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Karsten Krogh-Jespersen is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research contributions largely focus on the field of Chemistry, with a concentration in subfields such as Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Process Chemistry and Technology, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work encompasses several main research topics including:

  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis

Krogh-Jespersen has published in multiple scientific venues, with a frequent presence in:

  • ACS Catalysis
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • UNC Libraries

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on catalysis involving iridium and rhodium complexes, with selected notable publications including:

  • "Alkane Dehydrogenation Catalyzed by a Fluorinated Phebox Iridium Complex" (2021, ACS Catalysis)
  • "Origin of Regioselectivity in the Dehydrogenation of Alkanes by Pincer-Iridium Complexes: A Combined Experimental and Computational Study" (2021, ACS Catalysis)
  • "Formation of Enamines via Catalytic Dehydrogenation by Pincer-Iridium Complexes" (2020, The Journal of Organic Chemistry)
  • "Experimental and computational study of alkane dehydrogenation catalyzed by a carbazolide-based rhodium PNP pincer complex" (2020, UNC Libraries)

They have collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Alan S. Goldman
  • Santanu Malakar
  • Xiaoguang Zhou
  • T.R. Dugan
  • Kun Wang

Best Publications

  • Lasing action in a family of perylene derivatives: singlet absorption and emission spectra, triplet absorption and oxygen quenching constants, and molecular mechanics and semiempirical molecular orbital calculations

    Mahin Sadrai;Linda Hadel;Ronald R. Sauers;Syeda Husain

  • Why Do Cationic Carbon Monoxide Complexes Have High C−O Stretching Force Constants and Short C−O Bonds? Electrostatic Effects, Not σ-Bonding

    Alan S. Goldman;Karsten Krogh-Jespersen

  • Highly effective pincer-ligated iridium catalysts for alkane dehydrogenation. DFT calculations of relevant thermodynamic, kinetic, and spectroscopic properties.

    Keming Zhu;Patrick D. Achord;Xiawei Zhang;Karsten Krogh-Jespersen

  • The glycine zwitterion does not exist in the gas phase: results from a detailed ab initio electronic structure study

    Yanbo Ding;Karsten Krogh-Jespersen

  • An Anisotropic Polarizable Water Model: Incorporation of All-Atom Polarizabilities into Molecular Mechanics Force Fields

    Dan N. Bernardo;Yanbo Ding;Karsten Krogh-Jespersen;Ronald M. Levy

  • Charge-transfer absorptions of copper(II)-imidazole and copper(II)-imidazolate chromophores

    Timothy G. Fawcett;Ernest E. Bernarducci;Karsten Krogh-Jespersen;Harvey J. Schugar

  • Net Oxidative Addition of C(sp3)-F Bonds to Iridium via Initial C-H Bond Activation

    Jongwook Choi;David Y. Wang;Sabuj Kundu;Yuriy Choliy

  • Thermochemical alkane dehydrogenation catalyzed in solution without the use of a hydrogen acceptor

    Wei-wei Xu;Glen P. Rosini;Karsten Krogh-Jespersen;Alan S. Goldman

  • Aromaticity in small rings containing boron and carbon, ((CH)2(BH)n, n = 1,2): comarisons with isoelectronic carbocations. The decisive roles of orbital mixing and nonbonded 1,3-interactions in the structures of four-membered rings

    K. Krogh-Jespersen;D. Cremer;J. D. Dill;J. A. Pople

  • Addition of C−H Bonds to the Catalytically Active Complex (PCP)Ir (PCP = η3-2,6-(tBu2PCH2)2C6H3)

    Mira Kanzelberger;Bharat Singh;Margaret Czerw;Karsten Krogh-Jespersen

  • HIV-1 reverse transcriptase structure with RNase H inhibitor dihydroxy benzoyl naphthyl hydrazone bound at a novel site.

    Daniel M. Himmel;Stefan G. Sarafianos;Stefan G. Sarafianos;Sanjeewa Dharmasena;Mohammed M. Hossain

  • Combined Computational and Experimental Study of Substituent Effects on the Thermodynamics of H2, CO, Arene, and Alkane Addition to Iridium

    Karsten Krogh-Jespersen;Margaret Czerw;Keming Zhu;Bharat Singh

  • Rational design and synthesis of highly active pincer-iridium catalysts for alkane dehydrogenation

    Sabuj Kundu;Yuriy Choliy;Gao Zhuo;Ritu Ahuja

  • On the mechanism of (PCP)Ir-catalyzed acceptorless dehydrogenation of alkanes: a combined computational and experimental study.

    Karsten Krogh-Jespersen;Margaret Czerw;Nadine Summa;Kenton B. Renkema

  • Solvent effects on optical absorption spectra: the 1A1 .fwdarw. 1A2 transition of formaldehyde in water

    John T. Blair;Karsten Krogh-Jespersen;Ronald M. Levy

  • Evaluating the Thermodynamics of Electrocatalytic N2 Reduction in Acetonitrile

    Brian M. Lindley;Aaron M. Appel;Karsten Krogh-Jespersen;James M. Mayer

  • Dimerization of Alkynes Promoted by a Pincer-Ligated Iridium Complex. C−C Reductive Elimination Inhibited by Steric Crowding

    Rajshekhar Ghosh;Xiawei Zhang;Patrick Achord;Thomas J. Emge

  • Dimethoxycarbene: direct observation of an archetypal nucleophilic carbene

    Robert A. Moss;Marek. Wlostowski;Shilan. Shen;Karsten. Krogh-Jespersen

  • The 1:1 glycine zwitterion‐water complex: An ab initio electronic structure study

    Yanbo Ding;Karsten Krogh-Jespersen

  • Molecular dynamics simulation of time-resolved fluorescence and nonequilibrium solvation of formaldehyde in water

    Ronald M. Levy;Douglas B. Kitchen;John T. Blair;Karsten. Krogh-Jespersen

  • Structural and energetic features of fully substituted silylenes, disilenes, and silylsilylenes (SiX2, X2SiSiX2, and XSiSiX3; X = lithium, methyl, and fluorine)

    Karsten Krogh-Jespersen

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert A. Moss
Robert A. Moss Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Alan S. Goldman
Alan S. Goldman Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Thomas J. Emge
Thomas J. Emge Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Harvey J. Schugar
Harvey J. Schugar Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
John D. Westbrook
John D. Westbrook Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Ronald M. Levy
Ronald M. Levy Temple University
Lionel Goodman
Lionel Goodman Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Paul v. R. Schleyer
Paul v. R. Schleyer University of Georgia
Maurice Brookhart
Maurice Brookhart University of Houston
Peter H. M. Budzelaar
Peter H. M. Budzelaar University of Naples Federico II

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