McNamara, Bill

B.S.: Chemistry in 2006

Ph.D.: Inorganic Chemistry at Yale University with Bob Crabtree in 2010

Post-doc: University of Rochester with Rich Eisenberg

Associate Professor: the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA

Publications

  • Cobalt Schiff-base complexes for electrocatalytic hydrogen generation.” R.J. DiRisio, J.E. Armstrong, M.A. Frank, W.R. Lake and W.R. McNamara, Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 10418.
  • “Iron polypyridyl complexes for photocatalytic hydrogen generation.” C.L. Hartley, R.J. DiRisio, M.E. Screen, K.J. Mayer and W.R. McNamara, Inorg. Chem., 2016, 17, 8865.
  • “Hydrogen evolution catalyzed by a cobalt complex containing an asymmetric Schiff-base ligand.” J.E. Armstrong, P.M. Crossland, M.A. Frank, M.J. Van Dongen and W.R. McNamara, Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 5430.
  • “Electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution by an iron complex containing a nitro-functionalized polypyridyl ligand.” C.L. Hartley, R.J. DiRisio, T.Y. Chang, W. Zhang and W.R. McNamara, Polyhedron, 2016, 114, 133.
  • “A nickel complex of a conjugated bis-dithiocarbazate Schiff base for the photocatalytic production of hydrogen.” C.F. Wise, D. Liu, K.J. Mayer, P.M. Crossland, C.L. Hartley and W.R. McNamara, Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 14265.
  • “Sulfinato iron(III) complex for electrocatalytic proton reduction.” A.C. Cavell, C.L. Hartley, D. Liu, C.S. Tribble and W.R. McNamara, Inorg. Chem., 2015, 54, 3325.
  • “Hydrogen evolution catalyzed by an iron polypyridyl complex in aqueous solutions.” G.P. Connor, K.J. Mayer, C.S. Tribble and W.R. McNamara, Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 5408.
  • “Photoelectrochemical oxidation of a turn-on fluorescent probe mediated by a surface MnII catalyst covalently attached to TiO2 nanoparticles.” A.C. Durrell, G. Li, M. Koepf, K.J. Young, C.F.A. Negre, L.J. Allen, W.R. McNamara, H. Song, V.S. Batista, R.H. Crabtree, G.W. Brudvig, J. Catal. 2014, 310, 37.
  • “Cobalt complexes as artificial hydrogenases for the reductive side of water splitting.” W.T. Eckenhoff, W.R. McNamara, P. Du and R. Eisenberg, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, Bioenergetics 2013, 1827, 958.
  • “Cobalt-dithiolene complexes for the photocatalytic and electrocatalytic reduction of protons in aqueous solutions.” W.R. McNamara, Z. Han, C.-J. Yin, W.W. Brennessel, P.L. Holland and R. Eisenberg, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., Early Ed., 2012, 1.
  • “A nickel thiolate catalyst for the long-lived photocatalytic production of hydrogen in a noble-metal-free system.” Z. Han, W.R. McNamara, M.-S. Eum, P.L. Holland and R. Eisenberg, Angew. Chem. 2012, 51, 1667.
  • “A cobalt-dithiolene complex for the photocatalytic and electrocatalytic reduction of protons.” W.R. McNamara, Z. Han, P.J. Alperin, W.W. Brennessel, P.L. Holland and R. Eisenberg, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 15368.
  • “Water-stable, hydroxamate anchors for functionalization of TiO2 surfaces with ultrafast interfacial electron transfer.”  W.R. McNamara, R.L. Milot, H.-E. Song, R.C. Snoeberger, V.S. Batista, C.A. Schmuttenmaer, G.W. Brudvig and R.H. Crabtree, 2010, 3, 917.
  • “Reversible visible-light photooxidation of an oxomanganese water-oxidation catalyst covalently anchored to TiO2 nanoparticles.” G. Li, E.M. Sproviero, W.R. McNamara, R.C. Snoeberger, R.H. Crabtree, G.W. Brudvig and V.S. Batista, J. Phys. Chem. B 2010, 114, 14214.
  • “Hydroxamate anchors for water-stable attachment to TiO2 nanoparticles.” W.R. McNamara, R.C. Snoeberger, G. Li, C. Richter, L.J. Allen, R.L. Milot, C.A. Schmuttenmaer, R.H. Crabtree, G.W. Brudvig and V.S. Batista, Energy and Env. Sci. 2009, 2, 1173.
  • “Acetylacetonate anchors for robust functionalization of TiO2 nanoparticles with Mn(II)-terpyridine complexes.” W.R. McNamara, R.C. Snoeberger, G. Li, J.M. Schleicher, C.W. Cady, M. Poyatos, C.A. Schmuttenmaer, R.H. Crabtree, G.W. Brudvig and V.S. Batista, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 14329.
  • “A weak donor, planar chelating bitriazole N-heterocyclic carbene ligand for ruthenium(II), palladium(II), and rhodium.” M. Poyatos, W. McNamara, C. Incarvito, E. Clot, E. Peris and R. H. Crabtree, Organometallics 2008, 27, 2128.
  • “A planar chelating bitriazole N-heterocyclic carbene ligand and its rhodium(III) and dirhodium(II) complexes.” M. Poyatos, W. McNamara, C. Incarvito, E. Peris and R. H. Crabtree, Chem. Commun. 2007, 2267.