Dr. Thomas D. Getman

Department of Chemistry
Northern Michigan University
Phone : (906) 227-1067
E-mail: tgetman@nmu.edu

Research Interests:

My research interests lie in synthetic inorganic chemistry with particular emphasis upon polyhedral borane chemistry. Currently, my group is exploring the syntheses of new ligands containing polyhedral borane anions, as well as unique rings and clusters of clusters containing polyhedral boranes. Students working on these projects use multi-nuclear NMR and IR for characterization of compounds as well as special synthetic techniques for handling air-sensitive compounds.

Teaching Interests:

My primary teaching interests lie in freshman chemistry and inorganic chemistry. Accordingly, I teach CHEM 105, CHEM 112, CHEM 215 (Chemistry of the Elements) and CHEM 415 (Inorganic Chemistry).

Publications:

“The Preparation of Two Thioether o-Carborane Derivatives and the Use of ¹³C NMR to Study Their Stereoselective Deboration” *Brockman, R.; *Challis, K.; Froehner, G.; Getman, T.D. Main Group Metal Chemistry 2002, 25, 629-634.

“The Effect of Varying the Solvent System on the Rate of the Deboration of o-Carborane by n-Butylamine” *Wise, S.D.; *Au, W.-S.; Getman, T.D. Main Group Metal Chemistry 2002, 25, 411-414.

"Investigation of Potassium Fluoride Supported on Alumina in the Deboronation of o-Carborane" Getman, Thomas D. Inorg. Chem. 1998, 37, 3422-3423.

"Carboranes," Getman, T. D. in McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 8th Edition, volume 3, pp. 248-252, 1997.

"Single Source Precursors to Group 13 Metal Nitrides," Getman, T. D. and ^#Franklin, G. W. Comments on Inorganic Chemistry 1995, 17, 79-94. 

* indicates undergraduate student and # indicates graduate student