOLDINA (German Academy of Natural Scientist LEOPOLDINA), 1998-2001
• University Science Program of Bavaria, 2003-2005

Membership

• American Chemical Society (ACS)
• Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh), Society of German Chemists

Research Fields

• Coordination Chemistry of Transition Metals
• Organometallic Chemistry
• Homogeneous Catalysis

Selected Publications

Complex Catalysis, XLIX. On the Coordination of Olefins and Secondary Amines at the Cationic [2,6-Bis(diphenylphosphanylmethyl)pyridine]rhodium(I)  Fragment[Rh(PNP)]⁺ - Synthesis and Characterization of [Rh(PNP)(L)]X  (L = Ethylene, Styrene, HNR₂; X = BF₄, PF₆, CF₃SO₃).
C. Hahn, J. Sieler, R. Taube,* Chem. Ber. 1997, 130, 393-345.

Synthesis of 2,6-bis(diphenylphosphinomethyl)pyridine-monoligand-rhodium(I) complexes [Rh(PNP)L]X with L = pyridine, CH₃CN, DMSO and X = CF₃SO₃, BF₄ from the corresponding ethylene complex and comparison of the structures to the piperidine complex (L = piperidine, X = BF₄)
C. Hahn, J. Sieler, R. Taube,* Polyhedron, 1998, 17, 1183-1193.

Coordination of Olefins and N-Donor Ligands at the Fragment [2,6-Bis[((diphenylphosphino)-methyl)pyrdine]-palladium(II). Synthesis, Structure, and Amination of the New Dicationic Complexes [Pd(PNP)(CH₂=CHR)](BF₄)₂ (R = H, Ph).
C. Hahn, A. Vitagliano, F. Giordano, R. Taube,* Organometallics, 1998, 17, 2060-2066.

Complex Catalysis, LIV. Synthesis and Characterization of Organorhodium(I) Complexes with the Tridentate Ligand 2,6-Bis(diphenylphosphanylmethyl)pyrdine [Rh(PNP)R] (R = CH₃, C₆H₅) and Their Reactivity toward Ethylene and Protic Acids.
C. Hahn, M. Spiegler, E. Herdtweck, R. Taube*, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 1998, 1425-1432.

Complex Catalysis, 55. Oxidative Addition Reactions of Organorhodium(I) Complexes Containing the Tridentate Ligand 2,6-Bis(diphenylphosphanylmethyl)-pyridine [Rh(PNP)R] (R = CH₃, C₆H₅) with Iodine and Methyl Iodine and Investigation of the Reductive Elimination.
C. Hahn, M. Spiegler, E. Herdtweck, R. Taube,* Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 1999, 435-440.

Olefins Coordinated at a Highly Electrophilic Site – Dicationic Palladium(II) Complexes and Equilibrium Reactions with Nucleophiles.
C. Hahn, P. Morvillo, A. Vitagliano,* Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2001, 419-429.

Coordination of Alkenes at a Highly Electrophilic Site. New Dicationic Platinum(II) Complexes: Synthesis, Structure and Reactions with Nucleophiles.
C. Hahn,* P. Morvillo, E. Herdtweck, A. Vitagliano, Organometallics 2002, 21, 1807-1818.

Coordinated Olefins as Incipient Carbocations: Catalytic Co-dimerization of Ethylene and Internal Olefins by a Dicationic Pt(II)-Ethylene Complex.
C. Hahn, M. E. Cucciolito, A. Vitagliano,* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 9038-9039.

Enhancing Electrophilic Alkene Activation by Increasing Positive Net Charge in Transition Metal Complexes and Application in Homogeneous Catalysis.
C. Hahn*, Chem. Eur. J. 2004, 10, 5888-5899.

Contact Information

Dr. Christine UTPB Chemistry 4901 E. University Blvd. Odesssa, TX 79762

Office:  Founders Bldg., Rm 030 A Ph:       432-552-2239 Fax:     432-552-2236 email:   hahn_c@utpb.edu

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