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Robert McDonald

Robert McDonald

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Chemistry
Canada
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
82
Citations
23970
World Ranking
3089
National Ranking
69

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Robert McDonald is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with a significant emphasis on Materials Chemistry and Organic Chemistry as subfields.

The scholarly output of Robert McDonald includes a concentration in several topics related to chemical and materials science processes. These main topics of work include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics

Frequent publication venues for McDonald reflect specialization in crystallographic and chemical research, including:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
  • New Journal of Chemistry
  • British Journal of Dermatology

McDonald has collaborated extensively with several researchers, including:

  • Michael J. Ferguson
  • Raed M. Al-Zoubi
  • Walid K. Al-Jammal
  • M.J. Ferguson
  • Helia Hollenhorst

Their recent papers reflect a breadth of scientific interests spanning epidemiology, catalysis, and inorganic chemistry. Selected recent publications include:

  • "The CDC Domestic Mpox Response - United States, 2022-2023" (2023), published in MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
  • "Mechanism and Catalyst Design in Ru-Catalyzed Alkene Hydrophosphination" (2022), published in ACS Catalysis
  • "Insight into the Decomposition Mechanism of Donor-Acceptor Complexes of EH2 (E = Ge and Sn) and Access to Germanium Thin Films from Solution" (2020), published in Inorganic Chemistry
  • "Characteristics of JYNNEOS Vaccine Recipients Before and During a Large Multiday LGBTQIA+ Festival - Louisiana, August 9-September 5, 2022" (2022), published in MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
  • "Regioselective synthesis of ortho-iodobiphenylboronic acid derivatives: a superior catalyst for carboxylic acid activation" (2020), published in New Journal of Chemistry

McDonald is also the author of a book published by UWA Publishing titled Nature-Based Solutions for Wastewater Treatment (2021).

Best Publications

  • Polyynes as a model for carbyne: synthesis, physical properties, and nonlinear optical response.

    Sara Eisler;Aaron D. Slepkov;Erin Elliott;Thanh Luu

  • Enantioselective preparation and chemoselective cross-coupling of 1,1-diboron compounds

    Jack Chang Hung Lee;Robert McDonald;Dennis G. Hall

  • High Stokes Shift Anilido‐Pyridine Boron Difluoride Dyes

    Juan F. Araneda;Warren E. Piers;Belinda Heyne;Masood Parvez

  • Rapidly Initiating Ruthenium Olefin‐Metathesis Catalysts

    Patricio E. Romero;Warren E. Piers;Robert McDonald

  • Cationic Scandium Methyl Complexes Supported by a β-Diketiminato (“Nacnac”) Ligand Framework

    Paul G Hayes;Warren E Piers;Robert McDonald

  • Rhodium and iridium amido complexes supported by silyl pincer ligation: ammonia N-H bond activation by a [PSiP]Ir complex.

    Erin Morgan;Darren F MacLean;Robert McDonald;Laura Turculet

  • Divergent Reactivity of Perfluoropentaphenylborole with Alkynes

    Cheng Fan;Warren E. Piers;Masood Parvez;Robert McDonald

  • Stable Bromonium and Iodonium Ions of the Hindered Olefins Adamantylideneadamantane and Bicyclo[3.3.1]nonylidenebicyclo[3.3.1]nonane. X-Ray Structure, Transfer of Positive Halogens to Acceptor Olefins, and ab Initio Studies

    R. S. Brown;R. W. Nagorski;A. J. Bennet;A. J. Bennet;R. E D McClung

  • Novel Metal−Carbon Multiply Bonded Twelve-Electron Complexes of Ti and Zr Supported by a Bis(Phosphoranimine) Chelate

    Ronald G. Cavell;Ruppa P. Kamalesh Babu;and Aparna Kasani;Robert McDonald

  • [Ph2P(NSiMe3)]2CLi2: A Dilithium Dianionic Methanide Salt with an Unusual Li4C2 Cluster Structure

    Aparna Kasani;Ruppa P. Kamalesh Babu;Robert McDonald;Ronald G. Cavell

  • Challenging nickel-catalysed amine arylations enabled by tailored ancillary ligand design

    Christopher M. Lavoie;Preston M. MacQueen;Nicolas L. Rotta-Loria;Ryan S. Sawatzky

  • Phosphine coordination complexes of the diphenylphosphenium cation: a versatile synthetic methodology for P-P bond formation.

    Neil Burford;Paul J. Ragogna;Robert McDonald;Michael J. Ferguson

  • Chiral discrimination in hydrogen-bonded

    Elisa Murguly;Robert McDonald;Neil R. Branda

  • Intercepting low oxidation state main group hydrides with a nucleophilic N-heterocyclic olefin

    S. M. Ibrahim Al-Rafia;Adam C. Malcolm;Sean K. Liew;Michael J. Ferguson

  • Organometallic complexes of scandium and yttrium supported by a bulky salicylaldimine ligand

    David J. H. Emslie;Warren E. Piers;and Masood Parvez;Robert McDonald

  • Preparation of Stable Low‐Oxidation‐State Group 14 Element Amidohydrides and Hydride‐Mediated Ring‐Expansion Chemistry of N‐Heterocyclic Carbenes

    S. M. Ibrahim Al-Rafia;Robert McDonald;Michael J. Ferguson;Eric Rivard

  • Synthesis and Reactivity of Platinum Group Metal Complexes Featuring the New Pincer-like Bis(phosphino)silyl Ligand [κ3-(2-Ph2PC6H4)2SiMe]− ([PSiP]): Application in the Ruthenium-Mediated Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones

    Morgan C. MacInnis;Darren F. MacLean;Rylan J. Lundgren;Robert McDonald

  • Donor/acceptor stabilization of Ge(II) dihydride

    Kelsey C. Thimer;S. M. Ibrahim Al-Rafia;Michael J. Ferguson;Robert McDonald

  • Coaxing Solid‐State Phosphorescence from Tellurophenes

    Gang He;William Torres Delgado;Devon J. Schatz;Christian Merten

  • Nickel and Palladium Silyl Pincer Complexes: Unusual Structural Rearrangements that Involve Reversible SiC(sp3) and SiC(sp2) Bond Activation†

    Samuel J. Mitton;Robert McDonald;Laura Turculet

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Ferguson
Michael J. Ferguson University of Alberta
Rik R. Tykwinski
Rik R. Tykwinski University of Alberta
Eric Rivard
Eric Rivard University of Alberta
Martin R. Cowie
Martin R. Cowie King's College London
Neil Burford
Neil Burford University of Victoria
Warren E. Piers
Warren E. Piers University of Calgary
Frederick G. West
Frederick G. West University of Alberta
Brian O. Patrick
Brian O. Patrick University of British Columbia
Deryn E. Fogg
Deryn E. Fogg University of Ottawa
Neil R. Branda
Neil R. Branda Simon Fraser University

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