Name

Surname

Tamara

Hamilton

Institution name and department

Barry University Department of Physical Sciences

Position held

Professor

Address/Country

11300 NE 2nd Ave, Miami FL 33180/USA

E-mail

Webpage

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http://www.barry.edu/physical- sciences/faculty/hamilton.html

Key words

·         porphyrins

·         acid-catalyzed

·         ball-mill

·         aromatization

·         two-step

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Areas of Research/Expertise 

Consisting of only undergraduates, the Hamilton research group is interested in exploring greener methods of chemical synthesis, especially for porphyrins. Having shown the possibility of obtaining symmetrical, tetra-substituted porphyrins using simple starting materials through mechanochemistry, we are now investigating mechanochemical synthesis of di-substituted porphyrins, and those having very bulky substituents. We are also developing ways of teaching green chemistry using mechanochemical methods in undergraduate teaching labs. Another area of interest is metal-organic assemblies involving porphyrins as ligands.

5 Most representative publications related to mechanochemistry 

1.      “Extending mechanochemical porphyrin synthesis to bulkier aromatics: tetramesitylporphyrin’ Su, Q.; Hamilton, T. D. Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1149–1153. doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.111

2.      “Two-step Mechanochemical Synthesis of Porphyrins” Shy, H.; Mackin, P.; Orvieto, A. S.; Gharbharan, D.; Peterson, G. R.; Bampos, N.; Hamilton, T. D. Faraday Discuss. 2014, 170, 59-69. 10.1039/C3FD00140G

5 Most representative publications non-related to Mechanochemistry 

1.      “A metal-organic framework with three cavities based on three-coloured square tiling derived from a cyclobutane constructed in the solid state” Hamilton, T. D.; Bucar, D.-K.; MacGillivray, L. R. New J. Chem. 2010, 34, 2400-2402.  10.1039/C0NJ00367K

2.      “Engineering New Metal-Organic Frameworks Built from Flexible Tetrapyridines Coordinated to Cu(II) and Cu(I)" Ryan, P.; Lescop, C.; Laliberte, D.; Hamilton, T.; Maris, T.; Wuest, J. Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48, 2793-2807.  https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ic8019809

3.      “Onion-Shell Metal-Organic Polyhedra (MOPs): A General Approach to Decorate the Exteriors of MOPs Using Principles of Supramolecular Chemistry”

T. D. Hamilton, G. S. Papaefstathiou, T. Friščić, D.-K. Bučar, and L. R. MacGillivray. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 14366-14367.  https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja804863u

4.      ”Coding a coordination-driven self-assembly via a hydrogen-bond-directed solid- state synthesis: An unexpected chiral capsule” T. D. Hamilton, D.-K. Bucar, and L. R. MacGillivray. Chem. Commun. 2007, 1603-1604. 10.1039/B700748E

5.      “A Polyhedral Host Constructed Using a Linear Template” T. D. Hamilton, G. S. Papaefstathiou and L. R. MacGillivray. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 11606- 11607. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja0278281

Orcid ID/ Google Scholar/ Researchgate/ Scopus profiles

Orcid ID

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8936-4342

Google Scholar

Researchgate

Scopus profiles

Twitter/ Linkedin/ Instagram accounts

Twitter/

@barryuchemist

Linkedin

www.linkedin.com/in/tamara-hamilton- mechanochem

Instagram accounts

Primary focus in mechanochemical research

·         Porphyrins and related compounds

·         Sustainable synthetic approaches