Eric Weitz - P* Professor
Professor

B.S. M.I.T. 1968
Ph.D. Columbia University University of California, Berkeley

Research Statement
Our research interests focus on the study of transient species. Species may exhibit transient behavior because of their reactivity or because they are in excited states. Reaction intermediates are a very important class of transient species, and their elucidation is critical to delineating and understanding chemical reaction mechanisms.

Selected Publications

Cedeño, D.L. & Weitz, E. An experimental determination of the Cr-C₂Cl₄ bond dissociation enthalpy in Cr(CO)₅(C₂Cl₄): Quantifying metal-olefin bonding interactions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 123, 12857-12865 (2001).

 Pedersen, D. B. & Weitz, E. Photolysis of intrasilicalite I₂: spectroscopy and dynamics. J. Chem. Phys. 116, 9897-9906 (2002).

Agrios, A., Gray, K. & Weitz, E. Photocatalytic Transformation of 2,4,5-trichlorophenol on TiO₂ under Sub-Bandgap Illumination. Langmuir 19, 1402-1409 (2003).

Cedeño, D. L. & Weitz, E. Density Functional Theory Study of Fe(CO)₃(eta-2-C₃H₆), HFe(CO)₃(eta-3-C₃H₅), and the Iron-Allyl Bond Energy. Organometallics 22, 2652-2659 (2003).

Most Significant Awards
Alfred P. Sloan Fellow
DuPont Young Faculty Fellow
Fellow, American Physical Society