Eugene B. Grimley
T. E. Powell Professor of Chemistry
(336) 584-2569 . . . . . . . . . Office: SCI 305
Inorganic synthesis, reaction kinetics, NMR-structure correlations
E-mail: grimley@elon.edu
Dr. Grimley received his B.A. in chemistry from Olivet College (1963) and his Ph.D. from Iowa University (1971) working with Professor Gilbert Gordon (dissertation, "A Kinetic and Product Study of the Reaction of Phenol with Chlorine Oxidants and of Uranium (IV) with Chlorine (III) in the Presence of Phenol"). He taught at Mississippi State University (1970-1987) and Ohio State University (1984) before coming to Elon. He is a member of the American Chemical Society, Sigma Xi and the North Carolina Academy of Science.
Dr. Grimley's research involves the synthesis and characterization of platinum complexes with C-60 (buckminsterfullerenes), the monoplatinum complex (shown in the figure) and diplatinum complex were synthesized in 1995. Dr. Grimley also has worked on the synthesis of substituted organophosphines and organoarsines with application to structure-NMR correlations. Most recently Dr. Grimley has initiated a new project involving the analysis of carbohydrates and trace aroma/flavor components in several varieties of American honeys. He continues to investigate the chemistry of aqueous chlorine species using special instruments to investigate very fast reactions.
Dr. Grimley has recently contributed to the latest version of the ACS First-Semester General Chemistry Exam; he also has the following publications to his credit:
"Synthesis and P-31 NMR Studies of Five-Coordinate Nickel (II) Complexes of the New Ligand tris(o-(dimethylarsino)phenyl)phosphine" E. Grimley & D. W. Meek, Inorg. Chem. (1986) 25, 2049.
"Development of Cooperative University Education at Mississippi State University" E. Grimley, L. L. Combs, & C. U. Pittman, J. Chem. Ed. (1986) 63, 235.