School of Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences College of Science

Higher-Education

• 2007 Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Rochester
• 2004 M.S. Chemistry, University of Rochester
• 2001 B.S. Chemistry, Bilkent University

Research Overview

Ateşin group investigates reaction mechanisms of transition metal catalyzed transformations important in organic synthesis. These mechanistic studies are used to develop more environmentally friendly and sustainable catalysts.

Publications

• Zhao, Y.; Bozkurt, O. D.; Kurtoglu-Oztulum, S. F.; Yordanli, M. S.; Hoffman, A. S.; Hong, J.; Perez-Aguilar, J. E.; Saltuk, A.; Akgul, D.; Demircan, O.; Atesin, T. A.; Aviyente, V.; Gates, B. C.; Bare, S. R.; Uzun, A. Atomically dispersed zeolite-supported rhodium complex: Selective and stable catalyst for acetylene semi-hydrogenation. J. Catal. 2024, 429, 115196.
• Lachaize, S.; Gallegos, D. C.; Antonio, J. J.; Atesin, A. C.; Ateşin, T. A.; Jones, W. D. Ortho-Fluoro Effect on the C—C Bond Activation of Benzonitrile Using Zerovalent Nickel. Organometallics 2023, 42 (15), 2134–2147.
• Ateşin, T. A.; Jones, W. D.; Atesin, A. C. Ortho-Fluoro or Ortho Effect? Oxidative Addition of Zerovalent Nickel into the C—CN Bond of Substituted Benzonitriles. Inorg. Chem. 2023, 62 (48), 19698–19705.
• Wehrle, R.J., Rosen, A., Nguyen, T.V., Koons, K., Jump, E., Bullard, M., Wehrle, N.D., Stockfish, A.A., Hare, P.M., Atesin, A.C., Atesin, T.A., Ma, L. (2022). Investigation on the Synthesis, Application and Structural Features of Heteroaryl 1,2-Diketones. ACS Omega, 7, 26650−26660.
• Quillen, A.*, Nguyen, Q.*, Neiser, M.*, Lindsay, K.*, Rosen, A.*, Ramirez, S.*, Costan, S.*, Johnson, N.*, Do, T.D.*, Rodriguez, O.A.*, Rivera, D.A.*, Atesin, A.C., Atesin, T.A., Ma, L. (2019). Palladium-Catalyzed Direct α-C(sp3) Heteroarylation of Ketones under Microwave Irradiation. The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 84, 7652-7663.
• Atesin, T.A., Atesin, A.C., Rodriguez, O.*, Rivera, D.*, Garcia, L.Y.* (2018). Conformational analysis of a TADDOL-based phosphoramidite P,N ligand in a palladium(II) η3-π-allyl complex. Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, 1139, 70-76.
• Atesin, T.A., Martinez, G.M.**, Flores, D. It is not just up to the Substrate: Palladium(0) Cyclizes Nazarov Substrates through Intramolecular Allylic Alkylation. Organometallics, 36, 3589-3596. 10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00494
• Kitamura, K., Shimada, N., Stewart, C., Atesin, A.C., Atesin, T.A., Tius, M.A. Enantioselective Palladium(0)-Catalyzed Nazarov-type Cyclization. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 54, 1-5.
• Stephens, D.E., Lakey-Beitia, J., Atesin, A.C., Atesin, T.A., Chavez, G., Arman, H.D., Larionov, O.V. Palladium-Catalyzed C8-Selective C–H Arylation of Quinoline N-Oxides: Insights into the Electronic, Steric and Solvation Effects on the Site-Selectivity by Mechanistic and DFT Computational Studies. ACS Catalysis, 5, 167−175.
• Madrahimov, S.T., Atesin, T.A., Karagiaridi, O., Sarjeant, A.A., Farha, O. K., Hupp, J.T., Nguyen, S.T. Metal-Organic Frameworks Containing (Alkynyl)Gold Functionalities: A Comparative Evaluation of Solvent-Assisted Linker Exchange, de novo Synthesis, and Post-synthesis Modification. Cryst. Growth Des., 14, 6320–6324

Present Courses

• CHEM 1111 - General Chemistry I Laboratory
• CHEM 1311 - General Chemistry I
• CHEM 3101 - Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
• CHEM 3202 - Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
• CHEM 3301 - Inorganic Chemistry
• CHEM 4201 - Chemistry Problems I
• CHEM 4305 - Chemistry Capstone
• CHEM 4307 - Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
• CHEM 6315 - Inorganic Chemistry I
• CHEM 6340 - Sp Top in Inorganic Chemistry
• CHEM 7101 - Seminar I
• CHEM 7102 - Seminar II
• CHEM 7103 - Seminar III
• CHEM 7300 - Thesis I
• CHEM 7301 - Thesis II
• CHEM 7302 - Seminar