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James Mack

Associate Professor, Co-Graduate Program Director
Chemistry - Tenure-Track Faculty
502 Crosley Tower
513-556-9249
james.mack@uc.edu
http://www.mackchem.org

Professional Summary

James Mack is an AssociateProfessor of Chemistry. After completing his Bachlor’s degree at Middlebury College in 1995 he went to graduate school at the University of New Hampshire where he conducted his doctoral research under the supervision of Glen P. Miller working in the area of fullerenes. After earning his doctoral degree in 2000, he was a postdoctoral fellow with Lawrence T. Scott developing a bench top synthesis of fullerenes and nanotubes. Since joining the faculty at the University of Cincinnati in 2003, Professor Mack has been interested in the development of environmentally benign organic reactions and the synthesis of novel organic materials.

Education

bachelor of arts, Middlebury College, Middlebury Vermont, 1995 (Chemistry).

Doctor of Philosophy, University New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, 2000 (Chemistry).

Research Support

(PI) James Mack, CAREER: Utilization of Mechanochemistry for solvent waste prevention, National Science Foundation. (CHE-0548150); 550000. Date: 2006 to 2011. Status: Active.

(PI) James Mack, “Shaken not stirred: Utilization of mechanochemistry for solvent prevention”, University Research Council. 5000. Date: 2005 Status: Active.

Green Chemistry Gordon Conference Travel Grant, Date: 2004

(PI) James Mack, Developing a better understanding of organic reactions under solvent-free ball milling conditions, National Science Foundation. (041064767); 367835. Date: 10/01/2011 to 09/30/2014. Status: Active.

(Co-PI) Michael Gonalez, James Mack, Developing and Assessing Sustainable Pharmaceutical Reactions in a Continuous Flow Environment , American Chemical Society. 100000. Date: 2011 to 2011. Status: Denied.

(Co-PI) James Mack, Joanna Mitro, Margaret Hanson, Ilya Vilinsky, Kenneth Petren, Jodi Shann, Stephan Pelikan, Using retention strategies and academic support to build a first generation pipeline to Science and Math, NSF. (1154468); 600000. Date: 2011 to 2016. Status: Denied.

Peer Reviewed Publications

Mack, J.; Fulmer, D.; Stofel, S.; Santos, N. "The first solvent-free method for the reduction of esters". Green Chem (2007), 1041-1043.

Mack, J.; Vogel, P.; Jones, D.; Kaval, N.; Sutton, A. "The development of corannulene-based blue emitters". Org. Biomol. Chem. (2007), 5, 2448-2452.

"Rate Enhancement of the Morita-Baylis-Hillman Reaction through Mechanochemistry ". Green Chem. (2007), 9, 328-330.

Scanlon, L. G., ;Balbuena, P. B., ;Zhang, Y., ;Sandi, G., ;Back, C. K., ;Feld, W. A., ;Mack, J., ;Rottmayer, M. A., ;Riepenhoff, J. L. "Investigation of Corannulene for Molecular Hydrogen Storage via Computational Chemistry and Experimentation". J. Chem. Phys. B (2006), 110, 7688-7694.

Denifl, S., ;Sonnweber, B., ;Mack, J., ;Scott, L. T., ;Scheier, P., ;Becker, K., ;Maerk, T. D. "Appearance energies of singly, doubly, and triply charged coronene and corannulene ions produced by electron impact". Int. J. Mass. Spec. (2006), 249/250, 353-358.

Petrukhina, M. A., ;Andreini, K. W., ;Mack, J., ;Scott, L. T. "X-ray Quality Geometries of Geodesic Polyarenes from Theoretical Calculations: What Levels of Theory Are Reliable?". J. Org. Chem. (2005), 70, 5713-5716.

Lovas, F. J., ;McMahon, R. J., ;Grabow, J.-U., ;Schnell, M., ;Mack, J., ;Scott, L. T., ;Kuczkowski, R. L. "Interstellar Chemistry: A Strategy for Detecting Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Space". J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2005), 127, 4345-4349.

