CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Aaron Sadow Associate Scientist and Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Iowa State University 2760 Gilman Hall Ames Laboratory Iowa State University Ames, IA 50011 Phone 515-294-8069 FAX 515-294-0105 sadow@iastate.edu

PERSONAL HISTORY

• 1997, B.S., Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University
• 2003, Ph.D., Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
• 2003-05, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich
• 2005-present, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Iowa State University

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Investigation of transition-metal complexes in homogeneous and surface-supported environments for the development of new catalytic processes. Investigation of C3-symmetric, optically active ligands for the discovery of new stereoselective C–H bond activations and stereoselective carbon-element (silicon, phosphorous, nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur) bond formations.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

A. D. Sadow, A. Togni, “Enantioselective Addition of Secondary Phosphines to Methacrylonitrile: Catalysis and Mechanism.” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 127, 17012–17024 (2005).

A. D. Sadow, T. D. Tilley, “Synthesis and Characterization of Scandium Silyl Complexes. s-Bond Metathesis Reactions of Cp*₂Sc Complexes and Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalizations via Dehydrogenative Silation. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 127, 643–656 (2005).

A. D. Sadow, T. D. Tilley, “Cationic Hafnium Silyl Complexes and their Enhanced Reactivity in s-Bond Metathesis Processes with Si–H and C–H Bonds.” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 125, 9462–9475 (2003).

A. D. Sadow, T. D. Tilley, “Activation of Methane by s-Bond Metathesis with (h₅-C₅Me₅)₂ScCH₂CMe₃.  The Possible Role of Nondegenerate Alkyl Exchange in a Catalytic Hydromethylation of Propene.” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 125, 7971–7977 (2003).