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Christopher C. Cummins

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After receiving his PhD in 1993, Cummins was invited to stay at MIT as an assistant professor and was later promoted to full professor in 1996. Cummins became the Henry Dreyfus Professor in Chemistry in 2015.
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After graduating from Cornell with an AB degree in 1989, Cummins went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to obtain his PhD in chemistry in 1993 under the direction of
715:"Synthesis of vanadium and titanium complexes of the type RM[(Me3SiNCH2CH2)3N] (R = Cl, alkyl) and the structure of ClV[(Me3SiNCH2CH2)3N]" 1272: 634:"Tri-tert-butylsilyl)imido complexes of titanium: benzene carbon-hydrogen activation and structure of [(tert-Bu3SiNH)Ti]2(.mu.-NSi-tert-Bu3)2" 910:"Synthesis of norbornenes containing tin(II), tin(IV), lead(II), and zinc(II) and their polymerization to give microphase-separated block copolymers" 1301: 306:. At Cornell, Cummins conducted research on the reactivity of low-coordinate zirconium and titanium complexes bearing bulky silanamide ligands (Bu 383: 1201: 1148: 1143: 991: 676: 532: 488: 458: 259: 142: 72: 317:. Cummins conducted doctoral research on the synthesis of low-coordinate transition metal complexes bearing trialkylsilated variants of the 632:
Cummins, Christopher C.; Schaller, Christopher P.; Van Duyne, Gregory D.; Wolczanski, Peter T.; Chan, A. W. Edith; Hoffmann, Roald (1991).
325:, he also discovered a new technique for synthesizing nanoclusters of metal sulfide semiconductors within block copolymer microdomains. 1306: 1019: 1196: 986: 754:"Trigonal-Monopyramidal MIII Complexes of the Type [M(N3N)] (M = Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe; N3N = [(tBuMe2Si)NCH2CH2]3N)" 454: 342:
In one contribution, Cummins and coworkers described routes to simple phosphorus compounds including a low temperature route to
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Piro, Nicholas A.; Figueroa, Joshua S.; McKellar, Jessica T.; Cumnins, Christopher C. (September 1, 2006).
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Cummins, C. C.; Beachy, M. D.; Schrock, R. R.; Vale, M. G.; Sankaran, V.; Cohen, R. E. (November 1, 1991).
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Cummins, Christopher C.; Van Duyne, Gregory D.; Schaller, Christopher P.; Wolczanski, Peter T. (1991).
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in recognition of his synthetic and mechanistic studies of early-transition metal complexes.
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Cummins, Christopher C.; Lee, Jenny; Schrock, Richard R.; Davis, William D. (1992).
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Cummins, Christopher C.; Schrock, Richard R.; Davis, William M. (March 1, 1994).
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Cummins, Christopher C.; Schrock, Richard R.; Davis, William M. (April 1, 1992).
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SiNH), with small molecules such as methane, benzene, and carbon monoxide.
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Cummins, Christopher C.; Baxter, Steven M.; Wolczanski, Peter T. (1988).
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Cummins, Christopher C.; Schrock, Richard R.; Davis, William M. (1993).
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where he performed undergraduate research under the direction of
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science faculty
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science alumni
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Synthetic investigations featuring amidometallic complexes
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Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences
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Synthetic investigations featuring amidometallic complexes
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This biographical article about an American chemist is a
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Cummins, C. C.; Schrock, R. R.; Cohen, R. E. (1992).
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(1994). 416: 384:American Academy of Arts & Sciences 363:In 2007, Cummins was awarded the 2007 1202:Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1149:Massachusetts Institute of Technology 992:Massachusetts Institute of Technology 677:Massachusetts Institute of Technology 533:Massachusetts Institute of Technology 489:Massachusetts Institute of Technology 459:Massachusetts Institute of Technology 260:Massachusetts Institute of Technology 143:Massachusetts Institute of Technology 73:Massachusetts Institute of Technology 7: 1217: 1215: 1122:Rovner, Sophie L. (April 29, 2008). 1195:Randall, Danielle (June 28, 2017). 671:Cummins, Christopher Colin (1993). 1245:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 528:"Professor Christopher C. Cummins" 14: 1082:"Sackler Prize Winners Announced" 389:In 2013, Cummins was awarded the 1233: 1226: 1220: 1152:. April 29, 2013. Archived from 1101:Dagani, Ron (January 15, 2007). 995:. March 13, 2015. 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Boston
Cornell University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sackler Prize
F. Albert Cotton Award
Ludwig Mond Award
Linus Pauling Medal
Inorganic Chemistry
Main Group Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thesis
Synthetic investigations featuring amidometallic complexes
Doctoral advisor
Richard R. Schrock
Peter T. Wolczanski
Brandi Cossairt
Jonas C. Peters
Paul Chirik
Polly Arnold
Karsten Meyer
ccclab.mit.edu/christopher-c-cummins
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
transition metal nitrides
phosphides
carbides
Boston
Middlebury College
Stanford University
Cornell University
Peter T. Wolczanski

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