Hauke, F., ;Atalick, S., ;Guldi, D. M., ;Mack, J., ;Scott, L. T., ;Hirsch, A. "Molecular satellite dishes: attaching parabolic and planar arenes to heterofullerenes ". Chem. Commun. (2004), 766-767.

Miller, G. P.; Briggs, J.; Mack, J.; Lord, P. A.; Olmstead, M. M.; Balch, A. L. "Fullerene-Acene Chemistry: Single-Crystal X-ray Structures for a [60]Fullerene-Pentacene Monoadduct and a cis-Bis[60]fullerene Adduct of 6,13 Diphenylpentacene ". Organic Letters (2003), 5, 4199-4202.

M.A. Petrukhina, K.W. Andreini, J. Mack, L.T. Scott. "Transition-Metal Complexes of an Open Geodesic Polyarene". Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (2003), 42, 3375.

1. "Solvent-free Sonogashira coupling reaction via high speed ball milling" Fulmer, D. A., Shearouse, W. C., Medonza, S. T. and Mack, J., Green Chem. 2009, 11, 1821-1825

Waddell, D. C.; Thiel, I.; Clark, T. D.; Marcum, S. T.; Mack, J. Green. Chem. 2010, 12, 209-211.

"A two-step ball milling method synthesizes and purifies Î±,Î²-unsaturated esters" Shearouse, W. C., Korte, C. M. and Mack, J., Green. Chem. 13, 598-601

Investigating the Formation of Dialkyl Carbonates Using High Speed Ball Milling, Waddell, D. C.; Thiel, I.; Bunger, A.; Nkata, D.; Maloney, A.; Clark, T.; Smith, B.; Mack, J. Green. Chem. 2011, 13, 3156.

Mechanochemistry: Opportunities for New and Cleaner Synthesis, S. L. James, C. J. Adams, C. Bolm, D. Braga, P. Collier, T. Friscic, F. Grepioni, K. D. M. Harris, G. Hyett, W. Jones, et. al, Chemical Society Reviews, 2012, 41, 413-447.

Conducting Moisture Sensitive Reactions Under Mechanochemical Conditions, D. C. Waddell, T. D. Clark, J. Mack, Tetrahedron Letters, 2012, 53, 4510-4513.

Diastereoselective Liquid Assisted Grinding: 'Cracking' Functional Resins to Advance Chromatography-free Synthesis, W. C. Shearouse, J. Mack, Green Chem., 2012, 14, 2771-2775.

Book Chapters

Experimental and Calculated Properties of Fullerene and Nanotube Fragments, D. R. Jones, P. Bachawala, J. Mack, Chapt. 5, in Fragments of Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes, Eds. M. A. Petrukhina and L. T. Scott, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, 2012, 135-156.

Hemispherical Geodesic Polyarenes: Attractive Templates for the Chemical Synthesis of Uniform-Diameter Armchair Nanotubes, A. P. Belanger, K. A. Mirica, J. Mack, L. T. Scott, Chapt. 9, in Fragments of Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes, Eds. M. A. Petrukhina and L. T. Scott, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, 2012, 135-156.

Solvent-Free Synthesis, J. Mack, S. Muthukrishnan, Chapt. 11, in Green Techniques for Organic Synthesis and Medicinal Chemistry, 1^st Ed., Eds. W. Zhang and B. W. Cue, Jr., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, 2012, xxxx-xxxx.

Invited Presentations

(09-2006). The development of Greener Syntheses through Mechanochemistry. St. John's University

(09-2006). The design and synthesis of corannulene-based materials. Barnard College

(04-2006). The use of computational chemistry to solve real world problems. University of Cincinnati, Physics Department.

(04-2006). The development of Greener Syntheses through Mechanochemistry. Northern Kentucky University

(04-2006). The development of Greener Syntheses through Mechanochemistry. ACS-Trisection Meeting

(03-2006). The development of Greener Syntheses through Mechanochemistry. College of Mount Saint Joseph

(03-2006). The development of Greener Syntheses through Mechanochemistry. Western Kentucky University

(01-2006). The design and synthesis of corannulene-based materials. Shawnee State University

(12-2005). The development of Greener Syntheses through Mechanochemistry. Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne.

