NMHU

Merritt Clemens Helvenston Ph.D.


Full Professor/Chair Natural Sciences Department Inorganic Chemistry



Education:
        
  • Ph.D. Major: Inorganic Chemistry Minor: Organic Chemistry, University of Nevada-Reno, 1990.     
  • M.S. Major: Inorganic Chemistry Minor: Biochemistry, University of Nevada-Reno, 1987.     
  • B.S. Chemistry, University of the South, Sewanee, TN, 1983.

Current Research:

General: studies of electron transfer phenomena and their environmental applications.

  • Synthesis of photonic switches: complexes with nonlinear optical properties which can be dynamically modulated.
  • Mechanistic studies of inorganic/organic reactions.
  • Photocatalytic and electrochemical decontamination of organics in groundwater.
  • Biodehalogenation.
Publications:
  • "Bacteriorhodopsin Monomers Do Not Form a Laser- Induced Blue State: Implications Regarding Structure, Mechanism and Photocooperativity." C. B. Buckman, T. J. Kofron, M. B. Masthay, M. J. Cde Baca, J. Chen, M. C. Helvenston, D. M. Sammeth, submitted.
  • "Synthesis, Characterization and NLO Properties of a Phenothiazine-Stilbazole Monolayer" Wenxi Huang, Merritt Helvenston, Joanna L. Casson, Yongwoo Lee, Jean-Francois Bardeau, Wang Rong, Malkiat S. Johal, DeQuan Li, Basil I. Swanson, Jeanne M. Robinson, Langmuir 1999, accepted.
  • "Biodehalogenation, Reductive Dehalogenation by Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. Comparison with Nickel(I)octaethylisobacteriochlorin Anion, an F-430 model." M. C. Helvenston, C. E. Castro, N. O. Belser, Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 1994, 13, 429-33.
  • "Ni(I)octaethylisobacteriochlorin Anion. An exceptional super nucleophile. Reduction and coupling of alkyl halides by anionic and radical processes. A model for factor F-430," M. C. Helvenston, C. E. Castro, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1992, 114, 8490-96.
  • "Metal Carbonyl Complexes of the Trindenyl Ligand: Crystal Structure of trans-[Re(CO)3]3(trindenyl) ," T. J. Lynch, M. C. Helvenston, A. L. Rheingold, D. A. Staley, Organometallics1989, 8, 1959-63.
  • "Trindenyl[tris(rheniumtricarbonyl)] ," M. C. Helvenston, T. J. Lynch, J. Organomet. Chem. 1989, 359, C50-2.
  • "Synthesis of the Trimetallic Manganese and Rhenium Complexes: N[CH2(h5-C5H4)M(CO)3]3, Utilizing the Nonadentate "TCp" Ligand," T. J. Lynch, M. C. Helvenston, R. Dominguez, Organometallics 1988, 7, 2566-7.
  • "Asymmetric Recognition between Triosmium Clusters and Their m-Acyl Ligands," M. C. Helvenston, T. J. Lynch, Organometallics, 1987, 6, 208.
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