R. Bruce King is emeritus regents professor at the
University of Georgia. He has contributed to many areas of
organometallic chemistry, including synthesis, spectroscopy, and theory. He is the author and editor of several monographs and book series.[1]
Structure of
Fe2(SCH3)2(CO)6, isomers of which King separated and characterized.[2]
Among his accolades, King was recognized by the ACS Awards in
Pure Chemistry (1971) and in Inorganic Chemistry (1991).
References
^King, R. B. Organometallic Syntheses. Volume 1 Transition-Metal Compounds; Academic Press: New York, 1965.
ISBN0444426078.
^King, R. B. (1962). "Organosulfur Derivatives of Metal Carbonyls. I. The Isolation of Two Isomeric Products in the Reaction of Triiron Dodecacarbonyl with Dimethyl Disulfide". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 84 (12): 2460.
doi:
10.1021/ja00871a045.
^Kaesz, H. D.; King, R. B.; Manuel, T. A.; Nichols, L. D.; Stone, F. G. A. (1960). "Chemistry of the metal carbonyls. V. The desulfurization of thiophene". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 82 (17): 4749–4750.
doi:
10.1021/ja01502a080.
^King, R. B. (1995). "Thirty Years of Organometallic Aryldiazenido Aryldiazo Derivatives". J. Organomet. Chem. 500 (1–2): 187.
doi:
10.1016/0022-328X(95)00504-J.