(12-2005). The development of Greener Syntheses through Mechanochemistry. Geneva College

(12-2005). The development of Greener Syntheses through Mechanochemistry. Murray State University

(02/25/2005). The design and synthesis of corannulene-based nanomaterials. Wright State University

(02/16/2005). The design and synthesis of corannulene-based nanomaterials. Olivet College

James Mack (02-2007). The development of Greener Syntheses through Mechanochemistry”. Millikin Univerisity

James Mack (10-2007). It is Easy Being Green. MIddlebury College

James Mack (11-2007). The development of Greener Syntheses through Mechanochemistry. Tennessee Technical Univerisity

James Mack (02-2008). “The development of Greener Syntheses through Mechanochemistry”. Hampton University

James Mack (04-2008). “The development of Greener Syntheses through Mechanochemistry”. Howard University

James Mack (09-2008). Understanding organic reactions through mechanochemistry. Miami (OH) University

James Mack (10-2009). Coupling reaction via high speed ball milling”. University of Maryland-Eastern Shore

James Mack (07-2010). Shake it up: chemistry through high speed ball milling”. Univerisity of Callifornia-Davis

Daniel Waddell (10-2010). Making dialkyl carbonates under high speed ball milling conditions. Ohio Northern University

James Mack (12/08/2011). Shake it up: Chemistyr via High Speed Ball Milling. American Chemical Society meeting, Xavier University .

James Mack (05/09/2012). Shaken not Stirred: Chemistry through High Speed Ball Milling. University of Central Florida

James Mack (10/04/2012). “Shaken not Stirred”: Chemistry through High Speed Ball Milling. Xavier University of Louisiana

James Mack (11/02/2012). “Shaken not Stirred”: Chemistry through High Speed Ball Milling. Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

James Mack (06/19/2012). Bizzarro World: Understanding the rules that govern mechanochemical reactions. 34th Reaction Mechanisms Conference, Columbia, Missouri.

Poster Presentations

Daniel Waddel1. Daniel Waddell, Indre Thiel, Tammara Clark, and S. Tyler Marcum (10-2010). Making dialkyl carbonates under high speed ball millilng conditions. Oesper Symposium, .

Daniel Waddell, Indre Thiel, Tammara Clark, and S. Tyler Marcum (07-2010). Making dialkyl carbonates under high speed ball millilng conditions. Green Chemistry Gordon Conference, Davidson NC.

Teresa Cook and James Mack (07/01/2012). (57) Exploring Metal Catalyzed Reactions Under Solvent-Free High Speed Ball Milling (HSBM). ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Graduate Research Symposium, Boulder, CO.

Paper Presentations

The development of Corannulene based materials. NSF-EPSRC Organic Materials Workshop, London, England. 03-2006.

M. Shumba, D. Fulmer, J. Mack. the development of Greener synthesis through mechanochemistry. 2. Physical Organic Chemistry Gordon Research Conference, Holderness, NH. 07-2005.

M. Shumba, J. Mack. the development of Greener synthesis through mechanochemistry. 3. Green Chemistry Gordon Research Conference, Providence, RI. 07-2004.

. Organic Dynamics Workshop, Greenwich WI. 06-2004.

M. Shumba, J. Mack. The utility of a water-soluble azo compound and sodium hypophosphite in solventless free radical reaction. Oesper Symposium, Cincinnati, OH. 10-2004.

M. Shumba, J. Mack. Rate enhancement of the Baylis-Hillman reaction via mechanochemistry. Oesper Symposium, Cincinnati, OH. 10-2006.

J. Riepenhoff and J. Mack. The study and synthesis of Corannulene-based Carcerands. Oesper Symposium, Cincinnati, OH. 10-2004.

J. Riepenhoff and J. Mack. The study and synthesis of Corannulene-based Carcerands. National ACS meeting. 2006.

D. Fulmer and J. Mack. Green Chemistry: The Viability Phase-Transfer and Oxidation Reactions in the Solid State. Oesper Symposium, Cincinnati, OH. 10-2004.

