Curriculum Vitae

 

Dr. Peter Müller

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

77 Massachusetts Ave, 2-325

Cambridge, MA 02139

(617) 253-1884

pmueller@mit.edu

EDUCATION:

2001                      Ph.D. at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Universität Göttingen, Germany. Supervisor Prof. George M. Sheldrick. Thesis “Problems of modern high-resolution single-crystal X-ray crystal structure analysis” (magna cum laude).

 

                              Doctoral exams in

·         Inorganic Chemistry (magna cum laude)

·         Physical Chemistry (magna cum laude)

·         Crystallography (magna cum laude)

 

 

1997                      M.S. at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Universität Göttingen, Germany. Supervisor Prof. George Sheldrick. Thesis “Crystal Structure Analysis on metal-organic compounds and indigoid systems” (A).

 

M.S. exams in

·         Inorganic Chemistry (A+)

·         Physical Chemistry (A)

·         Organic Chemistry (A+)

 

1991-1994                          Studies of Chemistry at the Universität Kaiserslautern.

 

B.S exams in

·         Inorganic Chemistry (A)

·         Physical Chemistry (A-)

·         Organic Chemistry (B+)

·         Physics (A)

 

1990                                            Abitur (high-school diploma) from Freie Waldorfschule Mannheim

 

 

 

Professional Experience:

 

2004-present         Director of the Diffraction Facility of the MIT Department of Chemistry.

 

2001-2004             Postgraduate Researcher as crystallographer at the UCLA Center for Genomics and Proteomics in Prof. David Eisenberg’s lab.

 

1997-2001             Research Assistant at Lehrstuhl für Strukturchemie (Department for Structural Chemistry), University of Göttingen in Prof. George M. Sheldrick’s lab.

 

Summer 1995        Laboratory Assistant at the Forstliche Versuchsanstalt des Landes Rheinland Pfalz (National Institute for Silviculture), Trippstadt.

 

1990-1991             Intern at a farm in La Chapelle aux Bois, France (cows, dairy, produces, accommodation of guests).

 

 

 

Teaching Experience:

 

Fall 2011               Teaching the graduate class in structure refinement at MIT for the chemistry department (MIT course number 5.067).

 

July 2011              Faculty at the Chinese Crystallographic Summer School in Nanjing, China.

                              Faculty at the ACA Summer School of Small Molecule Crystallography.

 

June 2010             Faculty at the ACA Summer School of Small Molecule Crystallography.

 

Spring 2010          Teaching the graduate class in crystallography at MIT for the chemistry department (MIT course number 5.069).

 

Fall 2009               Teaching the graduate class in structure refinement at MIT for the chemistry department (MIT course number 5.067).

                              Guest lecturer at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA.

 

July 2009              Faculty at the Chinese Crystallographic Summer School in Bejing, China.

 

June 2009             Faculty at the ACA Summer School of Small Molecule Crystallography.

 

June 2009             Tutor for Refinement of Whole Molecule Disorder at the Bruker Users Meeting in Madison, WI .

 

Spring 2009          Teaching the graduate class in crystallography at MIT for the chemistry department (MIT course number 5.069).

 

Fall 2008               Teaching the graduate class in structure refinement at MIT for the chemistry department (MIT course number 5.067).

 

July 2008              Faculty at the ACA Summer School of Small Molecule Crystallography.

 

May 2008              Tutor for Refinement at Diagnosis and Treatment of Problem Structures: A Bruker on Single Crystal X-Ray Diffraction, Knoxville, TN.

 

Spring 2008          Teaching the graduate class in crystallography at MIT for the chemistry department (MIT course number 5.069).

 

February 2008      Tutor for Twin Refinement at the 12th annual Bruker / MIT Symposium in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

 

Fall 2007               Teaching the graduate class in structure refinement at MIT for the chemistry department (MIT course number 5.067).

 

September 2007    Tutor for Difficult Refinements at the Bruker User's Meeting in Madison, Wisconsin.

 

July 2007              Faculty at the ACA Summer School of Small Molecule Crystallography.

 

Spring 2007          Teaching the graduate class in crystallography at MIT for the chemistry department (MIT course number 5.069).

 

Fall 2006               Teaching the graduate class in structure refinement at MIT for the chemistry department (MIT course number 5.841).

 

July 2006              Faculty at the ACA Summer School of Small Molecule Crystallography.

 

Spring 2006          Teaching the graduate class in crystallography at MIT for the chemistry department (MIT course number 5.068).

 

February 2006      Tutor for Refinement Problems at the 10th annual Bruker / MIT Symposium in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

 

September 2005    Tutor for the Refinement of Disorder at the Bruker User's Meeting in Madison, Wisconsin.

 

Spring 2005          Teaching the graduate class in crystallography at MIT for the chemistry department (MIT course number 5.068).

 

January 2005       Tutor for Refinement Problems at the 9th annual Bruker / MIT Symposium in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

 

2001-2004             Teaching Assistant Department of Chemistry/Biochemistry University of California Los Angeles, teaching graduate classes in crystallography with the professors D. Eisenberg and T. Yates.

 

September 2003    Tutor for Refinement Problems at the SHELX workshop in Göttngen.

 

May 2003              Tutor for Refinement Problems at the Bruker User’s Meeting in Madison, Wisconsin.

 

1996-2001                          Teaching Assistant Institut of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Göttingen, teaching several undergraduate and graduate classes in inorganic chemistry (theory and lab-classes), and basic and advanced crystallography (theory and lab-classes) with the professors G. Sheldrick, I. Usón and T. Schneider.

 

Mai 2000               Tutor for the Handling of Troublesome Crystals at the Bruker User’s Meeting in College Station, Texas.

 

 

 

Other Professional Activities

 

presently               Chair of the ACA Standing Committee Continuing Education

Secretary/Treasurer of the Special Interest Group Small Molecules of the American Crystallographic Association (ACA).

Member of the ACA Program Committee and Local Chair for the 2011 Annual Meeting in Boston, MA.

