Craig Anderson

Education

• Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec 1995. Thesis: Solution and structural chemistry of ruthenium imidazole complexes. Advisor: André L. Beauchamp.
• M.Sc., Organometallic Chemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario 1989. Thesis: Reactivity of dimethylplatinum(II) complexes. Advisor: Richard J. Puddephatt.
• B.Sc., Honours Chemistry, University of Western Ontario 1987. Thesis: Studies of a trinuclear platinum cluster. Advisor: Richard J. Puddephatt.

Courses

• Basic Principles of Chemistry (Chemistry 141),
• Basic Principles of Chemistry (Chemistry 142)
• Principles of Chemical Analysis (Chemistry 301)
• Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (Chemistry 312)
• Chemistry of the Environment (Chemistry 130)
• Forensic Chemistry (Chemistry 135)
• Organometallic Chemistry (Chemistry 431)
• Experiments in Chemistry
• Environment and Disease (Biology 121)

Research Interests

We are interested in the study of transition metal complexes with general applications towards bioinorganic and catalytic systems.

Examples of current projects:

• The synthesis of new platinum complexes with chiral and heterocyclic ligands. The study of the oxidative addition reactions of alkyl halides, such as MeI, to the new orthometallated platinum complexes which contain chiral sites in order to determine the stereoselectivity of such reactions.
• The design and synthesis of new ligands in order to produce bis-orthometalled platinum complexes. Such complexes have applications as OLEDs and light harvesting devices.
• The synthesis of di- and multi-nuclear complexes of platinum, iron, and/or ruthenium using bridging ligands containing nitrogen, sulphur or phosphorus and determining their reactivities with biomimetic molecules. It is speculated that the new complexes will have anti-tumor properties.

Research Students Supervised at Bard:

Bard College Senior Research Project Advisees:

• Erin Miksic (2003-2004)
• Mahmud Hussain (2004-2005); Grad School, Penn
• Amnon Herman (2005); Yeshiva School, Jerusalem
• Peter Milano (2005-2006); Med. School, Florida
• James Morris (2006-2007); Grad School, Rochester
• Skylar Ferrara (2006-2007); Grad School, Tulane
• Alexander Kuc (2007-2008)
• Eber Wright (2008-2009); Grad School, Windsor
• Nicholas Sharac (2008-2009); Grad School, UC Irvine
• Ava Kreider-Mueller (2008-2009); Grad School, Columbia
• Paul Jordan (2009)
• Leah Ladner (2009-2010)

Other Research Students:

• Ryan Mesina (F2003)
• Karin Kram (Intersession 2004, S2004); Grad School, Columbia
• Mihai Duduta (F2006)
• Marielle DuToit (F2007)
• Nina Jankovik (F2007, S2008)
• Emmanuel Krantz (F2007, S2008)
• Michael Levine (F2007, S2008)
• Seb Cendron (S2008, F2008)
• Nicole Kfoury (S2009)

Publications (2000– )

(asterisk (*) indicates corresponding author; underline indicates undergraduate author)

• Margarita Crespo,* Craig M. Anderson,* Joseph M. Tanski. Synthesis of platinum(II) cyclometallated compounds derived from imines containing pyridyl or pyrimidyl groups, Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 2009, 87, 80-87. Special Issue dedicated to Richard J. Puddephatt.
• Amnon Herman (Bard 2006), Joseph M. Tanski, Michael F. Tibbetts, Craig M. Anderson.* Synthesis, characterization, and in vitro evaluation of a potentially selective anticancer, mixed-metal [ruthenium(III)-platinum(II)] trinuclear complex, Inorganic Chemistry, 2008, 47, 274-280.
• Craig M. Anderson*, Amnon Herman (Bard 2006), Fernande Rochon. Synthesis and characterization of ionic Ru(III) complexes containing dimethylsulfoxide and dinitrogen heterocyclic ligands, Polyhedron, 26 (2007) 3661–3668.
• Joanne D. Kehlbeck, Eric J. Dimise, Sarah M. Sparks, Skylar Ferrara (Bard 2007), Joseph M. Tanski, Craig M. Anderson.* A Practical and Efficient Synthesis of 1-Substituted m-Terphenyls, Synthesis, 2007, 1979-1983.
• Craig Anderson,* Margarita Crespo, James Morris (Bard 2007), Joseph M. Tanski. Cyclometallated Platinum Complexes with Chiral Ligands, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 691 (2006) 5647–5653.
• Craig Anderson*, Daniel Freedman, Michael Jennings, Brenda Gray (Bard 1998). Dimethylplatinum(II) Complexes with Isocyanocoumarin Ligands: The Crystal Structure of cis-dimethylbis-(7-ethylamino-3-isocyanocoumarin)platinum (II), Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 690/1 (2005) 168-176.
• Craig Anderson.* Presumptive and Confirmatory Drug Tests, Journal of Chemical Education, 2005, 82, 1809-1811.
• Craig Anderson*, Margarita Crespo. Cyclometallated Platinum Complexes with Heterocyclic Ligands, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 689 (2004) 1496–1502.
• Craig Anderson.* Synthesis of Chloro(2-methylimidazole)ruthenium (III) Complexes and Their Aqueous Solution Chemistry, and the Crystal Structure of [2-MeImH]₂[RuCl₅(2-MeIm)], Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 2001, 79, 10, 1477-1482.
• Craig Anderson, Margarita Crespo*, Fernande Rochon. Stereoselective Oxidative Addition of Methyl Iodide to Chiral Cyclometallated Platinum (II) Compounds Derived from (R)-(+)-1-(1-naphthyl)ethylamine. Crystal Structure of [PtMe{3-(R)-(C₁₀H₇)CHMeNCHC₄H₂S}PPh₃], Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 631 (2001) 167-174.
• Craig Anderson, Margarita Crespo*, Merce Font-Bardia, and Xavier Solans. Oxidative Addition of Alkyl Halides to Chiral Cyclometallated Platinum(II) Complexes with Thienyl Imines. X-ray Crystal Structure of [PtMe{3-((S)-PhCHMeNCH)C₄H₂S}SMe₂], Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 604/2 (2000) 178-185.
• Craig Anderson, Margarita Crespo*, Axel Kline, Merce Font-Bardia, and Xavier Solans. Cyclometallated Platinum Complexes with Thienyl Imines. X-Ray Crystal Structure of [PtMe{3-(PhCH₂NCH)C₄H₂S}PPh₃], Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 601 (2000) 22-33.

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