William B. Tolman

Research interests

Publications

• Defining the Macromolecules of Tomorrow through Synergistic Sustainable Polymer Research

  Chemical Reviews · 2022 · https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00173

• Next-generation polymers: Isosorbide as a renewable alternative

  Progress in Polymer Science · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2019.101196

• Bracing copper for the catalytic oxidation of C–H bonds

  Nature Catalysis · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-018-0110-9

• Copper–Oxygen Complexes Revisited: Structures, Spectroscopy, and Reactivity

  Chemical Reviews · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00636

• Aliphatic Polyester Block Polymers: Renewable, Degradable, and Sustainable

  Accounts of Chemical Research · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1021/ar500121d

• Rapid C–H Bond Activation by a Monocopper(III)–Hydroxide Complex

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1021/ja207882h

• Binding and Activation of N2O at Transition‐Metal Centers: Recent Mechanistic Insights

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200905364

• Biologically inspired oxidation catalysis

  Nature · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature07371

• Mononuclear Cu–O2 Complexes: Geometries, Spectroscopic Properties, Electronic Structures, and Reactivity

  Accounts of Chemical Research · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1021/ar700008c

• Reactivity of Dioxygen−Copper Systems

  Chemical Reviews · 2004 · https://doi.org/10.1021/cr020633r

• A Highly Active Zinc Catalyst for the Controlled Polymerization of Lactide

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2003 · https://doi.org/10.1021/ja0359512

• Variable character of O—O and M—O bonding in side-on (η 2 ) 1:1 metal complexes of O 2

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2003 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0535926100

• Bis(μ-oxo)dimetal “Diamond” Cores in Copper and Iron Complexes Relevant to Biocatalysis

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2002 · https://doi.org/10.1002/1521-3773(20020402)41:7<1114::aid-anie1114>3.0.co;2-6

• Mechanistic Comparison of Cyclic Ester Polymerizations by Novel Iron(III)−Alkoxide Complexes: Single vs Multiple Site Catalysis

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2002 · https://doi.org/10.1021/ja012689t

• Polymerization of lactide and related cyclic esters by discrete metal complexes

  Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions · 2001 · https://doi.org/10.1039/b104197p

• Rapid and Controlled Polymerization of Lactide by Structurally Characterized Ferric Alkoxides

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2000 · https://doi.org/10.1021/ja003537l

• Understanding the copper–phenoxyl radical array in galactose oxidase: contributions from synthetic modeling studies

  Coordination Chemistry Reviews · 2000 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0010-8545(00)00342-8

• A Novel Copper-Mediated DNA Base Pair

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2000 · https://doi.org/10.1021/ja0025806

• Synthetic Models of the Inactive Copper(II)−Tyrosinate and Active Copper(II)−Tyrosyl Radical Forms of Galactose and Glyoxal Oxidases

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1997 · https://doi.org/10.1021/ja9700663

• Making and Breaking the Dioxygen O−O Bond: New Insights from Studies of Synthetic Copper Complexes

  Accounts of Chemical Research · 1997 · https://doi.org/10.1021/ar960052m

• Mechanistic Study of the Oxidative N-Dealkylation Reactions of Bis(μ-oxo)dicopper Complexes

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1996 · https://doi.org/10.1021/ja962304k

• Structural, Spectroscopic, and Theoretical Characterization of Bis(μ-oxo)dicopper Complexes, Novel Intermediates in Copper-Mediated Dioxygen Activation

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1996 · https://doi.org/10.1021/ja962305c

• Reversible Cleavage and Formation of the Dioxygen O-O Bond Within a Dicopper Complex

  Science · 1996 · https://doi.org/10.1126/science.271.5254.1397

• Coordination Chemistry with Sterically Hindered Hydrotris(pyrazolyl)borate Ligands: Organometallic and Bioinorganic Perspectives

  Progress in inorganic chemistry · 1995 · https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470166444.ch5

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