                              Member of the IUCr/OUP Committee on Crystallographic Textbooks.

                              Member of the Commission for Structural Chemistry of the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr).

                              Member of the Teaching Commission of the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr).

                              Member of the Instrument Advisory Team at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's High Flux Isotope Reactor.

                              Organizer of the annual Bruker/MIT Symposium, hosted by the MIT Department of Chemistry.

                              Co-Editor of Acta Crystallographic Section C.

                              Regular reviewer for Journal of Applied Crystallography, the Journal of the American Chemical Society and the National Science Foundation.

 

2011                      Chair of the ACA Standing Committee Continuing Education of the American Crystallographic Association (ACA).

                              Member of the ACA Program Committee and Local Chair for the 2011 Annual Meeting in Boston, MA.

Chair for the session on “General Interest I” at the annual meeting of the American Crystallographic Association (ACA) in New Orleans, IL.

                              Program Chair and Technical Director of the 15th annual Bruker/MIT Symposium hosted by the X-Ray Diffraction Facility of the MIT Department of Chemistry. This year's topic: Catalysis for the 21st Century.

 

2010                      Member of the ACA Standing Committee Continuing Education of the American Crystallographic Association (ACA).

                              Member of the ACA Program Committee and Local Chair for the 2011 Annual Meeting in Boston, MA.

Chair for the session on “Blast from the Past: What was Old is New Again” at the annual meeting of the American Crystallographic Association (ACA) in Chicago , IL.

                              Program Chair and Technical Director of the 14th annual Bruker/MIT Symposium hosted by the X-Ray Diffraction Facility of the MIT Department of Chemistry. This year's topic: Non-Standard Data Collection Strategies in Single Crystal X-Ray Diffraction.

                              Co-Editor of Acta Crystallographic Section C.

 

2009                      Chair for the session on “Cool Structures” at the annual meeting of the American Crystallographic Association (ACA) in Toronto, Canada.

                              Member of the ACA Standing Committee Continuing Education of the American Crystallographic Association (ACA).

                              Member of the ACA Program Committee for the 2010 Annual Meeting.

                              Program Chair and Technical Director of the 13th annual Bruker/MIT Symposium hosted by the X-Ray Diffraction Facility of the MIT Department of Chemistry. This year's topic: Chirality in Natural Compounds and Pharmacologically Active Small Molecules.

                              Co-Editor of Acta Crystallographic Section C.

 

2008                      Chair of the Special Interest Group Service Crystallography of the American Crystallographic Association (ACA).

                              Member of the ACA Standing Committee Continuing Education of the American Crystallographic Association (ACA).

                              Member of the ACA Program Committee for the 2009 Annual Meeting.

                              Chair for the session on “General Interest II” at the annual meeting of the American Crystallographic Association (ACA) in Knoxville , TN.

                              Program Chair and Technical Director of the 12th annual Bruker/MIT Symposium hosted by the X-Ray Diffraction Facility of the MIT Department of Chemistry. This year's topic: Crystallography in Bio-Inorganic Chemistry.

 

2007                      Chair of the General Interest Group of the American Crystallographic Association (ACA).

                              Member of the ACA Program Committee for the 2008 Annual Meeting.

                              Organizer of the SHELX workshop at the annual meeting of the American Crystallographic Association (ACA) in Salt Lake City, UT.

                              Chair for the session on “Teaching Gadgets and Educational Tools” at the annual meeting of the American Crystallographic Association (ACA) in Salt Lake City, UT.

                              Program Chair and Technical Director of the 11th annual Bruker/MIT Symposium hosted by the X-Ray Diffraction Facility of the MIT Department of Chemistry. This year's topic: X-Ray Charge Density and Time Resolved Studies.

 

2006                      Chair for the session on “Whole Molecule Disorder” at the annual meeting of the American Crystallographic Association (ACA) in Honolulu, HI.

                              Program Chair and Technical Director of the 10th annual Bruker/MIT Symposium hosted by the X-Ray Diffraction Facility of the MIT Department of Chemistry. This year's topic: Crystallography: More than Bonds and Angles.

 

2005                      Chair for the session on “Data Collection Strategies” at the annual meeting of the American Crystallographic Association (ACA) in Orlando, FL.

                              Program Chair and Technical Director of the 9th annual Bruker/MIT Symposium hosted by the X-Ray Diffraction Facility of the MIT Department of Chemistry. This year's topic: X-Ray Crystallograohy and Complementary Methods.

 

2004                      Chair for the session on “Teaching Advanced Crystallography” at the annual meeting of the American Crystallographic Association (ACA) in Chicago, IL.

 

 

 

Awards, Scholarships, Grants:

 

2007                      "Dean's Recognition Award" of the MIT School of Science.

 

Jan-Dec. 2002       Full Research Scholarship from the German Research Association (DFG).

 

2002                      ACA travel grants to visit the annual ACA meeting in San Antonio.

 

2001                      American Crystallographic Association (ACA) travel grants to visit the annual ACA meeting in Los Angeles.

 

1999-2001             Research Assistant Fellowship within SFB416-B6, funded by the German Research Association (DFG).

 

1999                      European Union travel grants to visit the European Crystallographic Meeting (ECM) in Prague.

 

1999                      European Union travel grants to visit the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) meeting in Glasgow.

 

1999                      CCDC/IUCr poster prize for chemical crystallography.

 

 

Ongoing Support:

 

2010-2013             National Science Foundation CRIF-MU Grant Number CHE-0946721: "Purchase of an X-Ray Diffractometer", co-PIs: Tim Swager & Peter Mueller

 

 

Computer Skills:

 

Experiences with IBM compatible PCs, DEC Alphas, and Silicon Graphics computers, running UNIX and LINUX systems as well as MS-DOS and several versions of MS-Windows. Programming with PERL and HTML and experiences with LaTex. Also Word, Excel, PowerPoint, CorelDraw, PhotoShop, PovRay and many crystallographic programs including APEX2, SMART, SAINT, DENZO, SCALEPACK, SADABS, XPREP, SHELX, CNS, Refmac, CCP4, XP, XtalView, O, Ortep.

