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Reese A. Clendening

Materials Science · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Early career · publishing since 2019
Crystallization and Solubility StudiesX-ray Diffraction in CrystallographyMagnetism in coordination complexesMetal complexes synthesis and propertiesOrganometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis

Publications

42

Citations

113

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

7

Publishing since 2019

Research summary
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This research focuses on synthesizing and studying metal complexes, particularly iron and cobalt compounds built on a specific type of ring-shaped molecule called a tetraaza macrocycle (a molecule with four nitrogen atoms arranged in a ring, abbreviated TIM). Much of the work examines how these metal-containing molecules absorb and transfer energy between the metal and surrounding ligands (charge-transfer processes), using techniques like X-ray crystallography and spectroscopy to determine molecular structures and electronic properties. This type of work is relevant to understanding light-absorbing materials and molecular electronics.

Iron and cobalt coordination chemistryMetal-to-ligand charge-transfer photophysicsMacrocyclic ligand synthesisX-ray crystal structure determinationOrganometallic reactivity and spectroelectrochemistry

Publication output was minimal before 2019, rose sharply to a peak in 2022, and has since declined substantially through 2024-2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 6.6/year recently
17182019: 3 publications192020: 1 publication202021: 5 publications212022: 19 publications19222023: 12 publications232024: 1 publication242025: 1 publication2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • The Cambridge Structural Database×29
  • Inorganic Chemistry×3
  • Organometallics×2
  • Acta Crystallographica Section C Structural Chemistry×2
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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