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Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)

# overview
Catalysis lies at the heart of many unmet chemical challenges. Research efforts in our group focus on development of new catalytic chemistry to impact both chemical synthesis as well as chemical storage of solar energy. Projects span organic, organometallic, and inorganic chemistries and rely on the tools of modern synthetic chemistry and spectroscopy, as well as advanced characterization techniques supported at synchrotron X-ray sources. Representative research interests include: shape-selective catalysis, solar energy storage in organic solar-thermal flow batteries, and aerobic oxidation chemistry for C-H functionalization reactions. We are seeking students who wish to gain expertise in synthetic chemistry and reaction mechanism elucidation.

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Professor and Associate Department Head for Undergraduate Studies

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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0303 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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0306 Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)

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0306 Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)

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0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle And Plasma Physics

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0306 Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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0306 Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)

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0306 Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)

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3407 Theoretical And Computational Chemistry

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12 Responsible Consumption And Production

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Franklin & Marshall College - (Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States)

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Harvard University - (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)

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Characterization of a Reactive Rh2 Nitrenoid by Crystalline Matrix Isolation

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New redox mediators for aerobic C-H oxidation chemistry

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Oxidase Catalysis via Aerobically Generated Hypervalent Iodine Intermediates

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Manipulation of Charged Porous Cages as Tunable Platforms for Selective Gas Adsorption

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Characterization of a Reactive Rh2 Nitrenoid by Crystalline Matrix Isolation

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Probing Substrate Diffusion in Interstitial MOF Chemistry with Kinetic Isotope Effects.

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Cis-Divacant Octahedral Fe(II) in a Dimensionally Reduced Family of 2-(Pyridin-2-yl)pyrrolide Complexes

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Halogen Photoelimination from Monomeric Nickel(III) Complexes Enabled by the Secondary Coordination Sphere

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Cis-Divacant Octahedral Fe(II) in a Dimensionally Reduced Family of 2-(Pyridin-2-yl)pyrrolide Complexes.

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Nitrogen Atom Transfer Catalysis by Metallonitrene CH Insertion: Photocatalytic Amidation of Aldehydes

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Connecting binuclear Pd(III) and mononuclear Pd(IV) chemistry by Pd-Pd bond cleavage.

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In Crystallo Snapshots of Rh2-Catalyzed CH Amination

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Diversification of Amidyl Radical Intermediates Derived from C-H Aminopyridylation.

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Metal-Metal Bond-Containing Complexes as Catalysts for C-H Functionalization

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Kinetic Versus Thermodynamic Metalation Enables Synthesis of Isostructural Homo- and Heterometallic Trinuclear Clusters

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Atomically Precise Crystalline Materials Based on Kinetically Inert Metal Ions via Reticular Mechanopolymerization

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Evaluating the Origins of Aerobic Oxidation Catalysis with TAM-3, a MOF with Accessible Co(II) Sites and Large Pores

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Two-electron HCl to H2 photocycle promoted by Ni(II) polypyridyl halide complexes.

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Characterization of a Reactive Rh2 Nitrenoid by Crystalline Matrix Isolation.

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Leveraging Exchange Kinetics for the Synthesis of Atomically Precise Porous Catalysts

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Oxidase catalysis via aerobically generated hypervalent iodine intermediates

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Atomically Precise Crystalline Materials Based on Kinetically Inert Metal Ions via Reticular Mechanopolymerization.

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Probing Substrate Diffusion in Interstitial MOF Chemistry with Kinetic Isotope Effects

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P-P Coupling with and without Terminal Metal-Phosphorus Intermediates.

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Secondary coordination sphere effects promote chlorine photoelimination from monomeric Ni(III) complexes

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A fluoride-derived electrophilic late-stage fluorination reagent for PET imaging.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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Metal-Free Aziridination of Unactivated Olefins via Transient N-Pyridinium Iminoiodinanes

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Multielectron C-H photoactivation with an Sb(v) oxo corrole.

