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Milton R. Smith is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Chemistry, with a particular focus on Organic Chemistry. Their research spans several subfields including Catalysis, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Materials Chemistry.

Their work is concentrated on key topics such as Organoboron and Organosilicon Chemistry, Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions, Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods, Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction, Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis, CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts, and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Milton R. Smith include Robert E. Maleczka, Jose R. Montero Bastidas, Thomas W. Hamann, Arzoo Chhabra, and Anshu Yadav.

The scientist's recent papers demonstrate a breadth of interests and contributions in chemistry research:

  • "Recent Advances and Challenges of Electrocatalytic N2Reduction to Ammonia," 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • "Steric Shielding Effects Induced by Intramolecular C-H···O Hydrogen Bonding: Remote Borylation Directed by Bpin Groups," 2022, ACS Catalysis
  • "Deciphering the Mechanism of Base-Triggered Conversion of Ammonia to Molecular Nitrogen and Methylamine to Cyanide," 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Enhanced Carbon Dioxide Capture Using a Mixed Amino Acid Salt Solution," 2023, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
  • "One-Pot Iridium Catalyzed C-H Borylation/Sonogashira Cross-Coupling: Access to Borylated Aryl Alkynes," 2020, Molecules

Their publications frequently appear in well-known scientific journals including The Journal of Organic Chemistry, Organic Letters, Chemical Reviews, ACS Catalysis, and the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

Best Publications

  • Remarkably Selective Iridium Catalysts for the Elaboration of Aromatic C-H Bonds

    Jian Yang Cho;Man Kin Tse;Daniel Holmes;Robert E. Maleczka

  • Recent Advances and Challenges of Electrocatalytic N2 Reduction to Ammonia.

    Geletu Qing;Reza Ghazfar;Shane T. Jackowski;Faezeh Habibzadeh

  • Microporous metal organic materials: promising candidates as sorbents for hydrogen storage.

    Long Pan;Michelle B. Sander;Xiaoying Huang;Jing Li

  • Highly interpenetrated metal-organic frameworks for hydrogen storage.

    Banu Kesanli;Yong Cui;Milton R. Smith;Edward W. Bittner

  • Stereoselective polymerization of a racemic monomer with a racemic catalyst: Direct preparation of the polylactic acid stereocomplex from racemic lactide

    Christopher P. Radano;Gregory L. Baker;Milton R. Smith

  • Stoichiometric and Catalytic B−C Bond Formation from Unactivated Hydrocarbons and Boranes

    Carl N. Iverson;Milton R. Smith

  • C-H activation/borylation/oxidation: a one-pot unified route to meta-substituted phenols bearing ortho-/para-directing groups.

    Robert E. Maleczka;Feng Shi;Daniel Holmes;Milton R. Smith

  • Sterically directed functionalization of aromatic C-H bonds: selective borylation ortho to cyano groups in arenes and heterocycles.

    Ghayoor A. Chotana;Michael A. Rak;Milton R. Smith

  • Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of β-Diketiminato Aluminum Complexes

    Baixin Qian;Donald L. Ward;Milton R. Smith

  • Ir-Catalyzed Functionalization of 2-Substituted Indoles at the 7-Position: Nitrogen-Directed Aromatic Borylation

    Sulagna Paul;Ghayoor A. Chotana;Daniel Holmes;Rebecca C. Reichle

  • “Clickable” Polyglycolides: Tunable Synthons for Thermoresponsive, Degradable Polymers

    Xuwei Jiang;Erin B. Vogel;Milton R. Smith;Gregory L. Baker

  • Reactivity of Organoplatinum Complexes with C6H4O2B-BO2C6H4: Syntheses of a Platinum Diboryl Complex with, and without, Metathesis of Boron-Boron and Metal-Carbon Bonds

    Carl N. Iverson;Milton R. Smith

  • A traceless directing group for C-H borylation.

    Sean M. Preshlock;Donald L. Plattner;Peter E. Maligres;Shane W. Krska

  • High-throughput optimization of Ir-catalyzed C-H borylation: a tutorial for practical applications.

    Sean M. Preshlock;Behnaz Ghaffari;Peter E. Maligres;Shane W. Krska

  • Mechanistic investigation of stoichiometric alkyne insertion into Pt-B bonds and related chemistry bearing on the catalytic diborylation of alkynes mediated by platinum(II) diboryl complexes

    Carl N. Iverson;Milton R. Smith

  • Outer-Sphere Direction in Iridium C-H Borylation

    Philipp C. Roosen;Venkata A. Kallepalli;Buddhadeb Chattopadhyay;Daniel A. Singleton

  • Catalytic borylation of methane.

    Kyle T. Smith;Simon Berritt;Mariano González-Moreiras;Seihwan Ahn

  • Regioselective aromatic borylation in an inert solvent.

    Man Kin Tse;Jian Yang Cho;Milton R. Smith

  • Efficient olefin diboration by a base-free platinum catalyst

    Carl N. Iverson;Milton R. Smith

  • Preparation of monomeric (Me[sub 5]C[sub 5])[sub 2]VO and (Me[sub 5]C[sub 5])[sub 2]Ti(O)(L) and their decomposition to (Me[sub 5]C[sub 5])[sub 4]M[sub 4]([mu]-O)[sub 6]

    Milton R. Smith;Phillip T. Matsunaga;Richard A. Andersen

  • Silyl Phosphorus and Nitrogen Donor Chelates for Homogeneous Ortho Borylation Catalysis

    Behnaz Ghaffari;Sean M. Preshlock;Donald L. Plattner;Richard J. Staples

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory L. Baker
Gregory L. Baker Michigan State University
Richard J. Staples
Richard J. Staples Michigan State University
Gregory L. Hillhouse
Gregory L. Hillhouse University of Chicago
Shane W. Krska
Shane W. Krska MSD (United States)
Daniel A. Singleton
Daniel A. Singleton Texas A&M University
Man Kin Tse
Man Kin Tse University of Rostock
Terrence J. Collins
Terrence J. Collins Carnegie Mellon University
Thomas W. Hamann
Thomas W. Hamann Michigan State University
Bernard D. Santarsiero
Bernard D. Santarsiero University of Illinois at Chicago
Daniel J. Mindiola
Daniel J. Mindiola University of Pennsylvania

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