 

 

 

Membership in Professional Organizations:

 

American Crystallographic Association ACA

American Chemical Society ACS

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ASBMB

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kristallographie (German Society for Crystallography) DGK

International Union of Crystallography IUCr

 

 

 

Extracurricular activities:

 

1986-present         Member of several choirs and orchestras. Highlights were the performance of Dvorak’s Sinfonie no. 9 in Kaiserslautern, Mahler’s Sinfonie no. 8 in Göttingen and Britten’s War Requiem in Los Angeles.

 

1992-present         Giving private lessons in German, Physics, Chemistry, Crystallography, Guitar and Cello.

 

1994-1996             Member of the Council of the Chemistry Students at Universität Göttingen. In 1996 evaluation-delegate.

 

 

 

Languages:

 

German:                 native (mother language)

English:                  bilingual

French:                  fluent

 

 

 

RefereNCEs:

 

Prof. George M. Sheldrick FRS, Universität Göttingen, gsheldr@shelx.uni-ac.gwdg.de

Prof. David S. Eisenberg, UCLA, david@mbi.ucla.edu

Prof. L. Jeanne Perry, UCLA, perry@mbi.ucla.edu

Prof. Richard R. Schrock, MIT, rrs@mit.edu

 

 

 

List of Publications:

 

 

Papers Published in Scientific Journals

 

 

 

106

Jingjing Zhang, Syena Sarrafpour, Terry E. Haas, Peter Müller and Samuel W. Thomas III, Structure, photophysics, and photooxidation of crowded diethynyltetracenes, J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, 6182–6189.

105

Travis J. Hebden, Richard R. Schrock, Michael K. Takase, and Peter Müller, Cleavage of dinitrogen to yield a (t-BuPOCOP)molybdenum(IV) nitride, Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 1851–1853.

104

Jason R. Cox, Peter Müller, and Timothy M. Swager, Interrupted Energy Transfer: Highly Selective Detection of Cyclic Ketones in the Vapor Phase, J. Am. Chem. Soc 2011, 133(33), 12910–12913.

103

Jian Yuan, Erik M. Townsend, Richard R. Schrock, Alan S. Goldman, Peter Müller, and Michael K. Takase, Preparation of Tungsten-Based Olefin Metathesis Catalysts Supported on Alumina, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2011, 353, 1985-1992.

102

T. Nicholson, A. Mahmood, N. Limpa-Amara, N. Salvarese, M.K. Takase, P. Müller, Z. Akgun, A.G. Jones, Reactions of the tridentate and tetradentate amine ligands di-(2-picolyl)(N-ethyl)amine and 2,5-bis-(2-pyridylmethyl)-2,5 diazohexane with technetium nitrosyl complexes, Inorganica Chimica Acta 2011, 373, 301–365.

101

Michael M. Montag, Christopher R. Clough, Peter Müller, and Christopher C. Cummins, Cyclophosphates as ligands for cobalt(III) in water, Chem. Comm. 2011, 47, 2, 662–664.

100

Glen E. Alliger, Peter Müller, Loi H. Do, Christopher C. Cummins and Daniel G. Nocera, Family of Cofacial Bimetallic Complexes of a Hexaanionic Carboxamide Cryptand, Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 4107–4115.

99

Smaranda C. Marinescu, Richard R. Schrock, Peter Müller, Michael K. Takase, and Amir H. Hoveyda, Room-Temperature Z-Selective Homocoupling of α-Olefins by Tungsten Catalysts, Organometallics 2011, 30, 1780-1782.

98

Shaoyan Chu, Peter Müller, Daniel G. Nocera, and Young S. Lee, Hydrothermal growth of single crystals of the quantum magnets: Clinoatacamite, paratacamite, and herbertsmithite, Appl. Phys. Lett. 2011, 98, 092508(1-3).

97

Tianheng Han, Joel S. Helton, Shaoyan Chu, Andrea Prodi, Deepak K. Singh, Claudio Mazzoli, Peter Müller, Daniel G. Nocera, and Young S. Lee, Synthesis and characterization of single crystals of the spin-1/2 kagome-lattice antiferromagnets ZnxCu4-x(OH)6Cl2, Phys. Rev. B 2011, 83, 100402(1-4).

96

Terrence L. Nicholson, Ashfaq Mahmood, Peter Müller, Alan Davison, Shannon Storm-Blanchard, and Alun G. Jones, The synthesis and structural characterization of the technetium nitrosyl complexes [TcCl(NO)(SC5H4N)(PPh3)2] and [Tc(NO)(SC5H4N)2(PPh3)], Inorganica Chimica Acta 2011, 365, 484–486.

95

Michael Montag, Christopher R. Clough, Peter Müller, Christopher C. Cummins, Cyclophosphates as ligands for cobalt(III) in water, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 662-664.

94

Smaranda C. Marinescu, Annie J. King, Richard R. Schrock, Rojendra Singh, Peter Müller, and Michael K. Takase, Simple Molybdenum(IV) Olefin Complexes of the Type Mo(NR)(X)(Y)(olefin), Organometallics 2010, 29, 6816–6828.

93

Rui Cao, Peter Müller, and Stephen J. Lippard, Tripodal Tris-tacn and Tris-dpa Platforms for Assembling Phosphate-Templated Trimetallic Centers, J. Am. Chem. Soc 2010, 132(49), 17366–17369.

92

Richard R. Schrock, Annie J. Jiang, Smaranda C. Marinescu, Jeffrey H. Simpson, and Peter Müller, Fundamental Studies of Molybdenum and Tungsten Methylidene and Metallacyclobutane Complexes, Organometallics 2010, 29(21), 5236–5240.

