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Khalil A. Abboud is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within materials science and chemistry, with a particular focus on materials chemistry and organic chemistry as dominant subfields. They have produced a significant body of work contributing to both theoretical and practical aspects of chemical sciences.

The main fields of study they work in include:

  • Materials Science
  • Chemistry

Their subfields of study emphasize:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

Khalil A. Abboud's research topics reflect an interdisciplinary approach addressing structural and synthetic challenges.

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Magnetism in Coordination Complexes
  • Crystallography and Molecular Interactions
  • Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several colleagues, including:

  • Ion Ghiviriga
  • George Christou
  • Adam S. Veige
  • Daniel W. Lester
  • Vineet K. Jakhar

Their publication record includes papers in a range of scientific journals with multiple contributions in prominent venues.

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (76 publications)
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society (11 publications)
  • Inorganic Chemistry (9 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition (4 publications)
  • Polyhedron (4 publications)

Representative recent papers include:

  • Rapid functionalization of multiple C-H bonds in unprotected alicyclic amines, 2020, Nature Chemistry
  • Exploring the Chemistry of Alkaloids from Malaysian Mitragyna speciosa (Kratom) and the Role of Oxindoles on Human Opioid Receptors, 2021, Journal of Natural Products
  • Precision synthesis of a CdSe semiconductor nanocluster via cation exchange, 2023, Nature Synthesis
  • A Selenourea-Thiourea Brønsted Acid Catalyst Facilitates Asymmetric Conjugate Additions of Amines to α,β-Unsaturated Esters, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Tethered Tungsten-Alkylidenes for the Synthesis of Cyclic Polynorbornene via Ring Expansion Metathesis: Unprecedented Stereoselectivity and Trapping of Key Catalytic Intermediates, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Best Publications

  • Giant single-molecule magnets: a [Mn84] torus and its supramolecular nanotubes.

    Anastasios J. Tasiopoulos;Alina Vinslava;Wolfgang Wernsdorfer;Khalil A. Abboud

  • Initial observation of magnetization hysteresis and quantum tunneling in mixed manganese-lanthanide single-molecule magnets.

    Abhudaya Mishra;Wolfgang Wernsdorfer;Khalil A. Abboud;George Christou

  • Single-molecule magnets: a Mn25 complex with a record S = 51/2 spin for a molecular species.

    Muralee Murugesu;Malgorzata Habrych;Wolfgang Wernsdorfer;Khalil A. Abboud

  • Boronic Acid-Based Hydrogels Undergo Self-Healing at Neutral and Acidic pH

    Christopher C. Deng;William L.A. Brooks;Khalil A. Abboud;Brent S. Sumerlin

  • "Spin tweaking" of a high-spin molecule: an Mn25 single-molecule magnet with an S=61/2 ground state.

    Theocharis C. Stamatatos;Khalil A. Abboud;Wolfgang Wernsdorfer;George Christou

  • Synthetic model of the asymmetric [Mn3CaO4] cubane core of the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II

    Shreya Mukherjee;Jamie A. Stull;Junko Yano;Theocharis C. Stamatatos

  • Highly active, regioselective, and enantioselective hydroformylation with Rh catalysts ligated by Bis-3,4-diazaphospholanes.

    Thomas P. Clark;Clark R. Landis;Susan L. Freed;Jerzy Klosin

  • Poly(3,4-alkylenedioxypyrrole)s: Highly Stable Electronically Conducting and Electrochromic Polymers

    Philippe Schottland;Kyukwan Zong;Carleton L. Gaupp;Barry C. Thompson

  • Self-assembled dinuclear cobalt(II)-salen catalyst through hydrogen-bonding and its application to enantioselective nitro-aldol (Henry) reaction.

