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  • 1962 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Amber L. Thompson is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several fields with a primary focus on Materials Science and Chemistry, including specialized subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, and Spectroscopy.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to crystallography and molecular interactions. Notable research topics include:

  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Crystallography and Molecular Interactions
  • Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes
  • Crystal Structures of Chemical Compounds
  • Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection
  • Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis

Amber L. Thompson has published in various scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • X-ray Structure Analysis Online
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie

Several papers authored by or co-authored with Amber L. Thompson include:

  • "Synthesis of meta-substituted arene bioisosteres from [3.1.1]propellane," 2022, Nature
  • "Synthesis and Applications of Polysubstituted Bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Rapid and Scalable Halosulfonylation of Strain-Release Reagents**," 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Impact of Multiple Hydrogen Bonds with Fluoride on Catalysis: Insight from NMR Spectroscopy," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Polyyne [3]Rotaxanes: Synthesis via Dicobalt Carbonyl Complexes and Enhanced Stability," 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

The scientist collaborates frequently with peers such as Harry L. Anderson, Kirsten E. Christensen, Edward A. Anderson, Helena D. Pickford, and Russell C. Smith. These collaborations have contributed to the development and dissemination of their research outputs.

Amber L. Thompson has been recognized with membership as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), awarded in 1962.

Best Publications

  • Non-metal-mediated homogeneous hydrogenation of CO2 to CH3OH.

    Andrew E. Ashley;Amber L. Thompson;Dermot O'Hare

  • CRYSTALS enhancements: dealing with hydrogen atoms in refinement

    Richard I. Cooper;Amber L. Thompson;David J. Watkin

  • Organocatalyzed Enantioselective Fluorocyclizations

    Oscar Lozano;George Blessley;Teresa Martinez del Campo;Amber L. Thompson

  • Crystalline-state reaction with allosteric effect in spin-crossover, interpenetrated networks with magnetic and optical bistability.

    Virginie Niel;Amber L. Thompson;M. Carmen Muñoz;Ana Galet

  • Controlling Emission Energy, Self-Quenching, and Excimer Formation in Highly Luminescent N∧C∧N-Coordinated Platinum(II) Complexes

    Sarah J Farley;David L Rochester;Amber L Thompson;Judith A K Howard

  • DABCO-Bis(sulfur dioxide), DABSO, as a Convenient Source of Sulfur Dioxide for Organic Synthesis: Utility in Sulfonamide and Sulfamide Preparation

    Holly Woolven;Carlos González-Rodríguez;Isabel Marco;Amber L. Thompson

  • Enhancement of anion recognition exhibited by a halogen-bonding rotaxane host system.

    Nathan L. Kilah;Matthew D. Wise;Christopher J. Serpell;Amber L. Thompson

  • Giant negative linear compressibility in zinc dicyanoaurate

    Andrew B. Cairns;Jadna Catafesta;Claire Levelut;Jérôme Rouquette

  • A Porphyrin Fused to Four Anthracenes

    Nicola K. S. Davis;Amber L. Thompson;Harry L. Anderson

  • Synthesis of meta-substituted arene bioisosteres from [3.1.1]propellane

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  • Bis-anthracene fused porphyrins: synthesis, crystal structure, and near-IR absorption.

    Nicola K. S. Davis;Amber L. Thompson;Harry L. Anderson

  • Belt-shaped π-systems: relating geometry to electronic structure in a six-porphyrin nanoring.

    Johannes K. Sprafke;Dmitry V. Kondratuk;Michael Wykes;Amber L. Thompson

  • Evidence for halogen bond covalency in acyclic and interlocked halogen-bonding receptor anion recognition.

    Sean W. Robinson;Chantal L. Mustoe;Nicholas G. White;Nicholas G. White;Asha Brown

  • Chalcogen Bonding Macrocycles and [2]Rotaxanes for Anion Recognition

    Jason Y. C. Lim;Igor Marques;Amber L. Thompson;Kirsten E. Christensen

  • High‐Purity Discrete PEG‐Oligomer Crystals Allow Structural Insight

    Alister C. French;Amber L. Thompson;Benjamin G. Davis

  • Dehydrogenation of Saturated CC and BN Bonds at Cationic N-Heterocyclic Carbene Stabilized M(III) Centers (M = Rh, Ir)

    Christina Y Tang;Amber L Thompson;Simon Aldridge

  • Separating Electrophilicity and Lewis Acidity: The Synthesis, Characterization, and Electrochemistry of the Electron Deficient Tris(aryl)boranes B(C6F5)3–n(C6Cl5)n (n = 1–3)

    Andrew E. Ashley;Thomas J. Herrington;Gregory G. Wildgoose;Hasna Zaher

  • Enabling and Probing Oxidative Addition and Reductive Elimination at a Group 14 Metal Center: Cleavage and Functionalization of E–H Bonds by a Bis(boryl)stannylene

    Andrey V. Protchenko;Joshua I. Bates;Liban M. A. Saleh;Matthew P. Blake

  • Supramolecular mechanics in a metal–organic framework

    Joseph M. Ogborn;Ines E. Collings;Stephen A. Moggach;Amber L. Thompson

  • An All‐Halogen Bonding Rotaxane for Selective Sensing of Halides in Aqueous Media

    Benjamin R. Mullaney;Amber L. Thompson;Paul D. Beer

  • Cyclometalated Platinum(II) Complexes of Pyrazole-Based, N∧C∧N-Coordinating, Terdentate Ligands: the Contrasting Influence of Pyrazolyl and Pyridyl Rings on Luminescence

    Stéphanie Develay;Octavia Blackburn;Amber L. Thompson;J. A. Gareth Williams

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon Aldridge
Simon Aldridge University of Oxford
Andrew L. Goodwin
Andrew L. Goodwin University of Oxford
George W. J. Fleet
George W. J. Fleet University of Oxford
Paul D. Beer
Paul D. Beer University of Oxford
Andrew R. Cowley
Andrew R. Cowley University of Oxford
Véronique Gouverneur
Véronique Gouverneur University of Oxford
Dermot O'Hare
Dermot O'Hare University of Oxford
Harry L. Anderson
Harry L. Anderson University of Oxford
Stephen G. Davies
Stephen G. Davies University of Oxford
Andrew S. Weller
Andrew S. Weller University of York

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