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Peter S. White is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily in Chemistry, with particular contributions in Inorganic Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. Additionally, their work includes aspects of Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Oncology, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
  • Magnetism in coordination complexes
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Advanced Synthetic Organic Chemistry
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis

Peter S. White has authored papers in a variety of venues. Frequent publication venues include UNC Libraries, Ecosphere, Plant-Environment Interactions, The American Midland Naturalist, and Gnomon. They have contributed extensively to UNC Libraries, with 15 publications, along with individual papers in the other venues.

Recent scientific papers include:

  • Environmental context alters the magnitude of conspecific negative density dependence in a temperate forest (2021, Ecosphere)
  • The long-term effects of invasive earthworms on plant community composition and diversity in a hardwood forest in northern Minnesota (2022, Plant-Environment Interactions)
  • Predicting the Presence of Invasive Earthworms in Sugar Maple-Basswood Forests of the Chippewa National Forest (2020, The American Midland Naturalist)
  • Synthesis of Branched Polyethylene with "Half-Sandwich" Pyridine-Imine Nickel Complexes (2025, UNC Libraries)
  • Bruna Pieri: Narrare memoriter temporali-ter dicere. Racconto e metanarrazione nelle Confessioni di Agostino. (2021, Gnomon)

Their collaborations have involved several frequent co-authors, including Sassan Saatchi, JérômeVE Chave, Herman H. Shugart, Robert K. Peet, and Genevieve Alexander.

Peter S. White has also contributed to book publications under Princeton University Press. Titles include multiple editions of The World Atlas of Trees and Forests (2022) and The Little Book of Trees (2024), supporting knowledge dissemination in ecological and botanical fields.

Best Publications

  • Crystal structure of the gold nanoparticle [N(C8H17)4][Au25(SCH2CH2Ph)18].

    Michael W. Heaven;Amala Dass;Peter S. White;Kennedy M. Holt

  • 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

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

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

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

    Inigo Göttker-Schnetmann;Peter White;Maurice Brookhart

  • Mechanistic Studies of the Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Copolymerization of Ethylene with Carbon Monoxide

    Francis C. Rix;Maurice Brookhart;Peter S. White

  • Synthesis and Properties of Iridium Bis(phosphinite) Pincer Complexes (p-XPCP)IrH2, (p-XPCP)Ir(CO), (p-XPCP)Ir(H)(aryl), and {(p-XPCP)Ir}2{μ-N2} and Their Relevance in Alkane Transfer Dehydrogenation

    Inigo Göttker-Schnetmann;Peter S. White;Maurice Brookhart

  • Rational Design of Homochiral Solids Based on Two‐Dimensional Metal Carboxylates

    Yong Cui;Owen R. Evans;Helen L. Ngo;Peter S. White

  • .beta.-Halogenated-pyrrole porphyrins. Molecular structures of 2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-octabromo-5,10,15,20-tetramesitylporphyrin, nickel(II) 2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-octabromo-5,10,15,20-tetramesitylporphyrin, and nickel(II) 2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-octabromo-5,10,15,20-tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)porphyrin

    D. Mandon;P. Ochenbein;J. Fischer;R. Weiss

  • Sterically Hindered [Tris(imidazolyl)phosphine]copper Complexes: Formation and Reactivity of a Peroxo-Dicopper(II) Adduct and Structure of a Dinuclear Carbonate-Bridged Complex

    Thomas N. Sorrell;William E. Allen;Peter S. White

  • Ligand exchanges and selective catalytic hydrogenation in molecular single crystals

    Zheng Huang;Peter S. White;Maurice Brookhart

  • The X-ray crystal structure of rapamycin, C51H79NO13

    D. C. Neil Swindells;Peter S. White;John A. Findlay

  • Carbon-carbon bond activation of R-CN (R = Me, Ar, iPr, tBu) using a cationic Rh(III) complex.

    Felicia L. Taw;Peter S. White;Robert G. Bergman;Maurice Brookhart

  • Reactions of vinyl acetate and vinyl trifluoroacetate with cationic diimine Pd(II) and Ni(II) alkyl complexes: identification of problems connected with copolymerizations of these monomers with ethylene.

    B. Scott Williams;Mark D. Leatherman;Peter S. White;Maurice Brookhart

  • Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Indium Arsenide and Indium Phosphide from Indium(III) Halides and Tris(trimethylsilyl)pnicogens. Synthesis, Characterization, and Decomposition Behavior of I3In.cntdot.P(SiMe3)3

    Richard L. Wells;Steven R. Aubuchon;Shreyas S. Kher;Michael S. Lube

  • Investigations of iridium-mediated reversible C-H bond cleavage: characterization of a 16-electron iridium(III) methyl hydride complex.

    Wesley H. Bernskoetter;Susan Kloek Hanson;Sara K. Buzak;Zoe Davis

  • Electronic effects on the {Beta}-alkyl migratory insertion reaction of para-substituted styrene methyl palladium complexes

    Francis C. Rix;Maurice Brookhart;Peter S. White

  • Crystal structure of ferrioxamine B: a comparative analysis and implications for molecular recognition.

    Suraj Dhungana;Peter S. White;Alvin L. Crumbliss

  • Scope and mechanism of the iridium-catalyzed cleavage of alkyl ethers with triethylsilane.

    Jian Yang;Peter S. White;Maurice Brookhart

  • Synthetic and Structural Studies on trans-Tetrapyridine Complexes of Ruthenium(II)

    Benjamin J. Coe;Thomas J. Meyer;Peter S. White

  • Reactions of an amphoteric terminal tungsten methylidyne complex.

    Alejandro E. Enriquez;Peter S. White;Joseph L. Templeton

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph L. Templeton
Joseph L. Templeton University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Maurice Brookhart
Maurice Brookhart University of Houston
Thomas J. Meyer
Thomas J. Meyer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Michel R. Gagné
Michel R. Gagné University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Thomas M. Klapötke
Thomas M. Klapötke Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Sandra Díaz
Sandra Díaz National University of Córdoba
Konstantinos D. Demadis
Konstantinos D. Demadis University of Crete
Marc D. Walter
Marc D. Walter Technische Universität Braunschweig
Neil Burford
Neil Burford University of Victoria
Robert K. Peet
Robert K. Peet University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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