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64
Citations
14170
World Ranking
8066
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2336

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Oesper Award, University of Cincinnati and American Chemical Society
  • 1990 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1982 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Matthew S. Platz is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Hilo in the United States and has contributed to the field of chemistry with a focus on physical and theoretical chemistry, organic chemistry, environmental chemistry, pharmaceutical science, and insect science.

Their work primarily addresses topics within chemical reactions and mechanisms, chemistry and chemical engineering, chemical reactions and isotopes, synthesis and catalytic reactions, fluorine in organic chemistry, synthesis and reactions of organic compounds, and the history and advancements in chemistry.

Frequent publication venues include the Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, Current Organic Chemistry, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology, Tetrahedron Letters, and Foods. Notable papers include:

  • Fluoro Aryl Azides: Synthesis, Reactions and Applications (2020) in Current Organic Chemistry
  • Investigation of phenyl azide photochemistry by conventional and time-resolved spectroscopy. Elucidation of intermediates and reaction mechanisms (2022) in Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology
  • Thermolysis of 2-azido-3-(R-anilino)-1,4-naphthoquinones. Nitrene insertion versus hydrogen abstraction (2020) in Tetrahedron Letters
  • Dichlorocarbene: From Jack Hine to Robert Moss (2023) in Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry
  • Larvicidal Efficacy of Ozone and Ultrasound on Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Rat Lungworm) Third-Stage Larvae (2022) in Foods

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Matthew S. Platz are Elisa Leyva, Silvia E. Loredo-Carrillo, Johana Aguilar, Edgar Moctezuma, and Agobardo Cárdenas-Chaparro.

Their research encompasses both experimental and theoretical approaches within organic and physical chemistry, with a notable interest in the synthesis and properties of azide compounds and related nitrene chemistry.

Matthew S. Platz has been recognized with several awards, including the Oesper Award from the University of Cincinnati and the American Chemical Society in 2017. Additionally, they have been designated a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science since 1990 as well as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation since 1982.

Best Publications

  • Reactive intermediate chemistry

    Robert A. Moss;Matthew Platz;Maitland Jones

  • Photochemistry of Phenyl Azide: The Role of Singlet and Triplet Phenylnitrene as Transient Intermediates.

    E. Leyva;M. S. Platz;G. Persy;J. Wirz

  • Comparison of Phenylcarbene and Phenylnitrene

    Matthew S. Platz

  • The interplay of theory and experiment in the study of phenylnitrene.

    Weston Thatcher Borden;Nina P. Gritsan;Christopher M. Hadad;William L. Karney

  • Kinetics, spectroscopy, and computational chemistry of arylnitrenes.

    N. P. Gritsan;M. S. Platz

  • Riboflavin and UV-light based pathogen reduction: extent and consequence of DNA damage at the molecular level.

    Vijay Kumar;Owen Lockerbie;Shawn D. Keil;Patrick H. Ruane

  • Chemistry and kinetics of singlet pentafluorophenylnitrene

    Russell Poe;Karlyn Schnapp;Mary J. T. Young;Jennifer Grayzar

  • Kinetics and spectroscopy of carbenes and biradicals

    Matthew S. Platz

  • Method of inactivation of viral and bacterial blood contaminants

    Matthew S. Platz;Raymond P. Goodrich;Nagendar Yerram

  • Pyridine ylide formation by capture of phenylchlorocarbene and tert-butylchlorocarbene. Reaction rates of an alkylchlorocarbene by laser flash photolysis

    James E. Jackson;N. Soundararajan;Matthew S. Platz;Michael T. H. Liu

  • Carbene formation, hydrogen migration, and fluorescence in the excited states of dialkyldiazirines

    David A. Modarelli;Scott Morgan;Matthew S. Platz

  • Exploratory photochemistry of fluorinated aryl azides. Implications for the design of photoaffinity labeling reagents

    Karlyn A. Schnapp;Russell Poe;Elisa Leyva;N. Soundararajan

  • Early events in the photochemistry of aryl azides from femtosecond UV/Vis spectroscopy and quantum chemical calculations.

    Gotard Burdzinski;John C. Hackett;Jin Wang;Terry L. Gustafson

  • Direct Observation of Singlet Phenylnitrene and Measurement of Its Rate of Rearrangement

    Nina P. Gritsan;Tetsuro Yuzawa;Matthew S. Platz

  • Laser Flash Photolysis and Computational Study of Singlet Phenylnitrene

    Nina P. Gritsan;Zhendong Zhu;Christopher M. Hadad;Matthew S. Platz

  • Descriptive photochemistry of polyfluorinated azide derivatives of methyl benzoate

    N. Soundararajan;Matthew S. Platz

  • On the electrophilicity of hydroxyl radical : A laser flash photolysis and computational study

    Matthew P. Dematteo;James S. Poole;Xiaofeng Shi;Rakesh Sachdeva

  • The reaction of triplet flavin with indole. A study of the cascade of reactive intermediates using density functional theory and time resolved infrared spectroscopy.

    Christopher B Martin;Meng-Lin Tsao;Christopher M Hadad;Matthew S Platz

  • 1-Naphthylcarbene: spectroscopy, kinetics, and mechanisms

    R. L. Barcus;L. M. Hadel;L. J. Johnston;M. S. Platz

  • A laser flash photolysis and quantum chemical study of the fluorinated derivatives of singlet phenylnitrene.

    Nina P. Gritsan;Anna Dóra Gudmundsdóttir;Dean Tigelaar;Zhendong Zhu

  • Photochemistry of Phenyl Azide

    Gary B. Schuster;Matthew S. Platz

  • Reactive Intermediate Chemistry: Moss/Intermediate Chemistry

    Robert A. Moss;Matthew S. Platz;Maitland Jones

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher M. Hadad
Christopher M. Hadad The Ohio State University
Juan C. Scaiano
Juan C. Scaiano University of Ottawa
James E. Jackson
James E. Jackson Michigan State University
Raymond P. Goodrich
Raymond P. Goodrich Colorado State University
Michel Orrit
Michel Orrit Leiden University
Jakob Wirz
Jakob Wirz University of Basel
John Paul Pezacki
John Paul Pezacki University of Ottawa
Michael P. Doyle
Michael P. Doyle The University of Texas at San Antonio
Weston Thatcher Borden
Weston Thatcher Borden University of North Texas
Nicholas J. Turro
Nicholas J. Turro Columbia University

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