William W. Brennessel
University of Rochester
369 Papers
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William W. Brennessel is an academic researcher from University of Rochester. The author has contributed to research in topics: Chemistry & Catalysis. The author has an hindex of 55, co-authored 310 publications. Previous affiliations of William W. Brennessel include University of North Texas & University of Hawaii.
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Papers
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,Michael R. Bukowski,Audria Stubna,Eckard Münck,Wonwoo Nam,Lawrence Que +10 more
TL;DR: High-resolution crystal structure reveals an iron-oxygen bond length of 1.646(3) angstroms, demonstrating that a terminal iron(IV)=oxo unit can exist in a nonporphyrin ligand environment and lending credence to proposed mechanisms of nonheme iron catalysis.
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N2 Reduction and Hydrogenation to Ammonia by a Molecular Iron-Potassium Complex
TL;DR: A molecular iron complex that reacts with N2 and a potassium reductant to give a complex with two nitrides, which are bound to iron and potassium cations, which give structural and spectroscopic insight into N2 cleavage and N-H bond-forming reactions of iron.
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A Molecular Iron Catalyst for the Acceptorless Dehydrogenation and Hydrogenation of N‑Heterocycles
TL;DR: A well-defined iron complex supported by a bis(phosphino)amine pincer ligand efficiently catalyzes both acceptorless dehydrogenation and hydrogenation of N-heterocycles.
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An efficient low-temperature route to polycyclic isoquinoline salt synthesis via C-H activation with [Cp*MCl2]2 (M = Rh, Ir).
TL;DR: This work provides a novel, efficient method for metal-mediated synthesis of heterocycles by synthesizing isoquinoline salts from readily available starting materials using one-pot procedures.
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A Cobalt–Dithiolene Complex for the Photocatalytic and Electrocatalytic Reduction of Protons
William R. McNamara,Zhiji Han,Paul J. Alperin,William W. Brennessel,Patrick L. Holland,Richard Eisenberg +5 more
TL;DR: The cobalt-dithiolene complex [Co(bdt)(2)](-) thus represents a highly active catalyst for both the electrocatalytic and photocatalytic reduction of protons in aqueous solutions.
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