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Peter Legzdins

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Professor EmeritusUBC ChemistryUniversity of British Columbia

Peter Legzdins

Professor Emeritus

UBC Chemistry

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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No publications since 2017.
Principal investigator on 10 research grants (10 NSERC), most recently in 2009.

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Latest papers

Effects of Coordinating a Hemilabile Ligand to 14e Cp*M(NO) Scaffolds (M = Mo, W).
Inorganic chemistry · 2017 · senior author
Hemilability of the 1,2-Bis(dimethylphosphino)ethane (dmpe) Ligand in Cp*Mo(NO)(κ2-dmpe).
Inorganic chemistry · 2017 · senior author
Cationic and Neutral Cp*M(NO)(κ2-Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2) Complexes of Molybdenum and Tungsten: Lewis-Acid-Induced Intramolecular C-H Activation.
Inorganic chemistry · 2017 · senior author

All 13 publications

Latest funding

Upgrade to UBC-Chemistry Departmental NMR Facility
NSERC · 2014 · Co-investigator
$150,000
Transition-metal nitrosyl chemistry
NSERC · 2009 · Principal investigator
$150,000
FTIR spectrometer with requisite accessories
NSERC · 2004 · Principal investigator
$52,286

All 22 grants and awards

13 publications.

Effects of Coordinating a Hemilabile Ligand to 14e Cp*M(NO) Scaffolds (M = Mo, W).

Handford RC, Patrick BO, Legzdins P

Inorganic chemistry2017Senior author

DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b02177 PMID: 28976742

Hemilability of the 1,2-Bis(dimethylphosphino)ethane (dmpe) Ligand in Cp*Mo(NO)(κ2-dmpe).

Holmes AS, Patrick BO, Levesque TM, Legzdins P

Inorganic chemistry2017Senior author

DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01733 PMID: 28876057

Cationic and Neutral Cp*M(NO)(κ2-Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2) Complexes of Molybdenum and Tungsten: Lewis-Acid-Induced Intramolecular C-H Activation.

Handford RC, Wakeham RJ, Patrick BO, Legzdins P

Inorganic chemistry2017Senior author

DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b00027 PMID: 28252956

Thermal Chemistry of Cp*W(NO)(CH2CMe3)(H)(L) Complexes (L = Lewis Base).

Fabulyak D, Handford RC, Holmes AS, Levesque TM, Wakeham RJ, Patrick BO, Legzdins P, Rosenfeld DC

Inorganic chemistry2017

DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b02431 PMID: 27966927

Effects of the η(5)-C5H4(i)Pr Ligand on the Properties Exhibited by Its Tungsten Nitrosyl Complexes.

Fabulyak D, Baillie RA, Patrick BO, Legzdins P, Rosenfeld DC

Inorganic chemistry2016

DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b02738 PMID: 26822411

Synthesis, Characterization, and Some Properties of Cp*W(NO)(H)(η(3)-allyl) Complexes.

Baillie RA, Holmes AS, Lefèvre GP, Patrick BO, Shree MV, Wakeham RJ, Legzdins P, Rosenfeld DC

Inorganic chemistry2015

DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b00747 PMID: 26000552

Distinctive activation and functionalization of hydrocarbon C-H bonds initiated by Cp*W(NO)(η(3)-allyl)(CH2CMe3) complexes.

Baillie RA, Legzdins P

Accounts of chemical research2014Senior author

DOI: 10.1021/ar400108p PMID: 24047442

A beneficial kinetic effect of an η(5)-C5Me4H ligand.

Baillie RA, Tran T, Thibault ME, Legzdins P

Journal of the American Chemical Society2010Senior author

DOI: 10.1021/ja107834g PMID: 20925415

Facile and selective aliphatic C-H bond activation at ambient temperatures initiated by Cp*W(NO)(CH2CMe3)(eta(3)-CH2CHCHMe).

Tsang JY, Buschhaus MS, Graham PM, Semiao CJ, Semproni SP, Kim SJ, Legzdins P

Journal of the American Chemical Society2008Senior author

DOI: 10.1021/ja710606v PMID: 18284241

Selective activation and functionalization of linear alkanes initiated under ambient conditions by a tungsten allyl nitrosyl complex.

