Christopher C. Cummins

Research.com Recognitions

• 2017 - Linus Pauling Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)
• 2017 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
• 2013 - Ludwig Mond Award, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
• 2008 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• 1998 - ACS Award in Pure Chemistry, American Chemical Society (ACS)
• 1997 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Best Publications

• Dinitrogen Cleavage by a Three-Coordinate Molybdenum(III) Complex

  Catalina E. Laplaza;Christopher C. Cummins

  745
  Citations

• Dinitrogen cleavage by three-coordinate molybdenum(III) complexes: Mechanistic and structural data

  Catalina E. Laplaza;Marc J. A. Johnson;Jonas C. Peters;Aaron L. Odom

  498
  Citations

• Early-Transition-Metal-Mediated Activation and Transformation of White Phosphorus

  Brandi M. Cossairt;Nicholas A. Piro;Christopher C. Cummins

  476
  Citations

• Towards uranium catalysts.

  Alexander R. Fox;Suzanne C. Bart;Karsten Meyer;Christopher C. Cummins

  463
  Citations

• Methane and benzene activation via transient (tert-Bu3SiNH)2Zr:NSi-tert-Bu3

  Christopher C. Cummins;Steven M. Baxter;Peter T. Wolczanski

  459
  Citations

• Arene-Bridged Diuranium Complexes: Inverted Sandwiches Supported by δ Backbonding

  Paula L. Diaconescu;Polly L. Arnold;Thomas A. Baker;and Daniel J. Mindiola

  340
  Citations

• Tri-tert-butylsilyl)imido complexes of titanium: benzene carbon-hydrogen activation and structure of [(tert-Bu3SiNH)Ti]2(.mu.-NSi-tert-Bu3)2

  Christopher C. Cummins;Christopher P. Schaller;Gregory D. Van Duyne;Peter T. Wolczanski

  262
  Citations

• Cleavage of the Nitrous Oxide NN Bond by a Tris(amido)molybdenum(III) Complex

  Catalina E. Laplaza;Aaron L. Odom;William M. Davis;Christopher C. Cummins

  248
  Citations

• Triple-Bond Reactivity of Diphosphorus Molecules

  Nicholas A. Piro;Joshua S. Figueroa;Jessica T. McKellar;Christopher C. Cummins

  221
  Citations

• Phosphinidenetantalum(V) Complexes of the Type [(N3N)TaPR] as Phospha-Wittig Reagents

  Christopher C. Cummins;Richard R. Schrock;William M. Davis

  215
  Citations

• Heterodinuclear Uranium/Molybdenum Dinitrogen Complexes

  Aaron L. Odom;Polly L. Arnold;Christopher C. Cummins

  212
  Citations

• A Nitridoniobium(V) Reagent That Effects Acid Chloride to Organic Nitrile Conversion: Synthesis via Heterodinuclear (Nb/Mo) Dinitrogen Cleavage, Mechanistic Insights, and Recycling

  Joshua S. Figueroa;Nicholas A. Piro;Christopher R. Clough;Christopher C. Cummins

  203
  Citations

• Synthesis of Terminal Vanadium(V) Imido, Oxo, Sulfido, Selenido, and Tellurido Complexes by Imido Group or Chalcogenide Atom Transfer to Trigonal Monopyramidal V[N3N] (N3N = [(Me3SiNCH2CH2)3N]3-)

  Christopher C. Cummins;Richard R. Schrock;William M. Davis

  192
  Citations

• Synthesis of zinc sulfide and cadmium sulfide within ROMP block copolymer microdomains

  C. C. Cummins;R. R. Schrock;R. E. Cohen

  168
  Citations

• Shining light on dinitrogen cleavage: structural features, redox chemistry, and photochemistry of the key intermediate bridging dinitrogen complex.

  John J Curley;Timothy R Cook;Steven Y Reece;Peter Müller

  167
  Citations

• A Molybdenum–Phosphorus Triple Bond: Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of the Terminal Phosphido (P3−) Complex [Mo(P)(NRAr)3]

  Catalina E. Laplaza;William M. Davis;Christopher C. Cummins

  164
  Citations

• Redox-Catalyzed Binding of Dinitrogen by Molybdenum N-tert-Hydrocarbylanilide Complexes: Implications for Dinitrogen Functionalization and Reductive Cleavage

  Jonas C. Peters;John-Paul F. Cherry;J. Christopher Thomas;Luis Baraldo

  160
  Citations

• Diuranium Inverted Sandwiches Involving Naphthalene and Cyclooctatetraene

  Paula L. Diaconescu;Christopher C. Cummins

  158
  Citations

• Three‐Coordinate Complexes of “Hard” Ligands: Advances in Synthesis, Structure and Reactivity

  Christopher C. Cummins

  157
  Citations

• Isolation and Structural Characterization of the Terminal Mesityl Azide Complex V(N3Mes)(I)(NRArF)2 and Its Conversion to a Vanadium(V) Imido Complex

  Michael G. Fickes;William M. Davis;Christopher C. Cummins

  156
  Citations

• A cycle for organic nitrile synthesis via dinitrogen cleavage.

  John J. Curley;Emma L. Sceats;Christopher C. Cummins

  155
  Citations

• Trigonal-Monopyramidal MIII Complexes of the Type [M(N3N)] (M = Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe; N3N = [(tBuMe2Si)CH2CH2]3N)†

  Christopher C. Cummins;Jenny Lee;Richard R. Schrock;William D. Davis

  153
  Citations

• Reductive cleavage and related reactions leading to molybdenum–element multiple bonds: new pathways offered by three-coordinate molybdenum(III)

  Christopher C. Cummins

  145
  Citations