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Observation of a Photogenerated Rh2 Nitrenoid Intermediate in C-H Amination.

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Palladium(III) in Synthesis and Catalysis.

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cis-Decalin oxidation as a stereochemical probe of in-MOF versus on-MOF catalysis.

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Cis-Divacant Octahedral Fe(II) in a Dimensionally Reduced Family of 2-(Pyridin-2-yl)pyrrolide Complexes

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Bimetallic Pd(III) complexes in palladium-catalysed carbon-heteroatom bond formation (vol 1, pg 302, 2009)

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Bidirectional Electron Transfer Strategies for Anti-Markovnikov Olefin Aminofunctionalization via Arylamine Radicals

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Observation of a photogenerated nitrenoid intermediates in C-H amination

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Analysis of natural buffer systems and the impact of acid rain - An environmental project for first-year chemistry students

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On the mechanism of palladium-catalyzed aromatic C-H oxidation.

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Aziridine Group Transfer via Transient N-Aziridinyl Radicals.

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Atomically Precise Crystalline Materials Based on Kinetically Inert Metal Ions via Reticular Mechanopolymerization

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Iodine redox catalysts for selective O2 utilization

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Halogen Photoelimination from SbV Dihalide Corroles.

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Ag(III)Ag(III) Argentophilic Interaction in a Cofacial Corrole Dyad.

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Bifunctional N-Aminopyridinium Reagents Enable CH Amination, Olefin Carboamination Cascades

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Dual Polymerization Pathway for Polyolefin-Polar Block Copolymer Synthesis via MILRad: Mechanism and Scope.

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Oxidase Catalysis via an Aerobically Generated Dess-Martin Periodinane Analogue

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Halogen photoelimination from Ni(III) complexes: An energy storing transformation

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Metal-Free Aziridination of Unactivated Olefins via Transient NPyridinium Iminoiodinanes

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Hypervalent Iodine Chemistry as a Platform for Aerobic Oxidation Catalysis

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ChemInform Abstract: MetalMetal BondContaining Complexes as Catalysts for CH Functionalization

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C-H Activation of Inert Arenes using a Photochemically Activated Guanidinato-Magnesium(I) Compound.

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Sequential Disproportionation Enables Aggregation of Four Electron-Holes at a Hypervalent Iodine Center

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Nitrene Photochemistry of Manganese N-Haloamides

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Electronic Structure of Copper Corroles.

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Nitrene Photochemistry of Manganese N-Haloamides

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Phenethylamine Synthesis via Latent Dual Electrophilicity of NPyridinium Aziridines

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Development of Nonclassical Photoprecursors for Rh2 Nitrenes.

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C-H Amination Mediated by Cobalt Organoazide Adducts and the Corresponding Cobalt Nitrenoid Intermediates.

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Bimetallic Pd(III) complexes in palladium-catalysed carbonheteroatom bond formation.

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Bimetallic reductive elimination from dinuclear Pd(III) complexes.

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Measuring and Modulating Substrate Confinement during Nitrogen-Atom Transfer in a Ru2-Based Metal-Organic Framework

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Iodosylbenzene Coordination Chemistry Relevant to Metal-Organic Framework Catalysis.

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Stereoelectronic Effects in Cl2 Elimination from Binuclear Pt(III) Complexes.

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Hydroxylation stereochemistry as a probe of In-MOF versus On-MOF catalysis

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Manipulation of Charged Porous Cages as Tunable Platforms for Strong Gas Adsorption

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Measuring and Modulating Substrate Confinement during Nitrogen-Atom Transfer in a Ru2-Based Metal-Organic Framework.

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High-Frequency and -Field EPR (HFEPR) Investigation of a Pseudotetrahedral CrIV Siloxide Complex and Computational Studies of Related CrIVL4 Systems.

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A Transition State Analogue for the Oxidation of Binuclear Palladium(II) to Binuclear Palladium(III) Complexes

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Prospects and challenges for nitrogen-atom transfer catalysis.

