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Timothy P. Hanusa is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States with a research focus primarily in chemistry and materials science. Their work spans several subfields, including organic chemistry, materials chemistry, inorganic chemistry, physical and theoretical chemistry, and biomaterials.

Hanusa's research covers a range of topics, notable among them are:

  • Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds
  • Crystallography and molecular interactions
  • Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry

The scientist has contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • "Synthesis without solvent: consequences for mechanochemical reactivity" (2023), published in Chemical Communications
  • "Exploration of Mechanochemical Activation in Solid-State Fluoro-Grignard Reactions" (2020), published in Molecules
  • "Advances in Mechanochemistry" (2021), published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • "An η3-Bound Allyl Ligand on Magnesium in a Mechanochemically Generated Mg/K Allyl Complex" (2020), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Solvate-Assisted Grinding: Metal Solvates as Solvent Sources in Mechanochemically Driven Organometallic Reactions" (2021), published in Organometallics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Hanusa include Ross F. Koby, Nathan D. Schley, Brian K. Long, William W. Brennessel, and Alicia M. Doerr.

Hanusa's publications are often found in key scientific venues such as:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Organometallics
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Chemistry - A European Journal

Best Publications

  • Advances in organometallic synthesis with mechanochemical methods

    Nicholas R. Rightmire;Timothy P. Hanusa

  • Ligand influences on structure and reactivity in organoalkaline earth chemistry

    Timothy P. Hanusa

  • Synthesis and crystallographic characterization of an unsolvated, monomeric samarium bis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) organolanthanide complex, (C5Me5)2Sm

    William J. Evans;Laura A. Hughes;Timothy P. Hanusa

  • Synthesis and X-ray crystal structure of bis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) complexes of samarium and europium: (C5Me5)2Sm and (C5Me5)2Eu

    William J. Evans;Laura A. Hughes;Timothy P. Hanusa

  • New developments in the organometallic chemistry of calcium, strontium and barium

    Timothy P. Hanusa

  • Non-cyclopentadienyl organometallic compounds of calcium, strontium and barium

    Timothy P. Hanusa

  • Synthesis and structure of the polymetallic yttrium alkoxide complex Y3(.mu.-OCMe3)(.mu.3-Cl)(.mu.-OCMe3)3(OCMe3)4(THF)2 and related complexes: Ln3(.mu.3-OR)(.mu.3-X)(.mu.-OR)3 building blocks in yttrium and lanthanide alkoxide chemistry

    William J. Evans;Mark S. Sollberger;Timothy P. Hanusa

  • New Developments in the Cyclopentadienyl Chemistry of the Alkaline-Earth Metals

    Timothy P. Hanusa

  • Structures of ionic decamethylmetallocenes: crystallographic characterization of bis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)calcium and -barium and a comparison with related organolanthanide species

    R. Allen Williams;Timothy P. Hanusa;John C. Huffman

  • Organolanthanide and organoyttrium enolate chemistry. Synthesis of [(C5H4R)2Ln(.mu.-OCH:CH2)]2 complexes and the molecular structure of [(CH3C5H4)2Y(.mu.-OCH:CH2)]2

    William J. Evans;Raul. Dominguez;Timothy P. Hanusa

  • Encapsulated alkaline-earth metallocenes. Synthesis, solution behavior, and solid-state structures of bis(tetraisopropylcyclopentadienyl)calcium and -barium, [(C3H7)4C5H]2Ca and [(C3H7)4C5H]2Ba

    R. Allen Williams;Kris F. Tesh;Timothy P. Hanusa

  • Structural Lessons from Main-Group Metallocenes

    David J. Burkey;Timothy P. Hanusa

  • Organolanthanide and organoyttrium hydride chemistry. Part 8. Structure and reactivity studies of bis(cyclopentadienyl)ytterbium and yttrium alkyl complexes including the x-ray crystal structure of (C5H5)2Yb(CH3)(THF)

    William J. Evans;Raul. Dominguez;Timothy P. Hanusa

  • Mechanochemical Synthesis of [1,3-(SiMe3)2C3H3]3(Al,Sc), a Base-Free Tris(allyl)aluminum Complex and Its Scandium Analogue

    Nicholas R. Rightmire;Timothy P. Hanusa;Arnold L. Rheingold

  • Ion pairing in [bis(trimethylsilyl)amido]potassium: The x-ray crystal structure of unsolvated [KN(SiMe3)2]2

    Kris F. Tesh;Timothy P. Hanusa;John C. Huffman

  • Synthesis and Crystal Structure of the Bis(allyl)calcium Complex [Ca{C3(SiMe3)2H3}2⋅(thf)2]

    Melanie J. Harvey;Timothy P. Hanusa;Victor G. Young

  • Formation and reactions of mono- and bis(peralkylcyclopentadienyl) complexes of calcium and barium. The x-ray crystal structure of [cyclic][(Me4EtC5)Ca(.mu.-NSiMe2CH2CH2SiMe2)]2

    S. Craig Sockwell;Timothy P. Hanusa;John C. Huffman

  • Structural relationships between mono- and dimeric bis(alkoxides) and bis(aryloxides) of calcium and barium. X-ray crystal structures of M(OC6H2-tert-Bu2-2,6-Me-4)2(THF)3.(THF) (M = calcium, barium) and [Ca(.mu.-OR)(OR)(THF)]2.2(toluene) [R = C(C6H5)2CH2C6H4Cl-4]

    Kris F. Tesh;Timothy P. Hanusa;John C. Huffman;Carolyn J. Huffman

  • Synthesis and Solution Behavior of (Tetraisopropylcyclopentadienyl)calcium Acetylide Complexes. Molecular Structure of {[(C3H7)4C5H]Ca(μ-C⋮CPh)(thf)}2

    David J. Burkey;Timothy P. Hanusa

  • Synthesis and crystallographic characterization of (Me5C5)2Ca(Me3SiC.tplbond.C-C.tplbond.CSiMe3): the first monomeric diyne complex of a main-group element

    R. Allen Williams;Timothy P. Hanusa;John C. Huffman

Frequent Co-Authors

William W. Brennessel
William W. Brennessel University of Rochester
Victor G. Young
Victor G. Young University of Minnesota
John C. Huffman
John C. Huffman Indiana University
William J. Evans
William J. Evans University of California, Irvine
Arnold L. Rheingold
Arnold L. Rheingold University of California, San Diego
Tomislav Friščić
Tomislav Friščić University of Birmingham
Jun Okuda
Jun Okuda RWTH Aachen University
Thomas P. Spaniol
Thomas P. Spaniol RWTH Aachen University
Brian L. Scott
Brian L. Scott Los Alamos National Laboratory
William E. Hunter
William E. Hunter University of Alabama

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