Activities and Awards
Editor, JACS, 2002-present.
Fellow, American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
Member, National Academy of Sciences.
Member, Board of Directors, AAAS, 2003-present.
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Organic Chemistry, (2000-2001)
George A. Olah Award in Hydrocarbon or Petroleum Chemistry,
ACS, 2003.
Member, Board of Directors, AAAS, 2003-present.
Robert W. Parry Teaching Award, 2000.
James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry, ACS
1998.
University of Utah Rosemblatt Prize for Excellence, 1995
Utah Award in Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 1994
The Governor's Medal for Science and Technology, 1993
Honorary Doctorate of Science (D. Sc. honoris causa) Moscow
State University, Moscow, Russia 1992
Fulbright Senior Scholar (1987-88)
Univ. of Utah Distinguished Research Award, 1987.
Fellow AAAS, JSPS Fellow 1985, 1998.
Lady Davis Visiting Professor, Technion, Israel, 1986, 1997
Humboldt "Senior U.S. Scientist" Award, 1977, 1996
Associate Editor, Journal of the American Chemical Society
1982-1999
1985 National Organic Symposium Executive Officer
Research Interests
The primary
focus of our current research is molecular architecture and supramolecular
chemistry via self-assembly. The motif used to construct supramolecular
species is coordination and chelation to form discrete molecular entitites
with well defined geometries and shapes. We are particularly interested
in the assembly of various polygons and polyhedra. To build these supramolecular
species one needs only units that provide the proper angles at the corners
and hence shape and appropriate di and tritopic connectors.
Illustrative
examples are:
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The ultimate goal of this research is the rapid
assembly of nanoscale molecular devices for practical applications
such as information storage, artificial photosynthetic devices,
etc. Short term interest includes uses in molecular recognition,
chiral recognition, host-guest interactions, catalysis, enantoselective
catalysis, etc.
We also retain an interest and some research activity
in unsaturated reactive intermediates such as vinyl cations, 9,
unsaturated carbenes, 10, 11, polyvalent organoiodine chemistry,
12, and alkynyl ester chemistry, 13-15. Finally, through PQQ-sequestering
via iodonium salts, as well as protease and phosphotriesterase
inhibition via alkynyl esters we have some interest in biochemistry.
Selected Publications (365
total publications including 6 monographs and 3 dozen reviews)
- Coordination-Driven Self-Assembly of Predesigned Supramolecular
Triangles, Y.K. Kryschenko, S.R. Seidel, A.M. Arif, P.J. Stang,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 5193-5198.
- High Symmetry Coordination Cages via Self-Assembly, S.R. Seidel,
P.J. Stang, Accounts Chem. Res. 2002,
35, 972-983.
- Self-Assembly of Nanoscopic Coordination Cages of D3H Symmetry,
C.J. Kuehl, Y.K. Kryschenko, U. Radhakrishnan, S.R. Seidel,
S.D. Huang, P.J. Stang. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA,
2002, 4932-4936.
- Self-Assembly with Post-Modification: Kinetically Stabilized
Metalla-Supramolecular Rectangles, C. J. Kuehl, S. D. Huang,
P.J. Stang. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2001,
123, 9634-9641.
- Archimedean Solids: Transition Metal Mediated Rational Self-assembly
of Truncated Supramolecular Tetrahedra, S. Leininger, J. Fan,
M. Schmitz, P.J. Stang, Proc.Nat.Acad.Sci.2000,97,1380-1384.
- Self-assembly of Discrete Cyclic Nanostructures Mediated by
Transition Metals, B. Olenyuk, S. Leininger, P.J. Stang, Chem.
Rev. 2000, 100, 853-907.
- Templated Organic Synthesis, F. Diederich, P.J. Stang, Eds.,
Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2000.
- Self-Assembly of Nanoscopic Dodecahedra from 50 Predesigned
Components, B. Olenyuk, M.D. Levin, J.A. Whiteford, J.E. Shield,
P.J. Stang, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999,
121, 10434-10435.
- Self-Assembly of Nanoscale Cuboctahedra by Coordination Chemistry,
B. Olenyuk, J.A. Whiteford, A. Fechtenkötter, P.J. Stang,
Nature 1999, 398, 796-799.
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