About

Linda Helen Doerrer is a professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Chemistry at Boston University. Her research group specializes in synthetic inorganic chemistry, focusing on two main areas: the use of highly fluorinated aryloxide and alkoxide ligands for stabilizing high oxidation states in first-row transition metals, and the bottom-up synthesis of potentially conducting one-dimensional nanowires. Her work involves investigating the reactivity of phenolate and alcholate derivatives with various oxidizing and reducing agents, as well as exploring the assembly and behavior of metal atom chains as low-dimensional conductors. Dr. Doerrer has extensive expertise in handling oxygen- and water-sensitive compounds and employs advanced characterization techniques in her research. She has trained students in inorganic synthesis and collaborates with physicists, materials scientists, and engineers. Her educational background includes a B.A. in Chemistry from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from MIT, with postdoctoral experience at Oxford University. Many of her former students have gone on to prestigious academic positions.

Research topics

• Crystallography
• Chemistry
• Materials science
• Organic chemistry
• Stereochemistry
• Computational chemistry
• Nanotechnology
• Chemical physics
• Photochemistry
• Medicinal chemistry
• Physical chemistry
• Inorganic chemistry

Selected publications

• CCDC 2535772: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination

  The Cambridge Structural Database · 2026-05-10

  datasetOpen accessSenior author

  An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available from the CCDC and typically includes 3D coordinates, cell parameters, space group, experimental conditions and quality measures.

  PublisherDOI

• CCDC 2515287: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination

  The Cambridge Structural Database · 2026-05-10

  datasetOpen accessSenior author

  An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available from the CCDC and typically includes 3D coordinates, cell parameters, space group, experimental conditions and quality measures.

  PublisherDOI

• CCDC 2515283: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination

  The Cambridge Structural Database · 2026-05-10

  datasetOpen accessSenior author

  An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available from the CCDC and typically includes 3D coordinates, cell parameters, space group, experimental conditions and quality measures.

  PublisherDOI

• CCDC 2535771: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination

  The Cambridge Structural Database · 2026-05-10

  datasetOpen accessSenior author

  An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available from the CCDC and typically includes 3D coordinates, cell parameters, space group, experimental conditions and quality measures.

  PublisherDOI

• CCDC 2515282: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination

  The Cambridge Structural Database · 2026-05-10

  datasetOpen accessSenior author

  An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available from the CCDC and typically includes 3D coordinates, cell parameters, space group, experimental conditions and quality measures.

  PublisherDOI

• CCDC 2515288: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination

  The Cambridge Structural Database · 2026-05-10

  datasetOpen accessSenior author

  An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available from the CCDC and typically includes 3D coordinates, cell parameters, space group, experimental conditions and quality measures.

  PublisherDOI

• CCDC 2515286: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination

  The Cambridge Structural Database · 2026-05-10

  datasetOpen accessSenior author

  An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available from the CCDC and typically includes 3D coordinates, cell parameters, space group, experimental conditions and quality measures.

  PublisherDOI

• CCDC 2515291: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination

  The Cambridge Structural Database · 2026-05-10

  datasetOpen accessSenior author

  An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available from the CCDC and typically includes 3D coordinates, cell parameters, space group, experimental conditions and quality measures.

  PublisherDOI

• CCDC 2515289: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination

  The Cambridge Structural Database · 2026-05-10

  datasetOpen accessSenior author

  An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available from the CCDC and typically includes 3D coordinates, cell parameters, space group, experimental conditions and quality measures.

  PublisherDOI

• The Use of Fluorinated Alkoxide Ligands in ∼ <i>D</i> _3h Compounds Increases Co Electrophilicity and Eases Co(III)/Co(II) Oxidation

  Inorganic Chemistry · 2026-05-09

  articleSenior author

  ) in the Co(III)/Co(II) reduction potential versus related fluorinated analogs.

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Recent grants

• Tuning Teflon-Coated Earth-Abundant Metal Complexes in Oxidative Catalysis

  NSF · $518k · 2021–2024

• Synthesis and Reactivity of Fluorinated High Oxidation State Complexes

  NSF · $435k · 2009–2013

• EMT/NANO: Single Atom Wide Wires with Insulation: New Paradigm for Ballistic Transport

  NSF · $264k · 2008–2012

• Oxidation Catalysis with 3d Complexes Bearing Fluorinated Alkoxide Ligands

  NSF · $420k · 2018–2021

• SusChEM: Fluorinated Alkoxide Complexes of Copper for C-X Bond Forming Reactions

  NSF · $404k · 2014–2018

Frequent coauthors

• Arnold L. Rheingold

  University of California, San Diego

  335 shared

• James A. Golen

  University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

  122 shared

• David P. Millar

  62 shared

• Matthew P. Shores

  Colorado State University

  58 shared

• June S. Lum

  Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center

  50 shared

• Jeffrey W. Bacon

  46 shared

• J.A. Golen

  44 shared

• Frederick G. Baddour

  National Renewable Energy Laboratory

  43 shared

Labs

• Doerrer GroupPI