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Melvyn Rowen Churchill is affiliated with the University at Buffalo, State University of New York in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Materials Science and Materials Chemistry.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography

They have published research prominently in the venue "The Cambridge Structural Database," documenting detailed crystallographic data. Two recent publications are:

  • CCDC 2184068: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2022, The Cambridge Structural Database
  • CCDC 2190684: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2022, The Cambridge Structural Database

The scientist has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Arnold L. Rheingold
  • Barry G. DeBoer

Best Publications

  • Structural studies on polynuclear osmium carbonyl hydrides. 1. Crystal structures of the isomorphous species undecacarbonyldihydrotriosmium and dodecacarbonyltriosmium. Role of an equatorial .mu.2-bridging hydride ligand in perturbing the arrangement of carbonyl ligands in a triangular cluster

    Melvyn Rowen. Churchill;Barry G. DeBoer

  • Catalytic Asymmetric C−H Activation of Alkanes and Tetrahydrofuran

    Huw M. L. Davies;and Tore Hansen;Melvyn Rowen Churchill

  • An accurate redetermination of the structure of triruthenium dodecacarbonyl, Ru3(CO)12

    Melvyn Rowen. Churchill;Frederick J. Hollander;John P. Hutchinson

  • Redetermination of the crystal structure of dimanganese decacarbonyl and determination of the crystal structure of dirhenium decacarbonyl. Revised values for the manganese-manganese and rhenium-rhenium bond lengths in dimanganese decacarbonyl and dirhenium decacarbonyl

    Melvyn Rowen. Churchill;Kwame N. Amoh;Harvey J. Wasserman

  • Crystal structure and molecular geometry of dimeric azulenemanganese tricarbonyl, [(C10H8)Mn(CO)3]2

    Melvyn R. Churchill;Romana A. Lashewycz;Frank J. Rotella

  • Carbon-hydrogen and nitrogen-hydrogen distances assumed in, and determined from, recent x-ray diffraction studies on inorganic complexes

    Melvyn Rowen Churchill

  • Multiple metal-carbon bonds. 16. Tungsten-oxo alkylidene complexes as olefins metathesis catalysts and the crystal structure of W(O)(CHCMe3(PEt3)Cl2

    Jeffrey H. Wengrovius;Richard R. Schrock;Melvyn Rowen Churchill;Joseph R. Missert

  • Crystal structure and molecular geometry of HRu3(CO)10(C = NMe2), including the direct location of the .mu.2-bridging hydride ligand

    Melvyn R. Churchill;Barry G. DeBoer;Frank J. Rotella

  • Preparation and crystallographic characterization of a hexameric triphenylphosphinecopper hydride cluster

    Susan A. Bezman;Melvyn R. Churchill;John A. Osborn;John Wormald

  • Asymmetric Synthesis of Highly Functionalized 8-Oxabicyclo[3.2.1]octene Derivatives

    Huw M. L. Davies;Gulzar Ahmed;Melvyn Rowen Churchill

  • Lanthanide(III) Tetraamide Macrocyclic Complexes as Synthetic Ribonucleases: Structure and Catalytic Properties of [La(tcmc)(CF3SO3)(EtOH)](CF3SO3)2

    Shahid Amin;Janet R. Morrow;Charles H. Lake;Melvyn Rowen Churchill

  • Synthesis and molecular geometry of hexameric triphenylphosphinocopper(I) hydride and the crystal structure of H6Cu6(PPh3)6. HCONMe2 [hexameric triphenylphosphino copper(I) hydride dimethylformamide]

    Melvyn Rowen. Churchill;Susan A. Bezman;John A. Osborn;John. Wormald

  • Chloroform-Soluble Schiff-Base Zn(II) or Cd(II) Complexes from a Dynamic Combinatorial Library

    Daniel M. Epstein;Seema Choudhary;Melvyn Rowen Churchill;Kim M. Keil

  • Molecules with an M4X4 core. I. Crystal and molecular structure of tetrameric triphenylphosphinecopper(I) chloride, a cubane-like molecule, including the location and refinement of all hydrogen atoms

    Melvyn Rowen. Churchill;Krishan L. Kalra

  • Molecules with an M4X4 core. IV. Crystallographic detection of a step configuration for the tetracopper tetraiodide core in tetrameric triphenylphosphinecopper(I) iodine, [PPh3CuI]4

    Melvyn R. Churchill;Barry G. DeBoer;Daniel J. Donovan

  • Reaction of tungsten(VI) alkylidyne complexes with acetylenes to give tungstenacyclobutadiene and cyclopentadienyl complexes

    Steven F. Pedersen;Richard R. Schrock;Melvyn Rowen Churchill;Harvey J. Wasserman

  • Crystal structure of tetrairidium dodecacarbonyl, Ir4(CO)12. An unpleasant case of disorder

    Melvyn Rowen Churchill;John P. Hutchinson

  • Multiple metal-carbon bonds. 34. Why terminal alkynes cannot be metathesized. Preparation and crystal structure of a deprotonated tungstacyclobutadiene complex, W(.eta.5-C5H5)[C3(CMe3)2]Cl

    Laughlin G. McCullough;Mark L. Listemann;Richard R. Schrock;Melvyn Rowen Churchill

  • Formation of cyclopentadienyl complexes from tungstenacyclobutadiene complexes and the x-ray crystal structure of an .eta.3-cyclopropenyl complex, W[C(CMe3)C(Me)C(Me)](Me2NCH2CH2NMe2)Cl3

    Richard R. Schrock;Steven F. Pedersen;Melvyn Rowen Churchill;Joseph W. Ziller

  • Metathesis of acetylenes by (fluoroalkoxy)tungstenacyclobutadiene complexes and the crystal structure of W(C3Et3)[OCH(CF3)2]3. A higher order mechanism for acetylene metathesis

    J.H. Freudenberger;R.R. Schrock;M.R. Churchill;A.L. Rheingold

  • Lanthanide(III) tetraamide macrocyclic complexes as synthetic ribonucleases: Structure and catalytic properties of [La(tcmc)(CF 3 SO 3 )(EtOH)](CF 3 SO 3 ) 2

    S. Amin;J.R. Morrow;C.H. Lake;M.R. Churchill

Frequent Co-Authors

John R. Shapley
John R. Shapley University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
James C. Fettinger
James C. Fettinger University of California, Davis
Joseph W. Ziller
Joseph W. Ziller University of California, Irvine
Richard R. Schrock
Richard R. Schrock University of California, Riverside
Kenneth J. Takeuchi
Kenneth J. Takeuchi Stony Brook University
Wiley J. Youngs
Wiley J. Youngs University of Akron
Kenton H. Whitmire
Kenton H. Whitmire Rice University
Huw M. L. Davies
Huw M. L. Davies Emory University
Janet R. Morrow
Janet R. Morrow University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Arnold L. Rheingold
Arnold L. Rheingold University of California, San Diego

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