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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1995 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1992 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Klaus H. Theopold is affiliated with the University of Delaware in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on materials science with a particular emphasis on materials chemistry. Theopold's body of work also covers subfields including inorganic chemistry, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, catalysis, and organic chemistry.

Their recent publications reflect a diverse set of topics and are published in several notable scientific venues. These include:

  • The Intrinsic Barrier for N≡N Bond Cleavage or Formation Mediated by the Cp*Cr(dmpe) Fragment Is Insurmountable (2023), Organometallics
  • Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of Tris(imido)chromium(VI) Complexes (2023), Inorganic Chemistry
  • A molecular substitutional disorder case study suitable for instruction: L2CrII(THF)/L2[(trimethylsilyl)methyl]CrIII (L is 2,5-bis{[(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imino]methyl}pyrrol-1-ide) (2022), Acta Crystallographica Section C Structural Chemistry
  • CCDC 2164947: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination (2022), The Cambridge Structural Database
  • CCDC 2286624: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination (2023), The Cambridge Structural Database

Theopold's research contributions frequently appear in The Cambridge Structural Database, with fifteen publications, as well as in Inorganic Chemistry and other venues. Their work often explores crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, magnetism in coordination complexes, metal complexes synthesis and properties, ammonia synthesis and nitrogen reduction, muon and positron interactions and applications, and inorganic chemistry and materials.

Theopold has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including:

  • Glenn P. A. Yap
  • Pengcheng Wu
  • Farzaneh Ahmadi Darani
  • B. A. Salisbury
  • Joshua Telser

Recognition for Theopold's scientific work includes fellowships awarded by professional organizations:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1995
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1992

Best Publications

  • C-H bond activations by metal oxo compounds.

    Ahmet Gunay;Klaus H. Theopold

  • Variable character of O—O and M—O bonding in side-on (η2) 1:1 metal complexes of O2

    Christopher J. Cramer;William B. Tolman;Klaus H. Theopold;Arnold L. Rheingold

  • The shortest metal-metal bond yet: molecular and electronic structure of a dinuclear chromium diazadiene complex.

    Kevin A. Kreisel;Glenn P. A. Yap;Olga Dmitrenko;Clark R. Landis

  • [(Ph)2nacnac]MCl2(THF)2 (M = Ti, V, Cr): A New Class of Homogeneous Olefin Polymerization Catalysts Featuring β-Diiminate Ligands

    Woo-Kyu Kim;Michael J. Fevola;Louise M. Liable-Sands;and Arnold L. Rheingold

  • Homogeneous Chromium Catalysts for Olefin Polymerization

    Klaus H. Theopold

  • Intramolecular C ? H Activation by an Open‐Shell Cobalt(III) Imido Complex

    Daniel T. Shay;Glenn P. A. Yap;Lev N. Zakharov;Arnold L. Rheingold

  • Crystal structure of a side-on superoxo complex of cobalt and hydrogen abstraction by a reactive terminal oxo ligand

    James W. Egan;Brian S. Haggerty;Arnold L. Rheingold;Shawn C. Sendlinger

  • Paramagnetic alkylchromium compounds as homogeneous catalysts for the polymerization of ethylene

    Barbara J. Thomas;Seok Kyun Noh;Gayle K. Schulte;Shawn C. Sendlinger

  • A Chromium Catalyst for the Polymerization of Ethylene as a Homogeneous Model for the Phillips Catalyst

    Leonard A. MacAdams;Gerald P. Buffone;Christopher D. Incarvito;and Arnold L. Rheingold

  • Organochromium(III) chemistry: a neglected oxidation state

    Klaus H. Theopold

  • Binding and activation of small molecules by three-coordinate Cr(I).

    Wesley H. Monillas;Glenn P. A. Yap;Leonard A. Macadams;Klaus H. Theopold

  • Paramagnetic (Benzyl)chromium Complexes as Homogeneous Ethylene Polymerization Catalysts

    Gautam Bhandari;Youhyuk Kim;Jeffrey M. McFarland;Arnold L. Rheingold

  • The (Ph)2nacnac ligand in organochromium chemistry

    Leonard A. MacAdams;Woo-Kyu Kim;Louise M. Liable-Sands;Ilia A. Guzei

  • HYDROGEN TUNNELING IN THE ACTIVATION OF DIOXYGEN BY A TRIS(PYRAZOLYL)BORATE COBALT COMPLEX

    Olivia M. Reinaud;Klaus H. Theopold

  • Constrained Geometry Chromium Catalysts for Olefin Polymerization

    Yuanfeng Liang;Glenn P. A. Yap;and Arnold L. Rheingold;Klaus H. Theopold

  • Design of a Monomeric Arsinogallane and Chemical Conversion to Gallium Arsenide

    Erin K. Byrne;Laszlo Parkanyi;Klaus H. Theopold

  • Can Spin State Change Slow Organometallic Reactions

    Jennifer L. Detrich;Olivia M. Reinaud;Arnold L. Rheingold;Klaus H. Theopold

  • Intramolecular C-H activation by inferred terminal cobalt imido intermediates.

    Sunita Thyagarajan;Daniel T. Shay;Christopher D. Incarvito;and Arnold L. Rheingold

  • MOLECULAR PRECURSORS FOR INDIUM PHOSPHIDE AND SYNTHESIS OF SMALL III-V SEMICONDUCTOR CLUSTERS IN SOLUTION

    Trevor. Douglas;Klaus H. Theopold

  • Cationic chromium(III) alkyls as olefin polymerization catalysts

    Barbara J. Thomas;Klaus H. Theopold

Frequent Co-Authors

Glenn P. A. Yap
Glenn P. A. Yap University of Delaware
Robert G. Bergman
Robert G. Bergman University of California, Berkeley
Richard R. Schrock
Richard R. Schrock University of California, Riverside
Trevor Douglas
Trevor Douglas Indiana University
Olivia Reinaud
Olivia Reinaud Université Paris Cité
Arnold L. Rheingold
Arnold L. Rheingold University of California, San Diego
Louise M. Liable-Sands
Louise M. Liable-Sands University of Delaware
Darrin S. Richeson
Darrin S. Richeson University of Ottawa
Christoph Janiak
Christoph Janiak Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

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