Travis Figg

Travis participates in a Department of Energy - Energy Frontier Research Center (DOE-EFRC) called the Center of Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalization (CCHF). His research focuses on designing transition metal catalysts for small molecule activation using computational chemistry (e.g. C-H and N-N activation and C-O bond formation). These catalysts are then implemented into a catalytic cycle to convert ubiquitous small but inert molecules, such as methane and dinitrogen, to more useful industrial chemicals.

Travis is a third year graduate student pursuing his PhD in Inorganic Chemistry. Travis enjoys scuba diving, video games, movies, and spending time with his wife Laura and dog Paco.

Travis recently won the poster presentation award at SWTCC 2011, held at Texas Tech.

Research Projects

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Publications

2012

4. Computational Hammett Analysis of Redox Based Oxy-Insertion by Pt(II) Complexes, T. M. Figg, T. R. Cundari, Dalton Trans. (Crabtree Special Issue), 2012, In Press. DOI: 10.1039/C2DT31983G

5. Flavin-Catalyzed Insertion of Oxygen into Rhenium-Methyl Bonds, M. J. Pouy, E. M. Milczek, T. M. Figg, B. M. Otten, B. M. Prince, T. B. Gunnoe, T. R. Cundari, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134 (31) 12920-12923. DOI: 10.1021/ja3054139

6. A Mechanistic Study of Oxy-insertion into Nickel-Carbon Bonds with Nitrous Oxide, T. M. Figg, T. R. Cundari, Organometallics, 2012, 31 (14), 4998-5004. DOI: 10.1021/om300270x

7. Cooperativity Between Low-Valent Iron and Potassium Promoters in Dinitrogen Fixation, T. M. Figg, P. L. Holland, T. R. Cundari, Inorg. Chem., 2012, 51 (14), 7546-7550. DOI: 10.1021/ic300150u

8. Carbon–Oxygen Bond Formation via Organometallic Baeyer–Villiger Transformations: A Computational Study on the Impact of Metal Identity, T. M. Figg, J. R. Webb, T. B. Gunoe, T. R. Cundari, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134 (4), 2332-2339. DOI: 10.1021/ja2102778

2011

1. Non-Redox Oxy-Insertion via Organometallic Baeyer-Villiger Transformations: A Computational Hammett Study of Platinum(II) Complexes, T. M. Figg, T. R. Cundari, T. B. Gunnoe, Organometallics, 2011, 30, 3779-3785. DOI: 10.1021/om200258d

2. Selectivity and Mechanism of Hydrogen Atom Transfer By an Isolable Imidoiron(III) Complex, R. E. Cowley, N. A. Eckert, T. R. Cundari, T. Figg, S. Vaddadi, P. L. Holland, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, 9797-9811. DOI: 10.1021/ja2005303

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