Dr. Anes Kovacevic
Associate Professor of Chemistry; Chair of the Chemistry Department|Chemistry
Contact
- x3325
- kovacevica@berea.edu
Office Location
Margaret A. Cargill Natural Sciences and Health Building, 422
Office Hours
- Mon: 3 – 5:00 p.m.
- Thur/Fri: 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
- All office hours are virtual at the moment. I am hoping to change this as the semester progresses. I am available for in-person meetings by appointment only. Please email to make an appointment.
Class Schedules
- CHM 101 A (Mon/Wed/Fri: 12:00 p.m. – 1:10 p.m.) CHM 131 B (Thur: 12:00 p.m. – 2:50 p.m.) (Mon/Wed/Fri: 1:20 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.) CHM 471 (Tue: 8:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.)
Courses
- CHM 101 A
- CHM 131 B
- CHM 471
Bio
Departmental Chairperson 2015-2020; Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry; sabbatical leave in Bath England during Spring 2014, sabbatical leave at University of Kentucky during Fall 2020, upcoming sabbatical in 2027-28; started at Berea College in Fall 2006.
Degrees
- Ph.D., Yale University, 2004
- B.A., Transylvania College, 2000
Publications & Works
Papers and Publications
- Kovacevic, A.; Meadows, K.R.; Counts, M.; Arthur, D.J. “Solvent influence in the formation of normal and abnormal carbene complexes in reactions of imidazolium salts with [Ir(H)2(PPh3)2(OCMe2)2]BF4” Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2011, V373, 259-261
- Appelhans L. N.; Zuccaccia D.; Kovacevic, A.; Chianese, A. R.; Miecznikowski, J. R.; Macchioni, A.; Clot, E.; Eisenstein, O.; Robert H. Crabtree. “An Anion-Dependent Switch in Selectivity Results from a Change of C-H Activation Mechanism in the Reaction of an Imidazolium Salt with Ir(H)5(PPh3)2” J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2005, V127, 16299-16311.
- Chianese, A. R.; Kovacevic A.; Zeglis, B. M.; Faller, J. W.; Crabtree, R. H. “Abnormal C5-Bound N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Extremely Strong Electron Donors and Their Ir (I) and Ir (III) complexes” Organometallics, 2004, V23, 2461-2468.
- Kovacevic, A.; Gründemann, S.; Miecznikowski, J. R.; Clot, E.; Eisenstein, O.; Crabtree, R. H. “Counter-ion Effects Switch Ligand Binding from C-2 to C-5 in Kinetic Carbenes Formed from an Imidazolium Salt and Ir(H)5(PPh3)2” Chem. Commun., 2002, 2580-2581.
- Gründemann, S.; Kovacevic A.; Albrecht, M.; Faller, J. W.; Crabtree, R. H. “Abnormal Ligand Binding and Reversible Ring Hydrogenation in the Reaction of Imidazolium Salt and Ir(H)5(PPh3)2” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, V124, 10473-10481.
- Gründemann, S.; Albrecht, M.; Kovacevic, A.; Faller, J. W.; Crabtree, R. H. “Bis-carbene Complexes from Oxidative Addition of Imidazolium C-H bonds to Palladium(0)” J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2002, 2163.
- Gründemann, S.; Kovacevic, A.; Albrecht, M.; Faller, J. W.; Crabtree, R. H. “Abnormal Binding in a Carbene Complex Formed from an Imidazolium salt and a Metal Hydride complex” Chem. Commun., 2001, 2274.