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James Mack

Assistant Professor
Chemistry - Tenure-Track Faculty
502 Crosley Tower
513-556-9249
james.mack@uc.edu
Mackchem.org

Professional Summary

James Mack is an Assistant Professor 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.

Research Support

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

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

Green Chemistry Gordon Conference Travel Grant, Funded 2004

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.

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

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.