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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.
Our group is interested in modeling the coopertivity of multi-copper enzymatic sites.
The Tolman Lab is proud to be part of the Center for Sustainable Polymers! Check out the official CSP website.
We thank the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health for funding our research.

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
Recent News and Publications
Defining the Macromolecules of Tomorrow through Synergistic Sustainable Polymer Research
Farihah M. Haque, Jacob S. A. Ishibashi, Claire A. L. Lidston, Huiling Shao, Frank Bates, Alice B. Chang, Geoffrey W. Coates, Christopher J. Cramer, Paul J. Dauenhauer, William R. Dichtel, Christopher J. Ellison, Ethan A. Gormong, Leslie S. Hamachi, Thomas R. Hoye, Jennifer McCambridge, Marc A. Hillmyer*, Mengyuan Jin, Julia A. Kalow, Hee Joong Kim, […]
Appie and Caitlin defend their Ph.D. theses!
Congratulations to Appie Peterson and Caitlin Bouchey for their successful Ph.D. theses defenses! The work in Caitlin's thesis ("Synthesis and Reactivity of High-Valent Copper Complexes and the Design of Copper Monooxygenase Model Complexes") was supported by the NIH, while Appie's ("Structure-Activity Relationships for Aluminum Catalysts in the Ring-Opening Polymerizations of Cyclic Esters") was supported by […]
Involvement of a Formally Cu(III) Nitrite Complex in PCET and Nitration of Phenols
Caitlin J. Bouchey and William B. Tolman*, Inorganic Chemistry, 2022, 61, 2662–2668 (DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03790).
Lab updates
As we settle into fall semester, there's been a few changes. Mahesh has left the lab, and will shortly begin work for Galera Therapeutics; congratulations to him! Congratulations also to Evan, who will begin working with Eastman in October! We also welcome a new undergraduate student to the group: Juli Yaniz, who will be working […]
Using a Monocopper-Superoxo Complex to Prepare Multicopper-Peroxo Species Relevant to Proposed Enzyme Intermediate
Xinzhe Zhong, Caitlin J. Bouchey, Evanta Kabir, and William B. Tolman*, J. Inorg. Biochem. 2021, 222, 111498 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2021.111498)