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Overview

John Desper is affiliated with Kansas State University in the United States, focusing primarily on the field of Materials Science. Their research spans various subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Computational Theory and Mathematics, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics of Desper's scholarly work include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallography and Molecular Interactions
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure
  • Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds
  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry

Their frequent coauthors are Bhupinder Sandhu, Ann McLean, Abhijeet S. Sinha, Christer B. Aakeröy, and Bernard Wiredu.

Desper's research has been published predominantly in the venue The Cambridge Structural Database, where they have contributed eight publications. Other venues include Chemistry and Synthesis, each hosting one of their papers.

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by Desper include:

  • Assessment of Computational Tools for Predicting Supramolecular Synthons, 2021, Chemistry
  • Synthesis of 2,24-Diene-12,13,15,16,34,35,37,38-octaphenyl[4.4]triphenylparacyclophane, 2021, Synthesis
  • CCDC 2072633: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2021, The Cambridge Structural Database
  • CCDC 2072631: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2021, The Cambridge Structural Database
  • CCDC 2072634: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2021, The Cambridge Structural Database

Their research contribution focuses on experimental crystal structure determinations and materials chemistry related to crystallography and molecular interactions. Computational methods for predicting molecular structures and supramolecular synthons are also part of their research portfolio.

Best Publications

  • Cocrystal or salt: does it really matter?

    Christer B. Aakeröy;and Meg E. Fasulo;John Desper

  • Structural competition between hydrogen bonds and halogen bonds.

    Christer B. Aakeröy;Meg Fasulo;Nate Schultheiss;John Desper

  • Using Cocrystals To Systematically Modulate Aqueous Solubility and Melting Behavior of an Anticancer Drug

    Christer B. Aakeröy;Safiyyah Forbes;John Desper

  • Supramolecular Hierarchy among Halogen‐Bond Donors

    Christer B. Aakeröy;Michele Baldrighi;John Desper;Pierangelo Metrangolo

  • Supramolecular synthesis based on a combination of hydrogen- and halogen bonds.

    Christer B. Aakeröy;Nate C. Schultheiss;Arbin Rajbanshi;John Desper

  • Supramolecular reagents: versatile tools for non-covalent synthesis

    Christer B. Aakeröy;John Desper;Joaquin F. Urbina

  • Competing hydrogen-bond and halogen-bond donors in crystal engineering

    Christer B. Aakeröy;Sheelu Panikkattu;Prashant D. Chopade;John Desper

  • A systematic structural study of halogen bonding versus hydrogen bonding within competitive supramolecular systems

    Christer B. Aakeröy;Christine L. Spartz;Sean Dembowski;Savannah Dwyre

  • Cyanophenyloximes: Reliable and Versatile Tools for Hydrogen-Bond Directed Supramolecular Synthesis of Cocrystals

    Christer B. Aakeröy;Debra J. Salmon;Michelle M. Smith;John Desper

  • Combining halogen bonds and hydrogen bonds in the modular assembly of heteromeric infinite 1-D chains

    Christer B. Aakeröy;John Desper;Brian A. Helfrich;Pierangelo Metrangolo

  • Toward high-yielding supramolecular synthesis: Directed assembly of ditopic imidazoles/benzimidazoles and dicarboxylic acids into cocrystals via selective O-H...N hydrogen bonds

    Christer B. Aakeröy;John Desper;Brian Leonard;Joaquin F. Urbina

  • Constructing, deconstructing, and reconstructing ternary supermolecules.

    Christer B. Aakeröy;John Desper;Michelle M. Smith

  • Avoiding “Synthon Crossover” in Crystal Engineering with Halogen Bonds and Hydrogen Bonds

    Christer B. Aakeröy;Prashant D. Chopade;John Desper

  • Bis-N-heterocyclic carbene palladium(IV) tetrachloride complexes: synthesis, reactivity, and mechanisms of direct chlorinations and oxidations of organic substrates.

    A. Scott McCall;Hongwang Wang;John M. Desper;Stefan Kraft

  • Ten years of co-crystal synthesis; the good, the bad, and the ugly

    Christer B. Aakeröy;John Desper;Meg Fasulo;Izhar Hussain

  • Heteromeric intermolecular interactions as synthetic tools for the formation of binary co-crystals

    Christer B. Aakeröy;John Desper;Brian A. Helfrich

  • Crystal engineering of energetic materials: co-crystals of Ethylenedinitramine (EDNA) with modified performance and improved chemical stability.

    Christer B. Aakeröy;Tharanga K. Wijethunga;John Desper

  • Attempted construction of minoxidil: carboxylic acid cocrystals; 7 salts and 1 cocrystal resulted

    Nate Schultheiss;Keith Lorimer;Skylar Wolfe;John Desper

  • Exploring the hydrogen-bond preference of N–H moieties in co-crystals assembled via O–H(acid)⋯N(py) intermolecular interactions

    Christer B. Aakeröy;Izhar Hussain;Safiyyah Forbes;John Desper

  • The role of metal ions and counterions in the switching behavior of a carboxylic acid functionalized spiropyran

    Manuel Natali;Christer Aakeröy;John Desper;Silvia Giordani

Frequent Co-Authors

Christer B. Aakeröy
Christer B. Aakeröy Kansas State University
Curtis E. Moore
Curtis E. Moore The Ohio State University
Pierangelo Metrangolo
Pierangelo Metrangolo Polytechnic University of Milan
Giuseppe Resnati
Giuseppe Resnati Polytechnic University of Milan
Silvia Giordani
Silvia Giordani Dublin City University
Tullio Pilati
Tullio Pilati Polytechnic University of Milan
Christine M. Aikens
Christine M. Aikens Kansas State University
Victor W. Day
Victor W. Day University of Kansas
Kyeong-Ok Chang
Kyeong-Ok Chang Kansas State University
Ronald Breslow
Ronald Breslow Columbia University

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