91

Danna E. Freedman, Tianheng H. Han, Andrea Prodi, Peter Müller, Qing-Zhen Huang, Yu-Sheng Chen, Samuel M. Webb, Young S. Lee, Tyrel M. McQueen, and Daniel G. Nocera, Site Specific X-ray Anomalous Dispersion of the Geometrically Frustrated Kagome Magnet, Herbertsmithite, ZnCu3(OH)6Cl2, J. Am. Chem. Soc 2010, 132(16), 5570-5571.

90

Jia Min Chin, Richard R. Schrock, and Peter Müller, Synthesis of DiamidoPyrrolyl Molybdenum Complexes Relevant to Reduction of Dinitrogen to Ammonia, Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49, 7904-7916.

89

Michael R. Reithofer, Richard R. Schrock, and Peter Müller, Synthesis of [(DPPNCH2CH2)3N]3- Molybdenum Complexes (DPP=3,5-(2,5-Diisopropylpyrrolyl)2C6H3) and Studies Relevant to Catalytic Reduction of Dinitrogen, J. Am. Chem. Soc 2010, 132(24), 8349-8358.

88

Shaoyan Chu, Tyrel M. McQueen, Robin Chisnell, Danna E. Freedman, Peter Müller, Young S. Lee, and Daniel G. Nocera, A Cu2+(S = 1/2) Kagome Antiferromagnet: MgxCu4-x(OH)6Cl2, J. Am. Chem. Soc 2010, 132(16), 5570-5571.

87

Glen E. Alliger, Peter Müller, Christopher C. Cummins and Daniel G. Nocera, Cofacial Dicobalt Complex of a Binucleating Hexacarboxamide Cryptand Ligand, Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49, 3697-3699.

86

Neal P. Mankad, Peter Müller, and Jonas C. Peters, Catalytic N-N Coupling of Aryl Azides To Yield Azoarenes via Trigonal Bipyramid Iron-Nitrene Intermediates, J. Am. Chem. Soc 2010, 132(12), 4083-4085.

85

Steven E. Wheeler, Anne J. McNeil, Peter Müller, Timothy M. Swager and K. N. Houk, Probing Substituent Effects in Aryl-Aryl Interactions Using Stereoselective Diels Alder Cycloadditions, J. Am. Chem. Soc 2010, 132(10), 3304-3311.

84

Smaranda C. Marinescu, Richard R. Schrock, Peter Müller, and Amir H. Hoveyda, Ethenolysis Reactions Catalyzed by Imido Alkylidene Monoaryloxide Monopyrrolide (MAP) Complexes of Molybdenum, J. Am. Chem. Soc 2009, 131(31), 10840-10841.

83

Caroline T. Saouma, Peter Müller, and Jonas C. Peters, Characterization of Structurally Unusual Diiron NxHy Complexes, J. Am. Chem. Soc 2009, 131(30), 10358-10359.

82

T. L. Nicholson, A. Mahmood, F. Refosco, F. Tisato, P. Müller, A.G. Jones, The synthesis and X-ray structural characterization of mer and fac isomers of the technetium(I) nitrosyl complex [TcCl2(NO)(PNPpr)], Inorg. Chim. Acta 2009, 362, 3637-3640.

81

Jianfeng Jiang, Wenfeng Lo, Peter Müller, Noam D. Fine, Myrium Maruani, Alexander Raytman, Synthesis, structure and stability of fac-[FeII(CO)3X3]1- (X = Br, I), Inorg. Chem. Commun. 2009, 12, 527-529.

80

Margaret M. Flook, Annie J. Jiang, Richard R. Schrock, Peter Müller, and Amir H. Hoveyda, Z-Selective Olefin Metathesis Processes Catalyzed by a Molybdenum Hexaisopropylterphenoxide Monopyrrolide Complex, J. Am. Chem. Soc 2009, 131(23), 7762-7763.

79

Annie J. Jiang, Jeffrey H. Simpson, Peter Müller, and Richard R. Schrock, Fundamental Studies of Tungsten Alkylidene Imido Monoalkoxidepyrrolide Complexes, J. Am. Chem. Soc 2009, 131(22), 7770-7780.

78

Peter Müller, Practical suggestions for better crystal structures. Crystallography Reviews 2009, 15(1), 57-83.

77

Smaranda C. Marinescu, Rojendra Singh, Adam S. Hock, Keith M. Wampler, Richard R. Schrock, and Peter Müller, Syntheses and Structures of Molybdenum Imido Alkylidene Pyrrolide and Indolide Complexes, Organometallics 2008, 27(24), 6570-657.8

76

Corina Scriban, Richard R. Schrock and Peter Müller, Synthesis of Oligo(1,6-heptadiynes) with a Single Structure and Terminal Methylene Groups Using Molybdenum-Based Wittig and Metathesis Chemistry. 1. 2,6-Dimethylphenylimido Systems, Organometallics 2008, 27(23), 6202-6214.

75

Andrea J. Gabert, Richard R. Schrock and Peter Müller, Synthesis of bifunctional imido alkylidene bispyrrolide complexes of molybdenum and their conversion into bifunctional imido alkylidene diolate complexes that can be employed as ROMP initiators, Chemistry - An Asian Journal 2008, 3(8-9), 1535-1543.

74

Emily Y. Tsui, Peter Müller, and Joseph P. Sadighi, Reactions of a Stable Monomeric Gold(I) Hydride Complex, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 8937-8940.

73

Annie J. Jiang, Richard R. Schrock and Peter Müller, Cationic molybdenum imido alkylidene complexes, Organometallics 2008, 27(17), 4428-4438.

72

Christopher C. Clough, Peter Müller, and Christopher C. Cummins, 6-coordinate tungsten(VI) tris-n-isopropylanilide complexes: products of terminal oxo and nitrido transformations effected by main group electrophiles, Dalton Transactions 2008, 33, 4458-4463.

71

Richard R. Schrock, Zachary J. Tonzetich, Alejandro G. Lichtscheidl, Peter Müller, and Florian J. Schattenmann, Carboxylate-Based Molybdenum Alkylidene Catalysts: Synthesis, Characterization, and Use as Initiators for 1,6-Heptadiyne Cyclopolymerizations, Organometallics 2008, 27(15), 3986-3995.

