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Research.com Recognitions

  • 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

William D. Jones is affiliated with the University of Rochester in the United States and is involved primarily in the field of Materials Science. Their research spans several subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics such as Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis, Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis, Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods, Catalysis for Biomass Conversion, and Chemical Synthesis and Reactions.

Jones has authored several research papers, including:

  • Carbon Capture and Conversion, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Photochemical C(sp)-C(sp2) Bond Activation in Phosphaalkynes: A New Route to Reactive Terminal Cyaphido Complexes LnM-C≡P, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Upgrading of Ethanol to n-Butanol via a Ruthenium Catalyst in Aqueous Solution, 2021, Organometallics
  • An Iron-Based Dehydration Catalyst for Selective Formation of Styrene, 2021, ACS Catalysis
  • Guerbet upgrading of ethanol to n-butanol using Ru(iii) catalysts under air, 2023, New Journal of Chemistry

Their frequent co-authors include William W. Brennessel, Andrew I. VanderWeide, Olaf Nachtigall, Abdurrahman Ç. Ateşin, and Tülay A. Ateşin.

Jones regularly publishes in venues such as The Cambridge Structural Database, Organometallics, Journal of the American Chemical Society, ACS Catalysis, and New Journal of Chemistry.

Over the course of their career, William D. Jones has received several fellowships, including those from the American Chemical Society, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the American Physical Society, dating back to 1963 through 2010.

Best Publications

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

    William D. Jones;Frank J. Feher

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

    William D. Jones

  • THE MECHANISM AND THERMODYNAMICS OF ALKANE AND ARENE CARBON-HYDROGEN BOND ACTIVATION IN (C5ME5)RH(PME3)(R)H

    W. D. Jones;F. J. Feher

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

    Sumit Chakraborty;William W. Brennessel;William D. Jones

  • 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

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

    Sumit Chakraborty;Paraskevi O. Lagaditis;Moritz Förster;Elizabeth A. Bielinski

  • 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

  • Activation of Unreactive Bonds and Organic Synthesis

    Shinji Murai;H. Alper;R. A. Gossage;V. V. Grushin

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

    Juventino J. Garcia;Nicole M. Brunkan;William D. Jones

  • Toward Benchmarking in Catalysis Science: Best Practices, Challenges, and Opportunities

    Thomas Bligaard;R. Morris Bullock;Charles T. Campbell;Jingguang G. Chen;Jingguang G. Chen

  • Acceptorless, Reversible Dehydrogenation and Hydrogenation of N‑Heterocycles with a Cobalt Pincer Catalyst

    Ruibo Xu;Ruibo Xu;Sumit Chakraborty;Hongmei Yuan;William D. Jones

  • Activation of C-F bonds using Cp*2ZrH2: a diversity of mechanisms

    William D. Jones

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

    William D. Jones;Frank J. Feher

  • Alkane carbon-hydrogen bond activation by homogeneous rhodium(I) compounds

    William D. Jones;Frank J. Feher

  • Mechanistic Investigation of Catalytic Carbon−Carbon Bond Activation and Formation by Platinum and Palladium Phosphine Complexes

    Brian L. Edelbach;Rene J. Lachicotte;William D. Jones

  • Kinetics, Thermodynamics, and Effect of BPh3 on Competitive C−C and C−H Bond Activation Reactions in the Interconversion of Allyl Cyanide by [Ni(dippe)]

    Nicole M. Brunkan;T. Donna M. Brestensky;William D. Jones

  • A model for homogeneous hydrodesulfurization. The importance of .eta.2-coordination and sulfur coordination in carbon-hydrogen and carbon-sulfur bond cleavage reactions of thiophene

    Lingzhen Dong;Simon B. Duckett;Kristine F. Ohman;William D. Jones

  • Modeling the Hydrodesulfurization Reaction at Nickel. Unusual Reactivity of Dibenzothiophenes Relative to Thiophene and Benzothiophene

    David A. Vicic;William D. Jones

  • Reversible Cleavage of Carbon−Carbon Bonds in Benzonitrile Using Nickel(0)

    Juventino J. Garcia;William D. Jones

  • Highly Selective Formation of n-Butanol from Ethanol through the Guerbet Process: A Tandem Catalytic Approach.

    Sumit Chakraborty;Paige E. Piszel;Cassandra E. Hayes;Cassandra E. Hayes;R. Tom Baker

  • The fall of the C-C bond

    William D. Jones

Frequent Co-Authors

William W. Brennessel
William W. Brennessel University of Rochester
Frank J. Feher
Frank J. Feher Goodyear (United States)
David A. Vicic
David A. Vicic Lehigh University
Robin N. Perutz
Robin N. Perutz University of York
Christian Müller
Christian Müller Freie Universität Berlin
Robert G. Bergman
Robert G. Bergman University of California, Berkeley
Eric Clot
Eric Clot University of Montpellier
Odile Eisenstein
Odile Eisenstein University of Montpellier
Simon B. Duckett
Simon B. Duckett University of York
Charles P. Casey
Charles P. Casey University of Wisconsin–Madison

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