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Donald J. Darensbourg

Mitchell Institute(US)Texas A&M University(US)

Publications by Year

Research Areas

X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis, Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties

Most-Cited Works

→ Making Plastics from Carbon Dioxide: Salen Metal Complexes as Catalysts for the Production of Polycarbonates from Epoxides and CO₂(2007)1,564 cited
→ Cobalt catalysts for the coupling of CO₂and epoxides to provide polycarbonates and cyclic carbonates(2011)1,099 cited
→ Construction of Ultrastable Porphyrin Zr Metal–Organic Frameworks through Linker Elimination(2013)1,083 cited
→ Catalysts for the reactions of epoxides and carbon dioxide(1996)804 cited
→ Metal Carbonyl Spectra(1975)465 cited
→ Copolymerization of CO₂ and Epoxides Catalyzed by Metal Salen Complexes(2004)463 cited

→ Mechanistic Aspects of the Copolymerization Reaction of Carbon Dioxide and Epoxides, Using a Chiral Salen Chromium Chloride Catalyst(2002)

371 cited

→ Comparative Kinetic Studies of the Copolymerization of Cyclohexene Oxide and Propylene Oxide with Carbon Dioxide in the Presence of Chromium Salen Derivatives. In Situ FTIR Measurements of Copolymer vs Cyclic Carbonate Production(2003)335 cited

→ Chemistry of Carbon Dioxide Relevant to Its Utilization: A Personal Perspective(2010)324 cited

→ Catalytic Activity of a Series of Zn(II) Phenoxides for the Copolymerization of Epoxides and Carbon Dioxide(1998)318 cited