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46
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10333
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15872
National Ranking
3970

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Robert R. Knowles is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with significant contributions to Organic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. Subfields of study also include Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Spectroscopy, and Pharmaceutical Science.

Their work addresses a range of scientific topics, notably:

  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques
  • Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts

Frequent co-authors include Gregory D. Scholes, Adam Reinhold, Philip D. Jeffrey, Yunjung Baek, and Lei Tian, indicating ongoing collaborative research efforts across multiple projects.

Knowles has published extensively in several venues. The top publication platforms include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Chemical Science

Recent papers contributed by Knowles cover various aspects of photochemical and catalytic processes:

  • Photochemical and Electrochemical Applications of Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Organic Synthesis, 2021, Chemical Reviews
  • Catalytic generation of alkoxy radicals from unfunctionalized alcohols, 2020, Chemical Science
  • Photocatalytic Generation of Aminium Radical Cations for C-N Bond Formation, 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • Enantioselective Hydroamination of Alkenes with Sulfonamides Enabled by Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Depolymerization of Hydroxylated Polymers via Light-Driven C-C Bond Cleavage, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Best Publications

  • Attractive noncovalent interactions in asymmetric catalysis: Links between enzymes and small molecule catalysts

    Robert Randolph Knowles;Eric N. Jacobsen

  • Catalytic alkylation of remote C–H bonds enabled by proton-coupled electron transfer

    Gilbert J. Choi;Qilei Zhu;David C. Miller;Carol J. Gu

  • Synthetic Applications of Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer.

    Emily C. Gentry;Robert Randolph Knowles

  • Photochemical and Electrochemical Applications of Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Organic Synthesis.

    Philip R. D. Murray;James H. Cox;Nicolas D. Chiappini;Casey B. Roos

  • Enantioselective photoredox catalysis enabled by proton-coupled electron transfer: development of an asymmetric aza-pinacol cyclization.

    Lydia J. Rono;Hatice G. Yayla;David Y. Wang;Michael F. Armstrong

  • Catalytic intermolecular hydroaminations of unactivated olefins with secondary alkyl amines

    Andrew J. Musacchio;Brendan C. Lainhart;Xin Zhang;Saeed G. Naguib

  • Catalytic Ring-Opening of Cyclic Alcohols Enabled by PCET Activation of Strong O-H Bonds

    Hatice G. Yayla;Huaiju Wang;Kyle T. Tarantino;Hudson S. Orbe

  • Enantioselective thiourea-catalyzed cationic polycyclizations.

    Robert R. Knowles;Song Lin;Eric N. Jacobsen

  • Catalytic ketyl-olefin cyclizations enabled by proton-coupled electron transfer.

    Kyle T. Tarantino;Peng Liu;Robert R. Knowles

  • Catalytic Alkene Carboaminations Enabled by Oxidative Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer

    Gilbert J. Choi;Robert R. Knowles

  • Catalytic Olefin Hydroamidation Enabled by Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer.

    David C. Miller;Gilbert J. Choi;Hudson S. Orbe;Robert Randolph Knowles

  • Light-driven deracemization enabled by excited-state electron transfer

    Nick Y. Shin;Jonathan M. Ryss;Xin Zhang;Scott J. Miller

  • Catalytic olefin hydroamination with aminium radical cations: a photoredox method for direct C-N bond formation.

    Andrew J. Musacchio;Lucas Q. Nguyen;G. Hudson Beard;Robert R. Knowles

  • Enantioselective Synthesis of Pyrroloindolines via Noncovalent Stabilization of Indole Radical Cations and Applications to the Synthesis of Alkaloid Natural Products

    Emily C. Gentry;Lydia J. Rono;Martina E. Hale;Rei Matsuura

  • A Redox Strategy for Light-Driven, Out-of-Equilibrium Isomerizations and Application to Catalytic C-C Bond Cleavage Reactions

    Eisuke Ota;Huaiju Wang;Nils Lennart Frye;Robert R. Knowles

  • Catalytic generation of alkoxy radicals from unfunctionalized alcohols

    Elaine Tsui;Huaiju Wang;Robert R. Knowles

  • Intermolecular Anti-Markovnikov Hydroamination of Unactivated Alkenes with Sulfonamides Enabled by Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer

    Qilei Zhu;David E. Graff;Robert Randolph Knowles

  • Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Organic Synthesis: Fundamentals, Applications, and Opportunities

    David C. Miller;Kyle T. Tarantino;Robert R. Knowles

  • Concerning the Mechanism of the FeCl3-Catalyzed α-Oxyamination of Aldehydes. Evidence for a Non-SOMO Activation Pathway

    Jeffrey F. Van Humbeck;Scott P. Simonovich;Robert R. Knowles;David W. C. MacMillan

  • Photocatalytic Generation of Aminium Radical Cations for C─N Bond Formation.

    Jacob M Ganley;Philip R D Murray;Robert R Knowles

  • Total synthesis of diazonamide A

    Robert R. Knowles;Joseph Carpenter;Simon B. Blakey;Akio Kayano

Frequent Co-Authors

David W. C. MacMillan
David W. C. MacMillan Princeton University
Gregory D. Scholes
Gregory D. Scholes Princeton University
Eric N. Jacobsen
Eric N. Jacobsen Harvard University
Garry Rumbles
Garry Rumbles National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Scott J. Miller
Scott J. Miller Yale University
Song Lin
Song Lin Cornell University
Paul J. Chirik
Paul J. Chirik Princeton University
James K. McCusker
James K. McCusker Michigan State University
Lars Thomsen
Lars Thomsen Australian Synchrotron
Lawrence G. Hamann
Lawrence G. Hamann Bristol-Myers Squibb (Germany)

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