Title: Lecturer
Education: B.Sc., University of Maryland at College Park, Maryland, USA, 1998;
Ph.D., Indiana University, USA, 2000;
Transferred to The Ohio State University, Ohio, USA, 2000-2003;
Postdoctoral Associate with Prof. Ian P. Rothwell, Chemistry Department, Purdue University, Indiana, USA, 2003-2004; Postdoctoral Associate with Prof. James M. Caruthers and Prof. W.Nicholas Delgass, Chemical Engineering Department, Purdue University,Indiana, USA, 2004-2005
Awards: Bronze Medal, the 26th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO), Oslo, Norway, 1994;
First Place, Graduate Research Poster Session on the occasion of the William Lloyd Evans’ Memorial Lecture, The Ohio State University, 2002;
The Development and Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology Talent Project Scholarship, 1991-2003
Research Area: Inorganic Chemistry, Homogeneous Catalysis,Polymer Synthesis
Address: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Room C308
Rama VI, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Phone: +66(0)2-201-5133
Fax: +66(0)2-354-7151
E-mail: kphomphr@purdue.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS
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Polyester such as polylactide, polyglycolide
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Polyolefin such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polyhexene
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Polycarbonate
4
Poly (methyl metacrylate)
PUBLICATIONS
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Phomphrai, K.; Fenwick, A. E.; Sharma, S.; Fanwick, P. E.; Caruthers, J. M.; Delgass, W. N.; Abu-Omar, M. M.; Rothwell, I. P. "Polymerization of 1-Hexene Catalyzed by Cationic Half-Sandwich Aryloxide Titanium Methyl Complexes: Aryloxide Dependent Activity and Deactivation." Manuscript submitted to Organometallics , August 2005.
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Phomphrai, K.; Sharma, S.; Abu-Omar, M. M.; Caruthers, J. M.; Delgass, W. N., "A Comparative Study of 1-Hexene Polymerization of Cationic Half-Sandwich Aryloxide Titanium and Zirconium complexes." Manuscript in preparation.
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Chisholm, M. H.; Gallucci, J. C.; Phomphrai, K., "A Comparative Study of the Coordination Chemistry and Lactide Polymerization of Alkoxide and Amide Complexes of Zinc and Magnesium with a β-Diiminato Ligand Bearing Ether Substituents.” Inorg. Chem. 2005 , in press.
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Manz, T. A.; Fenwick, A. E.; Phomphrai, K.; Rothwell, I. P.; Thomson, K. T., "The Nature of Aryloxide and Arylsulfide Ligand Bonding in Dimethyltitanium Complexes Containing Cyclopentadienyl Ligation." J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 2005 , 668-674.
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Corbin, R. A.; Dusick, B. E.; Phomphrai, K.; Fanwick, P. E.; Rothwell, I. P., "Regioselective Insertion of 2-Vinylpyridine in Niobium and Tantalum Aryloxide Complexes: an Alternate Route to Pyridylalkyl Metallacycles." Chem. Commun . 2005 , 1194-1196.
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Chisholm, M. H.; Gallucci, J. C.; Phomphrai, K., "Well-Defined Calcium Initiators for Lactide Polymerization." Inorg. Chem. 2004 , 43 , 6717-6725.
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Maddipati, S. V.; Haq, J.; Fenwick, A. E.; Phomphrai, K.; Rothwell, I. P.; Delgass, W. N.; Caruthers, J. M. "Transition from living to chain growth olefin polymerization by a single-site homogeneous group 4 catalyst in a batch reactor." Polymer Preprints (American Chemical Society, Division of Polymer Chemistry) 2004 , 45(2) , 541-542.
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Fenwick, A. E.; Phomphrai, K.; Thorn, M. G.; Vilardo, J. S.; Trefun, C. A.; Hanna, B.; Fanwick, P. E.; Rothwell, I. P., "Formation of Neutral and Cationic Methyl Derivatives of Titanium Containing Cyclopentadienyl and Aryloxide Ancillary Ligation." Organometallics 2004 , 23, 2146-2156.
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Chisholm, M. H.; Gallucci, J. C.; Phomphrai, K., "Lactide Polymerization by Well-Defined Calcium Coordination Complexes: Comparisons with Related Magnesium and Zinc Chemistry." Chem. Commun . 2003 , 48-49.
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Chisholm, M. H.; Phomphrai, K., "Conformational Effects in b -Diiminate Ligated Magnesium and Zinc Amides. Solution Dynamics and Lactide Polymerization." Inorg. Chim. Acta . 2003 , 350 , 121-125.
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Chisholm, M. H.; Gallucci, J. C.; Phomphrai, K., "The Coordination Chemistry and Reactivity of Monomeric Alkoxides and Amides of Magnesium and Zinc Supported by the Diiminato Ligand CH(CMeNC6H3-2,6-Pri2)2. A Comparative Study." Inorg. Chem . 2002 , 41 , 2785-2794.
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Chisholm, M. H.; Huffman, J. C.; Phomphrai, K., "Monomeric Metal Alkoxides and Trialkyl Siloxides: (BDI)Mg(OtBu)(THF) and (BDI)Zn(OSiPh3)(THF). Comments on Single Site Catalysts for Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactides. J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2001 , 222-224.
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Chisholm, M. H.; Eilerts, N. W.; Huffman, J. C.; Iyer, S. S.; Pacold, M.; Phomphrai, K., "Molecular Design of Single-Site Metal Alkoxide Catalyst Precursors for Ring-Opening Polymerization Reactions Leading to Polyoxygenates. 1. Polylactide Formation by Achiral and Chiral Magnesium and Zinc Alkoxides, (h 3-L)MOR, where L = trispyrazolyl- and trisindazolylborate ligands." J. Am. Chem. Soc . 2000 , 122, 11845-11854.
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Mattamana, S. P.; Promprai, K.; Fettinger, J. C.; Eichhorn, B. W., "Reactions of N-Methylated Amino Acids and Benzylammonium Ions with P73- and As73-: Unusual Stereospecific Alkyl Group Transfers in the Synthesis of R2P7- and R2As7- Ions." Inorg. Chem . 1998 , 37, 6222-6228.
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