Charles P. Casey (born January 11, 1942) is an

organometallic chemist Organometallic chemistry is the study of organometallic compounds, chemical compounds containing at least one chemical bond between a carbon atom of an organic molecule and a metal, including alkali, alkaline earth, and transition metals, and so ...

who was the 2004 President of the American Chemical Society. He is currently the Homer Adkins Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was elected to the

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in 1993.

Education

Casey received his B.S. in Chemistry from

St. Louis University Saint Louis University (SLU) is a private Jesuit research university with campuses in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, and Madrid, Spain. Founded in 1818 by Louis William Valentine DuBourg, it is the oldest university west of the Mississip ...

in 1963, and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from MIT in 1967 under the direction of

George M. Whitesides George McClelland Whitesides (born August 3, 1939) is an American chemist and professor of chemistry at Harvard University. He is best known for his work in the areas of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, organometallic chemistry, molecula ...

. His thesis title was "Thermal decomposition of organocopper(I) compounds". He was then a postdoctoral fellow in organic chemistry at Harvard University from 1967-1968.

Academic career

Casey's research program focuses on the mechanisms of homogeneously catalyzed reactions, and creating new reagents for organic synthesis including heterobimetallic catalysts. More recently, his research has included studies of diruthenium hydrogenation catalysts, which contain both a

protic In chemistry, a protic solvent is a solvent that has a hydrogen atom bound to an oxygen (as in a hydroxyl group ), a nitrogen (as in an amine group or ), or fluoride (as in hydrogen fluoride). In general terms, any solvent that contains a labile ...

and a hydridic hydrogen, and hydroformylation reaction catalyzed by chelating

diphosphine Diphosphane, or diphosphine, is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula P2H4. This colourless liquid is one of several binary phosphorus hydrides. It is the impurity that typically causes samples of phosphine to ignite in air. Propert ...

s with large P-M-P angles. Casey has been a member of the faculty of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin since 1968. He achieved the rank of Full Professor in 1977. Named positions he has held at Wisconsin include the Romnes Faculty Fellowship (1977), the Evan P. Helfaer Professorship (1985-1991), and the Homer B. Adkins Professorship (2004–present). Among the significant awards has received for his research are the American Chemical Society Award in

Organometallic Chemistry Organometallic chemistry is the study of organometallic compounds, chemical compounds containing at least one chemical bond between a carbon atom of an organic molecule and a metal, including alkali, alkaline earth, and transition metals, and so ...

in 1991, and the American Chemical Society Award for the Advancement of

Inorganic Chemistry Inorganic chemistry deals with synthesis and behavior of inorganic and organometallic compounds. This field covers chemical compounds that are not carbon-based, which are the subjects of organic chemistry. The distinction between the two disci ...

in 2011. Casey's advisees include Steven H. Bertz, Joseph M. O'Connor, R. Morris Bullock, Seth R. Marder, Ross A. Widenhoefer,

William D. Jones William D. Jones (October 11, 1830 – June 18, 1905) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. Biography Jones was born on October 11, 1830, in Salem Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. He was a miller by trade. Assembly caree ...

, Richard F. Jordan, Robert E. Colborn, L. Keith Woo, and Jon A. Tunge.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Casey, Charles P. Living people 21st-century American chemists University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty Presidents of the American Chemical Society Saint Louis University alumni Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science alumni Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences 1942 births Harvard University alumni