Michael G. Coleman

Assistant Professor


Contact Information

OfficeGOS 3296
Phone(585) 475 - 5108
Fax(585) 475 - 7800
Emailmgcsch@rit.edu

Mailing Address

Rochester Institute of Technology
Office: 08-3296
85 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY 14623


B.S., 1998 University at Buffalo

Ph.D., 2007 University at Buffalo

Research Interests

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Synthetic Methodologies
  • Organometallic Catalysis
  • Radiochemistry

Selected Publications

“Highly Selective Synthesis of Tetra-substituted Furans and Cyclopropenes: Copper(I)-catalyzed Formal Cycloadditions of Internal Aryl Alkynes and Diazoacetates” Andrew K. Swenson, Kate Higgins, Matthew G. Brewer, William W. Brennessel, Michael G. Coleman, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2012, 10, 7483.

"Iron-Catalyzed Oppenauer-Type Oxidation of Alcohols"  Michael G. Coleman, Alec N. Brown, Brett A. Bolton, and Hairong Guan, Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, 2010, 352, 967.

"Intermolecular C-H functionalization versus cyclopropanation of electron rich 1,1-disubstituted and trisubstituted alkenes" D. L. Ventura, Z. Li, M.G. Coleman, and H.M.L. Davies, Tetrahedron, 2009, 65, 3052.

"Balance between Allylic C-H Activation and Cyclopropanation in the Reactions of Donor/Acceptor-Substituted Rhodium Carbenoids with trans-Alkenes" Huw M. L. Davies, Michael G. Coleman, and Dominic L. Ventura. Organic Letters, 2007, 9, 4971- 4.