D. Fulmer and J. Mack. Green Chemistry: The Viability Phase-Transfer and Oxidation Reactions in the Solid State. ACS green Chemistry Summer School. 07-2005.

D. Fulmer and J. Mack. The development of Solvent-free reductions via mechanochemistry. National Green Chemistry Conference. 06-2006.

A. Hurst and J. Mack. Studying the Host-Guest interactions of tethered corannulene units with electron deficient metals. Oesper Symposium, Cincinnati, OH. 10-2004.

A. Hurst and J. Mack. Studying the Host-Guest interactions of tethered corannulene units with electron deficient metals. NOBCChE. 04-2005.

S. Figueira and J. Mack. Establishing HSVM as a versatile, Convenient, Environmentally Safer Method for Conducting Reactions. Oesper Symposium, Cincinnati, OH. 10-2004.

S. Figueira, J. Mack. Establishing HSVM as a versatile, Convenient, Environmentally Safer Method for Conducting Reactions. Regional Mcnair Conference, Columbus, OH. 2004.

S. Figueira, J. Mack. Establishing HSVM as a versatile, Convenient, Environmentally Safer Method for Conducting Reactions. National Mcnair Conference, Madison, WI. 2004.

R. Vermillion and J. Mack. Solid State reduction of Carbonyl Groups via HSVM. Oesper Symposium, Cincinnati, OH. 10-2004.

Daniel Waddell. Making dialkyl carbonates under high speed ball milling conditions. Central Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society. 06-2010.

Daniel Waddell. Environmentally Benign Chemistry Through High Speed Ball Milling. Chemistry Graduate Student Association Speaker of the Year Symposium, University of Cincinnati. 02-2010.

Daniel Waddell. Organic synthesis using high speed ball milling. Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference, Washington D.C.. 06/22/2011.

Teresa Cook and James Mack. (58) Exploring Metal Catalyzed Reactions Under Solvent-Free High Speed Ball Milling (HSBM) Conditions. ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. 08/19/2012.

Symposia

James Mack (06-2008). Mechanochemistry: Past, Present and Future.”. Central regional meeting of the American Chemical society, .

James Mack (08-2008). The development of Corannulene-based materials. American Chemical Society, .

James Mack (05-2009). Shake it up: chemistry through high speed ball milling”. Central regional meeting of the American Chemical society, .

James Mack (09-2009). Shaken not stirred: chemistry via high speed ball milling”. Symposium on Mechanochemistry and Solvent-Free Synthesis,, Queen's University Belfast.

James Mack (03-2011). Bringing corannulene into the light. American Chemical Society, .

James Mack (2011). Bizarro world. international Symposium on mechanochemstry, Queen's University of Belfast.

Service

Committee Member, Diversity Council, 09-2012 to Present.

Committee Member, Yates Graduate Fellowship Committee, 2005 to Present.

Program Director, Graduate Program Director of Advising, 2005 to Present.

Other, Faculty Advisor to the Chemistry Graduate Student Association (CGSA), 2009 to Present.

Other, Faculty Advisor to the UC Student Affiliates of the ACS (SAACS), 2008 to Present.

Committee Chair, Long Range Immplementation Committee, 2005 to Present.

Committee Member, Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2009 to Present.

Committee Member, Organic Divisional Committee, 2003 to Present.

Committee Member, Graduate Recruitment and Admissions Committee, 2003 to Present.

Committee Member, Graduate Admissions Committee, 2004 to Present.

Committee Member, A&S Diversity Task Force 09-2012 to Present.

Post Graduate Training & Education

2000-2003, Postdoctoral fellow, Boston College, .

Other Experience and Professional Memberships

2007-to Present, member American chemical society.

Courses Taught

15-CHEM-351 ORGANIC CHEM II.

15-CHEM-103 FIRST YR CHEMISTRY.

15-CHEM-761 ORG SPECTROSCOPY .

15-CHEM 7021, SPECTROSCOPY FUND..

15-CHEM 8059, ORGANIC TOPICS.