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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1973 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Reuben D. Rieke is a researcher affiliated with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the United States. Their academic contributions are recognized by notable professional fellowships.

They were named a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1973. Later, in 1996, they became a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Magnetic Properties of Nanostructured Materials

    Diandra L. Leslie-Pelecky;Reuben D. Rieke

  • Regiocontrolled Synthesis of Poly(3-alkylthiophenes) Mediated by Rieke Zinc: Their Characterization and Solid-State Properties

    Tian-An Chen;Xiaoming Wu;Reuben D. Rieke

  • The first regioregular head-to-tail poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) and a regiorandom isopolymer: nickel versus palladium catalysis of 2(5)-bromo-5(2)-(bromozincio)-3-hexylthiophene polymerization

    Tian An Chen;Reuben D. Rieke

  • The direct formation of functionalized alkyl(aryl)zinc halides by oxidative addition of highly reactive zinc with organic halides and their reactions with acid chlorides, .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated ketones, and allylic, aryl, and vinyl halides

    Lishan Zhu;Richard M. Wehmeyer;Reuben D. Rieke

  • Preparation of Organometallic Compounds from Highly Reactive Metal Powders

    Reuben D. Rieke

  • Preparation of highly reactive metal powders and their use in organic and organometallic synthesis

    Reuben D. Rieke

  • Activated metals. IV. Preparation and reactions of highly reactive magnesium metal

    Reuben D. Rieke;Stephen E. Bales

  • Preparation of highly reactive metal powders. New procedure for the preparation of highly reactive zinc and magnesium metal powders

    Reuben D. Rieke;Percy Tzu-Jung Li;Timothy P. Burns;Sung T. Uhm

  • Carbonyl coupling reactions using transition metals, lanthanides, and actinides

    Bruce E. Kahn;Reuben D. Rieke

  • Polyalkylthiophenes with the smallest bandgap and the highest intrinsic conductivity

    Tian-An Chen;Reuben D. Rieke

  • Hopping transport in doped conducting polymers in the insulating regime near the metal-insulator boundary: polypyrrole, polyaniline and polyalkylthiophenes

    C.O. Yoon;M Reghu;D. Moses;A.J. Heeger

  • Activated metals. I. Preparation of highly reactive magnesium metal

    Reuben D. Rieke;Phillip M. Hudnall

  • New organometallic reagents using highly reactive metals

    Reuben D. Rieke;Mark V. Hanson

  • Chromic phenomena in regioregular and nonregioregular polythiophene derivatives

    Karim Faied;Martin Frechette;Maxime Ranger;Louise Mazerolle

  • Low-temperature formation of functionalized Grignard reagents from direct oxidative addition of active magnesium to aryl bromides

    Lee Js;Velarde-Ortiz R;Guijarro A;Wurst

  • Highly reactive magnesium and its application to organic syntheses

    Timothy P. Burns;Reuben D. Rieke

  • Enhanced electroluminescence from semiconducting polymer blends

    G. Yu;H. Nishino;A.J. Heeger;T.-A. Chen

  • Electroluminescence from blend films of poly(3-hexylthiophene) and poly(N-vinylcarbazole)

    H. Nishino;G. Yu;A.J. Heeger;T.-A. Chen

  • Use of highly reactive zinc leads to a new, facile synthesis for polyarylenes

    Tian An Chen;Richard A. O'Brien;Reuben D. Rieke

  • New Reagent for Reductive Coupling of Carbonyl and Imine Compounds: Highly Reactive Manganese-Mediated Pinacol Coupling of Aryl Aldehydes, Aryl Ketones, and Aldimines

    Reuben D. Rieke;Seung-Hoi Kim

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan J. Heeger
Alan J. Heeger University of California, Santa Barbara
Mark S. Gordon
Mark S. Gordon Iowa State University
Mario Leclerc
Mario Leclerc Université Laval
Howard E. Zimmerman
Howard E. Zimmerman University of Wisconsin–Madison

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