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Robert A. Flowers

Robert A. Flowers

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Chemistry

D-Index
55
Citations
7854
World Ranking
12417
National Ranking
3309

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Robert A. Flowers is affiliated with Lehigh University in the United States and works primarily in the field of Chemistry. Their research spans several subfields including Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Catalysis, and Materials Chemistry.

They have contributed to various scientific topics throughout their career, including:

  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Radioactive Element Chemistry and Processing
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Robert A. Flowers include:

  • "Titanocenes as Photoredox Catalysts Using Green-Light Irradiation," published in 2020 in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Coordination-Induced Bond Weakening," published in 2022 in Chemical Reviews
  • "Titanocenes as Photoredox Catalysts Using Green-Light Irradiation," published in 2020 in Angewandte Chemie
  • "Ammonia Solvation vs Aqueous Solvation of Samarium Diiodide. A Theoretical and Experimental Approach to Understanding Bond Activation Upon Coordination to Sm(II)," published in 2021 in The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • "Proton donor effects on the reactivity of SmI2. Experimental and theoretical studies on methanol solvation vs. aqueous solvation," published in 2020 in Dalton Transactions

Frequent co-authors of Robert A. Flowers include:

  • Nicholas G. Boekell
  • Ugochinyere N. Oloyede
  • Caroline O. Bartulovich
  • Zhenhua Zhang
  • Tobias Hilche

Their publications have appeared multiple times in several key scientific venues such as:

  • Dalton Transactions
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Chemical Reviews
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Robert A. Flowers was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Protein renaturation by the liquid organic salt ethylammonium nitrate

    Catherine A. Summers;Robert A. Flowers

  • Organic Synthesis using Samarium Diiodide: A Practical Guide

    D. J. Procter;Robert A. Flowers;T. Skrydstrup

  • A Highly Stable, Six-Hydrogen-Bonded Molecular Duplex

    Huaqiang Zeng;Rebecca S. Miller;Robert A. Flowers;Bing Gong

  • Electrochemical investigation of the reducing power of SmI2 in THF and the effect of HMPA cosolvent

    Masangu Shabangi;Robert A. Flowers

  • Mechanistic Studies on the Roles of Cosolvents and Additives in Samarium(II)-Based Reductions

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  • Structural Rearrangement of Strained Coals

    John W. Larsen;Robert A. Flowers;Peter J. Hall;Gary Carlson

  • The role of proton donors in SmI2-mediated ketone reduction: new mechanistic insights.

    Pramod R. Chopade;Edamana Prasad;Robert A. Flowers

  • Reactions of SmI2 with Alkyl Halides and Ketones: Inner-Sphere vs Outer-Sphere Electron Transfer in Reactions of Sm(II) Reductants

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  • An Efficient and General Approach to β-Functionalized Ketones

    Jingliang Jiao;Larry X. Nguyen;Dennis R. Patterson;Robert A. Flowers

  • The effect of cosolvent on the reducing power of SmI2 in tetrahydrofuran

    Masangu Shabangi;Jennifer M. Sealy;James R. Fuchs;Robert A. Flowers

  • Catalytic, Atom-Economical Radical Arylation of Epoxides

    Andreas Gansäuer;Maike Behlendorf;Daniel von Laufenberg;André Fleckhaus

  • Reduction of ketones and alkyl iodides by SmI(2) and Sm(II)-HMPA complexes. Rate and mechanistic studies.

    E. Prasad;Robert A. Flowers

  • Mechanistic Study of Silver-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Fluorination

    Niki R. Patel;Robert A. Flowers

  • Mechanistic Impact of Water Addition to SmI2: Consequences in the Ground and Transition State

    Edamana Prasad;Robert A. Flowers

  • The effect of lithium bromide and lithium chloride on the reactivity of SmI2 in THF

    James R. Fuchs;Michael L. Mitchell;Masangu Shabangi;Robert A. Flowers

  • Ligand functionalization as a deactivation pathway in a fac-Ir(ppy)3-mediated radical addition

    James J. Devery;James J. Douglas;James J. Douglas;John D. Nguyen;Kevin P. Cole

  • Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in the Reduction of Carbonyls by Samarium Diiodide-Water Complexes.

    Tesia V. Chciuk;William R. Anderson;Robert A. Flowers

  • Molecular clips that undergo heterochiral aggregation and self-sorting.

    Anxin Wu;Anxin Wu;Arindam Chakraborty;James C. Fettinger;Robert A. Flowers

  • Ethylammonium nitrate: a protein crystallization reagent.

    Jennifer A. Garlitz;Catherine A. Summers;Robert A. Flowers;Gloria E. O. Borgstahl

  • A noncovalent approach to antiparallel β-sheet formation

    Huaqiang Zeng;Xiaowu Yang;Robert A. Flowers;Bing Gong

  • Studies on the mechanism, selectivity, and synthetic utility of lactone reduction using SmI(2) and H(2)O.

    Dixit Parmar;Lorna A. Duffy;Dhandapani V. Sadasivam;Hiroshi Matsubara

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Gansäuer
Andreas Gansäuer University of Bonn
David J. Procter
David J. Procter University of Manchester
Edward M. Arnett
Edward M. Arnett Duke University
Bing Gong
Bing Gong University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Stefan Grimme
Stefan Grimme University of Bonn
Jeffrey D. Laskin
Jeffrey D. Laskin Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Troels Skrydstrup
Troels Skrydstrup Aarhus University
Olav Schiemann
Olav Schiemann University of Bonn
Guigen Li
Guigen Li Texas Tech University
Andreas J. Meyer
Andreas J. Meyer University of Bonn

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