Dr. M. Taylor Haynes II
Associate Professor
Specialties:
Organic Chemistry
Organometallic Chemistry
Education:
Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Michigan
M.S. Post-Secondary Science Education, University of Michigan
B.S. Chemistry, UC Irvine
Office: Frost Center - Bldg. 181 - 420
Phone: (805) 756-1394
E-mail: mthaynes@calpoly.edu
Research Interests:
Organometallics method development
- Expanding the synthetic utility of copper-catalyzed aerobic oxidations through the development of a series of tandem reactionsSynthetic organic chemistry
- Developments in this area have elucidated a divergent method that allows for the selective synthesis of either 1,3-diones or α,β- unsaturated ketones from a common set of starting materials
- Studying the effects of a highly tunable ligand framework on the photophysical properties of Iron(II) complexes
- A Tridentate ligand core consisting of a pyridine and two N-Heterocyclic Carbenes that can be finely tuned by adjusting the steric and electronic parameters of each binding site and studying the subsequent effects on the electronic properties of Iron(II) complexes