John N. Gitua, Ph.D.

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2005 State University of New York at Binghamton, Vestal, NY, United States 
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Organic Chemistry
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John J. Eisch grad student 2005 SUNY Binghamton
 (Preparation of titanium(II) isopropoxide and dialkyltitanium(IV) complexes: Novel applications in organic synthesis.)
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Eisch JJ, Gitua JN, Yu K. (2011) Versatile zirconium reductants and carbon-carbon coupling agents selectively accessible from the 2:1 molar aggregate of n-butyllithium and zirconium(IV) salts European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 3523-3530
Eisch JJ, Chan TY, Gitua JN. (2008) Purported synthesis of 3,4,7,8-tetraphenyl-1,2,5,6-tetraazocine from benzil and hydrazine: Competing cyclization and carbon-carbon σ-bond scission European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 392-397
Eisch JJ, Gitua JN. (2007) Illuminating the unexpected benzylic carbon-carbon bond cleavage of arylated ethanes with Di-n-butylzirconium diethoxide by illumination: Transfer epizirconation as exclusively a photochemical process Organometallics. 26: 778-779
Eisch JJ, Fregene PO, Gitua JN. (2007) The epimetallation and carbonation of carbonyl and imino derivatives: Epivanadation route to 2-amino and 2-hydroxy acids Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 692: 4647-4653
Eisch JJ, Gitua JN, Doetschman DC. (2006) Direct epimetallation of π-bonded organic substrates with titanium(II) isopropoxide: Intermediacy of biradical, oligomeric titanium(II) reagents European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 1968-1975
Eisch JJ, Dutta S, Gitua JN. (2005) Unexpected benzylic carbon-carbon bond cleavage by transfer epizirconation: Indications of an SET pathway and implications for alkane metathesis Organometallics. 24: 6291-6294
Eisch JJ, Otieno PO, Gitua JN, et al. (2005) The extraordinary cocatalytic action of polymethylaluminoxane (MAO) in the polymerization of terminal olefins by metallocenes: Chemical change in the Group 4 metallocene dimethyl derivatives induced by MAO European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 4364-4371
Eisch JJ, Munson PR, Gitua JN. (2004) The potential of photochemical transition metal reactions in prebiotic organic synthesis. I. Observed conversion of methanol into ethylene glycol as possible prototype for sugar alcohol formation. Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere : the Journal of the International Society For the Study of the Origin of Life. 34: 441-54
Eisch JJ, Gitua JN, Otieno PO, et al. (2004) Highly active and stereoselective olefin polymerization catalysts generated by the transfer-epimetallation of olefins or acetylenes with dialkyltitanium(IV) complexes: Three-membered metallocycles as active catalyst sites Macromolecular Symposia. 213: 187-198
Eisch JJ, Gitua JN. (2003) Stereoselective olefin polymerization catalysts generated by the transfer-epimetalation of olefins or acetylenes with dialkyltitanium(IV) complexes: Three-membered metallocycles as proposed chiral sites Organometallics. 22: 4172-4174
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