B.S.: Chemistry in 2004
Ph.D.: Inorganic Chemistry at Rochester University with Bill Jones in 2009
Post-doc: Rochester University with Todd Krauss
Publications
- “Lewis acid assisted C-CN cleavage of benzonitrile using [(dippe)NiH]2.” B.D. Swartz, W.W. Brennessel and W.D. Jones, Synlett, 2018, 29, 747.
- “Photophysical properties of CdSe/CdS core/shell quantum dots with tunable surface composition.” K.L. Sowers, Z. Houa, J.J. Peterson, B. Swartz, S. Pal, O. Prezhdo and T.D. Krauss, Chem. Phys., 2016, 471, 24.
- “Chemical Mechanisms of Semiconductor Nanocrystal Synthesis.” K.L. Sowers, B. Swartz and T.D. Krauss, Chem. Mat. 2013, 25, 1351.
- “Colloidal Semiconductor Quantum Dots with Tunable Surface Composition.” H.H.-Y. Wei, C.M. Evans, B.D. Swartz, A.J. Neukirch, J. Young, O.V. Prezhdo and T.D. Krauss, Nano Letters, 2012, 12, 4465.
- “Predicting Selectivity in Oxidative Addition of C–S Bonds of Substituted Thiophenes to a Platinum(0) Fragment: An Experimental and Theoretical Study.” T.A. Ates-in, S. Kundu, K. Skugrud, K.A. Lai, B.D. Swartz, T. Li,
W.W. Brennessel and W.D. Jones, Organometallics, 2011, 30, 4578. - “C-CN vs C-H Cleavage of Benzonitrile Using [(dippe)PtH]2.” B.D. Swartz, W.W. Brennessel and W.D. Jones, Organometallics, 2011, 30, 1523.
- “Unusual lithium coordinated platinum and rhodium hydride dimers.” B.D. Swartz, M.R. Grochowski, S.S. Oster, W.W. Brennessel and W.D. Jones, Inorg. Chim. Acta 2010, 363, 517.
- “Solvent Effects and Activation Parameters in the Competitive Cleavage of C-CN and C-H Bonds in 2-Methyl-3-Butenenitrile Using [(dippe)NiH]2.” B. D. Swartz, N. M. Reinartz, W. W. Brennessel, J. J. Garcia and W. D. Jones, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 8548.
- “Reduction of p-deficient heterocyclic secondary carbinols with sodium borohydride/trifluoroacetic acid.” C. F. Nutaitis and B. D. Swartz, Organic Preparations and Procedures International 2005, 37, 507.