BSc Hons, PhD (La Trobe), MRACI CChem

Deputy Director CSL
Scientific Officer-in-Charge, Vibrational Spectroscopy & Elemental Analysis

Dr Thomas Rodemann joined the CSL in 2006 and is appointed as Deputy Director of the CSL and Scientific Officer-in-Charge of the Vibrational Spectroscopy & Elemental Analysis facilities.
Thomas is also a PhD supervisor and is actively involved in research projects, developing new chip and capillary based microreactors for organic synthesis, and investigating fundamental organometallic chemistry of palladium and related metals, with focus on aspects of their higher oxidation states.
Previous research interests were in the field of medicinal chemistry with emphasis on the synthesis of novel nitrogen containing heterocycles as anticancer agents.

Research Facilities:

Vibrational Spectroscopy - Fourier Transform Mid-Infrared, Near-Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy

Instruments:

• Bruker Vertex 70 infrared spectrometer + Bruker Hyperion 2000 (microscope)
• Bruker IFS 66 infrared spectrometer + Bruker IR Scope I (microscope)
• Bruker FRA 106 Raman spectrometer + Raman Scope (microscope)
• Bruker MPA near-infrared spectrometer

• Thermo Finnigan EA 1112 Series Flash Elemental Analyser
• Sartorius Microbalance SE2 (Capacity: 2.1 g, Readability: 0.1 µg)

Selected Publications:

• Allan J. Canty, Michael G. Gardiner, Roderick C Jones, Thomas Rodemann, Manab Sharma , 2009, 'Binuclear Intermediates in Oxidation Reactions: [(Me₃SiC≡C)Me₂(bipy)Pt-PtMe₂(bipy)]⁺ in the Oxidation of Pt^IIMe₂(bipy) (bipy = 2,2'-bipyridine) by IPh(C≡CSiMe₃)(OTf) (OTf = Triflate).', J. Am. Chem. Soc, 131, pgs. 7236-7237.
  
  
• Anissa Gömann, Jeremy A. Deverell, Katrina F. Munting, Roderick C. Jones, Thomas Rodemann, Allan J. Canty, Jason A. Smith, Rosanne M. Guijt, 2009, 'Palladium-mediated organic synthesis using porous polymer monolith formed in situ as a continuous catalyst support structure for application in microfluidic devices', Tetrahedron, 65, pgs. 1450-1454.
  
  
• Allan J. Canty, Jeremy A. Deverell, Anissa Gömann, Rosanne M. Guijt, Thomas Rodemann, Jason A. Smith, 2008, 'Microfluidic Devices for Flow-through Supported Palladium Catalysis on Porous Organic Monolith.', Aust. J. Chem., 61, pgs. 630-633.
  
  
• Allan J. Canty, Thomas Rodemann, Brian W. Skelton, Allan H. White, 2006, 'Access to Alkynylpalladium(IV) and -Platinum(IV) Species, Including Triorgano(diphosphine)metal(IV) Complexes and the Structural Study of an Alkynyl(pincer)platinum(IV) Complex, Pt(O₂CAr_F)I(C≡CSiMe₃)(NCN) (Ar_F = 4-CF₃C₆H₄, NCN = [2,6-(dimethylaminomethyl)phenyl-N,C,N]^-)', Organometallics, 25, pgs. 3996-4001.
  
  
• Thomas Rodemann, Cameron Johns, Wen-Schu Yang, Paul R. Haddad, Miroslav Macka, 2005, 'Isoelectric Buffers for Capillary Electrophoresis. 2. Bismorpholine Derivative of a Carboxylic Acid as a Low Molecular Weight Isoelectric Buffer.', Analytical Chemistry, 77, pgs. 120-125.
  
  
• Allan J. Canty, Jim Patel, Thomas Rodemann, John H. Ryan, Brian W. Skelton, Allan H. White, 2004, 'Reactivity of Diaryliodine(III) Triflates toward Palladium(II) and Platinum(II): Reactions of C(sp²)-I Bonds to Form Arylmetal(IV) Complexes; Access to Dialkyl(aryl)metal(IV), 1,4-Benzenediyl-Bridged Platinum(IV), and Triphenylplatinum(IV) Species; and Structural Studies of Platinum(IV) Complexes.', Organometallics, 23, pgs. 3466-3473.
  
  
• Leslie W. Deady, Thomas Rodemann, Li Zhuang, Bruce C. Baguley, William A. Denny, 2003, 'Synthesis and Cytotoxic Activity of Carboxamide Derivatives of Benzo[b][1,6]naphthyridines.', Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 46, pgs. 1049-1054.
  
  

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