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Gerard Parkin is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry. Their research output spans a broad range of topics, focusing primarily on materials chemistry and the synthesis and characterization of inorganic and organometallic compounds.

The main fields of study associated with Parkin include:

  • Materials Science
  • Chemistry

Subfields of study reveal a focused expertise in:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Process Chemistry and Technology
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

Parkin's main topics of work comprise:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
  • Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry
  • Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds
  • Crystallography and molecular interactions

The scientist has published numerous papers, notably in journals such as Organometallics, Chemical Communications, Polyhedron, Journal of the American Chemical Society, and Dalton Transactions. Some recent publications include:

  • "N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes of Nickel, Palladium, and Iridium Derived from Nitron: Synthesis, Structures, and Catalytic Properties" (2021, Organometallics)
  • "Synthesis of bis(2-pyridylthio)methyl zinc hydride and catalytic hydrosilylation and hydroboration of CO2" (2022, Chemical Communications)
  • "Synthesis and structural characterization of bis(2-pyridylthio)(p-tolylthio)methyl zinc complexes and the catalytic hydrosilylation of CO2" (2020, Polyhedron)
  • "Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of a Terminal Cadmium Hydride Compound, [κ3-TismPriBenz]CdH" (2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • "Impact of the coordination of multiple Lewis acid functions on the electronic structure and vnconfiguration of a metal center" (2021, Dalton Transactions)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Parkin include:

  • Daniel G. Shlian
  • Erika Amemiya
  • Aaron Loo
  • David A. Vaccaro
  • Michael Rauch

Parkin's publications are most frequently found in these venues:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Organometallics
  • Polyhedron
  • Dalton Transactions
  • Journal of Molecular Structure

Best Publications

  • Synthetic analogues relevant to the structure and function of zinc enzymes.

    Gerard Parkin

  • Agostic interactions in transition metal compounds

    Maurice Brookhart;Malcolm L. H. Green;Gerard Parkin

  • The occurrence and representation of three-centre two-electron bonds in covalent inorganic compounds

    Jennifer C. Green;Malcolm L. H. Green;Gerard Parkin

  • Zinc catalysts for on-demand hydrogen generation and carbon dioxide functionalization.

    Wesley Sattler;Gerard Parkin

  • Aqua, Alcohol, and Acetonitrile Adducts of Tris(perfluorophenyl)borane: Evaluation of Brønsted Acidity and Ligand Lability with Experimental and Computational Methods

    Catherine Bergquist;Brian M. Bridgewater;C. Jeff Harlan;Jack R. Norton

  • A simple description of the bonding in transition-metal borane complexes

    Gerard Parkin

  • The bioinorganic chemistry of zinc: synthetic analoguesof zinc enzymes that feature tripodal ligands

    Gerard Parkin

  • A mononuclear zinc hydroxide complex stabilized by a highly substituted tris(pyrazolyl)hydroborato ligand: analogies with the enzyme carbonic anhydrase

    Ralf. Alsfasser;Swiatoslaw. Trofimenko;Adrian. Looney;Gerard. Parkin

  • Monomeric Alkyl and Hydride Derivatives of Zinc Supported by Poly(pyrazoly)hydroborato Ligation: Synthetic, Structural, and Reactivity Studies

    Adrian Looney;Runyu Han;Ian B. Gorrell;Mark Cornebise

  • Reactivity of the metal→BX3 dative σ-bond : 1,2-addition reactions of the Fe→BX3 moiety of the ferraboratrane complex [κ4-B(mimbut)3]Fe(CO)2

    Joshua S. Figueroa;Jonathan G. Melnick;Gerard Parkin

  • Reexamination of lead(II) coordination preferences in sulfur-rich sites: implications for a critical mechanism of lead poisoning.

    John S. Magyar;O Tsu-Chien Weng;Charlotte M. Stern;David F. Dye

  • Alkyl, Hydride, and Hydroxide Derivatives of the s- and p-Block Elements Supported by Poly(Pyrazolyl)Borato Ligation: Models for Carbonic Anhydrase, Receptors for Anions, and the Study of Controlled Crystallographic Disorder

    Gerard Parkin

  • Application of the Covalent Bond Classification Method for the Teaching of Inorganic Chemistry

    Malcolm L. H. Green;Gerard Parkin

  • Bond-stretch isomerism in transition metal complexes: a reevaluation of crystallographic data

    Gerard. Parkin

  • Tris(pyrazolyl)hydroboratozinc hydroxide complexes as functional models for carbonic anhydrase: on the nature of the bicarbonate intermediate

    Adrian Looney;Runyu Han;Kristopher McNeill;Gerard Parkin

  • Modeling the Catalytic Site of Liver Alcohol Dehydrogenase: Synthesis and Structural Characterization of a [Bis(thioimidazolyl)(pyrazolyl)hydroborato]zinc Complex, [HB(tim(Me))(2)pz]ZnI.

    Clare Kimblin;Tony Hascall;Gerard Parkin

  • Cleaving carbon–carbon bonds by inserting tungsten into unstrained aromatic rings

    Aaron Sattler;Gerard Parkin

  • Valence, Oxidation Number, and Formal Charge: Three Related but Fundamentally Different Concepts

    Gerard Parkin

  • Terminal oxo, sulfido, selenido, and tellurido complexes of zirconium, ([eta][sup 5]-C[sub 5]Me[sub 4]R)[sub 2]Zr(E)(NC[sub 5]H[sub 5]). Comparison of terminal Zr-E single and Zr=E double bond lengths

    William A. Howard;Gerard Parkin

  • Normal and inverse primary kinetic deuterium isotope effects for C-H bond reductive elimination and oxidative addition reactions of molybdenocene and tungstenocene complexes: evidence for benzene sigma-complex intermediates.

    David G Churchill;Kevin E Janak;Joshua S Wittenberg;Gerard Parkin

  • Alpha- and beta-migratory insertion and elimination processes for alkyl complexes of permethyl-scandocene and permethyltantalocene

    G. Parkin;E. Bunel;B.J. Burger;M.S. Trimmer

Frequent Co-Authors

Malcolm L. H. Green
Malcolm L. H. Green University of Oxford
Prasenjit Ghosh
Prasenjit Ghosh Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
John E. Bercaw
John E. Bercaw California Institute of Technology
Arnold L. Rheingold
Arnold L. Rheingold University of California, San Diego
Jonathan S. Owen
Jonathan S. Owen Columbia University
Richard A. Friesner
Richard A. Friesner Columbia University
Mu-Hyun Baik
Mu-Hyun Baik Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Heinrich Vahrenkamp
Heinrich Vahrenkamp University of Freiburg
Dermot O'Hare
Dermot O'Hare University of Oxford
Swiatoslaw Trofimenko
Swiatoslaw Trofimenko University of Delaware

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