Richard Puddephatt
Fellow
Current Employer
Western University
Election Year
1991
Academy
Academy of Science
Discipline
Chemistry
Department
Department of Chemistry
Keywords
Chemistry, organometallic, inorganic, catalysis, materials
In the last 15 years, Dr. Puddephatt has made a remarkable number of important contributions in the area of organometallic chemistry of the platinum group and coinage metals. Most of his work has been concerned with a detailed understanding of the role of transition metal compounds in catalytic reactions. For example, he has made key studies of the reactivity of metal alkyls and hydrides. His recent binuclear and cluster Pt and Pd compounds have been found to be the best mimics of platinum surface catalysis yet discovered. Very novel bimetallic clusters have been prepared and these are important model systems for bimetallic catalysts. He has published over 220 papers in the primary literature as well as numerous reviews and two books.