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Nigam P. Rath

Nigam P. Rath

 Dr. Rath received B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Berhampur University in India, and a Ph.D. from Oklahoma State University. He was an Assistant Faculty Fellow at the University of Notre Dame prior to joining the UMSL faculty as Research Assistant Professor in 1989. He was promoted to  Research Professor in 2004 and retired in 2020 and was accorded Emeritus status.

rathn@umsl.edu
Office: N304
Phone: (314)516-5333
Fax: (314)516-5342

Research Interests

Dr. Rath's research interests involve the use of single crystal X-ray diffraction techniques for three dimensional solid state-molecular and crystal structure determination of novel organic and organometallic compounds. Currently, Dr. Rath was the Director of the X-ray Diffraction Laboratory of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Center for Nanoscience. Current research interests include study of weak interactions in the solid state, polymorphism, structure solution and refinement of twin structures and development of techniques and instrumentation for accurate data collection for small molecules.

Selected Publications

"Isolation and Reactivity of an Iron Azametallacyclobutene Complex," C. A. Richards, N. P. Rath and J. M. Neely, Organometallics 2022, ASAP.

"Iron(II) complexes supported by pyrazolyl-substituted cyclopentadienyl ligands: synthesis and reactivity," P. Rungthanaphatsophon, N. P. Rath and J. P. Neely, Dalton Trans. 2022, 51, 4252

"Iron-Catalyzed Alkyne Carboamination via an Isolable Iron Imide Complex," C. A. Richards, N. P. Rath and J. M. Neely. Organometallics 2021, 40, 2945.

"Structure-property studies of a new {FeIII2MnII} complex" N. P. Rath and S. M. Holmes, Polyhedron 2021, 206, 115324.

"Photoreductive chlorine elimination from a Ni(III)Cl2 complex supported by a tetradentate pyridinophane ligand," H. Na, M. B.  Watson, F. Tang, N. P. Rath, and L. M. Mirica., Chem. Comm. 2021, 57, 7264

"Ru(II)- and Ru(IV)-dmso complexes catalyze efficient and selective aqueous-phase nitrile hydration reactions under mild conditions," M. Trivedi, S-K; Dubey, G. Kaur and N. P. Rath. New. J. Chem. 2021, 45, 17339

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