Maciej Korzynski

Maciej D. Korzyński

Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Chemistry |

Research Areas: Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry

Research profile: 

The Korzyński Research Laboratory applies the principles of traditional molecular synthetic inorganic chemistry to push the frontiers of metal-organic framework (MOF) synthetic elaboration. These porous materials are remarkable playgrounds for synthetic chemists due to their atomically precise structure and the presence of both inorganic and organic components that can be engaged in a controlled reactivity akin to solution-based chemistry. The members of the team leverage those properties to advance the fundamental understanding of inorganic chemistry, explore novel reactivities, as well as generate tailored functional materials for state-of-the-art applications such as long-term information storage and catalysis.

Courses taught: CHM231, and CHM331

Publications

Selected publications (see Google Scholar for a complete list: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=KlMBvGUAAAAJ&hl=en):

Bernhardt, M.; Korzyński, M. D.; Berkson, Z. J.; Pointillart, F.; Le Guennic, B.; Cador, O.; Copéret, C. Tailored Lewis Acid Sites for High-Temperature Supported Single-Molecule Magnetism. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 12446-12451. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c02730

Berkson, Z. J.; Björgvinsdóttir, S.; Yakimov, A.; Gioffrè, D.; Korzynski, M. D.; Barnes, A. B.; Copéret, C. Solid-state NMR spectra of protons and quadrupolar nuclei at 28.2 T: resolving signatures of surface sites with fast magic angle spinning. JACS Au, 2022, 2, 2460-2465. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.2c0051

Korzynski, M. D.*; Bernhardt, M.; Romankov, V.; Dreiser, J.; Matmon, G.; Pointillart, F.; Le Guennic, B.*; Cador, O.*; Copéret, C.* Cyclooctatetraenide-Based Single-Molecule Magnets Featuring Bulky Cyclopentadienyl Ligand. Chem. Sci., 2022, 13, 10574-10580. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2SC02560D

Korzyński, M. D.; Copéret, C. Single sites in heterogeneous catalysts: separating myth from reality. Trends Chem., 2021, 3, 850-862. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trechm.2021.07.003

Korzyński, M. D.; Berkson, Z. J.; Le Guennic, B.; Cador, O.; Copéret, C. Leveraging Surface Siloxide Electronics to Enhance the Relaxation Properties of a Single-Molecule Magnet. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021, 143, 5438-5444. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c00706.

Korzyński, M. D.; Braglia, L.; Borfecchia, E.; Lomachenko, K. A.; Baldansuren,A.; Hendon, C. H.; Lamberti, C.; Dincă, M. Quo vadis niobium? Divergent coordination behavior of early-transition metals towards MOF-5. Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 5906-5910. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9SC01553A.

Korzyński, M. D.; Braglia, L.; Borfecchia, E.; Lamberti, C.; Dincă, M. Molecular Niobium Precursors in Various Oxidation States: An XAS Case Study. Inorg. Chem. 2018, 57 (21), 13998-14004. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b02616.

Korzyński, M. D.; Consoli, D. F.; Zhang, S.; Román-Leshkov, Y.; Dincă, M. Activation of Methyltrioxorhenium for Olefin Metathesis in a Zirconium-Based Metal-Organic Framework. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 6956-6960. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b02837.

Comito, R. J.; Wu, Z.; Guanghui, Z.; Lawrence III, J. A.; Korzyński, M. D.; Kehl, J. A.; Miller, J. T.; Dincă, M. Stabilized Vanadium Catalyst for Olefin Polymerization by Site Isolation in a Metal-Organic Framework. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 8135-8139. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201803642. 

Hendon, C. H.; Rieth, A. J.; Korzyński, M. D.; Dincă, M. Grand Challenges and Future Applications for Metal-Organic Frameworks. ACS Cent. Sci. 2017, 3, 554-563. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.7b00197. 

Pietrzak, T.; Korzyński, M. D.; Justyniak, I.; Zelga, K.; Kornowicz, A.; Ochal Z.; Lewiński, J. Unprecedented Variety of Outcomes in the Oxygenation of Dinuclear Alkylzinc Derivatives of a N,N-Coupled Bis(β-diketimine). Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 7997-8005. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201700503. 

Tulchinsky, Y.; Hendon, C. H.; Lomachenko, K. A.; Borfecchia, E.; Melot, B. C.; Hudson, M. R.; Tarver, J. D.; Korzyński, M. D.; Stubbs, A. W.; Kagan, J. J.; Lamberti, C.; Brown, C. M.; Dincă, M. Reversible Capture and Release of Cl2 and Br2 with a Redox-Active Metal-Organic Framework. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139 (16), 5992-5997, https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b02161.

Korzyński, M. D.; Dincă, M. Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Propane in the Realm of Metal-Organic Frameworks. ACS Cent. Sci. 2017, 3, 10-12, https://doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.7b00013.