RICHARD
T. TAYLOR
1968-72 B.S., Chemistry, University of Delaware,
degree with highest honors and distinction in Chemistry
1973-76 Ph.D., Chemistry, The Ohio State
University, University Fellow, 1973, 1976
1977-78 NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
1978-83 Assistant Professor, Chemistry, Miami
University
1983-pres. Associate Professor, Chemistry, Miami
University
1986-87 Faculty Improvement Leave, The Ohio State
University, doing X-ray crystallography
1991-94 Associate Director, University Honors
Program, Miami University
1993-94
Acting
Director, University Honors Program, Miami University
2000 Distinguished Educator Award, College of Arts and Sciences, Miami
University
PUBLICATIONS
O.S. Rothenberg, R.T.
Taylor, D.L. Dalrymple, and J.A. Moore, "Heterocyclic studies. 35.
Cycloaddition reactions of 1,2-diazepinium betaine. 1,3- and 1,5-Dipolar addition in a
vinylogous azomethine imine." J. Org. Chem., 1972, 32(16), 2640-2.
L.A. Paquette, G. Zon, and
R.T. Taylor, "Substituent effects on the regioselectivity of
carbon-hydrogen insertion arising during stereospecific intramolecular
cyclization of 7-norcaranylidenes." J.
Org. Chem., 1974, 39(18), 2677-85.
R.T. Taylor and L.A.
Paquette, "A facile conversion of 3-norcarene to
trans-bishomobenzene," Angew.Chem.,
488-9; Int. Ed., 1975, 14, 496.
R.T. Taylor and L.A.
Paquette, "Silver(I) ion catalyzed rearrangements of strained s bonds,
Part XXXII. Convenient synthetic routes
to tricyclo[4.1.0.2,7]hept-3-ene and its derivatives." Tetrahedron
Lett., 1976, (32), 2741-4.
L.A. Paquette and R.T.
Taylor, "Cyclopropylidenebicyclo[1,1.0]butane interactions. The generation and intermolecular
rearrangement of tetracyclo[5.1.0.02,4,03,5]-octanylidene." Tetrahedron
Lett., 1976, (32), 2745-8.
R.T. Taylor, C.R. Degenhardt,
W.P. Melega, and L.A. Paquette, "Direct conversion of Ketones to
vinylsilanes. - germanes, and stannanes."
Tetrahedron Lett., 1977, (2), 159-62.
L.A. Paquette and R.T.
Taylor, "The Consequences of methyl substitution on the efficiency and regioselectivity
of C-H insertion during intramolecular cyclization of norcaran-7-,
3-norcaren-7-, and tricyclo[5.1.0.03,5]octan-8-ylidenes." J. Am.
Chem. Soc., 1977, 99(17), 5708-15.
T.R. Taylor and L.A.
Paquette, "Thermal rearrangement of dibromotetracyclo- [5.1.0.02,4,03,5]octans. Assessment of the competitive opening of
dibromocyclopropane and bicyclo[1.1.0]butane rings and a general synthesis of
transbishomobenzenes." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1977, 99(17), 5824-6.
R.T. Taylor and L.A.
Paquette, "Silver(I) ion catalyzed rearrangements of strained s
bonds. 34. A study of the capacity of Group IV substituents for directing
the course of silver(I)-catalyzed tricyclo[4.1.0.02,7]heptane
rearrangement into the elusive type d manifold." J. Org. Chem., 1978,
43(2), 242-50.
P. Bischof, R. Gleiter, R.T.
Raylor, A.R. Browne, and L.A. Paquette, "Electronic structure of
tricyclo[4.1.0.0.2,7]hept-3-enes.
Correlation with the regioselectivity of electrophilic
attack." J. Org. Chem., 1978, 43(12), 2391-6.
R.T. Taylor and D.F.
Pytroczko, "Cyclopropylidene formation in 7,7-dibromonorcar-3-ene
oxides. Synthesis of derivatives of
homobenzvalene oxide," Tetrahedron Lett., 1980, 21(26), 2471-4.
R.T. Taylor, D.B. Crawshaw,
J.B. Paperman, L.A. Flood, and R.A. Cassell, "Preparation and halogenation
of silylated polystyrene." Macromolecule, 1981, 14(4), 1134-5.
R.T. Taylor and J.G.
Galloway, "Addition of trimethylsilylmethylmagnesium chloride to
a,b-unsaturated carbonyls." J. Organomet. Chem., 1981, 220(3), 295-300.
R.T. Taylor, R.A. Cassell,
and L.A. Flood, "Electrophilic additions to mercurated
polystyrene." Ind. Eng. Chem. Prod. Res. Dev., 1982, 21(3), 462-4.
