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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Jaqueline L. Kiplinger is affiliated with Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on materials science, with a strong emphasis on materials chemistry. Within this broad field, they have contributed to subfields including inorganic chemistry, radiation, organic chemistry, and safety research.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, reflecting a diverse research portfolio. These include crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, radioactive element chemistry and processing, nuclear physics and applications, organometallic complex synthesis and catalysis, forensic fingerprint detection methods, and coordination chemistry and organometallics.

Kiplinger has published extensively, with frequent appearances in established scientific venues. Their most common publication venue is The Cambridge Structural Database, with ten contributions. They have also published in Dalton Transactions twice, as well as Analytical Chemistry, Nature, and Chemical Communications.

Some recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Kiplinger include:

  • Actinide 2-metallabiphenylenes that satisfy Hückel's rule, 2020, Nature
  • Recent Advances in Nuclear Forensic Chemistry, 2020, Analytical Chemistry
  • Low-spin 1,1'-diphosphametallocenates of chromium and iron, 2020, Chemical Communications
  • Neutron radiography through a SIFaN instrument, 2021, OSA Imaging and Applied Optics Congress 2021 (3D, COSI, DH, ISA, pcAOP)
  • Contents list, 2023, Dalton Transactions

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kiplinger include:

  • Brian L. Scott
  • Samuel M. Greer
  • Ökten Üngör
  • Ross J. Beattie
  • Benjamin W. Stein

Throughout their career, Kiplinger has been recognized by professional organizations. They are a Fellow of the American Chemical Society since 2018. Additionally, they were named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Uranium azide photolysis results in C–H bond activation and provides evidence for a terminal uranium nitride

    Robert K. Thomson;Thibault Cantat;Brian L. Scott;David E. Morris

  • Pentavalent uranium chemistry: synthetic pursuit of a rare oxidation state.

    Christopher R. Graves;Jaqueline L. Kiplinger

  • Organometallic uranium(V)-imido halide complexes: from synthesis to electronic structure and bonding.

    Christopher R. Graves;Ping Yang;Stosh A. Kozimor;Anthony E. Vaughn

  • Trends in Electronic Structure and Redox Energetics for Early-Actinide Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl Complexes

    David E. Morris;Ryan E. Da Re;Kimberly C. Jantunen;and Ingrid Castro-Rodriguez

  • A lanthanide phosphinidene complex: synthesis, structure, and phospha-Wittig reactivity.

    Jason D. Masuda;Kimberly C. Jantunen;Oleg V. Ozerov;Kevin J. T. Noonan

  • Thorium(IV) and Uranium(IV) Ketimide Complexes Prepared by Nitrile Insertion into Actinide−Alkyl and −Aryl Bonds

    Kimberly C. Jantunen;Carol J. Burns;Ingrid Castro-Rodriguez;Ryan E. Da Re

  • A new mode of reactivity for pyridine N-oxide: C-H activation with uranium(IV) and thorium(IV) bis(alkyl) complexes.

    Jaime A. Pool;Brian L. Scott;Jaqueline L. Kiplinger

  • 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

  • Convenient access to the anhydrous thorium tetrachloride complexes ThCl4(DME)2, ThCl4(1,4-dioxane)2 and ThCl4(THF)3.5 using commercially available and inexpensive starting materials

    Thibault Cantat;Brian L. Scott;Jaqueline L. Kiplinger

  • UI4(1,4-dioxane)2, [UCl4(1,4-dioxane)]2, and UI3(1,4-dioxane)1.5: Stable and Versatile Starting Materials for Low- and High-Valent Uranium Chemistry

    Marisa J. Monreal;Robert K. Thomson;Thibault Cantat;Nicholas E. Travia

  • Convenient Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of (C5Me5)U(CH2C6H5)3: A Simple Strategy for the Preparation of Monopentamethylcyclopentadienyl Uranium(IV) Complexes

    Jaqueline L. Kiplinger;David E. Morris;Brian L. Scott;Carol J. Burns

  • Probing the chemistry, electronic structure and redox energetics in organometallic pentavalent uranium complexes.

    Christopher R. Graves;Anthony E. Vaughn;Eric J. Schelter;Brian L. Scott

  • Evidence for the involvement of 5f orbitals in the bonding and reactivity of organometallic actinide compounds: thorium(IV) and uranium(IV) bis(hydrazonato) complexes.

    Thibault Cantat;Christopher R Graves;Kimberly C Jantunen;Carol J Burns

  • Facile access to pentavalent uranium organometallics: one-electron oxidation of uranium(IV) imido complexes with copper(I) salts.

    Christopher R. Graves;Brian L. Scott;David E. Morris;Jaqueline L. Kiplinger

  • The First f-Element Ketimido Complex: Synthesis and Characterization of (C5Me5)2U(−NCPh2)2

    Jaqueline L. Kiplinger;David E. Morris;Brian L. Scott;Carol J. Burns

  • Systematic studies of early actinide complexes: uranium(IV) fluoroketimides.

    Eric J. Schelter;Ping Yang;Brian L. Scott;J. D. Thompson

  • Molecular quadrangle formation from a diuranium μ-η6,η6-toluene complex

    Marisa J. Monreal;Marisa J. Monreal;Saeed I. Khan;Jaqueline L. Kiplinger;Paula L. Diaconescu

  • Tetravalent and Pentavalent Uranium Acetylide Complexes Prepared by Oxidative Functionalization with CuC≡CPh

    Christopher R. Graves;Brian L. Scott;David E. Morris;Jaqueline L. Kiplinger

  • Enhancing the reactivity of uranium(VI) organoimido complexes with diazoalkanes

    Jaqueline L. Kiplinger;David E. Morris;Brian L. Scott;Carol J. Burns

  • Synthesis, structure, spectroscopy and redox energetics of a series of uranium(IV) mixed-ligand metallocene complexes

    Robert K. Thomson;Brian L. Scott;David E. Morris;Jaqueline L. Kiplinger

  • Triammineruthenium(II) complexes bound with the novel bridging ligand 2,3,5,6-tetrakis(2-pyridyl)pyrazine (tppz)

    Ronald Ruminski;Jaqueline Kiplinger;Timothy Cockroft;Charles Chase

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian L. Scott
Brian L. Scott Los Alamos National Laboratory
David E. Morris
David E. Morris Los Alamos National Laboratory
Eric J. Schelter
Eric J. Schelter University of Pennsylvania
Thibault Cantat
Thibault Cantat University of Paris-Saclay
Carol J. Burns
Carol J. Burns Los Alamos National Laboratory
P. Jeffrey Hay
P. Jeffrey Hay Los Alamos National Laboratory
Enrique R. Batista
Enrique R. Batista Los Alamos National Laboratory
Richard L. Martin
Richard L. Martin Los Alamos National Laboratory
James M. Boncella
James M. Boncella Los Alamos National Laboratory
Wanyi Nie
Wanyi Nie Los Alamos National Laboratory

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