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Chemistry D-index 81 Citations 18,083 265 World Ranking 1415 National Ranking 574

Research.com Recognitions

Awards & Achievements

2010 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society

1988 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

1984 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

1976 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS)

1963 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Organic chemistry
  • Catalysis
  • Hydrogen

His primary areas of investigation include Medicinal chemistry, Organic chemistry, Catalysis, Photochemistry and Stereochemistry. His work carried out in the field of Medicinal chemistry brings together such families of science as Benzothiophene, Benzene, Nickel, Alkyne and Oxidative addition. His work on Reactivity and Flue-gas desulfurization as part of general Organic chemistry study is frequently linked to Membrane, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of science.

His studies deal with areas such as Moiety and Nanotechnology as well as Catalysis. His research on Photochemistry also deals with topics like

  • Carbon–hydrogen bond activation, which have a strong connection to Inorganic chemistry,
  • Potential energy surface, which have a strong connection to Density functional theory. The concepts of his Stereochemistry study are interwoven with issues in Olefin fiber, Fluorine, Aryl, Alkyl and Hexafluorobenzene.

His most cited work include:

  • An efficient low-temperature route to polycyclic isoquinoline salt synthesis via C-H activation with [Cp*MCl2]2 (M = Rh, Ir). (325 citations)
  • Isotope effects in C-H bond activation reactions by transition metals. (312 citations)
  • Comparative reactivities of hydrocarbon C-H bonds with a transition-metal complex (305 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Medicinal chemistry, Photochemistry, Stereochemistry, Catalysis and Organic chemistry. He has included themes like Benzene, Rhodium, Bond cleavage and Oxidative addition, Ligand in his Medicinal chemistry study. The study incorporates disciplines such as Computational chemistry, Alkane and Reductive elimination in addition to Oxidative addition.

His Photochemistry research includes elements of Benzonitrile, Platinum, Reactivity, Metal and Density functional theory. His Stereochemistry research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Thiophene, Aryl, Hydride and Crystal structure. His Catalysis research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Polymer chemistry and Nickel.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Medicinal chemistry (50.00%)
  • Photochemistry (26.90%)
  • Stereochemistry (24.37%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2009-2021)?

  • Medicinal chemistry (50.00%)
  • Catalysis (19.94%)
  • Photochemistry (26.90%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

William D. Jones mainly investigates Medicinal chemistry, Catalysis, Photochemistry, Organic chemistry and Rhodium. His studies in Medicinal chemistry integrate themes in fields like Oxidative addition, Ligand, Reductive elimination and Stereochemistry. His Catalysis study incorporates themes from Cobalt and Polymer chemistry.

His Photochemistry study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Hydride, Disproportionation, Acetonitrile, Isomerization and Density functional theory. His work in the fields of Guerbet reaction, Diimine and Phosphine overlaps with other areas such as Cooperativity. His Rhodium study also includes fields such as

  • Crystal structure which intersects with area such as Proton NMR,
  • Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and related Infrared spectroscopy, Crystallography, Thiophene and Bond cleavage.

Between 2009 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • A Molecular Iron Catalyst for the Acceptorless Dehydrogenation and Hydrogenation of N‑Heterocycles (260 citations)
  • Well-Defined Iron Catalysts for the Acceptorless Reversible Dehydrogenation-Hydrogenation of Alcohols and Ketones (207 citations)
  • Acceptorless, Reversible Dehydrogenation and Hydrogenation of N‑Heterocycles with a Cobalt Pincer Catalyst (113 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Organic chemistry
  • Catalysis
  • Alkene

His primary areas of study are Medicinal chemistry, Organic chemistry, Catalysis, Photochemistry and Dehydrogenation. His Medicinal chemistry research integrates issues from Rhodium, Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Stereochemistry, Metal and Reductive elimination. In general Organic chemistry study, his work on Pincer movement, Pincer ligand, Bifunctional and Iridium often relates to the realm of Cooperativity, thereby connecting several areas of interest.

His work in the fields of Catalysis, such as Transition metal, overlaps with other areas such as Data science. His Photochemistry study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Benzene, Benzonitrile, Ligand, Selectivity and Acetonitrile. His work carried out in the field of Dehydrogenation brings together such families of science as Iron complex and Guerbet reaction.

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Best Publications

Isotope effects in C-H bond activation reactions by transition metals.

William D. Jones.
Accounts of Chemical Research (2003)

486 Citations

The mechanism and thermodynamics of alkane and arene carbon-hydrogen bond activation in (C5Me5)Rh(PMe3)(R)H

W. D. Jones;F. J. Feher.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (1984)

474 Citations

Comparative reactivities of hydrocarbon C-H bonds with a transition-metal complex

William D. Jones;Frank J. Feher.
Accounts of Chemical Research (1989)

471 Citations

An efficient low-temperature route to polycyclic isoquinoline salt synthesis via C-H activation with [Cp*MCl2]2 (M = Rh, Ir).

Ling Li;William W. Brennessel;William D. Jones.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2008)

408 Citations

A Molecular Iron Catalyst for the Acceptorless Dehydrogenation and Hydrogenation of N‑Heterocycles

Sumit Chakraborty;William W. Brennessel;William D. Jones.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2014)

347 Citations

C−H Activation of Phenyl Imines and 2-Phenylpyridines with [Cp*MCl2]2 (M = Ir, Rh): Regioselectivity, Kinetics, and Mechanism

Ling Li;William W. Brennessel;William D. Jones.
Organometallics (2009)

332 Citations

Activation of Unreactive Bonds and Organic Synthesis

Shinji Murai;H. Alper;R. A. Gossage;V. V. Grushin.
(1999)

296 Citations

Well-Defined Iron Catalysts for the Acceptorless Reversible Dehydrogenation-Hydrogenation of Alcohols and Ketones

Sumit Chakraborty;Paraskevi O. Lagaditis;Moritz Förster;Elizabeth A. Bielinski.
ACS Catalysis (2014)

283 Citations

Cleavage of carbon-carbon bonds in aromatic nitriles using nickel(0).

Juventino J. Garcia;Nicole M. Brunkan;William D. Jones.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2002)

254 Citations

Mechanism of arene carbon-hydrogen bond activation by (C5Me5)Rh(PMe3)(H)Ph. Evidence for arene precoordination

William D. Jones;Frank J. Feher.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (1982)

252 Citations

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