Dr. Paul Kiprof

Associate Professor

Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry

Office: Chem 321

Phone: (218) 726–8021

Fax: (218) 726–7394

E-mail: pkiprof@d.umn.edu

Personal Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/~pkiprof

•Ph.D. – 1991 Technical University Munich, Germany

•Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1992-1993)

Research Interests

• Early Transition Metal Chemistry
• Computational Chemistry
• Carbocation Chemistry
• Organoboron Chemistry

Representative Publications

1. Zhdankin, V.V.; Persichini III, P.J.; Zhang, L.; Fix, S.; Kiprof, P.; "Synthesis and Structure of Benzoboroxoles: Novel Organoboron Heterocycles." Tetrahedron Lett. 40, 1999, 6705-6708.
   
2. Zhdankin, V. V.; Smart, J. T.; Zhao P.; Kiprof, P.; "Synthesis and reactions of amino acid-derived benziodazole oxides: new chiral oxidizing reagents" Tetrahedron Lett., 2000 ,41, 5299-5302
   
3. Kiprof, P.; Steurer, B.C.; Erickson, M. A. "Reluctant formation of a titanium(IV) arene complex. Mendeleev Commun. 2000, 10, 170 – 171.
   
4. Kiprof, P., Li, J.; Renish, C.R.; Kalombo, E., Young, V. G. " The effect of solubility on the stability of titanium(IV) arene complexes derived from hexasubstituted arenes and TiCl4" J. Organomet. Chem., 2001, 620, 113-118.
   
5. Krasutsky, P. A.; Kolomitsyn, I.V.; Carlson R. M.; Kiprof, P.; Fokin, A. A. "Rearrangements of Homoadamantane Structure with Trifluoroperacetic Acid." J. Org. Chem., 2001, 66, 1701-1707..

Education

• Technische Universitat Munchen, Germany Ph.D., Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry, 1991.
• Technische Universitat Munchen, Germany Diplom. June 1989.

Jobs and Academic Positions

• Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota Duluth, 1996-2001
• Assistant Professor, Florida Institute of Technology, 1993-1996
• Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow, University of Wisconsin 1992-1993
• Postdoctoral Research, University of Oslo, Norway, Spetember 1991-December 1991