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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1988 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1977 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Jack R. Norton is a researcher affiliated with Columbia University in the United States, whose work primarily spans the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science. Their research contributions are concentrated heavily in Materials Chemistry and Organic Chemistry, with additional focus on Inorganic Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Pharmaceutical Science.

The primary topics of Jack R. Norton's scientific work include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Fluorine in Organic Chemistry

Jack R. Norton has published in a variety of scientific venues, with significant numbers of publications appearing in:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Organic Letters
  • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • Nature Synthesis

Selected recent papers by Jack R. Norton include:

  • "Catalyzing the Hydrodefluorination of CF3-Substituted Alkenes by PhSiH3. H• Transfer from a Nickel Hydride", 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Highly Selective Hydrogenation of CC Bonds Catalyzed by a Rhodium Hydride", 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "On-Demand Photochemical Synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide from Alkylated Anthraquinones", 2022, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • "Catalytic Cycloisomerization onto a Carbonyl Oxygen", 2020, Organic Letters
  • "The synthesis of diverse terpene architectures from phenols", 2022, Nature Synthesis

The researcher frequently collaborates with a number of coauthors, including:

  • Chengbo Yao
  • Farbod Salahi
  • Scott A. Snyder
  • Hunter B. Vibbert
  • Yanjun Wan

Over the course of their career, Jack R. Norton has been recognized with several fellowships. These include being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1999, a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1988, and a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1977.

Best Publications

  • Mechanism of assembly of the tyrosyl radical-dinuclear iron cluster cofactor of ribonucleotide reductase.

    J. M. Bollinger;D. E. Edmondson;B. H. Huynh;J. Filley

  • 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

  • Methyl/Phenyl Exchange between Palladium and a Phosphine Ligand. Consequences for Catalytic Coupling Reactions

    David K. Morita;J. K. Stille;Jack R. Norton

  • Kinetic and thermodynamic acidity of hydrido transition-metal complexes. 3. Thermodynamic acidity of common mononuclear carbonyl hydrides.

    Eric J. Moore;Jeffrey M. Sullivan;Jack R. Norton

  • Resin-bound transition metal complexes

    James P. Collman;Louis S. Hegedus;Manning P. Cooke;Jack R. Norton

  • MECHANISM OF ACETYLENE AND OLEFIN INSERTION INTO PALLADIUM-CARBON Σ BONDS

    Edward G. Samsel;Jack R. Norton

  • Anti-Markovnikov alcohols via epoxide hydrogenation through cooperative catalysis

    Chengbo Yao;Tobias Dahmen;Andreas Gansäuer;Jack Norton

  • Hydrogen‐Atom Transfer Reactions of Transition‐Metal Hydrides

    David C. Eisenberg;Jack R. Norton

  • Organometallic elimination mechanisms: studies on osmium alkyls and hydrides

    Jack R. Norton

  • Kinetic and thermodynamic acidity of hydrido transition-metal complexes. 1. Periodic trends in Group VI complexes and substituent effects in osmium complexes

    Richard F. Jordan;Jack R. Norton

  • Ruthenium-catalyzed ionic hydrogenation of iminium cations. Scope and mechanism.

    Hairong Guan;Masanori Iimura;Matthew P. Magee;Jack R. Norton

  • Stoichiometric, Catalytic, and Enantioface-Selective Hydrogenation of CN Bonds by an Ionic Mechanism

    Matthew P. Magee;Jack R. Norton

  • Intramolecular hydrogen exchange among the coordinated methane fragments of Cp2W(H)CH3. Evidence for the formation of a σ complex of methane prior to elimination

    R. Morris Bullock;Christine E. L. Headford;Karen M. Hennessy;Susan E. Kegley

  • Radical Isomerization and Cycloisomerization Initiated by H• Transfer

    Gang Li;Jonathan L. Kuo;Arthur Han;Janine M. Abuyuan

  • Tin-Free and Catalytic Radical Cyclizations

    Deborah M. Smith;Mary E. Pulling;Jack R. Norton

  • Kinetics of Hydrogen Atom Transfer from (η5-C5H5)Cr(CO)3H to Various Olefins: Influence of Olefin Structure

    Jongwook Choi;Lihao Tang;Jack R. Norton

  • Catalyzing the Hydrodefluorination of CF 3-Substituted Alkenes by PhSiH 3. H• Transfer from a Nickel Hydride

    Chengbo Yao;Shuai Wang;Jack Norton;Matthew Hammond

  • Kinetic and thermodynamic acidity of hydrido transition-metal complexes. 4. Kinetic acidities toward aniline and their use in identifying proton-transfer mechanisms

    Robin T. Edidin;Jeffrey M. Sullivan;Jack R. Norton

  • The reaction of cobaloximes with hydrogen: products and thermodynamics.

    Deven P. Estes;David C. Grills;Jack R. Norton

  • Evidence for formation of a Co-H bond from (H2O)2Co(dmgBF2)2 under H2: application to radical cyclizations.

    Gang Li;Arthur Han;Mary E. Pulling;Deven P. Estes

  • Relative rates of hydrogen atom (H.cntdot.) transfer from transition-metal hydrides to trityl radicals

    David C. Eisenberg;Christophe J. C. Lawrie;Anne E. Moody;Jack R. Norton

Frequent Co-Authors

Oren P. Anderson
Oren P. Anderson Colorado State University
Jack Lewis
Jack Lewis University of Cambridge
James P. Collman
James P. Collman Stanford University
Richard F. Jordan
Richard F. Jordan University of Chicago
Brian F. G. Johnson
Brian F. G. Johnson University of Cambridge
John S. O. Evans
John S. O. Evans Durham University
R. Morris Bullock
R. Morris Bullock Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Christopher E. Anson
Christopher E. Anson Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Scott A. Snyder
Scott A. Snyder University of Chicago
Stefan Grimme
Stefan Grimme University of Bonn

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