Tsang JY, Buschhaus MS, Legzdins P

Journal of the American Chemical Society2007Senior author

DOI: 10.1021/ja0713633 PMID: 17417858

Upgrade to UBC-Chemistry Departmental NMR Facility

Co-investigatorNSERC2014Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Gates, Derek

$150,000

Transition-metal nitrosyl chemistry

Principal investigatorNSERC2009Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Legzdins, Peter

$150,000

FTIR spectrometer with requisite accessories

Principal investigatorNSERC2004Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Legzdins, Peter

$52,286

Transition-metal nitrosyl chemistry

Principal investigatorNSERC2004Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Legzdins, Peter

$490,000

Gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer setup

Co-investigatorNSERC2000Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Scheffer, John

$104,000

Transition-metal nitrosyl chemistry

Principal investigatorNSERC2000Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Legzdins, Peter

$376,000

Departmental 400 MHz NMR spectrometer

Co-investigatorNSERC1999Research Tools and Instruments - Category 3 (>$325,000)

Principal investigators: Andersen, Raymond

$757,049

Mass spectrometer, high resolution, UBC mass spectrometry centre

Co-investigatorNSERC1998Research Tools and Instruments - Category 3 (>$325,000)

Principal investigators: Piers, Edward

$682,026

Electrochemical data acquisition and manipulation system

Principal investigatorNSERC1998Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Legzdins, Peter

$29,601

Low temperature ccd x-ray diffractometer

Co-investigatorNSERC1996Research Tools and Instruments - Category 2 ($150,000 - $325,000)

Principal investigators: Fryzuk, Michael

$290,139

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Peter Legzdins

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Effects of Coordinating a Hemilabile Ligand to 14e Cp*M(NO) Scaffolds (M = Mo, W).

Hemilability of the 1,2-Bis(dimethylphosphino)ethane (dmpe) Ligand in Cp*Mo(NO)(&#x3ba;2-dmpe).

Cationic and Neutral Cp*M(NO)(&#x3ba;2-Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2) Complexes of Molybdenum and Tungsten: Lewis-Acid-Induced Intramolecular C-H Activation.

Thermal Chemistry of Cp*W(NO)(CH2CMe3)(H)(L) Complexes (L = Lewis Base).

Effects of the &#x3b7;(5)-C5H4(i)Pr Ligand on the Properties Exhibited by Its Tungsten Nitrosyl Complexes.

Synthesis, Characterization, and Some Properties of Cp*W(NO)(H)(&#x3b7;(3)-allyl) Complexes.

Distinctive activation and functionalization of hydrocarbon C-H bonds initiated by Cp*W(NO)(&#x3b7;(3)-allyl)(CH2CMe3) complexes.

A beneficial kinetic effect of an &#x3b7;(5)-C5Me4H ligand.

Facile and selective aliphatic C-H bond activation at ambient temperatures initiated by Cp*W(NO)(CH2CMe3)(eta(3)-CH2CHCHMe).

Selective activation and functionalization of linear alkanes initiated under ambient conditions by a tungsten allyl nitrosyl complex.

Upgrade to UBC-Chemistry Departmental NMR Facility

Transition-metal nitrosyl chemistry

FTIR spectrometer with requisite accessories

Transition-metal nitrosyl chemistry

Gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer setup

Transition-metal nitrosyl chemistry

Departmental 400 MHz NMR spectrometer

Mass spectrometer, high resolution, UBC mass spectrometry centre

Electrochemical data acquisition and manipulation system

Low temperature ccd x-ray diffractometer

Hemilability of the 1,2-Bis(dimethylphosphino)ethane (dmpe) Ligand in Cp*Mo(NO)(κ2-dmpe).

Cationic and Neutral Cp*M(NO)(κ2-Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2) Complexes of Molybdenum and Tungsten: Lewis-Acid-Induced Intramolecular C-H Activation.

Effects of the η(5)-C5H4(i)Pr Ligand on the Properties Exhibited by Its Tungsten Nitrosyl Complexes.

Synthesis, Characterization, and Some Properties of Cp*W(NO)(H)(η(3)-allyl) Complexes.

Distinctive activation and functionalization of hydrocarbon C-H bonds initiated by Cp*W(NO)(η(3)-allyl)(CH2CMe3) complexes.

A beneficial kinetic effect of an η(5)-C5Me4H ligand.