R.T. Taylor and J.G.
Galloway, "Addition of trimethylsilyllithium and trimethylstannyllithium
to a hindered cyclopropyl enone." Tetrahedron Lett., 1982, 23(31), 3147-50.
R.T. Taylor and R.A.
Cassell, "Trimethylsilylketene:
synthesis of coumarins via cyclization-elimination." Synthesis,
1982, (8), 672-3.
M.J. Goldstein, M.W.
Johnson, and R.T. Taylor, "The serendipitous synthesis of an
Oxabicyclo[3.2.0]heptadiene." Tetrahedron Lett., 1982, 23, 3331.
N.D. Danielson, R.T. Taylor,
J.A. Huth, R.W. Siergiej, J.G. Galloway, and J.B. Paperman, "Reactivity of
Kel-F polymers with organolithium and organomagnesium compounds." Ind.
Eng. Chem. Prod. Res. Dev., 1983,
22(2), 303-7.
R.T. Taylor and L.A. Flood,
"Polystyrene-bound phenylseleninic acid:
catalytic oxidation of olefins, ketones, and aromatic
systems." J. Org. Chem., 1983, 48(26), 5160-4.
L.A. Paquette and R.T.
Taylor, "1,6-dimethyl-tricyclo[4.1.0.02,7] hept-2-ene." Organic
Synthesis, 1983, 61, 39.
R.T. Taylor,
"Polymer-bound oxidizing agents." ACS
Symp. Ser., 303(Polym. Reagent and Catal.), 1986, 132-54.
R.T. Taylor and M.W. Pelter,
"The reaction of chlorofluoropolymers with sulfur nucleophiles". J.
Polym. Sci., Part C: Polym. Lett., 1987,
25(5), 215-17.
T.A. Stevenson and R.T.
Taylor, "Preparation and application of the polymer-bound iodoxy
functional group." React. Polym., Ion Exch., Sorbents, 1988, 8(1), 7-15.
R.T. Taylor and T.A.
Stevenson, "Mercury mediated synthesis of bis(carboxyl)iodobenzenes,"
Tetrahedron Lett., 1988, 29(17), 2033-6.
M.W. Pelter and R.T. Taylor,
"The substitution of poly(chlorotrifluoroethylene) with sulfur, selenium,and
phosphorus nucleophiles." J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem., 1988, 26(10), 2651-67.
R.T. Taylor and M.W. Pelter,
"Chemical modification of 3-mercaptopropionic acid-substituted
poly(chlorotrifluoroethyelene)," Reat.
Polym. Ion Exch., Sorbvents, 1988,
9(3), 229-35.
J. C. Gallucci, R. T. Taylor, T. Kobayashi, J. C. Weber, J.
Krause, and L. A. Paquette, "X-ray crystallographic analysis of the
structural distortions induced by substitution and annulation of the
dodecahedrane nucleus." Acta Crystallogr., Sec. C: Cryst. Struct. Commun., 1989, C45(6), 893-8.
L. A. Paquette, D. T.
DeRussy, N. A. Pegg, R. T. Taylor, and T. M. Zydowsky, "Direct oxygenation
of enolates generated by anionic oxy-Cope rearrangement. Expedient preparation of polycyclic
a-hydroxy ketones." J. Org. Chem.,
1989, 54(19), 4576-81.
R. T. Taylor, M. W. Pelter,
and L. A. Paquette, "Domino Diels-Alder Reaction:
3,3a,3b,4,6a,7a-hexahydro-3,4,7-metheno-7H-cyclopenta [a]
pentalene-7,8-dicarboxylic acid." Organic
Synthesis, 1989, 68, 198.
L. A. Paquette, C. A.
Teleha, R. T. Taylor, G. D. Maynard, R. D. Rogers, J. C. Gallucci, and J. P.
Springer, "Boat/chair topographic stereoselection during anionic oxy-Cope
rearrangement of 1-alkenyl-2-cyclopentenyl-endo-norbornan-2-ols." J. Am.
Chem. Soc., 1990, 112(1), 265-77.
R. T. Taylor, S. Allison,
and J. W. Green, "Chemical modification of poly(chlorotrifluoroethylene)
by one-electron mechanisms." Polym. Prepr. (Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Polym.
Chem.), 1990, 31(1), 336-7.
D.J. Pasto and R.T. Taylor,
"Reduction with diimide." Org.
React. (N.Y.), 1991, 40, 91-155.
