Kenton B. Renkema

 

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Department of Chemistry                               1529 Getz Rd.

Grand Valley State University                        Muskegon, MI 49441

Allendale, MI 49401                                     (231) 799-0106

(616) 331-2853

renkemak@gvsu.edu

DEGREES:

Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry (2000)

Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

 

            B.S. Chemistry ACS (1993)

Hope College, Holland, MI

           


EXPERIENCE: 

Teaching post-doc, Grand Valley State University (Fall 2003 – Now)

·        Lectured and led discussions for both semesters of general chemistry (~120 students).

·        Taught general chemistry lab sections each semester and in the summer.

·        Will teach a Survey Analytical Course second semester (2006).

 

Instructor, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (Summer 2003)

·        Taught an accelerated (8-week) organic chemistry course in BioMedical Careers Program.

·        Prepared and led lecture, discussion, problem-solving sections.

 

Post-doctoral Fellow, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ (2000 – 2003)

·     Developed skills for catalyst design and kinetic study for alkane dehydrogenation.

·           Guided undergraduate research projects.

 

Graduate Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (1993 – 2000)

·            Research Assistant; synthesis, isolation, and study of organometallic complexes.    

·              Associate Instructor for general chemistry discussion and lab and organic lab courses.

 

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Hope College, Holland, MI (summers 1991-1992)

·              Performed organic and organometallic syntheses.

 

AFFILIATION AND AWARDS:

·        Hope Distinguished Scholar Award (’89-’93)

·        Merck Summer Research Grant (1992)

·    Indiana University Department of Chemistry Fellowship (1993)

  • ACS Member

 

REFERENCES:

Kenneth G. Caulton                                                                            

Distinguished Professor of Chemistry

Indiana University              

Bloomington, IN 47405

Telephone:  (812) 855-4798

Caulton@indiana.edu

Alan S. Goldman

Professor of Chemistry

Rutgers University

Piscataway, NJ 08852

Telephone:  (732) 445-5232

goldman@rutchem.rutgers.edu

 

Stephen Matchett

Professor of Chemistry

GVSU

Allendale, MI 49401

Telephone: (616) 331-3879

matchetts@gvsu.edu

 

PUBLICATIONS:

 

Room-Temperature Hydrosilylation of the C-F Bond of Vinyl Fluoride Catalyzed by Osmium Hydrides by K.B. Renkema, U. Werner-Zwanziger, M.D. Pagel, K.G. Caulton.  Journal of  Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 2004, 224(1-2), 125-131.

 

The Mechanism of Transfer Dehydrogenation of Cyclooctane Catalyzed by (PCP)IrH2 by K.B. Renkema, Y.V. Kissin, A.S. Goldman. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125(26), 7770-7771.

 

On the Mechanism of (PCP)Ir–catalyzed Acceptorless Dehydrogenation of Alkanes:  A Combined Computational and Experimental Study by K. Krogh-Jespersen, M. Czerw, N. Summa, K.B. Renkema, P. Achord, A.S. Goldman.  J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124(38), 11404-11416.

 

Combined Computational and Experimental Study of Substietient Effects on the Thermodynamics of H2, CO, Arene, and Alkane Addition to Iridium by K. Krogh-Jespersen, M. Czerw, K. Zhu, B. Singh, M. Kanzelberger, N. Darji, P.D. Achord, K.B. Renkema, A.S. Goldman.  J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124(36), 10797-10809.

 

Phosphine Dissociation Mediates C-H Cleavage of Fluoroarenes by OsH(C6H5)(CO)(PtBu2Me)2 by K.B.  Renkema, R. Bosque, W.E. Streib, F. Maseras, O. Eisenstein, K.G. Caulton.  J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1999, 121, 10895-10907.

               

Reactivity Patterns of the Unsaturated Os(0) Species Os(NO)(CO)(PtBu2Me)2+ by K.B. Renkema, K.G. Caulton. New J. Chem., 1999, 23, 1027-1032.

               

Synthetic Approaches to Fe(II) Complexes of the Bulky Phosphine PtBu2Me by K.B. Renkema, M. Ogasawara, W. Strieb, J. Huffman, K.G. Caulton.  Inorg. Chim. Acta, 1999, 291, 226-230.

 

Characterization oand structure of OsH(OH)(CO)(PtBu2Me)2 by K.B. Renkema, J.C. Huffman, K.G. Caulton.  Polyhedron, 1999, 18(20), 2575-2578.

 

Inertness of the aryl-F bond toward oxidative addition to osmium and rhodium complexes:  Thermodynamic or kinetic origin?  by R. Bosque, E. Clot, S. Fantacci, F. Maseras, O. Eisenstein, R.N. Perutz, K.B. Renkema,  K.G. Caulton.  J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1998, 120, 12634-12640.

               

Structure and H2-Loss Energies of Os HX(H2)(CO)L2 Complexes (L= PtBu2Me, PiPr3; X=Cl, I, H):  Attempted Correlation of 1JHD, T1min, and Distance by  D.G. Gusev, R.L. Kuhlman, K.B. Renkema, K.G. Caulton.  Inorg. Chem, 1996, 35, 6775-6783.

               

The Preparation of the Mixed-Alkali Metal Silanolate K4Li4(OSiMe3)X(OCMe3)8-X(X Greater Than or Equal to 5.7) and the Effect on the Anion Induced Ring-Opening Polymerization of Octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane by K.B. Renkema, R.J. Mathews, T.L. Bush,  S.K. Hendges,  R.N. Redding, F.W. Vance, M.E. Silver, S.A. Snow, J.C. Huffman.  Inorg. Chim. Acta, 1995, 244, 185-190.

 

Zirconium Compounds of Hexamethyldisiloxane – Synthesis and Structure of (Eta-5-C5H5)2Zr(CH2SiMe2OSiMe3)2 and (Eta-5-C5Me5)ZrCl2(Eta-2-CH2SiMe2) with Methyl Isocyanide by  E.L. Lyszak, J.P. O’Brien, D.A. Kort, S.K. Hendges, R.N. Redding, T.L. Bush, M.S. Herman, K.B. Renkema, M.E. Silver, J.C. Huffman.  Organometallics, 1993, 12, 338-342.