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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

R. Tom Baker is affiliated with the University of Ottawa in Canada and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry. Their published work spans several subfields including Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Fluorine in Organic Chemistry
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Organoboron and Organosilicon Chemistry
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds

R. Tom Baker has published notable papers as recently as 2022. Recent publications include:

  • Strategies and mechanisms of metal-ligand cooperativity in first-row transition metal complex catalysts, 2020, Chemical Society Reviews
  • Fluorocarbon Refrigerants and their Syntheses: Past to Present, 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • Mechanistic Study of Metal-Ligand Cooperativity in Mn(II)-Catalyzed Hydroborations: Hemilabile SNS Ligand Enables Metal Hydride-Free Reaction Pathway, 2021, ACS Catalysis
  • SNS ligand-assisted catalyst activation in Zn-catalysed carbonyl hydroboration, 2022, Chemical Communications
  • Solvent-free Zn (NSNO) complex-catalysed dihydroboration of nitriles, 2022, Chemical Communications

The venues most frequently chosen by R. Tom Baker for publication include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Organometallics
  • Chemical Communications
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Dalton Transactions

Frequent collaborators in their research projects are:

  • Saeed Ataie
  • Jeffrey S. Ovens
  • Jessica Martin
  • Loïc P. Mangin
  • Yahya M. Albkuri

In recognition of contributions to science, R. Tom Baker was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Concurrent tandem catalysis

    Julia-Christina Wasilke;Stephen J. Obrey;R. Tom Baker;Guillermo C. Bazan

  • B–N compounds for chemical hydrogen storage

    Charles W. Hamilton;R. Tom Baker;Anne Staubitz;Ian Manners

  • Ammonia-borane: the hydrogen source par excellence?

    Frances H. Stephens;Vincent Pons;R. Tom Baker

  • Base metal catalyzed dehydrogenation of ammonia-borane for chemical hydrogen storage.

    Richard J Keaton;Johanna M Blacquiere;R Tom Baker

  • Acid Initiation of Ammonia–Borane Dehydrogenation for Hydrogen Storage

    Frances H. Stephens;R. Tom Baker;Myrna H. Matus;Daniel J. Grant

  • Strategies and mechanisms of metal-ligand cooperativity in first-row transition metal complex catalysts.

    Matthew R Elsby;R Tom Baker

  • Phase-separable catalysis using room temperature ionic liquids and supercritical carbon dioxide

    Fuchen Liu;Michael B. Abrams;R. Tom Baker;William Tumas

  • Iron complex-catalyzed ammonia-borane dehydrogenation. A potential route toward B-N-containing polymer motifs using earth-abundant metal catalysts.

    R. Tom Baker;John C. Gordon;Charles W. Hamilton;Neil J. Henson

  • Aerobic Oxidation of Lignin Models Using a Base Metal Vanadium Catalyst

    Susan K. Hanson;R. Tom Baker;John C. Gordon;Brian L. Scott

  • New homogeneous rhodium catalysts for the regioselective hydroboration of alkenes

    Stephen A. Westcott;Henk P. Blom;Todd B. Marder;R. Thomas Baker

  • Importance of out-of-state spin-orbit coupling for slow magnetic relaxation in mononuclear Fe(II) complexes.

    Lin Ph;Lin Ph;Smythe Nc;Smythe Nc;Gorelsky Si;Gorelsky Si;Maguire S;Maguire S

  • In situ multinuclear NMR spectroscopic studies of the thermal decomposition of ammonia borane in solution

    Wendy J. Shaw;John C. Linehan;Nathaniel K. Szymczak;David J. Heldebrant

  • Comparison of Copper and Vanadium Homogeneous Catalysts for Aerobic Oxidation of Lignin Models

    Baburam Sedai;Christian Díaz-Urrutia;R. Tom Baker;Ruilian Wu

  • Boryliridium and boraethyliridium complexes fac-[IrH2(PMe3)3(BRR')] and fac-[IrH(PMe3)3(.eta.2-CH2BHRR')]

    R. Thomas Baker;Derick W. Ovenall;Joseph C. Calabrese;Stephen A. Westcott

  • Highly Selective Formation of n-Butanol from Ethanol through the Guerbet Process: A Tandem Catalytic Approach.

    Sumit Chakraborty;Paige E. Piszel;Cassandra E. Hayes;Cassandra E. Hayes;R. Tom Baker

  • Toward Greener Chemistry

    R. Thomas Baker;William Tumas

  • Sterically Tunable Phosphenium Cations: Synthesis and Characterization of Bis(arylamino)phosphenium Ions, Phosphinophosphenium Adducts, and the First Well-Defined Rhodium Phosphenium Complexes

    Michael B. Abrams;and Brian L. Scott;R. Thomas Baker

  • Knocking on Wood: Base Metal Complexes as Catalysts for Selective Oxidation of Lignin Models and Extracts

    Susan K. Hanson;R. Tom Baker

  • Nucleophile promoted degradation of catecholborane: consequences for transition metal-catalyzed hydroborations

    Stephen A. Westcott;Henk P. Blom;Todd B. Marder;R. Thomas Baker

  • Fluorocarbon Refrigerants and their Syntheses: Past to Present.

    Alexandre J. Sicard;R. Tom Baker

  • Coordination of aminoborane, NH2BH2, dictates selectivity and extent of H2 release in metal-catalysed ammonia borane dehydrogenation

    Vincent Pons;R. Tom Baker;Nathaniel K. Szymczak;David J. Heldebrant

Frequent Co-Authors

Ilia Korobkov
Ilia Korobkov Saudi Arabia Basic Industries (Saudi Arabia)
Todd B. Marder
Todd B. Marder University of Würzburg
Brian L. Scott
Brian L. Scott Los Alamos National Laboratory
Joseph C. Calabrese
Joseph C. Calabrese DuPont (United States)
David A. Dixon
David A. Dixon University of Alabama
Serge I. Gorelsky
Serge I. Gorelsky University of Ottawa
Richard L. Harlow
Richard L. Harlow DuPont (United States)
Muralee Murugesu
Muralee Murugesu University of Ottawa
Richard L. Martin
Richard L. Martin Los Alamos National Laboratory
William D. Jones
William D. Jones University of Rochester

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