University of Louisville

Department of Chemistry
Mailing address:

Department of Chemistry
University of Louisville
2320 South Brook Street
Louisville, KY 40292

Phone Numbers:
(502) 852-6798 (phone)
(502) 852-8149 (fax)


Robert M. Buchanan
 Professor

Inorganic Chemistry

Phone: 502-852-6580
bob.buchanan@louisville.edu

 
B.A. 1973 Western Maryland College
Ph.D. 1980 University of Colorado
Research Interests

    Synthesis, structure, and magnetic properties of inorganic and bioinorganic compounds; active site models of mu.-oxo iron proteins; polynuclear manganese complexes as models of PSII and pseudocatalase proteins; mixed valence complexes; C-H bond function; conducting polymers; phthalocyanine complexes, electrocatalysis.

Recent Publications

Structures and solid-state dynamics of one-dimensional water chains stabilized by imidazole channels
Lionel E. Cheruzel, Maxim S. Pometun, Matthew R. Cecil, Mark S. Mashuta, Richard J. Wittebort and Robert M. Buchanan
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2003, 42, 5452-5455

Synthesis, characterization and crystal structures of Nickel(II) complexes containing sterically hindering Benzimidazole ligands
Philip D. Bauer, Mark S. Mashuta, Robert J. O'Brien, John F. Richardson and Robert M. Buchanan
J. Coord. Chem. 2004, 57, 361-372

Design and development of microfabricated capillary electrophoresis devices with electrochemical detection
R. S. Keynton, T. J. Roussel, M. M. Crain, D. J. Jackson, D. B. Franco, J.F. Naber, K. M. Walsh and R. P. Baldwin
Anal. Chim. Acta., 2004, 507, 95-105