About

Travis Jesse Williams

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Contact Information
E-mail: travisw@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-5961
Office: LHI 104

 

Education
B.S. , California Institute of Technology, 12/1998
Ph.D. Chemistry, Stanford University, 6/2005
 

Postdoctoral Training
NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology, 07/2005-07/2007  
 

Affiliations with Research Centers, Labs, and Other Institutions
Interdisciplinary Program in Drug Discovery, Faculty Affiliate,http://ocw201-1.usc.edu/iPIDD/
 

Publications

Book Chapter
Wender, P. A., Gamber, G. G., Williams, T. J. (2005). "Rhodium(I)-Catalyzed [5+2], [6+2], and [5+2+1] Cycloadditions: New Reactions for Organic Synthesis" in Modern Rhodium-Catalyzed Transformations. pp. 263-299. New York: Wiley.
 

Conference Proceeding
Wender, P. A., Baryza, J. L., Brenner, S. E., Clark, M. O., Gamber, G. G., Horan, J. C., Jessop, T. C., Kan, C., Pattabiraman, K., Williams, T. J. (2003). Inspirations from Nature. New Reactions, New Therapeutic Leads, and New Drug Delivery Systems. pp. 143-156. Pure Appl. Chem..
Wender, P. A., Bi, F. C., Gamber, G. G., Gosslin, F., Hubbard, R. D., Scanio, M. J., Sun, R., Williams, T. J., Zhang, L. (2002). Toward the Ideal Synthesis. New Transition Metal-catalyzed Reactions Inspired by Novel Medicinal Leads. pp. 25-31. Pure Appl. Chem..
 

Journal Article
Thorson, M. K., Klinkel, K. L., Wang, J., Williams, T. J. (2008). Mechanism of Hydride Abstraction by Cyclopentadienone-Ligated Metal Carbonyls (M = Ru, Fe). European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. (2), pp. 295-302.
Williams, T. J., Caffyn, A. J., Hazari, N., Oblad, P. F., Labinger, J. A., Bercaw, J. E. (2008). C—H Bond Activation Mediated by Air-Stable [(diimineMII(OH)]22+ Dimers (M = Pd, Pt). J. Am. Chem. Soc.. Vol. 130, pp. 2418-2419.
Williams, T. J., Labinger, J. A., Bercaw, J. E. (2007). Reactions of Indene and Indoles with Platinum Methyl Cations: Indene C—H Activation, Indole p vs. Nitrogen Lone-Pair Coordination. Organometallics. Vol. 26, pp. 281-287.
Driver, T. G., Williams, T. J., Labinger, J. A., Bercaw, J. E. (2007). C—H Bond Activation by Dicationic Platinum(II) Complexes. Organometallics. Vol. 26, pp. 294-301.
Wender, P. A., Haustedt, L. O., Lim, J., Love, J. A., Williams, T. J., Yoon, J. (2006). Asymmetric Catalysis of the [5 + 2] Cycloaddition Reaction of Vinylcyclopropanes and p -Systems. J. Am. Chem. Soc.. Vol. 128, pp. 6302-6303.
Wender, P. A., Paxton, T. J., Williams, T. J. (2006). Rhodium Catalyzed [3+2] Cycloaddition Reactions of Cyclopropenones and Alkynes. J. Am. Chem. Soc.. Vol. 128, pp. 14814-14815.
Wender, P. A., Deschamps, N. M., Williams, T. J. (2004). The Intermolecular Dienyl Pauson-Khand Reaction. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.. Vol. 43, pp. 3076-3079.
Wender, P. A., Love, J. A., Williams, T. J. (2003). Rhodium-Catalyzed [5+2] Cycloaddition Reactions in Water. Synlett. pp. 1295-1298.
Wender, P. A., Williams, T. J. (2002). [(Arene)Rh(COD)]+ Complexes as Catalysts for [5+2] Cycloadditions. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.. Vol. 41, pp. 1550-4553.
Shen, H., Williams, T. J., Bott, S. G., Richmond, M. G. (1995). Ligand Substitution of the Redox-Active Diphosphine 4,5-Bis(diphenylphosphino)-4-cyclopenten-1,3-dione (bpcd) in the Alkynyl-Bridged Cluster Ru3(CO)9(µ2-H)( µ3-?2-C=C-tBu). Synthesis, X-ray Structure and Electrochemical Properties of Ru3(CO)7(µ2-H)(µ3-?2-C=C-tBu)(bpcd). J. Organomet. Chem.. Vol. 505, pp. 1-9.
 

Honors and Awards
NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, 7/2005-7/2007  
Eli Lilly Graduate Research Fellowship, 2003-2004   
Stanford Centennial Teaching Award, 2003-2004   
California Institute of Technology ASCIT Teaching Award, 1997-1998   
 
 
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