70

Lourdes Pia H. Lopez, Richard R. Schrock and Peter Müller, Some reactions involving W(N-2,6-Me2C6H3)(OCMe2CF3)2]2, a symmetric d2/d2 dimer that contains no bridging ligands, Organometallics 2008, 27(15), 3857-386.5

69

John C. Curley, Timothy R. Cook, Steven Y. Reece, Peter Müller, and Christopher C. Cummins, Shining light on dinitrogen cleavage: Structural features, redox chemistry, and photochemistry of the key intermediate bridging dinitrogen complex, J. Am. Chem. Soc 2008, 130(29), 9394-9405.

68

Michael A. Schmidt, Peter Müller, and Mohammad Movassaghi, On the Interactions of N,N'-Bismesitylimidazolin-2-yl and Alcohols, Tetrahedron Letters 2008, 49(27), 4316-4318.

67

Emily A. Nytko, Joel S. Helton, Peter Müller, and Daniel G. Nocera, A Structurally Perfect S = 1/2 Metal-Organic Hybrid Kagomé Antiferromagnet, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130(10), 2922-2923.

66

Zachary J. Tonzetich, Richard R. Schrock, Keith M. Wampler, Brad C. Bailey, Christopher C. Cummins, and Peter Müller, A Tungsten(VI) Nitride Having a W2(µ-N)2 Core, Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47(5), 1560–1567.

65

Koushik Venkatesan, Paul H. J. Kouwer, Shigeyuki Yagi, Peter Müller and Timothy M. Swager, Columnar mesophases from half-discoid platinum cyclometalated metallomesogens, Journal of Materials Chemistry 2008, 18(4), 400-407.

64

Chang Hoon Lee, David S. Laitar, Peter Müller, and Joseph P. Sadighi, Generation of a Doubly Bridging CO2 Ligand and Deoxygenation of CO2 by an (NHC)Ni(0) Complex, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129(45), 13802-13803.

63

Jean Bouffard, Robert F. Eaton, Peter Müller, and Timothy M. Swager, Iptycene-Derived Pyridazines and Phthalazines, J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72(26), 10166-1018.0

62

Thorsten Kreickmann, Stefan Arndt, Richard R. Schrock, and Peter Müller, Imido Alkylidene Bispyrrolyl Complexes of Tungsten, Organometallics 2007, 26, 5702-5711.

61

Rojendra Singh, Richard R. Schrock, Peter Müller, and Amir H. Hoveyda, Synthesis of Monoalkoxide Monopyrrolyl Complexes Mo(NR)(CHR')(OR'')(pyrrolyl): Enyne Metathesis with High Oxidation State Catalysts, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 192(42), 12654-12655.

60

Frank Surup, Oliver Wagner, Jan von Frieling, Michael Schleicher, Stefanie Oess, Peter Müller, Stephanie Grond, The iromycins, a new family of pyridone metabolites from Streptomyces sp. I. Structure, NOS inhibitory activity, and biosynthesis, Journal of Organic Chemistry 2007, 72(14) 5085-5090.

59

Jennifer A. Akana, Koyel X. Bhattacharyya, Peter Müller, Joseph P. Sadighi, Reversible C-F Bond Formation and the Au-Catalyzed Hydrofluorination of Alkynes, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129(52), 7736-7737.

58

Zachary J. Tonzetich, Annie J. Jiang, Richard R. Schrock, Peter Müller, Molybdenum ImidoAlkylidene Complexes that Contain a β Diketiminate Ligand, Organometallics 2007, 26, 3771-3783.

57

Paresh Agarwal, Nicholas A. Piro, Karsten Meyer, Peter Müller, Christopher C. Cummins, An isolable and monomeric phosphorus radical that is resonance-stabilized by the vanadium(IV/V) redox couple, Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed. 2007, 46(17) 3111-3114.

56

Rojendra Singh, Constantin Czekelius, Richard R. Schrock, Peter Müller, Amir H. Hoveyda, Molybdenum Imido Alkylidene Metathesis Catalysts That Contain Electron-Withdrawing Biphenolates or Binaphtholates, Organometallics 2007, 26(10), 2528-2539.

55

Stefan Arndt, Richard R. Schrock, Peter Müller, Synthesis and Reactions of Tungsten Alkylidene Complexes That Contain the 2,6-Dichlorophenylimido Ligand, Organometallics 2007, 26(5), 1279-1290.

54

Tatiana S. Pilyugina, Richard R. Schrock, Peter Müller, Amir H. Hoveyda, New Enantiomerically Pure Alkylimido Molybdenum-Based Alkylidene Complexes. Synthesis, Characterization, and Activity as Chiral Olefin Metathesis Catalysts, Organometallics 2007, 26(4), 831-837.

53

Zachary J. Tonzetic, Yan Choi Lam, Peter Müller, Richard R. Schrock, Facile Synthesis of a Tungsten Alkylidyne Catalyst for Alkyne Metathesis, Organometallics 2007, 26(3), 475-477.

52

Samuel W. Thomas III, Koushik Venkatesan, Peter Müller, Timothy M. Swager, Dark-Field Oxidative Addition-Based Chemosensing: New Bis-cyclometalated Pt(II) Complexes and Phosphorescent Detection of Cyanogen Halides, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128(51), 16641-16648.

51

Constantin Czekelius, Jillian Hafer, Zachary J. Tonzetich, Richard R. Schrock, Ronald L. Christensen, Peter Müller, Synthesis of Oligoenes that Contain up to 15 Double Bonds from 1,6-Heptadiynes, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128(51), 16664-16675.

50

Paul D. Byrne, Peter Müller and Timothy M. Swager, Conducting metallopolymers based on azaferrocene, Langmuir 2006, 22(25), 10596-10604.

49

Walter W. Weare, Xuliang Dai, Matthew J. Byrnes, Jia Min Chin, Richard R. Schrock and Peter Müller, Catalytic reduction of dinitrogen to ammonia at a single molybdenum center, Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 2006, 103(46), 17099-17106.

