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46
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7274
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16091
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Aaron D. Sadow is affiliated with Iowa State University in the United States and has a significant body of work primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry. Their research encompasses a range of subfields including Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics, and Pollution.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Organoboron and Organosilicon Chemistry, Polymer Crystallization and Properties, and Biodegradable Polymer Synthesis and Properties.

Aaron D. Sadow's recent papers reflect a focus on catalytic processes and polymer chemistry. Notable publications include:

  • "Catalytic upcycling of high-density polyethylene via a processive mechanism," 2020, Nature Catalysis
  • "Size-Controlled Nanoparticles Embedded in a Mesoporous Architecture Leading to Efficient and Selective Hydrogenolysis of Polyolefins," 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Ultrasmall amorphous zirconia nanoparticles catalyse polyolefin hydrogenolysis," 2023, Nature Catalysis
  • "Catalytic carbon-carbon bond cleavage and carbon-element bond formation give new life for polyolefins as biodegradable surfactants," 2021, Chem
  • "Toward hydrogen economy: Selective guaiacol hydrogenolysis under ambient hydrogen pressure," 2020, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Their research collaborations include frequent co-authorship with several scientists, among whom are:

  • Arkady Ellern
  • Yang-Yun Chu
  • Uddhav Kanbur
  • Kasuni C. Boteju
  • Smita Patnaik

Prominent publication venues for Aaron D. Sadow include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (32 publications)
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society (6 publications)
  • ACS Catalysis (5 publications)
  • Inorganic Chemistry (3 publications)
  • Nature Catalysis (2 publications)

Recognition for their contributions includes the award of Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Upcycling Single-Use Polyethylene into High-Quality Liquid Products

    Gokhan Celik;Robert M. Kennedy;Ryan A. Hackler;Magali Ferrandon

  • Catalytic upcycling of high-density polyethylene via a processive mechanism

    Akalanka Tennakoon;Xun Wu;Alexander L. Paterson;Smita Patnaik

  • Magnesium-catalyzed hydroboration of esters: evidence for a new zwitterionic mechanism

    Debabrata Mukherjee;Arkady Ellern;Aaron D. Sadow

  • Nickel(II)-catalyzed highly enantioselective hydrophosphination of methacrylonitrile.

    Aaron D. Sadow;Isabelle Haller;Luca Fadini;Antonio Togni

  • Size-Controlled Nanoparticles Embedded in a Mesoporous Architecture Leading to Efficient and Selective Hydrogenolysis of Polyolefins.

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  • Enantioselective addition of secondary phosphines to methacrylonitrile: catalysis and mechanism.

    Aaron D. Sadow;Antonio Togni

  • Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Solid-State NMR in Heterogeneous Catalysis Research

    Takeshi Kobayashi;Frédéric A. Perras;Igor I. Slowing;Aaron D. Sadow

  • Homogeneous Catalysis with Methane. A Strategy for the Hydromethylation of Olefins Based on the Nondegenerate Exchange of Alkyl Groups and σ-Bond Metathesis at Scandium

    Aaron D. Sadow;T. Don Tilley

  • Synthesis and Characterization of Scandium Silyl Complexes of the Type Cp*2ScSiHRR‘. σ-Bond Metathesis Reactions and Catalytic Dehydrogenative Silation of Hydrocarbons

    Aaron D. Sadow;T. Don Tilley

  • Ultrasmall amorphous zirconia nanoparticles catalyse polyolefin hydrogenolysis

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  • Tris(oxazolinyl)boratomagnesium-Catalyzed Cross-Dehydrocoupling of Organosilanes with Amines, Hydrazine, and Ammonia

    James Francis Dunne;Steven R. Neal;Joshua Engelkemier;Arkady Ellern

  • A Highly Enantioselective Zirconium Catalyst for Intramolecular Alkene Hydroamination: Significant Isotope Effects on Rate and Stereoselectivity

    Kuntal Manna;Songchen Xu;Aaron D. Sadow

  • Catalytic Functionalization of Hydrocarbons by σ‐Bond‐Metathesis Chemistry: Dehydrosilylation of Methane with a Scandium Catalyst

    Aaron D. Sadow;T. Don Tilley

  • Concerted C−N and C−H Bond Formation in a Magnesium-Catalyzed Hydroamination

    James Francis Dunne;D. Bruce Fulton;Arkady Ellern;Aaron D. Sadow

  • Selective Hydrogenation of Phenol Catalyzed by Palladium on High-Surface-Area Ceria at Room Temperature and Ambient Pressure

    Nicholas C. Nelson;Nicholas C. Nelson;Juan Sebastian Manzano;Juan Sebastian Manzano;Aaron D. Sadow;Aaron D. Sadow;Steven H. Overbury

  • Magnesium-Catalyzed Mild Reduction of Tertiary and Secondary Amides to Amines

    Nicole L. Lampland;Megan L. Hovey;Debabrata Mukherjee;Aaron D. Sadow

  • Palladium-catalyzed enantioselective allylic phosphination.

    Pietro Butti;Raphaël Rochat;Aaron D. Sadow;Aaron D. Sadow;Antonio Togni

  • Role Of CO2 As a Soft Oxidant For Dehydrogenation of Ethylbenzene to Styrene over a High-Surface-Area Ceria Catalyst

    Li Zhang;Zili Wu;Nicholas C. Nelson;Nicholas C. Nelson;Aaron D. Sadow;Aaron D. Sadow

  • Coordinatively Saturated Tris(oxazolinyl)borato Zinc Hydride-Catalyzed Cross Dehydrocoupling of Silanes and Alcohols

    Debabrata Mukherjee;Richard R. Thompson;Arkady Ellern;Aaron D. Sadow

  • Lewis Acid-Mediated β-Hydride Abstraction Reactions of Divalent M(C(SiHMe2)3)2THF2 (M = Ca, Yb)

    KaKing Yan;Brianna M. Upton;Arkady Ellern;Aaron D. Sadow

  • Mesoporous Silica-Supported Amidozirconium-Catalyzed Carbonyl Hydroboration

    Naresh Eedugurala;Zhuoran Wang;Umesh Chaudhary;Nicholas C. Nelson

  • Acceptorless Photocatalytic Dehydrogenation for Alcohol Decarbonylation and Imine Synthesis

    Hung‐An Ho;Kuntal Manna;Aaron D. Sadow

Frequent Co-Authors

Igor I. Slowing
Igor I. Slowing Iowa State University
Marek Pruski
Marek Pruski Iowa State University
Aaron J. Rossini
Aaron J. Rossini Iowa State University
Massimiliano Delferro
Massimiliano Delferro Argonne National Laboratory
T. Don Tilley
T. Don Tilley University of California, Berkeley
Kenneth R. Poeppelmeier
Kenneth R. Poeppelmeier Northwestern University
Geoffrey W. Coates
Geoffrey W. Coates Cornell University
Antonio Togni
Antonio Togni ETH Zurich
Susannah L. Scott
Susannah L. Scott University of California, Santa Barbara
Wenyu Huang
Wenyu Huang Iowa State University

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