Luther Erickson

ericksol@grinnell.edu

Campus Phone:

641-269-3011

Fax:

641-269-4984

Unit (Dept., Office, Center, etc.):

Chemistry

Position:

William F. Dodge Professor of Chemistry -- Emeritus

On-Campus Address:

Science-2201

Education / Degrees:

Ph.D., Chemistry, 1959, University of Wisconsin

B.A., Chemistry with Honors, 1955, St. Olaf College

Publications:

Title	URL	Synopsis
"Sterochemistry of platinum complexes of the neutral amino acids allylglycine, S-methylcysteine, methionine, and corresponding sulfoxides"		Erickson, L. E.; Bailey, P. D.; Kimball, T. L.; Morgan, B. R. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2003, 346, pp169-180.
"The Energy Profile for Rotation about the C-C Bond in Substituted Ethanes. A Multi-part Experimental and Computational Project for the Physical Chemistry Laboratory"		Erickson, L. E.; Morris, K. F., J. Chem. Ed., 1998, 75, 900-906.
"Olefin-Amino Acid Complexes of Platinum(II). 2. An NMR Study of the Effect of Olefin Structure on the Stability and on the Stereoselectivity of Binding for _2-coordinated Pro-chiral Olefins"		Erickson, L. E.; Hayes, P.; Hooper, J. J.; Morris, K. F.; Newbrough, S. A.; Van Os, M.; Slangan, P., Inorg. Chem., 1997, 36, 284-290.
"Olefin Amino Acid Complexes of Platinum (II). 3. NOE Difference and Low Temperature NMR Determinations of Rotamer Populations of Coordinated Olefins and the Stereoselectivity of Coordination of Proch		Erickson, L. E.; Morris, K. F.; Panajotova, B. V.; Jiang, D. W.; Ding, F., Inorg. Chem., 1997, 36, 601-607.

Primary Academic Interest:

Nuclear magnetic resonance (nmr) spectroscopy

Research

Professor Erickson has maintained an active research program in nuclear magnetic resonance (nmr) spectroscopy, the co-ordination chemistry of platinum group metals, kinetics and mechanisms of solution reactions, molecular mechanics and molecular modeling. Nearly 100 undergraduate students have worked with him on this research which is reported in over 30 publications--most with Grinnell undergraduate co-authors--in the primary literature.

[Publication List for Luther Erickson]