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Mr. Brian W. Knettle, Ph.D.
Mr. Brian W. Knettle, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
   
   
Office Location:
Science Center 232
 
Office Phone:
(276) 376-4643
 
Office Fax:
(276) 376-4603
 
Other Phone:
 
 
Email:
bwk3w@uvawise.edu
 
   
Education:
B.S., Chemistry
1998
University of Toledo
M.S., Chemistry
2001
University of Toledo
Ph.D., Chemistry
2003
Texas Tech University
   
Courses
Taught:

College Chemistry I and II

Inorganic Chemistry

Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry

Chemistry Seminar I and II

   
Professional
Activities:
 
   
Research
Interests:
 
   
Recent
Publications:
Prasad, E.; Knettle, B.W.; Flowers, R.A. “Photoinduced Electron Transfer Reactions by SmI2 in THF: Luminescence Quenching Studies and Mechanistic Investigations” Eur. Chem. J. 2005, 11 (10), 3105. 
 
Prasad, E.; Knettle, B.W.; Flowers, R.A. “The Role of Ligand Displacement in Sm(II)-HMPA Based Reductions” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126(22), 6891. 
 
Kim, M.; Knettle, B.W.; Dahlén, A.; Hilmersson, G.; Flowers, R.A. “Reduction and reductive coupling of imines by Sm(II)-based reagents” Tetrahedron 2003, 59 (52), 10397. 
 
Dahlén, A.; Hilmersson, G.; Knettle, B.W.; Flowers, R.A. “Rapid SmI2-mediated reductions of alkyl halides and electrochemical properties of  
SmI2/H2O/amine” J. Org. Chem. 2003, 68 (12), 4870. 
 
Prasad, E.; Knettle, B.W.; Flowers, R.A. “Investigation of the [Sm{N(SiMe3)2}2] reducing system in THF. Rate and mechanistic studies” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124 (49), 14663. 
 
Knettle, B.W.; Flowers, R.A. “Influence of HMPA on reducing power and reactivity of SmBr2” Org. Lett. 2001, 3 (15), 2321.
   
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Interests:
 
     
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http://www.uvawise.edu/natural_sciences/faculty/knettle.html

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