Richard L. Lord, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, (Starting Aug. 2012).
- Summer Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 2002-2003 (Advisor: S.T. Nguyen).
- Summer Research Fellow, Center for Computational Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 2004 (Advisor: H.F. Schaefer III).
- B.Sc. in Chemistry and Mathematics, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN, 2005 (Advisors: J.W. Seyler and E. Millam).
- Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 2010. (Advisors: M.-H. Baik and F.A. Schultz).
- Post-Doctoral Fellow in Physical Inorganic Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 2010-2012. (Advisors: H.B. Schlegel, J.F. Endicott, and C.N. Verani).
Phone: (616)331-8950
Email: lordri<-at->gvsu.edu
Publications List
1. The Pentacyanocyclopentadienyl System: Structure and Energetics. R.L. Lord, S.E. Wheeler, H.F. Schaefer III. J. Phys. Chem. A 2005, 109, 10084-10091.
2. What Difference One Double Bond Makes: Electronic Structure of Saturated and Unsaturated n-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands in Grubbs Second Generation-Type Catalysts. R.L. Lord, H. Wang, M. Vieweger, M.-H. Baik. J. Organomet. Chem. 2006, 691, 5505-5512.
3. Synthesis, Structure, and Properties of Low-Spin Manganese(III)-Poly(pyrazolyl)borate Complexes. F. Hossain, M.A. Rigsby, C.T. Duncan, P.L. Milligan, Jr., R.L. Lord, M.-H. Baik, F.A. Schultz. Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 2596-2603.
4. The Mechanism of the Rhodium(I)-Catalyzed [2 + 2 + 1] Carbocyclization Reaction of Dienes and CO - A Computational Study. W.H. Pitcock, Jr., R.L. Lord, M.-H. Baik. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 5821-5830.
5. Why Cyanide Pretends to be a Weak Field Ligand in [Cr(CN)5]3-. R.L. Lord, M.-H. Baik Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 4413-4420.
6. ab initio Determination of Photoelectron Spectrum Including Vibronic Features. An Upper Level Undergraduate Physical Chemistry Laboratory. R.L. Lord, L. Davis, E.L. Millam, E. Brown, C. Offerman, P. Wray, S.M.E. Green J. Chem. Ed. 2008, 85, 1672-1674.
7. Cyanide: A Strong Field Ligand for Ferrohemes and Hemoproteins? J. Li, R.L. Lord, B.C. Noll, M.-H. Baik, C. Schultz, and W.R. Scheidt. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 10144-10146.
8. Inorganic Models for Two-Electron Redox Chemistry in Biological Systems: Ligand-Bridged Molybdenum and Tungsten Dimers. F.A. Schultz, R.L. Lord, X. Yang, M.-H. Baik. In ACS Symposium Series; Long, E.C.; Baldwin, M.J.; Eds.: Oxford University Press: Washington DC, 2009; Vol. 1012, pp 155-166.
9. Spin Crossover-Coupled Electron Transfer in [M(tacn)2]3+/2+ Systems (tacn = 1,4,7-triazacyclononane; M = Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni). R.L. Lord, F.A. Schultz, M.-H. Baik. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 6189-6197.
10. Two Electron Transfer Energetics in Ligand-Bridged Molybdenum and Tungsten Dimers. R.L. Lord, F.A. Schultz, M.-H. Baik. Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49, 4611-4619.
11. Ring-Slippage and Multielectron Redox Properties of Fe/Ru/Os-Bis(arene) Complexes: Does Hapticity Change Really Cause Potential Inversion? R.L. Lord, C.K. Schauer, F.A. Schultz, M.-H. Baik. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 18234-18242.
12. Characterization of Low Energy Charge Transfer Transitions in (terpyridine)(bipyridine)Ruthenium(II) Complexes and their Cyanide-Bridged Bi- and Tri-Metallic Analogues C.-N. Tsai, M.M. Allard, R.L. Lord, D.-W. Luo, Y.-J. Chen, H.B. Schlegel, J.F. Endicott. Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 11965-11977.
13. Unexpected Formation of a Cobalt(III) Phenoxazinylate Electron Reservoir F.D. Lesh, R.L. Lord, M.J. Heeg, H.B. Schlegel, C.N. Verani. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2012, 463-466.
14. Difference in the Reactivities of H- and Me-Substituted Dinucleating Bis(iminopyridine) Ligands with Nickel(0) A. Bheemaraju, R.L. Lord, P. Mueller, S. Groysman. Organometallics 2012, 31, 2120-2123.
15. Metallapyrimidines and Metallapyrimidiniums from Oxidative Addition of Pyrazolate N-N Bonds to Niobium(III), Niobium(IV), and Tantalum(IV) Metal Centers and Assessment of Their Aromatic Character T.H. Perera, R.L. Lord, M.J. Heeg, H.B. Schlegel, C.H. Winter Organometallics 2012, ASAP.
16. Carbon disulfide binding at dinuclear and mononuclear nickel complexes ligated by a redox-active ligand: Iminopyridine serving as an accumulator of redox equivalents for the activation of heteroallenes A. Bheemaraju, J.W. Beattie, R.L. Lord, P.D. Martin, S. Groysman Chem. Commun. 2012, ASAP.
