Andy Mobley

 

mobleyt@grinnell.edu
Campus Phone: 
641-269-4543
Fax: 
641-269-4984
Associate Professor of Chemistry
On-Campus Address: 
Science-2113
Education / Degrees: 
Post-doctoral fellow, 1996-99, Universität Marburg and Universität Leipzig (Germany)
Ph.D. in chemistry, 1996, Univ of California-Berkeley
B.A., Chemistry, 1991, Carleton College
Publications: 
TitleURLSynopsis
"1JWSn as a Solution State Predictor for Tungsten-Tin Solid State Bond Length in Sterically Crowded Tungstenocene Stannyl Complexes"T.A. Mobley, with undergraduate co-authors R. Gandour, E. Gillis, K. Nti-Addae, R. Palchaudhuri, P. Rajbhandari, N. Tomson, A. Vargas, Q. Zheng. Organometallics, 2005, 24, 3897-3906.
"Excited State Proton Transfer and 2-(2' Pyridyl)pyrroles. Part II. Structure and Energetics of Pyridylpyrroles, their Dimers and Complexes"S.J. Schmidtke, L.A. MacManus-Spencer, J.J. Klappa, T.A. Mobley, K. McNeill, D.A. Blank. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2004, 6, 3938-3947.
"Mechanism of 1,6-Addition Reactions of Organocuprates: Detailed NMR Spectroscopic Study of a Cuprate-Enyne Complex"J. Canisius, T. A. Mobley, S. Berger, N. Krause. Chemistry: A European Journal, 2001, 7, 2671-2675.
"NMR Spectroscopic Structural Determination of Organozinc Reagents: Evidence for 'Highly Coordinated' Zincates"T. A. Mobley, S. Berger. Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 1999, 38, 3070-3072.
"Stereochemical Investigations of the Mechanism of C-H Bond Activation. Diastereomeric and Isotopic Scrambling in (Hydrido)alkyliridium complexes"T.A. Mobley, C. Schade, R.G. Bergman. Organometallics, 1998, 17, 3574-3254.
Courses Taught: 
CHM 129 General Chemistry
CHM 210 Inorganic & Analytical Chemistry
CHM 221 Organic Chemistry I
CHM 222 Organic Chemistry II
CHM 325 Advanced Organic Chemistry
TUTORIAL "From Supermodels to Molecules to Heavenly Bodies: How Theoretical Models Influence Both Our Everyday and Our Intellectual Lives"
Primary Academic Interest: 
The application of physical organic techniques to organometallic compounds

Research

Professor Mobley's research interests involve the application of physical organic techniques to organometallic compounds. His current research involves the synthesis of transition metal stannylenes with particular interest in the synthesis of a novel class of these molecules in which the tin-transition metal bond shows evidence of multiple bond character. These molecules may show nucleophilic behavior at the tin atom as compared to previously made stannylenes which have an electrophilic tin atom. One of the primary techniques used in Professor Mobley's research is Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy, which is an ongoing interest for him. Mobley Summer 2013 Research Description