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François P. Gabbaï

François P. Gabbaï

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Chemistry

D-Index
77
Citations
20673
World Ranking
4032
National Ranking
1278

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society

Overview

François P. Gabbaï is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with a focus on several specialized subfields including Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, and Spectroscopy.

The scientist's work covers multiple topics, notably:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Organoboron and Organosilicon Chemistry
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Crystallography and Molecular Interactions
  • Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Inorganic/Organometallic Compounds
  • Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection

François P. Gabbaï has published extensively in several prominent venues. The most frequent publication sources include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Organometallics
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Chemical Science
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Their recent research contributions include the following papers:

  • Anion Chelation via Double Chalcogen Bonding: The Case of a Bis-telluronium Dication and Its Application in Electrophilic Catalysis via Metal-Chloride Bond Activation (2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Redox-controlled chalcogen-bonding at tellurium: impact on Lewis acidity and chloride anion transport properties (2020, Chemical Science)
  • Redox-controlled chalcogen and pnictogen bonding: the case of a sulfonium/stibonium dication as a preanionophore for chloride anion transport (2020, Chemical Science)
  • Lewis Acidic Telluronium Cations: Enhanced Chalcogen-Bond Donor Properties and Application to Transfer Hydrogenation Catalysis (2021, Organometallics)
  • Binding, Sensing, And Transporting Anions with Pnictogen Bonds: The Case of Organoantimony Lewis Acids (2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society)

The scientist commonly collaborates with several researchers across different studies. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Benyu Zhou
  • Gyeongjin Park
  • Elishua D. Litle
  • Mohammadjavad Karimi
  • Martin Piesch

François P. Gabbaï has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Chemical Society since 2011.

Best Publications

  • Fluoride Ion Complexation and Sensing Using Organoboron Compounds

    Casey R Wade;Alexander E J Broomsgrove;Simon Aldridge;François P Gabbaï

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  • Fluoride ion recognition by chelating and cationic boranes.

    Todd W. Hudnall;Ching-Wen Chiu;François P. Gabbaï

  • Ammonium boranes for the selective complexation of cyanide or fluoride ions in water.

    Todd W. Hudnall;Francois P. Gabbai

  • A Heteronuclear Bidentate Lewis Acid as a Phosphorescent Fluoride Sensor

    Mohand Melaimi;Francois P. Gabbaï

  • Cationic boranes for the complexation of fluoride ions in water below the 4 ppm maximum contaminant level.

    Youngmin Kim;François P. Gabbaï

  • A bidentate borane as colorimetric fluoride ion sensor

    Stéphane Solé;François P. Gabbaï

  • π-Complexation of Biphenyl, Naphthalene, and Triphenylene to Trimeric Perfluoro-ortho-phenylene Mercury. Formation of Extended Binary Stacks with Unusual Luminescent Properties

    Mason R. Haneline;Mitsukimi Tsunoda;Francois P. Gabbai

  • Fluoride ion capture from water with a cationic borane.

    Ching-Wen Chiu;Francois P. Gabbaï

  • A Borenium Cation Stabilized by an N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligand

    Takeshi Matsumoto;François P. Gabbaï

  • A bidentate Lewis acid with a telluronium ion as an anion-binding site

    Haiyan Zhao;François P. Gabbaï

  • Coordination- and Redox-Noninnocent Behavior of Ambiphilic Ligands Containing Antimony

    J. Stuart Jones;François P. Gabbaï

  • Fluoride ion chelation by a bidentate phosphonium/borane Lewis acid.

    Todd W Hudnall;Young-Min Kim;Magnus William Paul Bebbington;Didier Bourissou

  • Stibonium ions for the fluorescence turn-on sensing of F- in drinking water at parts per million concentrations.

    Iou-Sheng Ke;Mykhaylo Myahkostupov;Felix N Castellano;François P Gabbaï

  • Sulfonium Boranes for the Selective Capture of Cyanide Ions in Water

    Youngmin Kim;Haiyan Zhao;François P. Gabbaï

  • Fluoride ion complexation by a cationic borane in aqueous solution

    Min Hyung Lee;Tomohiro Agou;Junji Kobayashi;Takayuki Kawashima

  • Activation of a Hydroamination Gold Catalyst by Oxidation of a Redox-Noninnocent Chlorostibine Z-Ligand.

    Haifeng Yang;François P. Gabbaı̈

  • A BODIPY boronium cation for the sensing of fluoride ions.

    Todd W. Hudnall;François P. Gabbaï

  • Cyanide anion binding by a triarylborane at the outer rim of a cyclometalated ruthenium(II) cationic complex.

    Casey R. Wade;François P. Gabbaï

  • An Intramolecular Boron−Boron One-Electron σ-Bond

    James D. Hoefelmeyer and;François P. Gabbaï

  • Structural and Electrochemical Investigations of the High Fluoride Affinity of Sterically Hindered 1,8-Bis(boryl)naphthalenes

    Mohand Melaïmi;Stéphane Solé;Ching-Wen Chiu;Huadong Wang

  • Sensing of Aqueous Fluoride Anions by Cationic Stibine–Palladium Complexes

    Casey R. Wade;Iou-Sheng Ke;François P. Gabbaï

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan H. Cowley
Alan H. Cowley The University of Texas at Austin
Carl J. Carrano
Carl J. Carrano San Diego State University
Mohand Melaimi
Mohand Melaimi University of California, San Diego
Manfred Scheer
Manfred Scheer University of Regensburg
Mohammad A. Omary
Mohammad A. Omary University of North Texas
Guy Bertrand
Guy Bertrand University of California, San Diego
Didier Bourissou
Didier Bourissou Paul Sabatier University
Hubert Schmidbaur
Hubert Schmidbaur Technical University of Munich
Yu-Sheng Chen
Yu-Sheng Chen Nankai University
John A. Gladysz
John A. Gladysz Texas A&M University

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