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William E. Geiger is affiliated with the University of Vermont in the United States and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry. Their work spans subfields including Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's research covers multiple topics in chemical and materials studies such as crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, organometallic complex synthesis and catalysis, ferrocene chemistry and applications, molecular junctions and nanostructures, supramolecular chemistry and complexes, as well as surface chemistry and catalysis.

William E. Geiger has published papers in a range of professional venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Organometallics

Significant recent papers by the researcher include:

  • Oxidation of Cymantrene-Tagged Tamoxifen Analogues: Effect of Diphenyl Functionalization on the Redox Mechanism, 2020, Organometallics
  • Redox Chemistry of Nickelocene-Based Monomers and Polymers, 2021, Organometallics
  • CCDC 2079226: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2021, The Cambridge Structural Database
  • CCDC 2079224: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2021, The Cambridge Structural Database
  • CCDC 2079225: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2021, The Cambridge Structural Database

Collaborative work is a consistent aspect of their research activities. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Rebecca A. Musgrave
  • Andrew D. Russell
  • Paul R. Gamm
  • Rebekah L. N. Hailes
  • Jennifer C. Green

Best Publications

  • Chemical Redox Agents for Organometallic Chemistry

    Neil G. Connelly;William E. Geiger

  • Use of Weakly Coordinating Anions to Develop an Integrated Approach to the Tuning of ΔE1/2 Values by Medium Effects

    Frédéric Barrière;William E. Geiger

  • Comparison of the conductivity properties of the tetrabutylammonium salt of tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate anion with those of traditional supporting electrolyte anions in nonaqueous solvents.

    Robert J LeSuer;Catherine Buttolph;William E Geiger

  • Organometallic Electrochemistry Based on Electrolytes Containing Weakly-Coordinating Fluoroarylborate Anions

    William E. Geiger;Frédéric Barrière

  • Linear Oligo(ferrocenyldimethylsilanes) with between Two and Nine Ferrocene Units: Electrochemical and Structural Models for Poly(ferrocenylsilane) High Polymers

    Ron Rulkens;Alan J. Lough;Ian Manners;Sherri R. Lovelace

  • Organometallic Electrochemistry: Origins, Development, and Future

    William E. Geiger

  • Improved Electrochemistry in Low-Polarity Media Using Tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate Salts as Supporting Electrolytes.

    Robert J. LeSuer;William E. Geiger

  • Use of medium effects to tune the ΔE1/2 values of bimetallic and oligometallic compounds

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  • The Electron-Transfer Reactions of Polynuclear Organotransition Metal Complexes

    Neil G. Connelly;William E. Geiger

  • Electroreduction of cobaltocene. Evidence for a metallocene anion

    William E. Geiger

  • Improved electrochemistry of multi-ferrocenyl compounds: investigation of biferrocene, terferrocene, bis(fulvalene)diiron and diferrocenylethane in dichloromethane using [NBu4][B(C6F5)4] as supporting electrolyte

    Nicole Camire;Ulrich T Mueller-Westerhoff;William E Geiger

  • Electron-transfer reactions of metallocenes. Influence of metal oxidation state on structure and reactivity

    John D. L. Holloway;William E. Geiger

  • One-electron oxidation of ruthenocene: reactions of the ruthenocenium ion in gentle electrolyte media.

    Jannie C Swarts;Ayman Nafady;John H Roudebush;Sabrina Trupia

  • Synthesis and Properties of Optically Active Helical Metallocene Oligomers

    Thomas J. Katz;Anantha Sudhakar;Mark F. Teasley;Adam M. Gilbert

  • Electrochemical kinetic discrimination of the single-electron-transfer events of a two-electron-transfer reaction: cyclic voltammetry of the reduction of the bis(hexamethylbenzene)ruthenium dication

    David T. Pierce;William E. Geiger

  • Mixed-valent cations of dinuclear chromium arene complexes: electrochemical, spectroscopic, and structural considerations

    Norman Van Order;William E. Geiger;Thomas E. Bitterwolf;Arnold L. Rheingold

  • Characterization of the successive one-electron oxidation products of the dicobalt fulvalenediyl (Fv) compound Co2Fv(CO)4 and its phosphine-substituted product

    Ayman Nafady;William E. Geiger

  • Triple-decker complexes. 8. Triple-decker sandwiches. Syntheses, reactivity, electrochemistry, and x-ray crystal and electronic structures of bis(cyclopentadienylmetal)-.mu.-1,3-diborolenyl complexes with 29-34 valence electrons

    Joseph Edwin;Manfred Bochmann;Michael C. Boehm;David E. Brennan

  • Anodic Electrochemistry of Multiferrocenyl Phosphine and Phosphine Chalcogenide Complexes in Weakly Nucleophilic Electrolytes

    Frédéric Barrière;Rein U. Kirss, ,§ and;William E. Geiger

  • Characterization and Reactions of Previously Elusive 17-Electron Cations: Electrochemical Oxidations of (C6H6)Cr(CO)3 and (C5H5)Co(CO)2 in the Presence of [B(C6F5)4]-

    Nicole Camire;and Ayman Nafady;William E. Geiger

  • Investigations of Time-Dependent Delocalization and the Correlation of Carbonyl IR Shifts with ΔE1/2 Values for Hydrocarbon-Linked Class II and Class III Mixed-Valent Complexes

    Christopher G. Atwood and;William E. Geiger

  • Structural Changes Accompanying Metal Complex Electrode Reactions

    William E. Geiger

Frequent Co-Authors

Arnold L. Rheingold
Arnold L. Rheingold University of California, San Diego
Ian Manners
Ian Manners University of Victoria
Ayman Nafady
Ayman Nafady King Saud University
Russell N. Grimes
Russell N. Grimes University of Virginia
Gérard Jaouen
Gérard Jaouen Chimie ParisTech
Maria José Calhorda
Maria José Calhorda University of Lisbon
Michael C. Baird
Michael C. Baird Queen's University
Marvin D. Rausch
Marvin D. Rausch University of Massachusetts Amherst
Richard D. Ernst
Richard D. Ernst University of Utah
Michael N. Paddon-Row
Michael N. Paddon-Row University of New South Wales

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