Email John Richardson
Phone Number: (502) 852-7069 (Office)
Fax Number: fax: (502) 852-8149
Address: Department of Chemistry, 2320 South Brook St, Louisville KY 40292
Ph. D. 1981, University of Western Ontario

Additional Appointments:

• Director, University Honors Program

Research Interests:

• 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

• Solid acids such as zeolites and silico-aluminates
• Catalytic systems
• Conformational studies of oligosaccharides
• Inorganic cage compounds

Investigators:

Selected Publications:

1. J. Britten; N. G. R. Hearns; K. E. Preuss; J. F. Richardson; S. Bin-Salamon, "Mn(II) and Cu(II) Complexes of a Dithiadiazolyl Radical Ligand: Monomer/Dimer Equilibria in Solution" Inorg. Chem., 46, 3934-3945 (2007).
2. J. L. Brusso; S. Derakhshan; H. Kleinke; R. C. Haddon; M. E. Itkis;  R. T. Oakley; R. W. Reed; J. F. Richardson; C. M. Robertson; L. K. Thompson, "Isostructural bis-dithiazolyl and bis-Thiaselenazolyl Radicals: Trends in Bandwidth and Conductivity" Inorg. Chem., 45, 10958-10966 (2006).
3. A. A. Leitch; C. E. McKenzie; R. T. Oakley; R. W. Reed; J. F. Richardson; L. D. Sawyer, "Bimodal Association of a bis-1,2,3-dithiazolyl radical" J. Chem. Soc.,Chem. Commun., 1088-1090 (2006).
4. L. Beer; J. L. Brusso; R. C. Haddon; M. E. Itkis; H. Kleinke; A. A. Leitch; R. T.Oakley; R. W. Reed; J. F. Richardson; R. A. Secco; X. Yu, "Pressure Enhanced Conductivity in Bis-1,2,3-Thiaselenazolyl Dimers" J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 127, 18159-18170 (2005).
5. L. Beer; J. L. Brusso; R. C. Haddon; M. E. Itkis; R. T.Oakley; R. W. Reed; J. F. Richardson; R. A. Secco; X. Yu, "The Effect of Selenium Incorporation on the Bandwidth and Conductivity of Neutral Radical Conductors" J. Chem. Soc.,Chem. Commun., 5745-5747 (2005).
6. L. Beer; J. L. Brusso; R. C. Haddon; M. E. Itkis; A. A. Leitch; R. T.Oakley; R. W. Reed; J. F. Richardson; D. G. van derVeer, "Bis -1,2,3-thiaselenazolyl radicals and their σ-bonded dimers" J. Chem. Soc.,Chem. Commun., 1543-1545 (2005).
7. R. T. Oakley; R. W. Reed; C. M. Robertson; J. F. Richardson, "Naphthalene-1,2,3-dithiazolyl and its Selenium Containing Variants" Inorg. Chem., 44, 1837-1845 (2005).
8. L. Beer; J. L. Brusso; R. C. Haddon; M. E. Itkis; A. A. Leitch; R. T.Oakley; R. W. Reed; J. F. Richardson; D. G. VanderVeer, "Resonance Stabilized bis-thiadiazinyl Radicals" J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1218-1220 (2005).
9. J.L. Brusso; O.P. Clements; R. C. Haddon; M. E. Itkis; A. A. Leitch; R. T. Oakley; R. W. Reed; J. F. Richardson, "Bistability and the Phase Transition in Pyrazine-1,3,2-dithiazolyl" J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 126, 14692-14693 (2004).
10. Nigel G. R. Hearns, Kathryn E. Preuss, John F. Richarson and Sofi Bin-Salamon, "Design and Synthesis of a 4-(2'Pyridyl)-1,2,3,5-Dithiadiazolyl Cobalt Complex", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126, 9942-9943 (2004).
11. Philip D. Bauer, Mark S. Mashuta, Robert J. O'Brien, John F. Richardson and Robert M. Buchanan, "Synthesis, characterization and crystal structures of nickel(II) complexes containing sterically hindering Benzimidazole ligands", J. Coord. Chem., 57, 361-372 (2004).
12. Jaclyn L. Brusso, Owen P. Clements, Robert C. Haddon, Mikhail E. Itkis,ALlicea A. Leitch, Richard T. Oakley, Robert W. Reed and John F. Richardson,"Bistabilities in 1,3,2-Dithiazolyl Radicals", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126, 8256-8265 (2004)