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  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society

Overview

Gerald B. Hammond is affiliated with the University of Louisville in the United States. Their research spans several areas within chemistry and materials science, with a particular focus on organic chemistry and materials chemistry. They have contributed to a diverse range of subfields, including pharmaceutical science, inorganic chemistry, and physical and theoretical chemistry.

The main topics of their research work include:

  • Fluorine in Organic Chemistry
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques
  • Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions

They have published extensively in notable venues such as:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Organic Letters
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Among the recent papers associated with their research are:

  • Optimization of Catalysts and Conditions in Gold(I) Catalysis-Counterion and Additive Effects, 2021, Chemical Reviews
  • Gold (I/III)-Catalyzed Trifluoromethylthiolation and Trifluoromethylselenolation of Organohalides, 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Development of N-F fluorinating agents and their fluorinations: Historical perspective, 2021, Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Regio- and Stereoselective Synthesis of 1,2-Dihaloalkenes Using In-Situ-Generated ICl, IBr, BrCl, I2, and Br2, 2020, Chem
  • Trifluoromethyl Nonaflate: A Practical Trifluoromethoxylating Reagent and its Application to the Regio- and Stereoselective Synthesis of Trifluoromethoxylated Alkenes, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Collaborations feature prominently in their work, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Bo Xu
  • Shiwen Liu
  • Yuhao Yang
  • Teruo Umemoto
  • Zhichao Lu

Gerald B. Hammond's contributions have been recognized through awards such as the Fellow of the American Chemical Society, awarded in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Ethnobotany, phytochemistry and pharmacology of Uncaria (Rubiaceae).

    Mary E Heitzman;Catherine C Neto;Elizabeth Winiarz;Abraham J Vaisberg

  • Ligand Effects and Ligand Design in Homogeneous Gold(I) Catalysis

    Weibo Wang;Gerald B. Hammond;Bo Xu

  • Antioxidant activities and antitumor screening of extracts from cranberry fruit (Vaccinium macrocarpon).

    Xiaojun Yan;Brian T. Murphy;Gerald B. Hammond;Joe A. Vinson

  • Recent advances in the isolation and reactivity of organogold complexes

    Le-Ping Liu;Gerald B. Hammond

  • Synthesis and structural characterization of stable organogold(I) compounds. Evidence for the mechanism of gold-catalyzed cyclizations.

    Le-Ping Liu;Bo Xu;Mark S. Mashuta;Gerald B. Hammond

  • Evaluation of the wound-healing activity of selected traditional medicinal plants from Perú

    León F. Villegas;Irma D. Fernández;Holger Maldonado;Rosa Torres

  • Optimization of Catalysts and Conditions in Gold(I) Catalysis-Counterion and Additive Effects.

    Zhichao Lu;Tingting Li;Sagar R Mudshinge;Bo Xu

  • Use of a modified microplate bioassay method to investigate antibacterial activity in the Peruvian medicinal plant Peperomia galioides

    Richard D. Langfield;Frank J. Scarano;Mary E. Heitzman;Miwako Kondo

  • Recent synthetic additions to the visible light photoredox catalysis toolbox.

    Ricardo A. Angnes;Zhou Li;Carlos Roque D. Correia;Gerald B. Hammond

  • Designer HF-Based Fluorination Reagent: Highly Regioselective Synthesis of Fluoroalkenes and gem-Difluoromethylene Compounds from Alkynes

    Otome E. Okoromoba;Junbin Han;Gerald B. Hammond;Bo Xu

  • Synthesis, Cytotoxicity, and Anti-Trypanosoma cruzi Activity of New Chalcones

    José C. Aponte;Manuela Verástegui;Edith Málaga;Mirko Zimic

  • Fluorine‐Enabled Cationic Gold Catalysis: Functionalized Hydration of Alkynes

    Weibo Wang;Jacek Jasinski;Gerald B. Hammond;Bo Xu

  • Identification of triterpene hydroxycinnamates with in vitro antitumor activity from whole cranberry fruit (Vaccinium macrocarpon).

    Brian T. Murphy;Shawna L. MacKinnon;Xiaojun Yan;Gerald B. Hammond

  • Synthesis of β-keto phosphonates from vinyl phosphates via a 1,3-phosphorus migration

    Theodora Calogeropoulou;Gerald B. Hammond;David F. Wiemer

  • Taspine is the cicatrizant principle in Sangre de Grado extracted from Croton lechleri.

    Abraham J. Vaisberg;Marcos Milla;Maria del Carmen Planas;Jose L. Cordova

  • A survey of traditional medicinal plants from the Callejón de Huaylas, Department of Ancash, Perú.

    Gerald B Hammond;Irma D Fernández;León F Villegas;Abraham J Vaisberg

  • Regiospecific Synthesis of Bicyclo- and Heterobicyclo-gem-difluorocyclobutenes Using Functionalized Fluoroallenes and a Novel Mo-Catalyzed Intramolecular [2 + 2] Cycloaddition Reaction

    Qilong Shen;Gerald B Hammond

  • Efficient Synthesis of γ-Keto Esters through Neighboring Carbonyl Group-Assisted Regioselective Hydration of 3-Alkynoates

    Weibo Wang;Bo Xu;Gerald B. Hammond

  • Cationic Gold Catalyst Poisoning and Reactivation

    Manish Kumar;Gerald B. Hammond;Bo Xu

  • Thermodynamically favored aldol reaction of propargyl or allenyl esters: regioselective synthesis of carbinol allenoates.

    Bo Xu;Gerald B. Hammond

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert H. Gilman
Robert H. Gilman Johns Hopkins University
David F. Wiemer
David F. Wiemer University of Iowa
Robert S. Paton
Robert S. Paton Colorado State University
Santos Fustero
Santos Fustero University of Valencia
Jacek B. Jasinski
Jacek B. Jasinski University of Louisville
Gerardo Lamas
Gerardo Lamas National University of San Marcos
Ashraful Islam
Ashraful Islam National Institute for Materials Science
Paul G. Williard
Paul G. Williard Brown University
Kenji Uneyama
Kenji Uneyama Okayama University

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