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William W. Brennessel

William W. Brennessel

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
65
Citations
16628
World Ranking
7600
National Ranking
2225

Overview

William W. Brennessel is affiliated with the University of Rochester in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with a focus on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Oncology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, including:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties

William W. Brennessel has published extensively, with a number of recent papers highlighting developments in polyoxovanadate clusters, organometallic complexes, and biochemical applications. Recent publications include:

  • Concerted Multiproton-Multielectron Transfer for the Reduction of O2 to H2O with a Polyoxovanadate Cluster, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Oxygen-Atom Defect Formation in Polyoxovanadate Clusters via Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • A synthetic small molecule stalls pre-mRNA splicing by promoting an early-stage U2AF2-RNA complex, 2021, Cell chemical biology
  • Synthesis, Structure, and Hydroboration Reactivity of Anionic Nickel(0) Complexes Supported by Bidentate NHC-Pyridone Ligands, 2022, Organometallics
  • Heterometallic trinuclear oxo-centered clusters as single-source precursors for synthesis of stoichiometric monodisperse transition metal ferrite nanocrystals, 2020, Dalton Transactions

The scientist's frequent co-authors include:

  • Ellen M. Matson
  • William D. Jones
  • Michael L. Neidig
  • Olaf Nachtigall
  • Andrew I. VanderWeide

Publication venues where William W. Brennessel's work frequently appears are:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Organometallics
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Dalton Transactions
  • Chemical Communications

Best Publications

  • Crystallographic and spectroscopic characterization of a nonheme Fe(IV)-O complex.

    Jan Uwe Rohde;Jun Hee In;Jun Hee In;Mi Hee Lim;Mi Hee Lim;William W. Brennessel

  • N2 Reduction and Hydrogenation to Ammonia by a Molecular Iron-Potassium Complex

    Meghan M. Rodriguez;Eckhard Bill;William W. Brennessel;Patrick L. Holland

  • 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

  • A Cobalt–Dithiolene Complex for the Photocatalytic and Electrocatalytic Reduction of Protons

    William R. McNamara;Zhiji Han;Paul J. Alperin;William W. Brennessel

  • Visible light-driven hydrogen production from aqueous protons catalyzed by molecular cobaloxime catalysts.

    Pingwu Du;Jacob Schneider;Genggeng Luo;William W. Brennessel

  • 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

  • Structures of Nonheme Oxoiron(IV) Complexes from X‐ray Crystallography, NMR Spectroscopy, and DFT Calculations

    Eric J. Klinker;József Kaizer;William W. Brennessel;Nathaniel L. Woodrum

  • Cobalt-dithiolene complexes for the photocatalytic and electrocatalytic reduction of protons in aqueous solutions

    William R McNamara;Zhiji Han;Chih-Juo Madeline Yin;William W Brennessel

  • A Carbon-Free Sandwich Complex [(P5)2Ti]2−

    Eugenijus Urne˙žius;William W. Brennessel;Christopher J. Cramer;John E. Ellis

  • Nickel Pyridinethiolate Complexes as Catalysts for the Light-Driven Production of Hydrogen from Aqueous Solutions in Noble-Metal-Free Systems

    Zhiji Han;Luxi Shen;William W. Brennessel;Patrick L. Holland

  • Nickel Complexes for Robust Light-Driven and Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Production from Water

    Amit Das;Zhiji Han;William W. Brennessel;Patrick L. Holland

  • Z-selective alkene isomerization by high-spin cobalt(II) complexes.

    Chi Chen;Thomas R. Dugan;William W. Brennessel;Daniel J. Weix

  • Dioxygen Activation at a Single Copper Site: Structure, Bonding, and Mechanism of Formation of 1:1 Cu−O2 Adducts

    Nermeen W. Aboelella;Sergey V. Kryatov;Benjamin F. Gherman;William W. Brennessel

  • Rapid, Regioconvergent, Solvent-Free Alkene Hydrosilylation with a Cobalt Catalyst

    Chi Chen;Maxwell B. Hecht;Aydin Kavara;William W. Brennessel

  • Snapshots of Dioxygen Activation by Copper: The Structure of a 1:1 Cu/O2 Adduct and Its Use in Syntheses of Asymmetric Bis(μ-oxo) Complexes

    Nermeen W. Aboelella;Elizabeth A. Lewis;Anne M. Reynolds;William W. Brennessel

  • The reactivity patterns of low-coordinate iron-hydride complexes.

    Ying Yu;Azwana R. Sadique;Jeremy M. Smith;Thomas R. Dugan

  • Impact of ligand exchange in hydrogen production from cobaloxime-containing photocatalytic systems.

    Theresa M. McCormick;Zhiji Han;David J. Weinberg;William W. Brennessel

  • Luminescent Au(I)/Cu(I) alkynyl clusters with an ethynyl steroid and related aliphatic ligands: an octanuclear Au4Cu4 cluster and luminescence polymorphism in Au3Cu2 clusters.

    Gerald F. Manbeck;William W. Brennessel;Robert A. Stockland;Richard Eisenberg

  • Synthesis and Structural Characterization of a New Vapochromic Pt(II) Complex Based on the 1-Terpyridyl-2,3,4,5,6-pentaphenylbenzene (TPPPB) Ligand

    Pingwu Du;Jacob Schneider;William W Brennessel;Richard Eisenberg

  • Catalytic Upgrading of Ethanol to n-Butanol via Manganese-Mediated Guerbet Reaction

    Naveen V. Kulkarni;Naveen V. Kulkarni;William W. Brennessel;William D. Jones

Frequent Co-Authors

William D. Jones
William D. Jones University of Rochester
Patrick L. Holland
Patrick L. Holland Yale University
Richard Eisenberg
Richard Eisenberg University of Rochester
Timothy P. Hanusa
Timothy P. Hanusa Vanderbilt University
Victor G. Young
Victor G. Young University of Minnesota
Eckhard Bill
Eckhard Bill Max Planck Society
Brandon Q. Mercado
Brandon Q. Mercado Yale University
Daniel J. Weix
Daniel J. Weix University of Wisconsin–Madison
Pingwu Du
Pingwu Du University of Science and Technology of China
Lawrence Que
Lawrence Que University of Minnesota

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