2026 Donald J. Darensbourg: Chemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Chemistry	94	1701	1510	644	531	515	33162

Research.com Recognitions

2019 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2017 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society

Overview

Donald J. Darensbourg is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, with notable contributions in subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Process Chemistry and Technology, Biomaterials, Organic Chemistry, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The main topics covered in their work include:

Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
Crystallization and Solubility Studies
X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
Synthesis and properties of polymers

Donald J. Darensbourg has published research in several prominent venues, including:

The Cambridge Structural Database
Angewandte Chemie
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Green Chemistry
Polymer Chemistry

Frequent collaborators include Gulzar A. Bhat, Mani Sengoden, Marcetta Y. Darensbourg, Hao Nguyen, and A. M. Rashad, with the highest number of joint publications being with Gulzar A. Bhat.

Best Publications

Making plastics from carbon dioxide: salen metal complexes as catalysts for the production of polycarbonates from epoxides and CO2.

Donald J. Darensbourg

2209
Citations
Cobalt catalysts for the coupling of CO2 and epoxides to provide polycarbonates and cyclic carbonates

Xiao-Bing Lu;Donald J. Darensbourg

1564
Citations
Catalysts for the reactions of epoxides and carbon dioxide

Donald J. Darensbourg;Matthew W. Holtcamp

1135
Citations
Construction of ultrastable porphyrin Zr metal-organic frameworks through linker elimination

Dawei Feng;Wan-Chun Chung;Zhangwen Wei;Zhi-Yuan Gu

1122
Citations
Copolymerization of CO2 and epoxides catalyzed by metal salen complexes.

Donald J. Darensbourg;Ryan M. Mackiewicz;and Andrea L. Phelps;Damon R. Billodeaux

652
Citations
Mechanistic aspects of the copolymerization reaction of carbon dioxide and epoxides, using a chiral salen chromium chloride catalyst.

Donald J Darensbourg;Jason C Yarbrough

526
Citations
Chemistry of carbon dioxide relevant to its utilization: a personal perspective.

Donald J. Darensbourg

459
Citations
Comparative kinetic studies of the copolymerization of cyclohexene oxide and propylene oxide with carbon dioxide in the presence of chromium salen derivatives. In situ FTIR measurements of copolymer vs cyclic carbonate production.

Donald J Darensbourg;Jason C Yarbrough;Cesar Ortiz;Cindy C Fang

458
Citations
What's new with CO2? Recent advances in its copolymerization with oxiranes

Donald J. Darensbourg;Stephanie J. Wilson

432
Citations
Catalytic Activity of Zinc(II) Phenoxides Which Possess Readily Accessible Coordination Sites. Copolymerization and Terpolymerization of Epoxides and Carbon Dioxide

Donald J. Darensbourg;Matthew W. Holtcamp

427
Citations
Catalytic activity of a series of Zn(II) phenoxides for the copolymerization of epoxides and carbon dioxide

Donald J. Darensbourg;Matthew W. Holtcamp;Ginette E. Struck;Marc S. Zimmer

411
Citations
A convenient synthesis of cis-Mo(CO)4L2 derivatives (L = Group 5a ligand) and a qualitative study of their thermal reactivity toward ligand dissociation

Donald J. Darensbourg;Robin L. Kump

374
Citations
Bis 2,6-difluorophenoxide Dimeric Complexes of Zinc and Cadmium and Their Phosphine Adducts: Lessons Learned Relative to Carbon Dioxide/Cyclohexene Oxide Alternating Copolymerization Processes Catalyzed by Zinc Phenoxides

Donald J. Darensbourg;Jacob R. Wildeson;and Jason C. Yarbrough;Joseph H. Reibenspies

374
Citations
Ring-Opening Polymerization of Cyclic Monomers by Complexes Derived from Biocompatible Metals. Production of Poly(lactide), Poly(trimethylene carbonate), and Their Copolymers

Donald J. Darensbourg;Wonsook Choi;Osit Karroonnirun;Nattamai Bhuvanesh

362
Citations
Kinetic Studies of the Alternating Copolymerization of Cyclic Acid Anhydrides and Epoxides, and the Terpolymerization of Cyclic Acid Anhydrides, Epoxides, and CO2 Catalyzed by (salen)CrIIICl

Donald J. Darensbourg;Ross R. Poland;Christina Escobedo

310
Citations
A quest for polycarbonates provided via sustainable epoxide/CO2 copolymerization processes

Stephanie J. Poland;Donald J. Darensbourg

304
Citations
Carbon dioxide-based functional polycarbonates: Metal catalyzed copolymerization of CO2 and epoxides

Yanyan Wang;Donald J. Darensbourg

294
Citations
Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactides Catalyzed by Natural Amino-Acid Based Zinc Catalysts