S. Allison, S. J. Burks, and
R. T. Taylor, "Total syntheses of microminutin and other coumarins through
the key intermediate isomurralonginol."
Tetrahedron, 1991, 47(47), 9737-42.
J. H. Sherman, N. D.
Danielson, R. T. Taylor, J. R. Marsh, and D. T. Esterline, "Removal of
transition metals from motor oil using ion exchange resins." Environmental
Technology, 1993, 14, 1097.
R. T. Taylor, T. A.
Stevenson, G. J. Ewing, M. A. Lucke, and E. G. Rocco, "Oxidations using
catalytic Se(IV) systems - immobilized selenium catalyst versus immobilized
oxidant." Polymer Preprints, 1994, 34(2), 990.
R. T. Taylor, D. M. Durrell,
and D. H. Schory, "Approaches to Dendrimers with High Charge Density,"
Polymer Preprints, 1995, 36(2), 261.
Richard T. Taylor, Steven
Allison, and Thanaporn Kamolratanayothin, "Reductive allylation of
Poly(chlorotrifluoroethylene)," Heteroatom
Chemistry, 1995, 6, 585.
John A. Mugnano, Richard E. Lee,
Jr., and Richard T. Taylor, "Fat Body Cells and Calcium Phosphate
Spherules in the Freeze‑Tolerant Larvae of the Gall Fly Eurosta
Solidaginis (Diptera, Tephritidae),” J.
Exp. Biology, 1996, 199, 465.
R. T. Taylor, T.
Kamolratanayothin, J. Shah, and J. W. Green, "Substitution Reactions on
Poly(chlorotrifluoroethylene)," Proceedings
of the PMSE of the ACS, 1996, 75, 138.
Richard T. Taylor, J. A.
Shah, John W. Green and T. Kamolratanayothin, “Poly(chlorotrifluoroethylene)
substitution Reactions,” in Polymer
Modification, edited by Graham Swift, Charles E. Carraher,Jr. and
Christopher N. Bowman, Plenum Press, 1997;
pp. 133‑151.
Richard T. Taylor, Andre J.
Sommer, John w. Green, Kelly Ripparger, Bahareh M. Nejad, and Jikesh A. Shah,
“Substitution of Poly(chlorotrifluoroethylene) with Sulfur Dioxide under
Reductive Conditions,” Heteroatom
Chemistry, 1998, 9, 265.
Richard T. Taylor and
Uraiwan Puapaiboon, “Polyurethane Dendrimers via Curtius Reaction,” Tetrahedron
Lett., 1998, 39, 8005.
Uraiwan Puapaiboon and
Richard T. Taylor, "Characterization and Monitoring Reaction of
Polyurethane Dendritic Wedges and Dendrimers Using Matrix-Assisted Laser
Desorption/Ionization Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometry," Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom., 1999, 13, 508.
Uraiwan Puapaiboon, Richard
T. Taylor, and Jaran Jai-nhukhnan, "Structural Confirmation of
Polyurethane Dendritic Wedges and Dendrimers Using Post Source Decay
Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-flight Mass
Spectrometry," Rapid Commun. Mass
Spectrom., 1999, 13, 516.
COMMISSIONED WORK
Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Leo A. Paquette, Editor in
Chief, 1995, John Wiley & Sons contained the following entries authored
solely by Richard T. Taylor:
"(E)-Methyl 2,4-pentadienoate" pp 3559 - 3560
"Paraformaldehyde" pp 3896 - 3897
"1-Phenyl-2-tetrazoline-5-thione" pp 4063 - 4064
"Triethyl Orthoformate" pp 5102 - 5105
PATENT
Sherman;
Jeffrey H. and Taylor; Richard T., 6,007,701, December 28, 1999,
assigned to Miami University; Method of removing contaminants from used
oil
PRESENTATIONS
Second Chemical Congress of
the North American Continent, Las Vegas, NV, August 24-29, 1980
R.T. Taylor and J.G.
Galloway, "Trimethylsilyllithium Addition to a Cyclopropyl enone"
R.T. Taylor and D.F.
Pytroczko, Synthesis of Derivatives of Homobenzvalene Oxide"
ACS National Meeting,
Atlanta, GA, Spring 1981
R.A. Cassell and R.T.
Taylor, "Trimethylsilylpolystyrene Resins in the Formation of Polymeric
Reagents"
Central Regional Meeting of
the ACS, Dayton, OH, June, 1981
J.G. Galloway and R.T.