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Diversification of Amidyl Radical Intermediates Derived from CH Aminopyridylation

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Bimetallic redox synergy in oxidative palladium catalysis.

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Unlocking Solid-State Organometallic Photochemistry with Optically Transparent, Porous Salt Thin Films.

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Bimetallic palladium catalysis: direct observation of Pd(III)-Pd(III) intermediates.

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Synthesis of Atomically Precise Single-Crystalline Ru2-Based Coordination Polymers

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N-Amino Pyridinium Salts in Organic Synthesis.

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Evaluating substrate diffusion during interstitial MOF catalysis

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Electrocatalytic C-N Coupling via Anodically Generated Hypervalent Iodine Intermediates.

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Characterization of and group-transfer catalysis with lattice-confined reactive M-L multiple bonds

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Transient Triplet Metallopnictinidenes MPn (M = PdII, PtII; Pn = P, As, Sb): Characterization and Dimerization

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In Crystallo Photochemistry: Reimagining Synthetic Tractability with Transparent Single-Crystalline Flasks

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The Role of lodanyl Radicals as Critical Chain Carriers in Aerobic Hypervalent Iodine Chemistry

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Water oxidation catalysis by Co(II) impurities in Co(III)4O4 cubanes.

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Direct Characterization of a Reactive Lattice-Confined Ru2 Nitride by Photocrystallography.

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N-Aminopyridinium Reagents as Traceless Activating Groups in the Synthesis of N-Aryl Aziridines

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Synthesis, characterization, and photochemistry of Ru2(II,III) complexes of chalcogen oxides

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Copper Complexes with Diazoolefin Ligands and their Photochemical Conversion into Alkenylidene Complexes

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Selective multi-electron aggregation at a hypervalent iodine center by sequential disproportionation.

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Molecular Design Considerations for Azobenzene Anolytes.

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Probing substrate diffusion in interstitial MOF chemistry with kinetic isotope effects

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Trap-Free Halogen Photoelimination from Mononuclear Ni(III) Complexes.

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Electronic Structure Analysis and Reactivity of the Bimetallic Bis-Titanocene Vinylcarboxylate Complex, [(Cp2Ti)2(O2C3TMS2)].

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Synthesis of Secondary Amines via Self-Limiting Alkylation of N-Aminopyridinium Salts

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Exploring Green Chemistry with Aerobic Hypervalent Iodine Catalysis

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Transient N -Aziridinyl Radicals in Olefin Functionalization

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Oxidase Catalysis via an Aerobically Generated Dess-Martin Periodinane Analogue

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Cis-decalin oxidation as a stereochemical probe of in-MOF versus on-MOF catalysis

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Traceless Benzylic C-H Amination via Bifunctional N-Aminopyridinium Intermediates.

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Metallopolymerization as a Strategy to Translate Ligand-Modulated Chemoselectivity to Porous Catalysts

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Iodine-Iodine Cooperation Enables Metal-Free C-N Bond-Forming Electrocatalysis via Isolable Iodanyl Radicals.

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Synthesis of hypervalent iodine reagents with dioxygen

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Kinetic Probes of the Origin of Activity in MOF-Based CH Oxidation Catalysts

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Synthesis of atomically precise single-crystalline Ru2-based coordination polymers.

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Synthesis of Atomically Precise Single-Crystalline Ru2-Based Coordination Polymers

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Theoretical Analysis of Cobalt Hangman Porphyrins: Ligand Dearomatization and Mechanistic Implications for Hydrogen Evolution

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Hydrogen-bond activation enables aziridination of unactivated olefins with simple iminoiodinanes.

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Oxygen-atom transfer photochemistry of a molecular copper bromate complex.

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Synthesis of Secondary Amines via Self-Limiting Alkylation.

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Copper Complexes with Diazoolefin Ligands and their Photochemical Conversion into Alkenylidene Complexes.

