Professor
Chemical & Biological Sciences
Ward Beecher Hall 5009
phone: (330) 941-2261
Ph D, Chemistry
BS, Chemistry
YSU
Research Professor
YSU
Research Professor
American Chemical Society
Crystal Growth & Design Emerging Investigator
YSU
Career Research Award
YSU
Research Professor
YSU
Research Professor
YSU
Distinguished Professor of Scholarship
Tetrahedron - Elsevier Publishing
Guest Editor for Tetrahedron Symposium in Print: Organocopper to Medicinal Chemistry: a Symposium-in-Print to Honor Gary H. Posner
YSU
Research Professor
Youngstown State University
Professor
Youngstown State University
Associate Professor
Youngstown State University
Assistant Professor
University of Michigan
Postdoctoral Fellow
"Electrochemical Detection of Multiple Heavy Metal Ions Using a Hybrid Nanocomposite of a Metal-Organic Framework and Cellulose Nanocrystal-PEDOT:PSS."
K. Preusser, J. Moore, K. Duke, P. Dhungana, C. Solomon, D. Genna, B. Park
Langmuir, ACS, volume 41, issue 35, p. 23289-23302
"Synthesis of Sulfonate-Containing Group 13 Metal-Organic Frameworks"
D. Genna
Crystal Growth & Design, ACS, volume 24,, p. 5889-5892
"Garbage in, metal out: A perspective on recycling battery metals using organic molecules"
D. Genna
MRS Bulletin, volume 49, p. 708-716
"Disulfide Bonds as Functional Tethers in Metal-Organic Frameworks."
D. Genna
Chemistry: A European Journal, volume 30, p. e202401713.
"Mechanistic Investigation of the Synthesis of Dianionic In-Derived Coordination Polymers"
D. Genna
Inorganic Chemistry, volume 62, p. 5881-5885
"Disulfide-Driven Pore Functionalization of Metal–Organic Frameworks"
D. Genna
Chemistry - A European Journal, volume 2023, p. e202302144
"Deinterpenetration of IRMOF-9”"
D. Genna
Chemistry: A European Journal, p. e202302856
"On the Role of Dioxane in the Synthesis of In-Derived MOFs"
D. Genna
Crystal Growth and Design, volume 21, p. 6840-6846
"Removal of Lead Ions from Water Using Thiophene-functionalized Metal-organic Frameworks"
D. Genna
Chemical Communications, volume 56, p. 237-240
"Removal of Hydrocarbon Contaminants from Water: Exploiting Hydrophobic UiO-66 Derivatives"
D. Genna
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, volume 8, p. 5848-5852
"Removal of hydrocarbon contaminants from water with perfluorocarboxylated UiO-6X derivatives"
D. DeChellis, C. Ngule, D. Genna
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), volume 8, issue 12, p. 5848-5852
"On the potential for nanoscale metal-organic frameworks for energy applications"
D. Genna
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, volume 19, p. 6053-6057
"Halide-Directed Synthesis of an In-derived Metal-organic Framework with Two Unique Metal Centers and Isolation of its Potential Synthetic Precursor"
D. Genna
Crystal Growth and Design, volume 19, p. 6053-5057
"Framework Isomerism in a Series of btb-Containing In-Derived Metal-Organic Frameworks."
D. Genna
Crystal Growth and Design, volume 19, p. 3124-3129
"Anion-Cation Mediated Structural Rearrangement of an In-derived Three-Dimensional Interpenetrated Metal-Organic Framework"
D. Genna
Inorganic Chemistry, volume 56, p. 950-955
"There and back again: the synthetic travels of Gary H. Posner"
D. Genna
Tetrahedron, volume 72, issue 5968-5971
"Rhodium Hydrogenation Catalysts Supported in Metal Organic Frameworks: Influence of the Framework on Catalytic Activity and Selectivity"
D. Genna
ACS Catalysis, volume 6, p. 3569-3574
"Ion Directed Synthesis of In-Derived 2,5-Thiophenedicarboxylate Metal Organic Frameworks: Tuning Dimensionality via Hydrogen Bond Donation"
D. Genna
Crystal Growth and Design, issue 16, p. 1550-1588
"Indium Derived Perfluorinated Metal Organic Framework: Application Towards Water Remediation via π-π Stacking"
D. Genna
Crystal Growth and Design, volume 16, issue 3530-
"Direct conversion of cinnamate esters into beta,beta-disubstituted ketones mediated by cyano-magnesio cuprates"
D. Genna
Tetrahedron, volume 72, p. 5968-5971
"Heterogenization of Homogeneous Catalysts in Metal Organic Frameworks via Cation Exchange"
D. Genna
Journal of the American Chemical Society, volume 135, p. 10586-10589
"An Artemisinin-Derived Dimer Has Highly Potent Anti-Cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Anti-Cancer Activities"
R. He, B. Mott, A. Rosenthal, D. Genna, G. Posner, R. Arav-Boger
PLoS ONE, Public Library of Science (PLoS), volume 6, issue 8, p. e24334
"Highly Stereocontrolled and Regiocontrolled Syntheses of 2,3,4-trisubstituted Alkanoates and Lactones"
D. Genna
Journal of Organic Chemistry, volume 76, p. 5149-5155
"Cyanocuprates Convert Carboxylic Acids Directly into Ketones"
D. Genna
Organic Letters, volume 13, p. 5358-5361
"α-Chloro-β,γ-ethylenic Esters: Enantiocontrolled Synthesis and Substitutions"
D. Genna
Organic Letters, volume 12, p. 4694-4697
Chairperson
Pennsylvania Ohio Border Section of the American Chemical Society
Reviewer, Journal Article
Reviewer, Grant Proposal
National Science Foundation
Reviewer, Grant Proposal
American Chemical Society
Guest Speaker
Mahoning Valley Lifelong Learning Institute
Education
B.S. Chemistry, Haverford College (Fran Blase), 2006
Ph.D. The Johns Hopkins University (Gary Posner), 2011
Post. Doc: University of Michigan (Melanie Sanford)
Publications
Genna, D. T.; Wong-Foy, A. G.; Matzger, A. J.; Sanford, M. S. “Heterogenization of Homogeneous Catalysts in Metal Organic Frameworks via Cation Exchange” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 10586-10589
Genna, D. T.; Posner, G. H. “Cyanocuprates Convert Carboxylic Acids Directly into Ketones” Org. Lett. 2011, 13. 5358-5361
He, R.; Mott, B. T.; Rosenthal, A. S.; Genna, D. T.; Posner, G. H.; Arav-Boger, R. “An Artemisinin-derived Dimer has Highly Potent Anti-cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Anti- Cancer Activities.”PLoS One 2011, 6, e24334
Hencken, C. P.; Genna, D. T.; Siegler, M. A.; Posner, G. H. “Highly Stereocontrolled and Regiocontrolled Syntheses of 2,3,4-trisubstituted Alkanoates and Lactones” J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 5149-5155
Genna, D. T.; Hencken, C. P.; Siegler, M. A.; Posner, G. H. “α-Chloro-β,γ-ethylenic Esters: Enantiocontrolled Synthesis and Substitutions.” Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 4694-4697