William Buratto

Lecturer
wburatto@ucsb.edu

Office Location: 

PSBN 4614

Specialization: 

Inorganic Chemistry

Education: 

Post doctoral researcher, UCSB 2023-24, research area: Design of bimetallic Ni complexes for catalysis/small molecule activation and Development of reaction conditions for the oxidation of lignin/lignin-derived molecules; 2023 P.hD. in Inorganic Chemistry from University of Florida, research area: Design and synthesis of multimetallic Iron-Sulfur complexes for catalysis/small molecule activation; 2015 UCSB B.S. in Chemistry, research area: Development of frustrated Lewis pair adducts for C–H bond activation and Synthesis and characterization of atomically precise nanoclusters for small molecule activation

 

Bio: 

Twelve years of experience in a variety of chemistry fields including nanoclusters, organometallics, electrocatalysis, biomimetic complexes, and f-block compounds. Strong synthetic skillset for both organic and inorganic molecules. Experienced in characterization and purification techniques including spectroscopy (NMR, EPR, FTIR, Mössbauer, UV/Vis, ESI/LC-MS), crystallization/crystallography (SC-XRD, crystal growing), electrochemistry (CV, DPV, CPE), chromatography (GC, HPLC, Column Chromatography), and Schlenk Line techniques (air-free synthesis, vacuum distillation, Schlenk filtration, volatiles transfer) and Glovebox maintenance. 

Publications: 

Buratto, W.R.; Ferreira, R.B.; Catalano, V.J.; García-Serres, R.; Murray, L.J. “Cleavage of Cluster Iron-Sulfide Bonds in Cyclophane Coordinated FenSm Complexes” Dalton Trans. 2021, Advance Article. DOI: 10.1039/D0DT03805A
 
Singh, D.; Buratto, W.R.; Torres Gonzálzez, J.F.; Murray, L.J. “Activation of Dinitrogen By Polynuclear Metal Complexes” Chem. Rev. 2020, 120 (12), 5517-5581. Thematic Issue 2020—Reactivity of Nitrogen from the Ground to the Atmosphere DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00042
 
Buratto, W.R.; Murray, L.J. “Coordination Chemistry of Iron-Dinitrogen Complexes with Relevance to Biological N2 Fixation” Reference Module in Chemistry, Molecular Sciences and Chemical Engineering, Elsevier, 2020. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-409547-2.14822-X
 
Cook, A.W.; Nguyen, T.-A.D.; Buratto, W.R.; Wu, G.; Hayton, T.W. “Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of the Group 11 Hydrido Clusters [Ag6H4(dppm)4(OAc)2] and [Cu3H(dppm)3(OAc)2]” Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55 (23), 12435-12440. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b02385
 
Nguyen, T.-A.D.; Jones, Z.R.; Goldsmith, B.R.; Buratto, W.R.; Wu, G.; Scott, S.L.; Hayton, T.W. “A Cu25 Nanocluster with Partial Cu(0) Character” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137 (41), 13319-13324. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b07574

Courses: 

CHEM 1AL, BL, CL Introductory Chemistry Lab

CHEM 173 A Advanced Inorganic Chemistry