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  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society

Overview

James M. Boncella is affiliated with Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily spans materials science and chemistry, with a focus on materials chemistry, organic chemistry, and inorganic chemistry.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Radioactive element chemistry and processing
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions

Boncella has published extensively, with frequent contributions to the following venues:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Organometallics
  • ChemCatChem
  • Inorganic Chemistry

Recent papers include:

  • "An Allyl Uranium(IV) Sandwich Complex: Are ϕ Bonding Interactions Possible?" (2022), Chemistry - A European Journal
  • "Synthesis and Characterization of Uranium Complexes Supported by Substituted Aryldimethylsilylanilide Ligands" (2024), Organometallics
  • "Intramolecular 1,2 C−H Addition of o-Methyl Groups to Form Unique Ruthenium Pincer Tuck-in Complexes" (2023), ChemCatChem
  • "Realization of an Elusive U(III) Imido Complex" (2024), Chemistry - A European Journal
  • "Double Intramolecular 1,2 C-H Addition of o-Methyl Groups To Form Ruthenium Pincer Double Tuck-In Complexes" (2023), Inorganic Chemistry

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Ivan A. Popov
  • Aaron M. Tondreau
  • Damien B. Culver
  • Erik D. Reinhart
  • Chad M. Studvick

James M. Boncella was recognized in 2017 as a Fellow of the American Chemical Society.

Best Publications

  • Scientific aspects of polymer electrolyte fuel cell durability and degradation.

    Rodney Borup;Jeremy Meyers;Bryan Pivovar;Yu Seung Kim

  • Mechanism of Tetraalkylammonium Headgroup Degradation in Alkaline Fuel Cell Membranes

    Shaji Chempath;Brian R. Einsla;Lawrence R. Pratt;Clay S. Macomber

  • Acyclic diene metathesis (ADMET) polymerization

    K. B. Wagener;J. M. Boncella;J. G. Nel

  • Density Functional Theory Study of Degradation of Tetraalkylammonium Hydroxides

    Shaji Chempath;James M. Boncella;Lawrence R. Pratt;Neil Henson

  • Synthesis of imido analogs of the uranyl ion.

    Trevor W. Hayton;James M. Boncella;Brian L. Scott;Phillip D. Palmer

  • Coordination of 2,2'-bipyridyl and 1,10-phenanthroline to substituted ytterbocenes: An experimental investigation of spin coupling in lanthanide complexes

    Madeleine Schultz;James M. Boncella;David J. Berg;T. Don Tilley

  • Near-infrared electroluminescence from conjugated polymer/lanthanide porphyrin blends

    Benjamin S. Harrison;Timothy J. Foley;Mohamed Bouguettaya;James M. Boncella

  • Hydroxide based decomposition pathways of alkyltrimethylammonium cations

    Joseph B. Edson;Clay S. Macomber;Bryan S. Pivovar;James M. Boncella

  • Cation-cation interactions, magnetic communication, and reactivity of the pentavalent uranium ion [U(NtBu)2]+.

    Liam P. Spencer;Eric J. Schelter;Ping Yang;Robyn L. Gdula

  • Synthesis and reactivity of the imido analogues of the uranyl ion.

    Trevor W. Hayton;James M. Boncella;Brian L. Scott;Enrique R. Batista

  • Facile preparation and photophysics of near-infrared luminescent lanthanide(III) monoporphyrinate complexes.

    Timothy J. Foley;Benjamin S. Harrison;Alison S. Knefely;Khalil A. Abboud

  • Chemical evolution of amphiphiles: glycerol monoacyl derivatives stabilize plausible prebiotic membranes.

    S.E. Maurer;D.W. Deamer;J.M. Boncella;P.-A. Monnard

  • BIS(PENTAMETHYLCYCLOPENTADIENYL)YTTERBIUM(II) AS A LEWIS ACID AND ELECTRON-TRANSFER LIGAND. PREPARATION AND CRYSTAL STRUCTURES OF (YB(ME5C5)2(μ-CO)XMN(CO)5-X)Y (X, Y = 2; X = 3, Y = ∞)

    James M. Boncella;Richard A. Andersen

  • Near-Infrared Photo- and Electroluminescence of Alkoxy-Substituted Poly(p-phenylene) and Nonconjugated Polymer/Lanthanide Tetraphenylporphyrin Blends

    Benjamin S. Harrison;Timothy J. Foley;Alison S. Knefely;Jeremiah K. Mwaura

  • Near‐Infrared Light‐Emitting Diodes (LEDs) Based on Poly(phenylene)/Yb‐tris(β‐Diketonate) Complexes

    T.-S. Kang;B.S. Harrison;M. Bouguettaya;T.J. Foley

  • Near‐Infrared Electroluminescence from Lanthanide Tetraphenylporphyrin:Polystyrene Blends

    Tae-Sik Kang;Benjamin S. Harrison;Timothy J. Foley;Alison S. Knefely

  • Synthesis of an air-stable, moisture-stable, and thermally stable tungsten(VI) oxo alkylidene complex. Precursor to an air- and moisture-stable ROMP catalyst

    Laura L. Blosch;Khalil Abboud;James M. Boncella

  • 1,2-Addition of Formic or Oxalic Acid to –N{CH2CH2(PiPr2)}2-Supported Mn(I) Dicarbonyl Complexes and the Manganese-Mediated Decomposition of Formic Acid

    Aaron M. Tondreau;James M. Boncella

  • The molecular structures of bis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)-calcium and -ytterbium in the gas phase; two bent metallocenes

    Richard A. Andersen;James M. Boncella;Carol J. Burns;Richard Blom

  • Synthesis and Characterization of a Neutral U(II) Arene Sandwich Complex.

    Brennan S. Billow;Brooke N. Livesay;Charles C. Mokhtarzadeh;John McCracken

  • Decomposition pathways of an alkaline fuel cell membrane material component via evolved gas analysis

    C. S. Macomber;J. M. Boncella;B. S. Pivovar;J. A. Rau

Frequent Co-Authors

Khalil A. Abboud
Khalil A. Abboud University of Florida
Brian L. Scott
Brian L. Scott Los Alamos National Laboratory
Kirk S. Schanze
Kirk S. Schanze The University of Texas at San Antonio
Enrique R. Batista
Enrique R. Batista Los Alamos National Laboratory
John R. Reynolds
John R. Reynolds Georgia Institute of Technology
Trevor W. Hayton
Trevor W. Hayton University of California, Santa Barbara
Kenneth B. Wagener
Kenneth B. Wagener University of Florida
Richard A. Andersen
Richard A. Andersen Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Paul H. Holloway
Paul H. Holloway University of Florida
Bryan S. Pivovar
Bryan S. Pivovar National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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