M. Christina White
| Maria Christina White | |
|---|---|
| Born | Athens, Greece |
| Occupation | Professor of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
M. Christina White is a professor of chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research program centers around the use of organometallic catalysis to develop highly selective C—H functionalization methods for streamlining the process of complex molecule synthesis.[1]
White received her B.A. in biochemistry from Smith College in 1992, where she worked with Stuart Rosenfeld in the area of host-guest chemistry. After a brief stint in the biology graduate program at Johns Hopkins University working with Christian Anfinsen, she began her doctoral studies in chemistry under the direction of Gary H. Posner. During that time, her research involved synthesis of hybrid vitamin D3 analogs.
In 1999, she joined Eric Jacobsen's labs at Harvard University as an NIH postdoctoral fellow. During this time, she developed the first synthetically useful methane monooxygenase (MMO) mimic system for catalytic epoxidations with hydrogen peroxide. White began her independent career as a member of the chemistry faculty at Harvard University in July 2002. She joined the department of chemistry at the University of Illinois in the summer of 2005, where she is currently a Professor of Chemistry.[2]
White's current research focuses on catalytic C-H activation through palladium (most notably via the eponymous White catalyst) and iron (most notably Fe(PDP)(MeCN)2(SbF6)2, more commonly referred to as the White–Chen catalyst).[3] White has applied these catalysts and their derivatives to new applications, with the most recent being the White catalyst's dehydrogenative Diels-Alder reaction[4] and the iron-mediated intramolecular C-H amination reaction.[5]
References
- ↑ "M. Christina White / Faculty / Chemistry at Illinois". Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ↑ "White Research Group >> M. Christina White". Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ↑ "White Research Group >> Research". Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ↑ Stang, EM & White, MC (2011). "Molecular Complexity via C–H Activation: A Dehydrogenative Diels–Alder Reaction". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 133 (38): 14892–14895. doi:10.1021/ja2059704.
- ↑ Paradine, SM & White, MC (2012). "Iron-Catalyzed Intramolecular Allylic C—H Amination". Journal of the American Chemical Society. doi:10.1021/ja211600g.