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N-Aminopyridinium reagents as traceless activating groups in the synthesis of N-Aryl aziridines.

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Electrocatalytic CN Coupling via Anodically Generated Hypervalent Iodine Intermediates

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Traceless Benzylic CH Amination via Bifunctional NAminopyridinium Intermediates

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Oxidase Catalysis via Aerobically Generated Hypervalent Iodine Intermediates

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Conformational Control as a Design Strategy to Tune the Redox Behavior of Benzotriazole Negolytes for Nonaqueous Flow Batteries.

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Manipulate - techniques to manipulate the surroundings of a synthetic catalyst to control activity and selectivity: general discussion.

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IodineIodine Cooperation Enables Metal-Free CN Bond-Forming Electrocatalysis via Isolable Iodanyl Radicals

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Bidirectional Electron Transfer Strategies for Anti-Markovnikov Olefin Aminofunctionalization via Arylamine Radicals.

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Electrocatalytic CN Coupling via Anodically Generated Hypervalent Iodine Intermediates

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Thermal reactions of 7-d- and 8-d-bicyclo[4.2.0]oct-2-enes.

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Characterization of and catalysis with lattice-confined reative intermediates

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In Operando Analysis of Diffusion in Porous Metal-Organic Framework Catalysts.

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Metallopolymerization as a Strategy to Translate Ligand-Modulated Chemoselectivity to Porous Catalysts

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In Crystallo Snapshots of Rh2-Catalyzed CH Amination

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In Crystallo Snapshots of Rh2-Catalyzed C-H Amination.

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Proteome-Wide Covalent Targeting of Acidic Residues with Tunable N-Aryl Aziridines.

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Development of high-valent aerobic oxidation catalysis

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Use of photocrystallography to capture critical intermediates in HX energy conversion photocycles

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Nitrogen Atom Transfer Catalysis by Metallonitrene C-H Insertion: Photocatalytic Amidation of Aldehydes.

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Oxidation Catalysis by an Aerobically Generated DessMartin Periodinane Analogue

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Oxidase catalysis via aerobically generated hypervalent iodine intermediates.

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Tandem redox mediator/Ni(ii) trihalide complex photocycle for hydrogen evolution from HCl.

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Sustainable Methods in Hypervalent Iodine Chemistry

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Gold Corroles as Near-IR Phosphors for Oxygen Sensing.

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Kinetic versus thermodynamic metalation enables synthesis of isostructural homo- and heterometallic trinuclear clusters.

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Kinetic Probes of the Origin of Activity in MOF-Based C-H Oxidation Catalysis

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On the mechanism of intermolecular nitrogen-atom transfer from a lattice-isolated diruthenium nitride intermediate.

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-Phenethylamine Synthesis via Latent Dual Electrophilicity of N-Pyridinium Aziridines.

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Bifunctional N-Aminopyridinium Reagents Enable CH Amination, Olefin Carboamination Cascades

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Kinetic Versus Thermodynamic Metalation Enables Synthesis of Isostructural Homo- and Heterometallic Trinuclear Clusters

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Synthesis and structure of solution-stable one-dimensional palladium wires.

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Photosynthesis and direct characterization of reactive metal-ligand multiply bonded intermediates

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Metallopolymerization as a Strategy to Translate Ligand-Modulated Chemoselectivity to Porous Catalysts

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Oxidation Catalysis by an Aerobically Generated Dess-Martin Periodinane Analogue.

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Atomically Precise Crystalline Materials Based on Kinetically Inert Metal Ions via Reticular Mechanopolymerization

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CAREER: Aerobic Hypervalent Iodine Chemistry as a Platform for Oxidase Catalysis

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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United States Department of Energy - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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National Institute of General Medical Sciences - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States)

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Texas A&M University; Chemistry; 3255 TAMU

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Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)

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Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)

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Texas A&M Chemist David Powers Earns Sloan Research Fellowship