William W. Brennessel

15.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
367 papers, 13.5k citations indexed

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William W. Brennessel is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, William W. Brennessel has authored 367 papers receiving a total of 13.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 224 papers in Organic Chemistry, 209 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 95 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in William W. Brennessel's work include Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (126 papers), Metal complexes synthesis and properties (69 papers) and Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (53 papers). William W. Brennessel is often cited by papers focused on Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (126 papers), Metal complexes synthesis and properties (69 papers) and Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (53 papers). William W. Brennessel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. William W. Brennessel's co-authors include William D. Jones, Patrick L. Holland, Richard Eisenberg, Ling Li, Zhiji Han, Eckhard Bill, Sumit Chakraborty, John E. Ellis, Jacob Schneider and Ellen M. Matson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

William W. Brennessel

360 papers receiving 13.5k citations

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Crystallographic and Spectroscopic Characterization of a Nonheme Fe(IV)=O Complex

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Probing the Framework Metal Dependent Properties of Actinide-Centered Polyoxoalkoxide Sandwich-Type Complexes 2025 ·Inorganic Chemistry ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Andrew W. Mitchell, William W. Brennessel, Matthias Zeller, Matthew R. Crawley, Suzanne C. Bart, Michael T. Ruggiero, Ellen M. Matson	1
2	Leveraging a reduced polyoxomolybdate-alkoxide cluster for the formation of a stable U( v ) sandwich complex 2024 ·Chemical Science ·(unknown), William W. Brennessel, Matthew R. Crawley, Ellen M. Matson	4
3	Selective adsorption of fluorinated super greenhouse gases within a metal–organic framework with dynamic corrugated ultramicropores 2024 ·Chemical Science ·(unknown), William W. Brennessel, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Phillip J. Milner, Marc D. Porosoff, Brandon R. Barnett	10
4	Synthesis and Characterization of Isostructural Th(IV) and U(IV) Pyridine Dipyrrolide Complexes 2024 ·Inorganic Chemistry ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), William W. Brennessel, Carsten Milsmann, Ellen M. Matson	4
5	Unusual S=1 Four‐Coordinate Fe(IV) Complexes Supported by Bisamide Ligands: Syntheses, Characterization, and Electronic Structures 2024 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Bufan Zhang, (unknown), (unknown), William W. Brennessel, Serena DeBeer, Michael L. Neidig	3
6	Deactivation Modes in Nickel-Mediated Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reactions Using an NHC-Pyridonate Ligand 2024 ·Organometallics ·(unknown), (unknown), William W. Brennessel, C. Rose Kennedy	2
7	Crystal structure and synthesis of the bis(anthracene)dicuprate dianion as the dipotassium salt, [K(tetrahydrofuran)₂]₂[{Cu(9,10-η²-anthracene)}₂], the first anionic arene complex of copper 2023 ·Acta Crystallographica Section C Structural Chemistry ·Victor G. Young, William W. Brennessel, John E. Ellis	3
8	Secondary-sphere preorganization enables nickel-catalyzed nitrile hydroboration 2023 ·Chemical Communications ·(unknown), (unknown), William W. Brennessel, (unknown), C. Rose Kennedy	8
9	Efficient Hole Transfer from CdSe Quantum Dots Enabled by Oxygen-Deficient Polyoxovanadate-Alkoxide Clusters 2023 ·Nano Letters ·(unknown), Kevin P. McClelland, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), William W. Brennessel, Todd D. Krauss, Ellen M. Matson	2
10	Hydrogen Production Using a Nickel Catalyst Combining Redox Activity and Pendent Base Effects 2023 ·Inorganic Chemistry ·Scott A. Wicker, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), William W. Brennessel, William T. Eckenhoff	2
11	Synthesis, Structure, and Hydroboration Reactivity of Anionic Nickel(0) Complexes Supported by Bidentate NHC-Pyridone Ligands 2022 ·Organometallics ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), William W. Brennessel, C. Rose Kennedy	13
12	Synthesis and characterization of Ni(0) complexes supported by an unsymmetric C,N ligand 2022 ·Journal of Coordination Chemistry ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), William W. Brennessel, C. Rose Kennedy	2
13	The Exceptional Diversity of Homoleptic Uranium–Methyl Complexes 2020 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Jeffrey D. Sears, Dumitru‐Claudiu Sergentu, (unknown), William W. Brennessel, Jochen Autschbach, Michael L. Neidig	2
14	The Exceptional Diversity of Homoleptic Uranium–Methyl Complexes 2020 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Jeffrey D. Sears, Dumitru‐Claudiu Sergentu, (unknown), William W. Brennessel, Jochen Autschbach, Michael L. Neidig	14
15	Homoleptic Aryl Complexes of Uranium (IV) 2019 ·Angewandte Chemie ·(unknown), Dumitru‐Claudiu Sergentu, William W. Brennessel, Jochen Autschbach, Michael L. Neidig	4
16	Reduction of CO₂ by a masked two-coordinate cobalt(i) complex and characterization of a proposed oxodicobalt(ii) intermediate 2018 ·Chemical Science ·Lisa Roy, Malik H. Al‐Afyouni, (unknown), Bhaskar Mondal, Ida M. DiMucci, Kyle M. Lancaster, Jason Shearer, Eckhard Bill, William W. Brennessel, Frank Neese, Shengfa Ye, Patrick L. Holland	42
17	Catalytic Dehydrogenative C–C Coupling by a Pincer-Ligated Iridium Complex 2017 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·(unknown), Bo Li, Tian Zhou, Karsten Krogh‐Jespersen, William W. Brennessel, Thomas J. Emge, Alan S. Goldman, William D. Jones	36
18	Polyoxovanadate–Alkoxide Clusters as a Redox Reservoir for Iron 2017 ·Inorganic Chemistry ·Feng Li, Stephanie H. Carpenter, Robert F. Higgins, (unknown), William W. Brennessel, Maryline G. Ferrier, Samantha K. Cary, Juan S. Lezama-Pacheco, Joshua Wright, Benjamin W. Stein, Matthew P. Shores, Michael L. Neidig, Stosh A. Kozimor, Ellen M. Matson	45
19	Cobalt-dithiolene complexes for the photocatalytic and electrocatalytic reduction of protons in aqueous solutions 2012 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·William R. McNamara, Zhiji Han, (unknown), William W. Brennessel, Patrick L. Holland, Richard Eisenberg	274
20	Bis(1,2,3,4‐η⁴‐anthracene)ferrate(1−): A Paramagnetic Homoleptic Polyarene Transition‐Metal Anion 2007 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·William W. Brennessel, Robert E. Jilek, John E. Ellis	63

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