Chemistry at New York University

Marcus Weck

Associate Professor of Chemistry
M.Sc., University of Mainz; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology; Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University

Email: marcus.weck@nyu.edu
Phone:  212-992-7968
Lab Homepage:  http://www.nyu.edu/fas/dept/chemistry/weckgroup/

Areas of Research/Interest: Organic chemistry, polymer chemistry, and materials science

Research Description: The main focus of the research carried out in my group is the development of complex polymeric materials. Our synthetic approaches are motivated by Nature's design principles that rely on weak and reversible interactions between building blocks to introduce function and diversity. In particular, we are interested in the synthesis of multifunctional polymers either via side- or end-group functionalization and the use of oligopeptides for molecular tectonics.

Select Publications:

"Multifunctionalization of Dendrimers via Orthogonal Transformations" Poorva Goyal, Kunsang Yoon and Marcus Weck* Chem. Eur. J. 2007 in press.

"Template Enhanced Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization" Clinton R. South and Marcus Weck* Macromolecules 2007, 40, 1386-1394.

"Unsymmetrical Macrocyclic Oligomeric Co-Salen Complexes Generated via Ring-Expanding Olefin Metathesis: Highly Reactive and Enantioselective Catalysts for the Hydrolytic Kinetic Resolution of Terminal Epoxides" Xiaolai Zheng, Christopher W. Jones,* and Marcus Weck* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 1105-1112.
       
"Modular and Dynamic Functionalization of Polymeric Scaffolds" Clinton R. South, Caroline Burd, and Marcus Weck* Acc. Chem. Res. 2007, 40, 63-74.

"Polymer-Based Tris-2-phenylpyridine Iridium Complexes" Xian-Yong Wang, Rupesh Narayan Prabhu, Russell H. Schmehl, and Marcus Weck* Macromolecules 2006, 39, 3140-3146.

"Poly(styrene)-Supported Co(Salen) Complexes as Efficient Recyclable Catalysts for the Hydrolytic Kinetic Resolution of Epichlorohydrin" Xiaolai Zheng, Christopher W. Jones,* and Marcus Weck* Chem. Eur. J. 2006, 12, 576-583.

"Functional Lactides: Methodology and Polymerization" Warren W. Gerhardt, David E. Noga, Kenneth I. Hardcastle, Andrés J. García, David M. Collard, and Marcus Weck* Biomacromolecules 2006, 7, 1735-1742.

Fellowships/Honors: Sigma Xi Young Faculty Award - 2006, CETL/BP Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award - 2006, Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship - 2005; Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award - 2005; Blanchard Fellow - 2004; DuPont Young Faculty Award - 2004; NSF CAREER award - 2003; 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award 2002 and 2003; Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award 2002