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Maurice Brookhart

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Chemistry

D-Index
109
Citations
52227
World Ranking
829
National Ranking
331

Maurice Brookhart publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Maurice Brookhart sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 402 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Maurice Brookhart D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Maurice Brookhart sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 109 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Oesper Award, University of Cincinnati and American Chemical Society
  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2001 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2000 - Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Maurice Brookhart is affiliated with the University of Houston in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with significant contributions in organic chemistry, materials chemistry, inorganic chemistry, process chemistry and technology, and pharmaceutical science.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Carbon Dioxide Utilization in Catalysis
  • Catalytic Alkyne Reactions
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions

Maurice Brookhart has published multiple papers in notable journals such as the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Organometallics, and Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Recent publications include:

  • "New Neutral Nickel and Palladium Sandwich Catalysts: Synthesis of Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) via Highly Controlled Polymerization and Mechanistic Studies of Chain Propagation," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Cationic α-Diimine Nickel and Palladium Complexes Incorporating Phenanthrene Substituents: Highly Active Ethylene Polymerization Catalysts and Mechanistic Studies of syn/anti Isomerization," 2020, Organometallics
  • "Ethylene Polymerizations Catalyzed by Fluorinated 'Sandwich' Diimine-Nickel and Palladium Complexes," 2024, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Unsaturated Alcohols as Chain-Transfer Agents in Olefin Polymerization: Synthesis of Aldehyde End-Capped Oligomers and Polymers," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "2,4,6-Triphenylpyridinium: A Bulky, Highly Electron-Withdrawing Substituent That Enhances Properties of Nickel(II) Ethylene Polymerization Catalysts," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Maurice Brookhart include Olafs Daugulis, Quan H. Tran, Xiqu Wang, Mateusz Janeta, and Julius X. Heidlas. The scientist has published extensively in venues such as The Cambridge Structural Database, UNC Libraries, Organometallics, Journal of the American Chemical Society, and OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) at La Trobe University.

Maurice Brookhart's career has been recognized through various honors, such as:

  • Oesper Award from the University of Cincinnati and American Chemical Society, 2016
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2001
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2001
  • Centenary Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), 2000
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1996

Best Publications

  • Late-metal catalysts for ethylene homo- and copolymerization.

    Steven D. Ittel;Lynda K. Johnson;Maurice Brookhart

  • New Pd(II)- and Ni(II)-Based Catalysts for Polymerization of Ethylene and .alpha.-Olefins

    Lynda K. Johnson;Christopher M. Killian;Maurice Brookhart

  • Highly Active Iron and Cobalt Catalysts for the Polymerization of Ethylene

    Brooke L. Small;Maurice Brookhart;Alison M. A. Bennett

  • Copolymerization of Ethylene and Propylene with Functionalized Vinyl Monomers by Palladium(II) Catalysts

    Lynda K. Johnson;Stefan Mecking;Maurice Brookhart

  • [(3,5-(CF3)2C6H3)4B]-[H(OEt2)2]+: a convenient reagent for generation and stabilization of cationic, highly electrophilic organometallic complexes

    M. Brookhart;B. Grant;A. F. Volpe

  • Carbon-hydrogen-transition metal bonds

    M. Brookhart;M. L. H. Green;Luet-Lok Wong

  • Mechanistic Studies of the Palladium-Catalyzed Copolymerization of Ethylene and α-Olefins with Methyl Acrylate

    Stefan Mecking;Lynda K. Johnson;Lin Wang;Maurice Brookhart

  • Agostic interactions in transition metal compounds

    Maurice Brookhart;Malcolm L. H. Green;Gerard Parkin

  • Dehydrogenation and related reactions catalyzed by iridium pincer complexes

    Jongwook Choi;Amy H. Roy MacArthur;Maurice Brookhart;Alan S. Goldman

  • Living Polymerization of α-Olefins Using NiII−α-Diimine Catalysts. Synthesis of New Block Polymers Based on α-Olefins

    Christopher M. Killian;Daniel J. Tempel;Lynda K. Johnson;Maurice Brookhart

  • Iron-Based Catalysts with Exceptionally High Activities and Selectivities for Oligomerization of Ethylene to Linear α-Olefins

    Brooke L. Small;Maurice Brookhart

  • Synthesis of branched polyethylene using (α-diimine)nickel(II) catalysts : influence of temperature, ethylene pressure, and ligand structure on polymer properties

    Derek P. Gates;Steven A. Svejda;Enrique Oñate;Christopher M. Killian

  • Living alkene polymerization : New methods for the precision synthesis of polyolefins

    Gregory J. Domski;Jeffrey M. Rose;Geoffrey W. Coates;Andrew D. Bolig

  • Mechanistic Studies of Pd(II)−α-Diimine-Catalyzed Olefin Polymerizations1

    Daniel J. Tempel;Lynda K. Johnson;R. Leigh Huff;and Peter S. White

  • Catalytic Alkane Metathesis by Tandem Alkane Dehydrogenation-Olefin Metathesis

    Alan S. Goldman;Amy H. Roy;Zheng Huang;Ritu Ahuja

  • Cyclopropanes from reactions of transition metal carbene complexes with olefins

    Maurice. Brookhart;William B. Studabaker

  • Preparation of Linear α-Olefins Using Cationic Nickel(II) α-Diimine Catalysts

    Christopher M. Killian;and Lynda K. Johnson;Maurice Brookhart

  • Iridium bis(phosphinite) p-XPCP pincer complexes: highly active catalysts for the transfer dehydrogenation of alkanes.

    Inigo Göttker-Schnetmann;Peter White;Maurice Brookhart

  • α-olefins and olefin polymers and processes therefor

    Lynda Kaye Johnson;Christopher Moore Killian;Samuel David Arthur;Jerald Feldman

  • Ethylene Oligomerization and Propylene Dimerization Using Cationic (α-Diimine)nickel(II) Catalysts

    Steven A. Svejda;Maurice Brookhart

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter S. White
Peter S. White University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Joseph L. Templeton
Joseph L. Templeton University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Alan S. Goldman
Alan S. Goldman Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Olafs Daugulis
Olafs Daugulis University of Houston
Zheng Huang
Zheng Huang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Karsten Krogh-Jespersen
Karsten Krogh-Jespersen Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Malcolm L. H. Green
Malcolm L. H. Green University of Oxford
Pedro J. Pérez
Pedro J. Pérez University of Huelva
Marc D. Walter
Marc D. Walter Technische Universität Braunschweig
Joseph M. DeSimone
Joseph M. DeSimone Stanford University

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