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Jeffrey L. Petersen is affiliated with West Virginia University in the United States. Their research primarily spans Materials Science and Chemistry, with a focus on Materials Chemistry and Organic Chemistry as key subfields. Additional areas of work include Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Inorganic Chemistry, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The scientist's scholarly output includes contributions to diverse topics such as:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Magnetism in coordination complexes
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts

Petersen has published extensively, with significant work appearing in venues including:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (29 publications)
  • Inorganic Chemistry (5 publications)
  • Organometallics (3 publications)
  • Chemical Communications (2 publications)
  • Nature Chemistry (1 publication)

Among recent papers, notable titles include:

  • Delayed fluorescence from a zirconium(iv) photosensitizer with ligand-to-metal charge-transfer excited states (2020, Nature Chemistry)
  • Effects of Ligand Substitution on the Optical and Electrochemical Properties of (Pyridinedipyrrolide)zirconium Photosensitizers (2020, Inorganic Chemistry)
  • Long-Lived Photoluminescence of Molecular Group 14 Compounds through Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence (2022, Inorganic Chemistry)
  • Genomics-informed delineation of conservation units in a desert amphibian (2022, Molecular Ecology)
  • Experimental and Computational Analysis of CO 2 Addition Reactions Relevant to Copper-Catalyzed Boracarboxylation of Vinyl Arenes: Evidence for a Phosphine-Promoted Mechanism (2020, Organometallics)

The scientist has worked frequently with several collaborators, with notable coauthors including:

  • Carsten Milsmann (34 joint publications)
  • Novruz G. Akhmedov (26 joint publications)
  • Dylan C. Leary (23 joint publications)
  • Brian S. Dolinar (16 joint publications)
  • Jose G. Rodriguez (10 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Olefin Metathesis-Active Ruthenium Complexes Bearing a Nucleophilic Carbene Ligand

    Jinkun Huang;Edwin D. Stevens;Steven P. Nolan;Jeffrey L. Petersen

  • "Silver effect" in gold(I) catalysis: an overlooked important factor.

    Dawei Wang;Rong Cai;Sripadh Sharma;James Jirak

  • A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study Examining the Binding of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes (NHC) to the Cp*RuCl (Cp* = η5-C5Me5) Moiety: Insight into Stereoelectronic Differences between Unsaturated and Saturated NHC Ligands

    Anna C. Hillier;William J. Sommer;Ben S. Yong;Jeffrey L. Petersen

  • N-Pyrrolyl Phosphines: An Unexploited Class of Phosphine Ligands with Exceptional .pi.-Acceptor Character

    Kenneth G. Moloy;Jeffrey L. Petersen

  • A new class of highly conductive molecular solids: the partially oxidized phthalocyanines

    J. L. Petersen;C. S. Schramm;D. R. Stojakovic;Brian M Hoffman

  • Application of Amine Elimination for the Efficient Preparation of Electrophilic ansa-Monocyclopentadienyl Group 4 Complexes Containing an Appended Amido Functionality. Structural Characterization of [(C5H4)SiMe2(N-t-Bu)]ZrCl2(NMe2H)

    Donald W. Carpenetti;Lioba Kloppenburg;Justin T. Kupec;Jeffrey L. Petersen

  • Triazole−Au(I) Complexes: A New Class of Catalysts with Improved Thermal Stability and Reactivity for Intermolecular Alkyne Hydroamination

    Haifeng Duan;Sujata Sengupta;Jeffrey L. Petersen;Novruz G. Akhmedov

  • 1,2,3-Triazoles as versatile directing group for selective sp2 and sp3 C–H activation: cyclization vs substitution

    Xiaohan Ye;Zhengrong He;Tonia Ahmed;Keith Weise

  • Synthesis, structural characterization, and electrochemistry of [1]metallocenophane complexes, [Si(alkyl)2(C5H4)2]MCl2, M = Ti, Zr

    Chandrasekhar S. Bajgur;Wayne Tikkanen;Jeffrey L. Petersen

  • Electronic Properties of N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) Ligands: Synthetic, Structural, and Spectroscopic Studies of (NHC)Platinum(II) Complexes

