Division: Inorganic Chemistry Specialty: Physical-Inorganic and X-ray Crystallography Chemistry Phone: 502-852-7069 Email: john.richardson@louisville.edu

1976 B.S.   University of Western Ontario, Canada
1981 Ph.D. University of Western Ontario, Canada

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

• structure/function relationships in catalytic systems
• molecular stacking
• phase transitions
• structure and bonding in main group chemistry
• low coordinate and low valent unsaturated non-metals

MOLECULAR GRAPHICS/COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY

• solid acids such as zeolites and silico-aluminates
• catalytic systems
• conformational studies of oligosaccharides
• inorganic cage compounds

Bistabilities in 1,3,2-Dithiazolyl Radicals
Jaclyn L. Brusso, Owen P. Clements, Robert C. Haddon, Mikhail E. Itkis, Alicea A. Leitch, Richard T. Oakley, Robert W. Reed and John F. Richardson
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 8256-8265

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 Synthesis of a 4-(2'-Pyridyl)-1,2,3,5-Dithiadiazolyl Cobalt Complex
Nigel G. R. Hearns, Kathryn E. Preuss, John F. Richardson and Sofi Bin-Salamon
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 126, 9942-9943