Dr. Aaron League

Dr. League holds a BS in mathematics and chemistry from Bradley University, and a PhD in computational chemistry from the University of Minnesota--Twin Cities. He has taught chemistry labs at the University of Minnesota, Hamline University, and SUNY Oswego. He is from Peoria, Illinois.

Classes

• CHEM-1201 General Chemistry I Laboratory

Education

• Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2016
• B.S. in Mathematics and Chemistry, Bradley University, 2010

Publications

S.M. Harris, K. Srivastava, A.B. League, K.E. Ziebarth, and V.C. Pierre, “Achieving Selectivity for Copper over Zinc with Luminescent Terbium Probes Bearing Phenanthridine Antennas” Dalton Trans. 2018, 47, 2202

D.E. Stasiw, A.M. Luke, T. Rosen, A.B. League, M. Mandal, B.D. Neisen, C.J. Cramer, M. Kol, and W.B. Tolman, “Mechanism of the Polymerization of rac-Lactide by Fast Zinc Alkoxide Catalysts” Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56 (22), 14366

A.E. Platero-Prats, A.B. League, V. Bernales, J. Ye, L.C. Gallington, A. Vjunov, N.M. Schweitzer, Z. Li, J. Zheng, B.L. Mehdi, A.J. Stevens, A. Dohnalkova, M. Balasubramanian, O.K. Farha, J.T. Hupp, N.D. Browning, J.L. Fulton, D.M. Camaioni, J.A. Lercher, D.G. Truhlar, L. Gagliardi, C.J. Cramer, and K.W. Chapman, “Bridging Zirconia Nodes within a Metal–Organic Framework via Catalytic Ni-Hydroxo Clusters to Form Heterobimetallic Nanowires” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139 (30), 10410

Bernales, A.B. League, Z. Li, N.M. Schweitzer, A.W. Peters, R.K. Carlson, J.T. Hupp, C.J. Cramer, O.K. Farha, and L. Gagliardi, “Computationally Guided Discovery of a Catalytic Cobalt-Decorated Metal–Organic Framework for Ethylene Dimerization” J. Phys. Chem. C, 2016, 120 (41), 23576

Röser, F. Bozoglian, C. Richmond, A. League, M.Z. Ertem, L. Francás, P. Miro, J. Benet-Buchholz, C.J. Cramer, and A. Llobet, “Water Oxidation Catalysis with Ligand Substituted Ru–bpp Type Complexes” Catal. Sci. Technol. 2016, 6, 5088

Li, N.M. Schweitzer, A.B. League, V. Bernales, A.W. Peters, A. Getsoian, T.C. Wang, J.T. Miller, A. Vjunov, J.L. Fulton, J.A. Lercher, C.J. Cramer, L. Gagliardi, J.T. Hupp, and O.K. Farha, “Sintering-Resistant Single-Site Nickel Catalyst Supported by Metal–Organic Framework” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138 (6), 1977

M.H. Beyzavi, N.A. Vermeulen, A.J. Howarth, S. Tussupbayev, A.B. League, N.M. Schweitzer, J.R. Gallagher, A.E. Platero-Prats, N. Hafezi, A.A. Sarjeant, J.T. Miller, K.W. Chapman, J.F. Stoddart, C.J. Cramer, J.T. Hupp, and O.K. Farha, “A Hafnium-Based Metal–Organic Framework as a Nature-Inspired Tandem Reaction Catalyst” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137 (42), 13624

Hirahara, T. Hakamata, A.B. League, M.Z. Ertem, K. Takahashi, S. Nagai, K. Inaba, H. Yamazaki, K. Saito, T. Yui, C.J. Cramer, and M. Yagi, “Mechanisms and Factors Controlling Photoisomerization Equilibria, Ligand Exchange, and Water Oxidation Catalysis Capabilities of Mononuclear Ruthenium(II) Complexes” Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2015, 23, 3892

T.K. Ronson, A.B. League, L. Gagliardi, C.J. Cramer, and J.R. Nitschke, “Pyrene-Edged FeII4L6 Cages Adaptively Reconfigure During Guest Binding” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136 (44), 15615

Meng, A.B. League, T.K. Ronson, J.K. Clegg, W.C. Isley III, D. Semrouni, L. Gagliardi, C.J. Cramer, and J.R. Nitschke, “Empirical and Theoretical Insights into the Structural Features and Host-guest Chemistry of M8L4 Tube Architectures” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136 (10), 3972