48

Walter W. Weare, Richard R. Schrock, Adam S. Hock, Peter Müller, Synthesis of Molybdenum Complexes that Contain "Hybrid" Triamidoamine Ligands, [(Hexaisopropylterphenyl-NCH2CH2)2NCH2CH2N-aryl]3-, and Studies Relevant to Catalytic Reduction of Dinitrogena, Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45(23), 9185-9196.

47

Nathan C. Smythe, Richard R. Schrock, Peter Müller, James E. Whitten, Walter W. Weare, Synthesis of [(HIPTNCH2CH2)3N]V Compounds (HIPT = 3,5-(2,4,6-i-Pr3C6H2)2C6H3) and an Evaluation of Vanadium for the Reduction of Dinitrogen to Ammonia, Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45(23), 9197-9205.

46

Anne J. McNeil, Peter Müller, James E. Whitten, Timothy M. Swager, Conjugated Polymers in an Arene Sandwich, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128(38), 12426 - 12427.

45

Zachary J. Tonzetich, Annie J. Jiang, Richard R. Schrock, and Peter Müller, Cationic Imido Alkylidene Complexes of Molybdenum Supported by β-Diketonate and β-Diketiminate Ligands, Organometallics 2006, 25(20), 4725-4727.

44

Amritanshu Sinha, Richard R. Schrock, Peter Müller, Amir H. Hoveyda, Diphenylamido Precursors to Bisalkoxide Molybdenum Olefin Metathesis Catalysts, Organometallics 2006, 25(19), 4621 - 4626.

43

Zachary J. Tonzetich, Richard R. Schrock, Peter Müller, Reaction of Phosphoranes with Mo(N-2,6-i-Pr2C6H3)(CHCMe3)[OCMe(CF3)2]2: Synthesis and Reactivity of an Anionic Imido Alkylidyne Complex, Organometallics 2006, 25(18), 4301-4306.

42

Nathan C. Smythe, Richard R. Schrock, Peter Müller, Walter W. Weare, Synthesis of [(HIPTNCH2CH2)3N]Cr Compounds (HIPT = 3,5-(2,4,6-i-Pr3C6H2)2C6H3) and an Evaluation of Chromium for the Reduction of Dinitrogen to Ammonia, Inorg. Chem., 2006, 45 (18), 7111-7118.

41

H. Kasamatsu, J. Woo, A. Nakamura, P. Müller, M. J. Tevethia, R. C. Liddington, A structural rationale for SV40 Vp1 temperature-sensitive mutants and their complementation, Protein Science 2006, 15, 2207-2213.

40

E. Bappert, P. Müller, G. C. Fu, Asymmetric [3+2] annulations catalyzed by a planar-chiral derivative of DMAP, Chem. Comm. 2006, 24, 2604-2606.

39

P. D. Byrne, D. Lee, P. Müller, T. M. Swager, Polymerization of thiophene containing cyclobutadiene Co cyclopentadiene complexes, Synthetic Metals 2006, 156, 784-791.

38

J. Adamchuk, R. R. Schrock, Z. J. Tonzetich, P. Müller, Initiators of the Type MoNAr)(CHR’)(OR’’)2 for the Controlled Polymerization Diethyldipropargylmalonate Organometallics 2006, 25(9), 2364-2373.

37

L. P. H. Lopez, R. R. Schrock, P. Müller, Dimers that Contain Unbridged W(IV)/W(IV) Double Bonds, Organometallics 2006, 25(8), 1978-1986.

36

A. Sinha, L. P. H. Lopez, R. R. Schrock, A. S. Hock, P. Müller, Reactions of M(N-2,6-i-Pr2C6H3)(CHR)(CH2R')2 (M = Mo, W) Complexes with Alcohols To Give Olefin Metathesis Catalysts of the Type M(N-2,6-i-Pr2C6H3)(CHR)(CH2R')(OR''), Organometallics 2006, 25(6), 1412-1423.

35

T. Nicholson, P. Müller, A. Davison, A. G. Jones, The synthesis and characterization of a cationic technetium nitrosyl complex: The X-ray crystal structure of TcCl(NO)(DPPE)2](PF6)·CH2Cl2, Inorg. Chim. Acta 2006, 359(4), 1296-1298.

34

Z. Chen, P. Müller, T. M. Swager, Syntheses of Soluble, π-Stacking Tetracene Derivatives, Organic Letters 2006, 8(2), 273-276.

33

D. S. Laitar, P. Müller, J. P. Sadighi, Efficient Homogeneous Catalysis in the Reduction of CO2 to CO, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127(49), 17196-17197.

32

R. R. Schrock, P. H. L. Lourdes, J. Hafer, R. Singh, A. Sinha, P. Müller, Olefin Metathesis Reactions Initiated by d2 Molybdenum or Tungsten Complexes, Organometallics 2005, 24(22), 5211-5213.

31

D. S. Laitar, P. Müller, T. G. Gray, J. P. Sadighi, A Carbene-Stabilized Gold(I) Fluoride: Synthesis and Theory, Organometallics 2005, 24(19), 4503-5405.

30

M. J. Byrnes, X. Dai, R. R. Schrock, A. S. Hock, P. Müller, Some Organometallic Chemistry of Molybdenum Complexes that Contain the [HIPTN3N]3-Triamidoamine Ligand, {[3,5-(2,4,6-i-Pr3C6H2)2C6H3NCH2CH2]3N}3-, Organometallics 2005, 24(18), 4437-4450.

29

<>Z. J. Tonzetich, R. R. Schrock, A. S. Hock, P. Müller, Synthesis, Characterization, and Activation of Zirconium and Hafnium Dialkyl Complexes that Contain a C2-Symmetric Diaminobinaphthyl Dipyridine Ligand, Organometallics 2005, 24(13), 3335-3342.