    Jongwoo Park;Kai Lang;Khalil A Abboud;Sukwon Hong

  • The first high oxidation state manganese–calcium cluster: relevance to the water oxidizing complex of photosynthesis

    Abhudaya Mishra;Wolfgang Wernsdorfer;Khalil A. Abboud;George Christou

  • A G‐Quartet Formed in the Absence of a Templating Metal Cation: A New 8‐(N,N‐dimethylaniline)guanosine Derivative

    Jonathan L Sessler;Muhunthan Sathiosatham;Katherine Doerr;Vincent M Lynch

  • Mixed-valence MnIIIMnIV clusters [Mn7O8(O2SePh)8(O2CMe)(H2O)] and [Mn7O8(O2SePh)9(H2O)]: single-chain magnets exhibiting quantum tunneling of magnetization.

    Nicole E. Chakov;Wolfgang Wernsdorfer;Khalil A. Abboud;George Christou

  • The properties of the [Mn12O12(O2CR)16(H2O)4] single-molecule magnets in truly axial symmetry: [Mn12O12(O2CCH2Br)16(H2O)4].4CH2Cl2

    Nicole E. Chakov;Sheng-Chiang Lee;Andrew G. Harter;Philip L. Kuhns

  • Regiosymmetric Dibutyl-Substituted Poly(3,4-propylenedioxythiophene)s as Highly Electron-Rich Electroactive and Luminescent Polymers

    Dean M. Welsh;Leroy J. Kloeppner;Luis Madrigal;Mauricio R. Pinto

  • Mixed 3d/4d and 3d/4f metal clusters: Tetranuclear and complexes, and the first Fe/4f single-molecule magnets

    Muralee Murugesu;Abhudaya Mishra;Wolfgang Wernsdorfer;Khalil A. Abboud

  • Syntheses and structures of bismuth(III) complexes with nitrilotriacetic acid, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, and diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid

    Stephen P. Summers;Khalil A. Abboud;Samuel R. Farrah;Gus J. Palenik

  • DFT Computational Rationalization of an Unusual Spin Ground State in an Mn12 Single‐Molecule Magnet with a Low‐Symmetry Loop Structure

    Dolos Foguet-Albiol;Ted A. O'Brien;Wolfgang Wernsdorfer;Brian Moulton

  • High-nuclearity homometallic iron and nickel clusters: Fe22 and Ni24 complexes from the use of N-methyldiethanolamine

    Dolos Foguet-Albiol;Khalil A. Abboud;George Christou

  • It Takes More Than an Imine: The Role of the Central Atom on the Electron-Accepting Ability of Benzotriazole and Benzothiadiazole Oligomers

    Dinesh G. Patel;Fude Feng;Yu Ya Ohnishi;Khalil A. Abboud

  • Cyclic polymers from alkynes

    Christopher D. Roland;Hong Li;Khalil A. Abboud;Kenneth B. Wagener

  • Single-Molecule Magnets: Two-Electron Reduced Version of a Mn12 Complex and Environmental Influences on the Magnetization Relaxation of (PPh4)2[Mn12O12(O2CCHCl2)16(H2O)4]

    Monica Soler;Wolfgang Wernsdorfer;Khalil A. Abboud;John C. Huffman

  • Heptanuclear and decanuclear manganese complexes with the anion of 2-hydroxymethylpyridine.

    Nicholas C. Harden;Milissa A. Bolcar;Wolfgang Wernsdorfer;Khalil A. Abboud

Frequent Co-Authors

George Christou
George Christou University of Florida
Wolfgang Wernsdorfer
Wolfgang Wernsdorfer Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Ion Ghiviriga
Ion Ghiviriga University of Florida
James M. Boncella
James M. Boncella Los Alamos National Laboratory
Theocharis C. Stamatatos
Theocharis C. Stamatatos University of Patras
John R. Reynolds
John R. Reynolds Georgia Institute of Technology
Tomas Hudlicky
Tomas Hudlicky Brock University
William R. Dolbier
William R. Dolbier University of Florida
Anastasios J. Tasiopoulos
Anastasios J. Tasiopoulos University of Cyprus
Kirk S. Schanze
Kirk S. Schanze The University of Texas at San Antonio

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