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Kenneth G. Caulton

Kenneth G. Caulton

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Chemistry

D-Index
77
Citations
20939
World Ranking
4022
National Ranking
1275

Overview

Kenneth G. Caulton is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States and is primarily engaged in research within the field of Materials Science. Their work has a significant focus on Materials Chemistry as well as Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalysis, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Caulton's research topics encompass a range of subjects, notably:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts

The scientist has contributed to several publications over recent years. Select papers include:

  • "Unusual Dinitrogen Binding and Electron Storage in Dinuclear Iron Complexes," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "A reagent for heteroatom borylation, including iron mediated reductive deoxygenation of nitrate yielding a dinitrosyl complex," 2020, Dalton Transactions
  • "Nickel-mediated N-N bond formation and N2O liberation via nitrogen oxyanion reduction," 2021, Chemical Science
  • "Nitrogen oxyanion reduction by Co(ii) augmented by a proton responsive ligand: recruiting multiple metals," 2020, Dalton Transactions
  • "A proton-responsive ligand becomes a dimetal linker for multisubstrate assembly via nitrate deoxygenation," 2021, Chemical Communications

Caulton has frequent collaborations with several coauthors, including:

  • Veronica Carta
  • Alyssa C. Cabelof
  • Maren Pink
  • Daniel M. Beagan
  • Chun-Hsing Chen

The scientist publishes regularly in key venues related to their research interests, such as:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Dalton Transactions
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Inorganica Chimica Acta

Caulton's research outputs reflect extensive engagement with crystallography techniques and catalytic processes within inorganic and materials chemistry contexts. Their explored topics also include nitrogen reduction methods and development of metal-organic frameworks, which are relevant to several applied chemical and materials processes.

Best Publications

  • Synthesis, structural principles and reactivity of heterometallic alkoxides

    Kenneth G. Caulton;Liliane G. Hubert-Pfalzgraf

  • An attractive cis-effect of hydride on neighbor ligands: experimental and theoretical studies on the structure and intramolecular rearrangements of Fe(H)2(.eta.2-H2)(PEtPh2)3

    Lori S. Van der Sluys;Juergen Eckert;Odile Eisenstein;John H. Hall

  • Chemistry of yttrium triisopropoxide revisited. Characterization and crystal structure of Y5(.mu.5-O)(.mu.3-OPr-iso)4(.mu.2-OPr-iso)4(OPr-iso)5

    Olivier Poncelet;William J. Sartain;Liliane G. Hubert-Pfalzgraf;Kirsten Folting

  • Alcohol adducts of alkoxides: intramolecular hydrogen bonding as a general structural feature

    B.A. Vaartstra;J.C. Huffman;K.G. Caulton;P.S. Gradeff

  • Synthetic methods in transition metal nitrosyl chemistry

    K.G. Caulton

  • A donor semibridge? Molecular structures of dicyclopentadienyldivanadiumtetracarbonyltriphenylphosphine and dicyclopentadienyldivanadiumpentacarbonyl

    J. C. Huffman;L. N. Lewis;K. G. Caulton

  • Solution structure and dynamics of five-coordinate d6 complexes

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  • Syntheses and structures of a series of very low coordinate barium compounds: Ba[N(SiMe3)2]2(THF)2, {Ba[N(SiMe3)2)]2(THF)}2, and {Ba[N(SiMe3)2]2}2

    Brian A. Vaartstra;John C. Huffman;William E. Streib;Kenneth G. Caulton

  • Systematics and Future Projections Concerning Redox-Noninnocent Amide/Imine Ligands

    Kenneth G. Caulton

  • PI -STABILIZED, YET REACTIVE, HALF-SANDWICH CP*RU(PR3)X COMPOUNDS : SYNTHESIS, STRUCTURE, AND BONDING

    Todd J. Johnson;Kirsten Folting;William E. Streib;James D. Martin

  • Soluble copper hydrides: solution behavior and reactions related to carbon monoxide hydrogenation

    Gary V. Goeden;Kenneth G. Caulton

  • Structure of tetra-n-butyratodiruthenium chloride, a compound with a strong metal-metal bond

    Michael John Bennett;Kenneth G. Caulton;F. Albert Cotton

  • Molecular structure of (.eta.5-C5H5)2Ti(OC2H5)Cl and [(.eta.5-C5H5)Cl2Ti]2O2C2(CH3)4. A structural basis for deoxygenation using titanium

    John C. Huffman;Kenneth G. Moloy;John A. Marsella;Kenneth G. Caulton

  • Spectroscopic assessment of the degree of .pi.-stabilization of unsaturation in ruthenium complex, RuH(X)CO(P-tert-Bu2Me)2

    Jason T. Poulton;Kirsten Folting;William E. Streib;Kenneth G. Caulton

  • RuHX(CO)(PR3)2: Can .nu.CO Be a Probe for the Nature of the Ru-X Bond?

    Jason T. Poulton;Michael P. Sigalas;Kirsten Folting;William E. Streib

  • Computational Evidence of the Importance of Substituent Bulk on Agostic Interactions in Ir(H)2(PtBu2Ph)2

    Gregori Ujaque;Alan C. Cooper;Feliu Maseras;Odile Eisenstein

  • Reaction of H2 with IrHCl2P2 (P = PiPr3 or PtBu2Ph): Stereoelectronic Control of the Stability of Molecular H2 Transition Metal Complexes

    Alberto Albinati;Vladimir I. Bakhmutov;Kenneth G. Caulton;Eric Clot

  • A dinuclear cobalt complex featuring unprecedented anodic and cathodic redox switches for single-molecule magnet activity

    Skye Fortier;Jennifer J. Le Roy;Chun Hsing Chen;Veacheslav Vieru

  • Hydride Is Not a Spectator Ligand in the Formation of Hydrido Vinylidene from Terminal Alkyne and Ruthenium and Osmium Hydrides: Mechanistic Differences

    Montserrat Oliván;Eric Clot;Odile Eisenstein;Kenneth G. Caulton

  • Three-Coordinate Co(I) Provides Access to Unsaturated Dihydrido-Co(III) and Seven-Coordinate Co(V)

    Michael Ingleson;Hongjun Fan;Maren Pink;John Tomaszewski

  • 14-Electron Four-Coordinate Ru(II) Carbyl Complexes and their Five-Coordinate Precursors : Synthesis, Double Agostic Interactions, and Reactivity

    Dejian Huang;William E. Streib;John C. Bollinger;Kenneth G. Caulton

Frequent Co-Authors

John C. Huffman
John C. Huffman Indiana University
Kirsten Folting
Kirsten Folting Indiana University
William E. Streib
William E. Streib Indiana University
Maren Pink
Maren Pink Indiana University
Odile Eisenstein
Odile Eisenstein University of Montpellier
Malcolm H. Chisholm
Malcolm H. Chisholm The Ohio State University
Daniel J. Mindiola
Daniel J. Mindiola University of Pennsylvania
Montserrat Oliván
Montserrat Oliván University of Zaragoza
Oleg V. Ozerov
Oleg V. Ozerov Texas A&M University
Dejian Huang
Dejian Huang National University of Singapore

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