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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1983 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Thomas B. Rauchfuss is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research focuses extensively on energy, materials science, and chemistry, with a particular emphasis on renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

The scientist's work spans several main fields:

  • Energy
  • Materials Science
  • Chemistry

Within these broader areas, Rauchfuss explores various subfields:

  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Oncology

Rauchfuss's research topics reveal a focus on several key scientific themes:

  • Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis

Their recent publications include:

  • Using nature's blueprint to expand catalysis with Earth-abundant metals, 2020, Science
  • Radical SAM Enzyme HydE Generates Adenosylated Fe(I) Intermediates En Route to the [FeFe]-Hydrogenase Catalytic H-Cluster, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Crystal Structure of the [FeFe]-Hydrogenase Maturase HydE Bound to Complex-B, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Organometallic Fe 2 (μ-SH)2 (CO)4 (CN)2 Cluster Allows the Biosynthesis of the [FeFe]-Hydrogenase with Only the HydF Maturase, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Reactions of [Fe6C(CO)14(S)]2-: Cluster Growth, Redox, Sulfiding, 2020, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Organometallics
  • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry

Collaborations with other researchers are an integral part of Rauchfuss's work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Toby J. Woods
  • Fanjun Zhang
  • Federica Arrigoni
  • Giuseppe Zampella
  • R. David Britt

Award recognition includes being named a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1983.

Best Publications

  • Frontiers, Opportunities, and Challenges in Biochemical and Chemical Catalysis of CO2 Fixation

    Aaron M. Appel;John E. Bercaw;Andrew B. Bocarsly;Holger Dobbek

  • Small molecule mimics of hydrogenases: hydrides and redox

    Frédéric Gloaguen;Thomas B. Rauchfuss

  • Hydrogenase Enzymes and Their Synthetic Models: The Role of Metal Hydrides.

    David Schilter;James M. Camara;Mioy T. Huynh;Sharon Hammes-Schiffer

  • Using nature's blueprint to expand catalysis with Earth-abundant metals

    R. Morris Bullock;Jingguang G. Chen;Jingguang G. Chen;Laura Gagliardi;Paul J. Chirik

  • Biomimetic hydrogen evolution catalyzed by an iron carbonyl thiolate.

    Frédéric Gloaguen;Joshua D. Lawrence;Thomas B. Rauchfuss

  • METAL COMPLEXES OF HEMILABILE LIGANDS. REACTIVITY AND STRUCTURE OF DICHLOROBIS(O-(DIPHENYLPHOSPHINO)ANISOLE)RUTHENIUM(II)

    J. C. Jeffrey;T. B. Rauchfuss

  • Efficient Production of the Liquid Fuel 2,5-Dimethylfuran from Fructose Using Formic Acid as a Reagent†

    Todsapon Thananatthanachon;Thomas B. Rauchfuss

  • Iron carbonyl sulfides, formaldehyde, and amines condense to give the proposed azadithiolate cofactor of the Fe-only hydrogenases.

    Hongxiang Li;Thomas B Rauchfuss

  • Synthesis of Diiron(I) Dithiolato Carbonyl Complexes

    Yulong Li;Thomas B. Rauchfuss

  • Combining acid–base, redox and substrate binding functionalities to give a complete model for the [FeFe]-hydrogenase

    James M. Camara;Thomas B. Rauchfuss

  • Diiron Azadithiolates as Models for the Iron‐Only Hydrogenase Active Site: Synthesis, Structure, and Stereoelectronics

    Joshua D. Lawrence;Hongxiang Li;Thomas B. Rauchfuss;Marc Bénard

  • Synthetic and structural studies on [Fe2(SR)2(CN)x(CO)6-x](x-) as active site models for Fe-only hydrogenases.

    Frédéric Gloaguen;Joshua D. Lawrence;Michael Schmidt;Scott R. Wilson

  • First Generation Analogues of the Binuclear Site in the Fe-Only Hydrogenases: Fe2(μ-SR)2(CO)4(CN)22-

    Michael Schmidt;Stephen M. Contakes;Thomas B. Rauchfuss

  • Transition Metal Polysulfides: Coordination Compounds with Purely Inorganic Chelate Ligands

    M. Draganjac;T. B. Rauchfuss

  • Synthetic Models for the Active Site of the [FeFe]-Hydrogenase: Catalytic Proton Reduction and the Structure of the Doubly Protonated Intermediate

    Maria E. Carroll;Bryan E. Barton;Thomas B. Rauchfuss;Patrick J. Carroll

  • The Coordination Chemistry of Thiophenes

    Thomas B. Rauchfuss

  • Bimetallic carbonyl thiolates as functional models for Fe-only hydrogenases.

    Frédéric Gloaguen;Joshua D. Lawrence;Thomas B. Rauchfuss;Marc Bénard

  • Diiron azadithiolates as models for the [FeFe]-hydrogenase active site and paradigm for the role of the second coordination sphere.

    Thomas B. Rauchfuss

  • Nickel-iron dithiolato hydrides relevant to the [NiFe]-hydrogenase active site.

    Bryan E. Barton;C. Matthew Whaley;Thomas B. Rauchfuss;Danielle L. Gray

  • Terminal hydride in [FeFe]-hydrogenase model has lower potential for H2 production than the isomeric bridging hydride.

    Bryan E. Barton;Thomas B. Rauchfuss

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott R. Wilson
Scott R. Wilson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Stephen P. Cramer
Stephen P. Cramer Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Wolfgang Lubitz
Wolfgang Lubitz Max Planck Society
Arnold L. Rheingold
Arnold L. Rheingold University of California, San Diego
Luca De Gioia
Luca De Gioia University of Milano-Bicocca
Dieter Fenske
Dieter Fenske Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Charlotte L. Stern
Charlotte L. Stern Northwestern University
Sharon Hammes-Schiffer
Sharon Hammes-Schiffer Yale University
Frédéric Gloaguen
Frédéric Gloaguen University of Western Brittany
Andrew A. Gewirth
Andrew A. Gewirth University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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