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63
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13365
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8465
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  • 1992 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Alan S. Goldman is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research spans several fields, with notable contributions in Chemistry, Materials Science, and Chemical Engineering.

Their work covers various subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalysis, Organic Chemistry, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Key topics addressed in their research include:

  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Carbon Dioxide Utilization in Catalysis
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications

Alan S. Goldman's recent papers illustrate their research focus on catalysis, complex synthesis, and nitrogen-related chemistry. Notable publications include:

  • Potential Economic Feasibility of Direct Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction as a Route to Ammonia, 2020, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • Considering Electrocatalytic Ammonia Synthesis via Bimetallic Dinitrogen Cleavage, 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • Understanding Terminal versus Bridging End-on N2 Coordination in Transition Metal Complexes, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Reactivity of Iridium Complexes of a Triphosphorus-Pincer Ligand Based on a Secondary Phosphine. Catalytic Alkane Dehydrogenation and the Origin of Extremely High Activity, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Lewis Structures and the Bonding Classification of End-on Bridging Dinitrogen Transition Metal Complexes, 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Their frequent co-authors include Thomas J. Emge, Faraj Hasanayn, Alexander J. M. Miller, Santanu Malakar, and Benjamin M. Gordon, reflecting collaboration across multiple projects.

Their research appears regularly in several academic venues, with the most frequent venues being:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • UNC Libraries
  • Inorganic Chemistry

Alan S. Goldman was recognized as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1992.

Best Publications

  • HITEMP, the high-temperature molecular spectroscopic database

    L.S. Rothman;I.E. Gordon;R.J. Barber;H. Dothe

  • Dehydrogenation and related reactions catalyzed by iridium pincer complexes

    Jongwook Choi;Amy H. Roy MacArthur;Maurice Brookhart;Alan S. Goldman

  • Catalytic Alkane Metathesis by Tandem Alkane Dehydrogenation-Olefin Metathesis

    Alan S. Goldman;Amy H. Roy;Zheng Huang;Ritu Ahuja

  • Oxidative Addition of Ammonia to Form a Stable Monomeric Amido Hydride Complex

    Jing Zhao;Alan S. Goldman;Alan S. Goldman;John F. Hartwig;John F. Hartwig

  • Dehydrogenation of n-alkanes catalyzed by iridium``pincer``complexes: Regioselective formation of {alpha}-olefins

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  • Dehydrogenation of n-alkanes catalyzed by iridium 'pincer' complexes: Regioselective formation of α-olefins

    Fuchen Liu;Esther B. Pak;Bharat Singh;Craig M. Jensen

  • Activation and functionalization of C-H bonds

    Karen I. Goldberg;Alan S. Goldman

  • Dehydrogenation of Alkanes and Aliphatic Groups by Pincer-Ligated Metal Complexes

    Akshai Kumar;Tariq M. Bhatti;Alan S. Goldman

  • Why Do Cationic Carbon Monoxide Complexes Have High C−O Stretching Force Constants and Short C−O Bonds? Electrostatic Effects, Not σ-Bonding

    Alan S. Goldman;Karsten Krogh-Jespersen

  • Highly effective pincer-ligated iridium catalysts for alkane dehydrogenation. DFT calculations of relevant thermodynamic, kinetic, and spectroscopic properties.

    Keming Zhu;Patrick D. Achord;Xiawei Zhang;Karsten Krogh-Jespersen

  • Alkane Metathesis by Tandem Alkane-Dehydrogenation–Olefin-Metathesis Catalysis and Related Chemistry

    Michael C. Haibach;Sabuj Kundu;Maurice Brookhart;Alan S. Goldman

  • Catalytic cleavage of ether C-O bonds by pincer iridium complexes

    Michael C. Haibach;Nicholas Lease;Alan S. Goldman

  • Catalytic dehydroaromatization of n -alkanes by pincer-ligated iridium complexes

    Ritu Ahuja;Benudhar Punji;Michael Findlater;Carolyn Supplee

  • Net Oxidative Addition of C(sp3)-F Bonds to Iridium via Initial C-H Bond Activation

    Jongwook Choi;David Y. Wang;Sabuj Kundu;Yuriy Choliy

  • Thermochemical alkane dehydrogenation catalyzed in solution without the use of a hydrogen acceptor

    Wei-wei Xu;Glen P. Rosini;Karsten Krogh-Jespersen;Alan S. Goldman

  • The privileged pincer-metal platform: Coordination chemistry & applications

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  • Net oxidative addition of C (sp3)-F bonds to iridium via initial CH bond activation

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  • Mechanism of alkane transfer-dehydrogenation catalyzed by a pincer-ligated iridium complex.

    Kenton B. Renkema;Yury V. Kissin;Alan S. Goldman

  • Large-Scale Selective Functionalization of Alkanes.

    Karen I. Goldberg;Alan S. Goldman

  • Addition of C−H Bonds to the Catalytically Active Complex (PCP)Ir (PCP = η3-2,6-(tBu2PCH2)2C6H3)

    Mira Kanzelberger;Bharat Singh;Margaret Czerw;Karsten Krogh-Jespersen

  • Distinct Thermodynamics for the Formation and Cleavage of N-H Bonds in Aniline and Ammonia. Directly-Observed Reductive Elimination of Ammonia from an Isolated Amido Hydride Complex

    Mira Kanzelberger;Xiawei Zhang;Thomas J. Emge;Alan S. Goldman

  • Combined Computational and Experimental Study of Substituent Effects on the Thermodynamics of H2, CO, Arene, and Alkane Addition to Iridium

    Karsten Krogh-Jespersen;Margaret Czerw;Keming Zhu;Bharat Singh

  • Distinct Thermodynamics for the Formation and Cleavage of N− H Bonds in Aniline and Ammonia. Directly-Observed Reductive Elimination of Ammonia from an Isolated Amido Hydride …

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  • Photochemical dehydrogenation of alkanes catalyzed by trans-carbonylchlorobis(trimethylphosphine)rhodium: Aspects of selectivity and mechanism

    John A. Maguire;William T. Boese;Alan S. Goldman

Frequent Co-Authors

Karsten Krogh-Jespersen
Karsten Krogh-Jespersen Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Thomas J. Emge
Thomas J. Emge Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Maurice Brookhart
Maurice Brookhart University of Houston
Zheng Huang
Zheng Huang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Karen I. Goldberg
Karen I. Goldberg University of Pennsylvania
John F. Hartwig
John F. Hartwig University of California, Berkeley
Susannah L. Scott
Susannah L. Scott University of California, Santa Barbara
Alexander J. M. Miller
Alexander J. M. Miller University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
William A. Goddard
William A. Goddard California Institute of Technology
D. Michael Heinekey
D. Michael Heinekey University of Washington

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