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We work at the interfaces of inorganic, organic, biological, and polymer chemistry to address important problems related to human health and the environment.

Tolman Group at WUSTL, June 2020.

One aspect of the research we do focuses on modeling the active sites of copper based enzymes like LPMO using small molecules complexes to understand their structure and reactivity toward activating C-H bonds.

 

Our group is interested in modeling the coopertivity of multi-copper enzymatic sites.

We use a wide array of spectroscopic and analytical techniques to determine the structure and function of complexes we synthesize.

The Tolman Lab is proud to be part of the Center for Sustainable Polymers! Check out the official CSP website.

We develop alternatives to petroleum sources for polyolefins, and are working to decarbonylate bioderived carboxylic acids to olefins.

We analyze the mechanism of Ring Opening Transesterification Polymerizations (ROTEP) for bionewable monomers in order to gain a fundemental understanding of how the structure of our organometallic catalysts affect the dispersity and polymerization rate for these degradable polyesters.

We thank the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health for funding our research.

Our laboratory is operational, with appropriate safeguards in effect during the pandemic.

Tolman Group Laboratory, Contact Information

  • Mailing Address: Washington University in St. Louis
    One Brookings Dr. 
    St. Louis, Missouri (MO) 63130
  • Phone: 314-935-6530
  • Fax: 314-935-4481

Department of Chemistry

Recent News and Publications

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Welcome to Jack Klein and Evan Beaumier!

As we get ready to begin the spring 2021 semester, we welcome two new group members, undergraduate chemistry major Jack Klein and NSF Center for Sustainable Polymers Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Evan Beaumier. We're excited for both of them to begin working in the lab soon!