Ian Gould
President's Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Arizona State University
PO Box 871604
Tempe, AZ 85287-1604
Titles
- President's Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Biography
In Ian Gould's lab they study various aspects of mechanistic organic and biochemistry, using the tools of photochemistry. The study both chemical reactions and use photophysical techniques to study processes that are difficult to investigate in other ways. One main area of research involves studies of bond fragmentation reactions that are initiated by either giving (reduction) or taking away (oxidation) a single electron. Such processes generate radicals and Lewis acids and Lewis bases, which may also be Bronsted acids and bases, all potentially useful catalytic species. They are currently studying extremely fast fragmentation reactions with the goal of developing reactions that occur with no barrier at all! They are also using these reactions as test cases for fundamental reaction rate theories and contemporary computational methods. Another area relates to the oxidative processes in DNA responsible for mutation, disease and aging. Novel photochemical reactions developed in the lab can be used to irreversibly oxidize the purine bases in DNA. They are currently studying the chemistry and physical properties of these species in order to understand the primary events involved in oxidative damage.
Education
- PhD, University of Manchester, UK, 1980
- MSc, University of Manchester, UK, 1978
- BSc, University of Manchester, UK, 1977
Expertise
- organic photochemistry and photophysics
- fundamental mechanisms of electron and proton transfer reactions
- photonics
- biopolymers
- organic radical ions
- semiconductor
- fast reaction kinetics
- laser
External Links
Journal Articles
2020
Glein, C. R., I. R. Gould, E. D. Lorance, H. E. Hartnett and E. L. Shock. 2020. Mechanisms of decarboxylation of phenylacetic acids and their sodium salts in water at high temperature and pressure. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 269(Jan):597-621. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2019.11.003. (link )
Robinson, K. J., K. M. Fecteau, I. R. Gould, H. E. Hartnett, L. B. Williams and E. L. Shock. 2020. Metastable equilibrium of substitution reactions among oxygen- and nitrogen-bearing organic compounds at hydrothermal conditions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 272(Mar):94-104. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2019.12.030. (link )
2019
Bockisch, C., E. D. Lorance, G. D. Shaver, L. B. Williams, H. E. Hartnett, E. L. Shock and I. R. Gould. 2019. Selective hydrothermal reductions using geomimicry. Green Chemistry 21(15):4159-4168. DOI: 10.1039/C9GC00636B. (link )
Fecteau, K. M., I. R. Gould, C. R. Glein, L. B. Williams, H. E. Hartnett and E. L. Shock. 2019. Production of carboxylic acids from aldehydes under hydrothermal conditions: A kinetics study of benzaldehyde. ACS Eath and Space Chemistry 3(2):170-191. DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.8b00130. (link )
Fecteau, K. M., I. R. Gould, L. B. Williams, H. E. Hartnett, G. D. Shaver, K. N. Johnson and E. L. Shock. 2019. Bulk gold catalyzes hydride transfer in the Cannizzaro and related reactions. New Journal of Chemistry 43(48):19137-19148. DOI: 10.1039/C9NJ04029C. (link )
Robinson, K. J., I. R. Gould, K. M. Fecteau, H. E. Hartnett, L. B. Williams and E. L. Shock. 2019. Deamination reaction mechanisms of protonated amines under hydrothermal conditions. Geochimica et Cosmochimca Acta 244(Jan):113-128. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2018.09.020. (link )
2018
Bockisch, C., E. D. Lorance, H. E. Hartnett, E. L. Shock and I. R. Gould. 2018. Kinetics and mechanisms of dehydration of secondary alcohols under hydrothermal conditions. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 2(8):821-832. DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.8b00030. (link )
Yang, Z., I. R. Gould, L. B. Williams, H. E. Hartnett and E. L. Shock. 2018. Effects of iron-containing minerals on hydrothermal reactions of ketones. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 223(Feb):107-126. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2017.11.020. (link )
2017
Venturi, S., F. Tassi, I. R. Gould, E. L. Shock, H. E. Hartnett, E. D. Lorance, C. Bockisch, K. M. Fecteau, F. Capecchiacci and O. Vaselli. 2017. Mineral-assisted production of benzene under hydrothermal conditions: Insights from experimental studies on C6 cyclic hydrocarbons. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 346(Oct):21-27. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2017.05.024. (link )
2015
Yang, Z., H. E. Hartnett, E. L. Shock and I. R. Gould. 2015. Organic oxidations using geomimicry. Journal of Organic Chemistry 80(24):12159–12165. DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.5b02109. (link )
2014
Shipp, J., I. R. Gould, E. L. Shock, L. B. Williams and H. E. Hartnett. 2014. Sphalerite is a geochemical catalyst for carbon-hydrogen bond activation. Proeedings of the Nattional Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111(32):11642-11645. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1324222111. (link )
Yang, Z., E. D. Lorance, C. Bockisch, L. B. Williams, H. E. Hartnett, E. L. Shock and I. R. Gould. 2014. Hydrothermal photochemistry as a mechanistic tool in organic geochemistry: The chemistry of dibenzyl ketone. Journal of Organic Chemistry 79(17):7861-7871. DOI: 10.1021/jo500899x. (link )
2013
Shipp, J., I. R. Gould, P. Herckes, E. L. Shock, L. B. Williams and H. E. Hartnett. 2013. Organic functional group transformations in water at elevated temperature and pressure: Reversibility, reactivity, and mechanisms. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 104(Mar):194-209. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.11.014. (link )
2012
Yang, Z., I. R. Gould, L. B. Williams, H. E. Hartnett and E. L. Shock. 2012. The central role of ketones in reversible and irreversible hydrothermal organic functional group transformations. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 98(Dec):48-65. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.08.031. (link )
Book Chapters
2019
Shock, E. L., C. Bockisch, C. Estrada, K. M. Fecteau, I. R. Gould, H. E. Hartnett, K. N. Johnson, K. J. Robinson, J. Shipp and L. B. Williams. 2019. Earth as organic chemist. Pp. 415-446 In: Orcutt, B. N., I. Daniel and R. Dasgupta eds., Deep Carbon: Past to Present. Cambridge University Press.