Nigam P. Rath
Dr. Rath received B.Sc. (Hons.) and M.Sc. degrees from Berhampur
University in India, and a Ph.D. from Oklahoma State University.
He was a Postdoctoral Fellow and Assistant Faculty Fellow at
the University of Notre Dame prior to joining the UM-St. Louis
faculty as Research Assistant Professor in 1989. He was promoted
to Research Associate Professor in 1996 and Research Professor
in 2004.
nigam_rath@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 is 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
"Synthesis and Structural Characterization of a Series of New Chiral-at-Metal Ruthenium Allenylidene Complexes", S. Costin, A. K. Widaman, N. P. Rath and E. B. Bauer. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2011, 8, 1269.
"Facile one-pot access to a chiral at metal ruthenium pyrrolyl phosphine phosphoramidite complex",. S. Costin, N. P. Rath and E. B. Bauer.
Inorg. Chem. Commun., 2011, 14, 478.
"Exceptions to the rule: new hydrogen-bonded networks from an old reliable",.
O. Ugono, N. P. Rath and A. M. Beatty. Cryst. Eng. Comm., 2011, 13, 753.
"Pore Formation in Phospholipid Bilayers by Branched-Chain Pyrogallol[4]arenes",. S. Negin, M. M. Daschbach, O. V. Kulikov, N. P. Rath and G. W. Gokel, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, 3234-3237.
"Dicarbonyldichloridobis(trimethylphosphane)iron(II) carbonyldichloridotris (trimethylphosphane)iron(II)–tetrahydrofuran (1/1/2)",. N. P. Rath, M, Stouffer, M, K. Janssen and J, R. Bleeke. Acta Cryst. 2011. E67, m462.
"Manganese(III) Complexes of Bis(hydroxyphenyl)dipyrromethenes Are Potent Orally Active Peroxynitrite Scavengers",. S. Rausaria, A. Kamadulski, N. P. Rath, L. Bryant, Z. Chen, D. Salvemini and W. L. Neumann, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, 4200.
"A new polymorph of trans-Dichlorobis(triphenylphosphine-κP)-palladium(II)",.
M. Trivedi, R. Nagarajan and N. P. Rath, Global J. Inorg. Chem., 2011, 2, 85
"Neurosteroid analogues. 15. A comparative study of the anesthetic and GABAergic actions of alphaxalone, 16-alphaxalone and their corresponding 17-carbonitrile analogues", A. K. Bandyopadhyaya, B. D. Manion, A. Benz, A. Taylor, N. P. Rath, A. S. Evers, C. F. Zorumski, S. Mennerick and D. F. Covey. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chem. Lett., 2010, 20, 6680.
"Synthesis, characterization and reactivity of carbohydrate platinum(IV) complexes with thioglycoside ligands". C. Vetter, P. Pornsuriyasak, J. Schmidt, N. P. Rath, T. Rueffer, A. V. Demchenko and D. Steinborn. Dalton Trans.,, 2010, 39, 6327
"Synthesis, structure, spectroscopy, and reactivity of oxapentadienyl-cobalt-phosphine complexes", J. R. Bleeke, B. L. Lutes, M. Lipschutz, D. Sakellariou-Thompson, J. Seonghyun Lee and N. P. Rath, Organometallics, 2010, 29, 5057.
"Stable Mononuclear Organometallic Pd(III) Complexes and Their C-C Bond Formation Reactivity", J. R. Khusnutdinova N. P. Rath and L. M. Mirica, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132 7303.
"Synthesis, characterization and reactivity of carbohydrate platinum(iv) complexes with thioglycoside ligands" C. Vetter, P. Pornsuriyasak, J. Schmidt, N. P. Rath, T. Rueffer, A. V. Demchenko and D. Steinborn, Dalton Trans 2010, 39, 6327.
"Pathway from a Molecular Precursor to Silver Nanoparticles: The Prominent Role of Aggregative Growth", V. N. Richards, N. P. Rath and W. E. Buhro, Chem. Materials 2010, 22, 3556.
"A cyano-based octanuclear {FeIII4NiII4} single-molecule magnet". Y. Zhang, U. P. Mallik, N. P. Rath, T. Gordon R. Clerac and S. M. Holmes, Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 4953.
"Examination of halogen bonding interactions in electronically distinct but structurally related tris(haloarenes)." F. C. Pigge, V. Vangala, D. C. Swenson and N. P. Rath, Cryst. Growth & Design 2010, 10, 224.
UMSL X-ray Diffraction Laboratory