28

T. S. Pilyugina, R. R. Schrock, A. S. Hock,P. Müller, Synthesis of Molybdenum(VI) Monoimido Alkyl and Alkylidene Complexes, Organometallics 2005, 24(8), 1929-1937.

27

P. Müller, M. R. Sawaya, I. Pashkov, S. Chan, C. Nguyen, Y. Wu, L. J. Perry, D. Eisenberg, The 1.70 Å X-ray crystal structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis phosphoglycerate mutase, Acta Cryst. 2005, D61, 309-331.

26

L. F. Tietze, L. P. Lücke, F. Major, P. Müller, Efficient synthesis of an enantiopure thiasteroid by a double heck reaction, Australian Journal of Chemistry 2004, 57, 635-640.

25

L. F. Tietze, K. M. Sommer, G. Schneider, P. Tapolcsanyi, J. Wölfling, P. Müller, M. Noltemeyer, H. Terlau, Novel medium ring sized estradiol derivatives by intramolecular Heck reactions, Synlett 2003, 10, 1494-1496.

24

H. Hohmeister, H. Wessel, P. Lobinger, H. W. Roesky, P. Müller, I. Usón, H.-G. Schmidt, M. Noltemeyer, J. Magull, Stepwise fluorination of MeAlN(2,6-i-Pr2C6H3)]3 trimeythyl fluoride as flourinating agent, J. Fluorine Chem. 2003, 120, 59-64.

23

P. Müller, S. Köpke, G. M. Sheldrick, Is the bond-valence method able to identify metal atoms in protein structures, Acta Cryst. 2003, D59, 32-37.

22

M. Rodriguez, A. Llobet, M. Corbella, P. Müller, M. A. Usón, A. E. Martell, J. Reibenspies, Solvent controlled nuclearity in Cu(II) complexes linked by the CO32- ligand: synthesis, structure and magnetic properties, J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans. 2002, 2900-2906.

21

G. C. Bai, H. W. Roesky, P. Müller, Ammonolysis of M-Cl bonds of organozirconim(IV) and titanium(III) chlorides in a liquid ammonia/toluene two phase system, Bull. Pol. Acad. Sci.-Chem. 2002, 50, 1-10.

20

J. Belzner, U. Dehnert, D. Schär, B. Rohde, P. Müller, I. Usón, Synthesis of di- and trisilanes with potentially chelating substitutes, J. Organomet. Chem. 2002, 649, 25-42.

19

P. Langer, T. Eckard, N. N. R. Saleh, I. Karimé, P. Müller, New Strategies for the Efficient Synthesis of Medium-Sized Bicyclic Y-Alkylidenebutenolides Based on Regioselective Cyclizations of 1,3-Bis(trimethylsiloxy)-1,3-butadienes with Oxalylchloride, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2001, 19, 3657-3667.

18

C. Ackerhans, P. Böttcher, P. Müller, H. W. Roesky, I. Usón, H. G. Schmidt, M. Noltemeyer, Halogendisilanes: precursors for new disilane derivatives, Inorg. Chem. 2001, 40(15), 3766-3773.

17

P. Müller, I. Usón, V. Hensel, A. D. Schlüter, G. M. Sheldrick, Crystal Structure of a Cyclotetraicosaphenylene, Helv. Chim. Acta 2001, 84(4), 778-785.

16

G. Bai, P. Müller, H. W. Roesky, I. Usón, Intramolecular Coupling of Two Cyclopentadienyl Ring Systems of Zirconium-Unprecedented Formation of a Dihydride and Preparation of the [{(MeC5H4)Zr}5(5-N)(3-NH)4(-NHM2)4] Cluster in a Two-Phase System, Organometallics 2000, 19(23), 4675-4677.

15

P. Müller, I. Usón, J. Prust, H. W. Roesky, Tetrameric indium trichloride, a new modification of a widely used compound, Acta Cryst. 2000, C56, 1300-1301.

14

C. Rennekamp, P. Müller, J. Prust, H. Wessel, H. W. Roesk, I. Usón, Si-NH-M Cage Compounds - Molecular Iminosilicates Containing Group 13 Metals and Their FunctionalizedHalogen Containing Derivatives, Europ. J. Inorg. Chem. 2000, 8, 1861-1868.

13

C. Ackerhans, B. Räke, R. Krätzner, P. Müller, H. W. Roesky, I. Usón, Ammonolysis of Trichlorsilanes, Europ. J. Inorg. Chem. 2000, 5, 827-830.

12

C. Rennekamp, A. Stasch, P. Müller, H. W. Roesky, M. Noltemeye, H.-G. Schmid, I. Usón, Reaction of dimethylaluminumfluoride with primary amines RNH2 (R = t-Bu,2,6-i-Pr2C6H3), J. Flourine Chem. 2000, 102, 17-20.

11

R. Gerke, L. Fitjer, P. Müller, I. Usón, K. Kowski, and P. Rademacher, New Indigo Chromophores Containing Disulfide Donor Groups, Tetrahedron 1999, 55, 14429-14434.

10

L. Fitjer, R. Gerke, W. Lüttke, P. Müller, and I. Usón, Synthesis, Crystal Structure and Light Absorpton of Vinylogous N,N'-Dialkylindigos, Tetrahedron 1999, 55, 14421-14428.

9

C. Rennekamp, H. Wessel, H. W. Roesky, P. Müller, H. G. Schmidt, M. Noltemeyer, I. Usón, and A. R. Barron, An Alternative Approach to Al2O2 Ring Systems by Unexpected Cleavage of Stable Al-F- and Si-O-Bonds, Inorganic Chemistry 1999, 38(23), 5235-5240.

8

P. Yu, P. Müller, H. W. Roesky, M. Noltemeyer, A. Demsar, I. Usón, Organotitanium Fluorides as Matrices for Trapping Molecular ZnF2 and MeZnF, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1999, 38(22), 3319-3321.

7

J. Prust, P. Müller, C. Rennekamp, H. W. Roesky, I. Usón, New Approach to Dichloroindiumamides, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 1999, 14, 2265-2266.