Taylor, "Copper Catalyzed Conjugate Addition of
Trimethylsilylmethylmagnesium Chloride"
Southeast Regional Meeting
of the ACS, Lexington, KY, November, 1981
R.T. Taylor, "Synthesis
and Reactions of anti, syn-dibromobicyclo[2.1.1]hexan-2-one"
R.T. Taylor R.A. Cassell and
L. A. Flood, "Electrophilic Additions to Mercurated Polystyrene."
ACS National Meeting, Kansas
City, MO, September, 1982
L.A. Flood and R.T. Taylor,
"Synthetic Applications of Polystyrene-bound Organoselenium Reagents"
ACS National Meeting, St.
Louis, MO, April, 1984
S.J. Burks, R.A. Cassell,
and R.T. Taylor, "Trimethylsilylketene:
Cyclization Reactions and an Approach to Microminutin"
ACS National Meeting, Miami Beach,
FL, April, 1985
S.J. Burks, R.T. Taylor, and
N.D. Danielson, "Interaction of Chlorofluoropolymers with Organometallic
Reagents"
ACS Central Regional
Meeting, Bowling Green, June, 1986
R.T. Taylor and M.B.
Stevenson, "Thermal Rearrangements of Diazabicycloketones"
M.W. Pelter and R.T. Taylor,
"Sulfur Reagents in Polymer Modification"
T.A. Stevenson and R.T.
Taylor, "Polymer Bound Iodylbenzene - Oxidation Reactions"
ACS Central Regional
Meeting, Columbus, June, 1987
T.A. Stevenson and R.T. Taylor,
"Preparation and Application of the Polymer Bound Iodoxy Group"
Third Chemical Congress of
North America, Toronto, June, 1988
R.T. Taylor, "Chemical
Modification of 3-Mercaptopropionic Acid Substituted
Poly(chlorotrifluoroethylene)"
ACS National Meeting,
Boston, April 1990
R.T. Taylor S. Allison, and
J.W. Green, "Chemical Modification of Poly(chlorotrifluoroethylene) by
One-electron Mechanisms"
Midwest Regional Meeting of
the ACS, Midland, MI, June, 1990
S. Allison and R.T. Taylor,
"One Electron Substitution of PCTFE"
Central Regional Meeting of
the ACS, Cincinnati, May, 1992
J.W. Green and R.T. Taylor,
"Chemical Modifications of PCTFE"
D.T. Esterline and R.T.
Taylor, "Synthesis of Megaphone"
ACS National Meeting, March,
1993
J.W. Green, T.F. Harper, and
R.T. Taylor, "A Convergent Approach to Outer Surface Modified
Silozane-Arylene Dendrimers"
ACS National Meeting,
Washington, August, 1994
T. Kamolratanayothin and
R.T. Taylor, "The Addition of PCTFE to Double Bonds under Reductive
Conditions"
R.T. Taylor, T.A. Stevenson,
G.J. Ewing, M.A. Lucke, and E.G. Rocco, "Oxidations using catalytic Se
(IV) system - immobilized selenium catalyst immobilized oxidant"
Electronic Conference on
Trends in Organometallic Chemistry, H. Rzepa and C. Leach, (Eds)., Royal
Society of Chemistry, 1997. ISBN 0‑85404‑889‑8. See also http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/ectoc/ectoc‑3/;
Reaction of
Poly(chlorotrifluoroethylene) with Metal Carbonyl Complexes,
Richard T. Taylor, John W.
Green, Jikesh A. Shah, Andrea Warren and Andre J. Sommer, Article 022
1997 FACSS Conference
Monitoring Symmetrical
Polyurethane Macromolecule Synthesis Using
MALDI‑TOF, Uraiwan Puapaiboon and Richard T. Taylor
EXTERNAL GRANTS
1979-83 Research Corporation, $9200,
"Synthetic Approaches to Octavalene"
1979-82 PRF Type G, $10000, "Mild Preparation
and Synthetic Utility of Vinylsilanes"
1983 NSF, $16969, "Computerized IR Spectrometer for Chemical
Research" (with five others, J. Katon P.I.)
1984-86 NIGMS, $28969, "Enantioselective
Synthesis of Megaphone"
1987 Geocenters, Inc., $15000, "Domonio Diels-Alder
Reaction" subcontract form DOD
1991-92 Ohio Dept. of Development (Edison), $50000,
"Removal of Transition Metals from Used Oil by an ion Exchange
Process" (with N.D. Danielson)
1998 Avista Resources, $78000 (since raised to $150000) for
"Improved Technologies for Oil Decontamination." With James W.
Hershberger
Current Zeneca Ag, $16000, Enhancing Technologies
for Combinatorial Chemistry
Current Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, $20000,
Combinatorial Chemistry in the Undergraduate Laboratory