Expertise and Research Interests
Presentations
Future Research

Expertise and Research Interests

SIUE is a primarily undergraduate institution with a strong M.S. program in Chemistry. It is the environment which best suits my tastes and expertise, since I can pursue research of fundamental importance to society and use my talents in teaching to provide educational opportunities to the students of southwestern Illinois.

In our research, we have been examining the electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical properties of metal-alkyne complexes. We have recently become interested in the redox properties of ruthenium nitrosyl porphyrin complexes as part of an ongoing collaboration with Dr. George Richter- Addo at the University of Oklahoma.

The point of the fiber-optic spectroelectrochemical experiment is to look at electrode products while they are still in the diffusion layer close to the electrode surface. A fiber optic cable brings the light beam close to the electrode. The beam passes through the solution, bounces off the reflective electrode surface, and is transmitted through another set of fiber-optics to a liquid-nitrogen cooled detector. We use a regular disk electrode suitable for cyclic voltammetry experiments coupled to an mid-IR, near IR, or visible detection system. Students in my group receive hands-on training with various spectroelectrochemical techniques one usually finds only at Ph.D. institutions.

We have recently published details of a system where absorptivities vs wavelength data for short-lived electrode products and intermediates are available from in-situ measurements.

A considerable number of Labview resources generated by my group for electrochemistry (as well as blog posts on common electrochemistry questions) are available at
http://decibel.ni.com/content/people/roadchem?view=overview

My research group is described in more detail on our website at http://www.siue.edu/~michsha

While I teach classes at a variety of levels (freshman, seniors and graduate students), I also run a research group of 6 or so individuals who range in experience from the freshman level to 2nd year graduate students. A total of 31 students have worked with me since 1998, and many of them are represented as co-authors on publications. Almost all my students have attended major research conferences as presenters.

My main goal in my research activity is to provide educational opportunities through research experiences. My current research is funded through an NSF grant entitled "Redox-Behavior of Heme-NO Models: A Vehicle for Research and Outreach". As my "Funding Received" list shows, I have a good track record of obtaining funds so that my students can have opportunities which are at least as good as those which were available to me as an undergraduate and graduate student.

PRESENTATIONS:

The following is a list of presentations my students and I have made since 2007. About 75% of these presentations were made by students.

Harrison, Robert; Shaw, Michael J.; Motl, Nathan E.; Linder, Alexander J. C-C bond migrations in the alkyne-to-vinylidene isomerization mediated by cationic Ru(II) complexes. From Abstracts of Papers, 239th ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, United States, March 21-25, 2010 (2010), INOR-802

Rodgers, Kenneth W.; Shaw, Michael J. Oxidations of the anionic Fe(II) complexes NBu4[CpFe(CN)2(CO)] and NBu4[CpFe(CN)2(PPh3),] From Abstracts of Papers, 239th ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, United States, March 21-25, 2010 (2010), INOR-801

Shaw, Michael J.; Cranford, Daniel J.; Rodgers, Kenneth W.; Eilers, James E.; Warhausen, Adam J.; Richter-Addo, George B. Simultaneous fiber-optic chronoabsorptometry and chronoamperometry for the determination of the spectra of electrode products, From Abstracts of Papers, 239th ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, United States, March 21-25, 2010 (2010), INOR-800.

Geiger, William E.; Shaw, Michael J.; Eilers, James E. Catalytic Reduction of Weak Acids by [CoCp(4-C8H12)] Isomers From Abstracts, Central Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Cleveland, OH, United States, May 20-23 (2009), CRM-129.

Cranford, Daniel L.; Shaw, Michael; Motl, Nathan E. Reactions of- [(dppe)(CO)3Mn]+ with cyclopropylalkynes: The effect of the counter ion on the reaction outcome. Abstracts of Papers, 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, United States, April 6-10, 2008

McGarrahan, Andrew B.; Shaw, Michael J.. Synthesis and reactivity of CpRu(C3H2N2(CH3)2)2Cl. Abstracts of Papers, 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, United States, April 6-10, 2008

Schutte, Brian M.; Shaw, Michael J.; Bryant, Steven W.; Eilers, James E. Synthesis, reactivity and spectroelectrochemistry of [CpRu(PPh3)2(1-alkynone][B(C6H2(CF3)2)4] complexes. Abstracts of Papers, 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, United States, April 6-10, 2008

Shaw, Michael J.; Motl, Nathan E.; Rath, Nigam P.; Eilers, James E. Carbon-carbon bond migration in the Ru-mediated reactions of internal alkynes to form vinylidene ligands. Abstracts of Papers, 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, United States, April 6-10, 2008 (2008),

Banas, Tim, B; Shaw, Michael J and Wanda, Paul E. Changes in membrane fluidity during apoptosis Presented at 100th Annual Meeting of Illinois State Academy of Science, 4-5 April 2008.

Berstler, James; Shaw, Michael J.; Nataro, Chip. Examining the redox properties of metal carbonyl complexes containing bidentate phosphines with metallocene backbones. Abstracts of Papers, 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, United States, March 25-29, 2007

Osiohwo, Silas; Shaw, Michael J. Electrochemical effects of pi-coordination of d-6-metal fragments on pi-conjugated molecular wires. Abstracts of Papers, 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, United States, March 25-29, 2007

Shaw, Michael J.; Warhausen, Adam J.; Mitchell, Lemas; Rath, Nigam P. Reactions of CH3Mn(CO)5 with alkynes revisited: New reactivity from an old system. Abstracts of Papers, 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, United States, March 25-29, 2007

Motl, Nathan E.; Shaw, Michael J. Synthesis and characterization of cyclopropylalkyne complexes of manganese. Abstracts of Papers, 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, United States, March 25-29, 2007.

Heafner, Jacob A.; Shaw, Michael J. Synthesis, characterization and spectroelectrochemistry of Mn and Re carbonyl complexes which bear scorpionate ligands based on N-heterocyclic carbenes. Abstracts of Papers, 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, United States, March 25-29, 2007

Crisman, Jeffrey R.; Shaw, Michael J. Synthesis and spectroelectrochemistry of manganese and rhenium complexes of acetylenic ketones. Abstracts of Papers, 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, United States, March 25-29, 2007.

Jelliss, Paul A.; Shi, Xiaoming; Orlando, Justin H.; Rath, Nigam P.; Shaw, Michael J. Nitrosyl bipyridyl rhenacarborane complexes: Synthesis, characterization, and prospective uses. Abstracts of Papers, 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, United States, March 25-29, 2007.

Voss, Eric J.; Shaw, Michael J. Hands-on powder X-ray diffraction in the general chemistry laboratory: Synthesis and characterization of a nanocrystalline phosphor. Abstracts of Papers, 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, United States, March 25-29, 2007

Future Research

Future research will pursue the redox properties of metal porphyrin complexes, especially as regards the mechanistic consequences of electron-transfer in nitric oxide containing complexes of biochemical relevance. We are looking forward to developing Raman microspectroelectrochemical methods with the new IR and Raman microscopes obtained through the NSF MRI-R2 program.

This activity will be balanced by the need for outreach and education. To that end, activities such as the presentation of the goals of active NSF grants by my whole group to the public at events such as the St. Louis section of the American Chemical Society's "Day at the Science Center" will continue for the foreseeable future.