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Ghezai T. Musie

Research Group

Ghezai T. Musie

  • Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry: 1997, Texas A&M University

Research Interests

  • Bioinorganic Chemistry: Development of structural and functional mimics of metalloenzymes with bimetallic active sites such as Super Oxide Dismutase and Xylose/Glucose Isomerases
  • Carbon Dioxide Fixation: Synthesis of novel dinuclear metal complexes as catalysts for carbon dioxide reduction
  • Ligand Design and Coordination: Chemistry of unusual geometry and oxidation states of transition metal complexes

Selected Publications
  1. Ashley B. S. Curtiss; Manindranath Bera; Ghezai T. Musie; Douglas R. Powell, Synthesis and characterization of mono- and hexanuclear Zinc µ6-sulfato complexes of a new symmetric dinucleating Ligand. Dalton. Trans, 2008, . In press
  2. Manindranath Bera; Ghezai T. Musie; Douglas R. Powell Zinc(II) mediated cyclization and complexation of an unsymmetrical dicarboxyamine ligand: Synthesis, spectral and crystal structures characterizations. Inorg. Chem. Comm, 2008, 11(3), 293-299.
  3. Xiaobao Li, Manindranath Bera, Ghezai T. Musie; Douglas R. Powell, Copper(II) promoted imidazolidine ring formation and complexation: A unique reaction course. Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2008, 361, 1965-1972.
  4. Ashley B. S. Curtiss; Ghezai T. Musie; Douglas R. Powell, Bis(tetramethylammonium) tetrachloridozincate(II), phase VI. Acta. Cryst. Sec. E, 2008, E64(1), m183-185.
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