6

B. Räke, P. Müller, H. W. Roesky, I. Usón, Synthesis and Structure of the graphit like [(Me3Sn)3O]Cl, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1999, 38(13/14), 2050-2052.

5

P. Yu, P. Müller, M. A. Said, H. W. Roesky, I. Usón, G. Bai, M. Noltemeyer, Difference in Reactivity of Cyclopentadienyltitanium Fluorides and Chlorides Using AlR3 (R = Me, Et): Syntheses and Structures of Ti(III)-F(Cl)-Al Compounds, Organometallics 1999, 18, No. 9, 1669-1674.

4

H. Wessel, H. S. Park, P. Müller, H. W. Roesky, I. Usón, [{MeAl(µ2-F)}2N(2,6-iPr2C6H3)]4 - A Molecular Al-F-N Cage Compound, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1999, 38(6), 813-815.

3

H. Wessel, C. Rennekamp, H. W. Roesky, M. L. Montero, P. Müller, I. Usón, Reactions of Group 4 Metal CyclopentadienylTrifluorides with a Trimeric Iminoalane, Organometallics 1998, 17(10), 1919-1921.

2

B. Räke, H. W. Roesky, I. Usón, P. Müller, Synthesis and Structure of (CH3Si)6(NH)9: A Si-N Cage Made from Methyltrichlorilane and Ammonia, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1998, 37(10), 1432-1433.

1

J. Belzner, U. Dehnert, H. Ihmels, M. Hübner, P. Müller, I. Usón, New Dichlorosilanes, Cyclotrisilanes, and Silacyclopropanes as Precursors of Intramolecularly Coordinated Silylenes, Chem. Eur. J. 1998, 4, No. 5, 852-863.

 

INVITED TALKS

Teaching Crystallography at MIT.
Invited talk at the American Crystallographic Association (ACA) annual meeting 2011, New Orleans, LA.

Pulling Out All Stops: Refinement of a Tricky Crystal Structure.
Invited talk at the American Crystallographic Association (ACA) annual meeting 2011, New Orleans, LA.

Truth is a Meadow -- Solvent Disorder in Crystal Structures.
Invited talk at the American Crystallographic Association (ACA) annual meeting 2010, Chicago, IL.

Chemical Service Crystallography -- What to Do When Routine Procedures Fail.
Invited Seminar at Durham University, Durham, GB, April 11 2008.

Dead End Highway 13 -- The Carriage of No Return.
Plenary Lecture at the annual meeting of the British Crystallographic Association (BCA) in York, GB, April 10 2008.

Are Teaching Gadgets Obsolete in Times of Computer Animations?
Invited talk at the American Crystallographic Association (ACA) annual meeting 2007, Salt Lake City, UT.

Refinement of Disorder with SHELXL.
Invited presentation at the SHELX workshop held in conjunction with the American Crystallographic Association (ACA) annual meeting 2007, Salt Lake City, UT.

Treatment of Non-Merohedral Twinning, Disorder and Whole Molecule Disorder.
Invited Seminar at SUNY Buffalo, November 16 2006.

Whole Molecule Disorder.
Invited Seminar at the Hauptman Woodward Institute, Buffalo, NY, November 15 2006.

Searching for WMD.
Invited talk at the American Crystallographic Association (ACA) annual meeting 2006, Honolulu, HI.

MoO is No Schmu or Why Less is Not Always More.
Invited talk at the American Crystallographic Association (ACA) annual meeting 2005, Orlando, FL.

Oligomers of BS-RNase as a Model for Amyloid Fiber Formation.
Invited Seminar at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Outstation Hamburg, 2004.

Online Tutorials - A Tool to Teach Crystallography.
Invited talk at the American Crystallographic Association (ACA) annual meeting 2003, Cincinnati.

Identification of Metal Atoms in Protein Structures Using the Bond-Valence Method.
Invited talk at the West Coast Protein Crystallography Workshop 2003.

Identification of Metal Atoms in Protein Structures Using the Bond-Valence Method.
Invited talk at the American Crystallographic Association (ACA) annual meeting 2002, San Antonio, TX.

Structural Genomics at UCLA: Deciphering Tuberculosis.
Invited Presentation at the UCLA Biochemistry Retreat at Lake Arrowhead, 2001.

All Electrons are Blue.
Invited talk at the American Crystallographic Association (ACA) annual meeting 2001, Los Angeles, CA

Identification of Metal Atoms in Proteins by the Bond-Valence Method.
Invited talk at the German Crystallographic Society (DGK) annual meeting 2001.

 

SELECTED POSTERS:

P. Müller, M. Sawaya, S. Chan, Y. Wu, I. Pashkova, J. Perry, D. Eisenberg,
1.7 Å Structure of Rv0489: Phosphoglycerate Mutase.
Poster for the annual M. tuberculosis Structural Genomics Cosnsortium meeting 2003 in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

S. Köpke, P. Müller,
Biologische Anwendungen der Bond Valence-Methode.
Poster for DGK-Meeting 2001, Bayreuth.

R. D. Durst, P. Müller, C. Campana, S. Foundling, Z. Jin, J. Phillips, M. Pressprich,
The Optimal Gain and Dynamic Range of CCD Detectors for X-Ray Diffraction.
Poster for International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) 1999 annual meeting in Glasgow, Scotland.

P. Müller,
Holes in Crystals?
Poster for International Union of Crystallography 1999 annual meeting in Glasgow, Scotland
This poster won the 1999 CCDC/IUCr Poster Prize for Chemical Crystallography.

P. Müller, G. M. Sheldrick,
Making the Most of Your In-House Data.
Poster for 1989 European Crystallographic Meeting in Prague, Czech Republic.

 

TUTORIAL:

Online tutorial Refinement of Disorder with SHELXL.

 

TEXTBOOK:

Crystal Strcture Refinement -- A Crystallographer's Guide to SHELXL
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10: 0-19-857076-7
232 pages, 76 line drawings and 4 halftones.