    Serena Fantasia;Jeffrey L. Petersen;Heiko Jacobsen;Luigi Cavallo

  • EFFICIENT SYNTHESIS OF CHIRAL ANSA-METALLOCENES BY AMINE ELIMINATION. SYNTHESIS, STRUCTURE, AND REACTIVITY OF RAC-(EBI)ZR(NME2)2

    Gary M. Diamond;Richard F. Jordan;Jeffrey L. Petersen

  • Palladium/P,O-Ligand-Catalyzed Suzuki Cross-Coupling Reactions of Arylboronic Acids and Aryl Chlorides. Isolation and Structural Characterization of (P,O)-Pd(dba) Complex.

    Xiaohong Bei;H. W. Turner;W. H. Weinberg;A. S. Guram

  • Synthesis, Structures, and Reactivity of (R6-acen)ZrR'2 and (R6-acen)Zr(R')+ Complexes (R = H, F; R' = CH2CMe3, CH2Ph)

    Erik B. Tjaden;Dale C. Swenson;Richard F. Jordan;Jeffrey L. Petersen

  • Synthesis, characterization and reactivity of N-heterocyclic carbene gold(III) complexes

    Pierre De Frémont;Rohit Singh;Edwin D. Stevens;Jeffrey L. Petersen

  • Delayed fluorescence from a zirconium(iv) photosensitizer with ligand-to-metal charge-transfer excited states

    Yu Zhang;Tia S. Lee;Joseph M. Favale;Dylan C. Leary

  • Synthesis and structural characterization by x-ray diffraction and EPR single-crystal techniques of (dichloro)bis(.eta.5-methylcyclopentadienyl)vanadium and (dichloro)bis(.eta.5-methylcyclopentadienyl)titanium. Spatial distribution of the unpaired electron in a V(.eta.5-C5H5)2L2-type complex

    Jeffrey L. Petersen;Lawrence F. Dahl

  • Synthesis and Characterization of [Cu(NHC)2]X Complexes: Catalytic and Mechanistic Studies of Hydrosilylation Reactions

    Silvia Díez-González;Edwin D. Stevens;Natalie M. Scott;Jeffrey L. Petersen

  • Models for the Elusive Cp2Zr(R)(olefin)+. Characterization of the d0 Metal Olefin Complex Cp2Zr(OCMe2CH2CH2CH:CH2)+

    Zhe Wu;Richard F. Jordan;Jeffrey L. Petersen

  • Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of rac-Me2Si(indenyl)2Zr(NMe2)2

    Joseph N. Christopher;and Gary M. Diamond;Richard F. Jordan;Jeffrey L. Petersen

  • A Luminescent Zirconium(IV) Complex as a Molecular Photosensitizer for Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis

    Yu Zhang;Jeffrey L. Petersen;Carsten Milsmann

  • SYNTHESIS OF GROUP 4 METAL RAC-(EBI)M(NR2)2 COMPLEXES BY AMINE ELIMINATION. SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS

    Gary M. Diamond and;Richard F. Jordan;Jeffrey L. Petersen

  • Gold-Catalyzed Intermolecular CS Bond Formation: Efficient Synthesis of α-Substituted Vinyl Sulfones

    Yumeng Xi;Boliang Dong;Edward J. McClain;Qiaoyi Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiaodong Shi
Xiaodong Shi University of South Florida
T. Brent Gunnoe
T. Brent Gunnoe University of Virginia
Gerhard Erker
Gerhard Erker University of Münster
Thomas R. Cundari
Thomas R. Cundari University of North Texas
Steven P. Nolan
Steven P. Nolan Ghent University
Gerald Kehr
Gerald Kehr University of Münster
Roland Fröhlich
Roland Fröhlich University of Münster
Constantin G. Daniliuc
Constantin G. Daniliuc University of Münster
Jack M. Williams
Jack M. Williams Argonne National Laboratory
Dawei Wang
Dawei Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences

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