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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
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!
Ligand Effects on Decarbonylation of Palladium-Acyl Complexes
Tedd C. Wiessner, Samuel Asiedu Fosu, Riffat Parveen, Nigam P. Rath, Bess Vlaisavljevich*, and William B. Tolman*, Organometallics, 2020, 39, 3992-3998 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.0c00584).
Mechanistic insight into initiation and regioselectivity in the copolymerization of epoxides and anhydrides by Al complexes
Yanay Popowski, Juan J. Moreno, Asa W. Nichols, Shelby L. Hooe, Caitlin J. Bouchey, Nigam P. Rath, Charles W. Machan * and William B. Tolman*, Chemical Communications, 2020, 56, 14027 - 14030 (DOI: 10.1039/D0CC05652A)
Welcome to Lucy Schlueter!
Lucy, a third year undergraduate student, has just joined the group, and will be working on a project with Dr. Evanta Kabir. Welcome, Lucy!
Block Copolymer Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives Derived from Fatty Acids and Triacetic Acid Lactone
Hussnain Sajjad, William B. Tolman, and Theresa M. Reineke, ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2020, 2, 2719–2728. (DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.0c00317).