Philip Power

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Philip Power
FRS
BornApril 1953 (age 71)
Alma materTrinity College Dublin (B.A.)
University of Sussex (Ph.D.)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsStanford University (1978–1980)
University of California, Davis (1981–present)
ThesisSteric effects in group 4B and 5B metal aklyls and amides (1977)
Doctoral advisorMichael F. Lappert
Websitechemistry.ucdavis.edu/people/philip-power

Philip Patrick Power FRS (born April 1953[1]) is a Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Davis. He has contributed to the synthesis, structure, and physical and chemical characterization of inorganic and organometallic compounds. His research focuses on low-coordinate main group and transition metal compounds. Much of this work hinges on the use of sterically crowded ligands to stabilize unusual geometries.

The structure of [CrC6H3-2,6-(C6H3-2,6-(iPr)2)2]2 prepared by Power et al.[2]
  1. ^ Fischer, Roland C.; Hill, Michael S.; Liptrot, David J. (18 April 2018). "Philip Power at 65: an icon of organometallic chemistry". Dalton Transactions. 47 (16). Royal Society of Chemistry: 5529–5532. doi:10.1039/c8dt90058b. PMID 29666856. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
  2. ^ Nguyen, Tailuan; Sutton, Andrew D.; Brynda, Marcin; Fettinger, James C.; Long, Gary J.; Power, Philip P. (2005). "Synthesis of a Stable Compound with Fivefold Bonding Between Two Chromium(I) Centers". Science. 310 (5749): 844–847. Bibcode:2005Sci...310..844N. doi:10.1126/science.1116789. PMID 16179432. S2CID 42853922.