Donald J. Darensbourg;Osit Karroonnirun

267
Citations
Formation of Cyclic Carbonates from Carbon Dioxide and Epoxides Coupling Reactions Efficiently Catalyzed by Robust, Recyclable One-Component Aluminum-Salen Complexes

Dawei Tian;Binyuan Liu;Quanying Gan;Huanrong Li

262
Citations
Cyclohexene oxide/CO2 copolymerization catalyzed by chromium(III) salen complexes and N-methylimidazole: effects of varying salen ligand substituents and relative cocatalyst loading.

Donald J Darensbourg;Ryan M Mackiewicz;Jody L Rodgers;Cindy C Fang

260
Citations
Role of the cocatalyst in the copolymerization of CO2 and cyclohexene oxide utilizing chromium salen complexes.

Unknown

255
Citations
Metal Carbonyl Spectra

Donald J. Darensbourg

11
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph H. Reibenspies Texas A&M University

Marcetta Y. Darensbourg Texas A&M University

Arnold L. Rheingold University of California, San Diego

Ferenc Joó University of Debrecen

F. Albert Cotton Texas A&M University

Xiao-Bing Lu Dalian University of Technology

Paul F. Nealey University of Chicago

Theodore L. Brown University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Zhi-Kang Xu Zhejiang University

Nattamai Bhuvanesh Texas A&M University

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Best Publications

Making plastics from carbon dioxide: salen metal complexes as catalysts for the production of polycarbonates from epoxides and CO2.

Cobalt catalysts for the coupling of CO2 and epoxides to provide polycarbonates and cyclic carbonates

Catalysts for the reactions of epoxides and carbon dioxide

Construction of ultrastable porphyrin Zr metal-organic frameworks through linker elimination

Copolymerization of CO2 and epoxides catalyzed by metal salen complexes.

Mechanistic aspects of the copolymerization reaction of carbon dioxide and epoxides, using a chiral salen chromium chloride catalyst.

Chemistry of carbon dioxide relevant to its utilization: a personal perspective.

Comparative kinetic studies of the copolymerization of cyclohexene oxide and propylene oxide with carbon dioxide in the presence of chromium salen derivatives. In situ FTIR measurements of copolymer vs cyclic carbonate production.

What's new with CO2? Recent advances in its copolymerization with oxiranes

Catalytic Activity of Zinc(II) Phenoxides Which Possess Readily Accessible Coordination Sites. Copolymerization and Terpolymerization of Epoxides and Carbon Dioxide

Catalytic activity of a series of Zn(II) phenoxides for the copolymerization of epoxides and carbon dioxide

A convenient synthesis of cis-Mo(CO)4L2 derivatives (L = Group 5a ligand) and a qualitative study of their thermal reactivity toward ligand dissociation

Bis 2,6-difluorophenoxide Dimeric Complexes of Zinc and Cadmium and Their Phosphine Adducts: Lessons Learned Relative to Carbon Dioxide/Cyclohexene Oxide Alternating Copolymerization Processes Catalyzed by Zinc Phenoxides

Ring-Opening Polymerization of Cyclic Monomers by Complexes Derived from Biocompatible Metals. Production of Poly(lactide), Poly(trimethylene carbonate), and Their Copolymers

Kinetic Studies of the Alternating Copolymerization of Cyclic Acid Anhydrides and Epoxides, and the Terpolymerization of Cyclic Acid Anhydrides, Epoxides, and CO2 Catalyzed by (salen)CrIIICl

A quest for polycarbonates provided via sustainable epoxide/CO2 copolymerization processes

Carbon dioxide-based functional polycarbonates: Metal catalyzed copolymerization of CO2 and epoxides

Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactides Catalyzed by Natural Amino-Acid Based Zinc Catalysts

Formation of Cyclic Carbonates from Carbon Dioxide and Epoxides Coupling Reactions Efficiently Catalyzed by Robust, Recyclable One-Component Aluminum-Salen Complexes

Cyclohexene oxide/CO2 copolymerization catalyzed by chromium(III) salen complexes and N-methylimidazole: effects of varying salen ligand substituents and relative cocatalyst loading.

Role of the cocatalyst in the copolymerization of CO2 and cyclohexene oxide utilizing chromium salen complexes.

Metal Carbonyl Spectra

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