John, the holder of a prestigious NSF graduate fellowship, joined the group in December of 1993. His research focus was the organometallic chemistry of germanium.


John graduated with his PhD in the summer of 1998 and is now an associate professor of chemistry at Grand Valley State University.

 

 

Synthesis and Reactivity of a Novel Palladium Germylene System.  Z. T. Cygan, J. E. Bender, K.E. Litz, J. W. Kampf, M. M. Banaszak Holl  Organometallics  2002, 21, 5373-5381.

Intermolecular C-H Insertions and Cyclization Reactions involving a Stable Germylene.  K. A. Miller, T. W. Watson, J. E. Bender, M. M. Banaszak Holl, J. W. Kampf, J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2001, 123, 982.

 Photochemistry of Organometallic Germylenes and Metallacycles.  K. E. Litz, J. E. Bender, R. D. Sweeder, M. M. Banaszak Holl, J. W. Kampf.   Organometallics  2000, 19, 1186-1189.

X-ray Crystallographic and Theoretical Comparison of Ge[2,4,6-(CF3)3C6H2]2 and Ge[N(SiMe3)2]2 as Ligands in (Ph3P)2NiGeX2 Complexes.  J. E. Bender, A. J. Shusterman, K. E. Litz, M. M. Banaszak Holl, J. W. Kampf.  Organometallics  1999, 18, 1547-1552.

Synthesis and Characterization of a Soluble, Highly Branched Organo Silicon-Nitride Polymer.  J. E. Bender, W. Chin, M. M. Banaszak Holl,   Chem. Mater.  1999, 11, 154-157.

Ortho(trifluoromethl)aryl Interaction and Stabilization in Hypervalent Germanium Compounds.  J. E. Bender, M. M. Banaszak Holl, A. Mitchell, N. J. Wells, J. W. Kampf.   Organometallics  1998, 17, 5166-5171

Intermediates in the Catalytic Dehydrogenative Coupling of Aryl Germanes.   J. E. Bender, K. E. Litz, D. Giarikos, N. J. Wells, M. M. Banaszak Holl, J. W. Kampf.   Chem.  Eur.  J.   1997, 3, 1793.

Synthesis and Characterization of Ge[(2,4,6)-(CF3)3C6H2]2, Organometallics  1997, 16, 2743.   J. E. Bender, M. M. Banaszak Holl, J. W. Kampf.

 Transition Metal Germylene Complexes as Hydrogenation Catalysts:  the Synthesis of a Rare Bisamidegermane.  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.  1997, 36, 496.  K. E. Litz, J. E. Bender, M. M. Banaszak Holl.

 Si 2p Core-Level Shifts at the Si(100)-SiO2 Interface:  An Experimental Study.   Phys. Rev.  B  1996, 54, 7686.   K. Z. Zhang, M.  M. Banaszak Holl. J. E. Bender IV, S. Lee, F. R. McFeely.

 An Inquiry Concerning the Principles of Si 2p Core-Level   Photoemission Shift Assignments at the Si/SiO2 Interface.  J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B  1996, 14, 2824.  F. R. McFeely, K. Z. Zhang, M. M. Banaszak Holl, S. Lee, J. E. Bender.