2023

288. Ortho-Fluoro or Ortho Effect? Oxidative Addition of Zerovalent Nickel into the C—CN Bond of Substituted Benzonitriles,” Tülay A. Ateşin, William D. Jones, and Abdurrahman C. Atesin, Inorg. Chem.2023, 62, 19698-19705.  DOI:  10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c03065   (DOE)

287. “High Yield One-Step Amination of Benzene to Aniline,” Ningyu Liu, Matthew D. Sleck, and William D. Jones, Chemistry, 2023, 5, 2056-2067.  DOI: 10.3390/chemistry5040139  (CENTC)

286. “Synthesis, Characterization, and Structure Determination of Bis-oxazolidine Complexes of Rhenium,” Ryan A. Pohorenec, William W. Brennessel, William D. Jones, New J. Chem. 2023, 47, 16872-16878.  (DOE)  DOI: 10.1039/D3NJ02181E

285. Ortho-Fluoro Effect on the C—C Bond Activation of Benzonitrile Using Zerovalent Nickel,” Sébastien Lachaize, Dominique C. Gallegos, Juliana J. Antonio, Abdurrahman C. Atesin, Tülay A. Ateşin and William D. Jones, Organometallics 2023, 42, 2134-2147. (DOE)  DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.3c00275

284. “Guerbet upgrading of ethanol to n-butanol using Ru(III) catalysts under air,” Mahitha, P. M., Nakul, S., Kulkarni, N. V., Jagirdar, B. R.; Jones, W. D., New J. Chem. 2023, 47, 7470-7475. (DOE)  DOI: 10.1039/D3NJ00535F

2022

283. “Trapping of a Late Metal Terminal Sulfido Intermediate with Phenyl Isothiocyanate,” James P. Shanahan, David A. Vicic, William W. Brennessel, and William D. Jones, Organometallics, 2022, 41, 3448-3453. (DOE) DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.2c00435

282. “Synthesis, Characterization, and Structure Determination of Cp*Ir(dpms)Cl,” Ryan Pohorenec, William G. Drelles, Daniel Cuneo, William W. Brennessel and William D. Jones, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2022, 454, 121210. (NSF, CENTC) DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2022.121210

281. “Selectivity in the Activation of C–H Bonds by Rhodium and Iridium Complexes,” William D. Jones, Adv. Orgmet. Chem. 2022, 78, 1-34. (DOE) DOI: 10.1016/bs.adomc.2022.03.001  

280. “Iridium(I)- and Rhodium(I)-Olefin Complexes Containing an α-Diimine Supporting Ligand,” James Kovach, Suzanne R. Golisz, William W. Brennessel, William D. Jones, Organometallics 2022, 41, 3167–3174.  10.1021/acs.organomet.2c00036  (NSF, CENTC)

279. “Iron Catalyzed Dehydrogenation of Alcohols Using Benzoquinones as Electrochemically Regenerable Mediators,” Mikhaila D. Ritz, and William D. Jones, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2022, 14, e202200149   DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202200149   Also in Topical Collection “Organic Electrocatalysis” (NSF)

278. “Synthesis and molecular structure of half-sandwich ruthenium(II) complexes containing pyrazolyl ligands: Structural polymorphism in κ2-scorpionate supported complex,” Reshma G., Nakul S., Mahitha P. M., Naveen V. Kulkarni, Dineshchakravarthy Senthurpandi, Sharma S. R. K. C. Yamijala, William W. Brennessel, William D. Jones, J. Mol. Struct. 2022, 1251, 132005. (CENTC)

2021

277. “Photochemical C(sp)-C(sp2) Bond Activation in Phosphaalkynes: a New Route to Reactive Terminal Cyaphido Complexes LnM-C≡P,” Tim Görlich, Daniel S. Frost, Nico Boback, Nathan T. Coles, Birger Dittrich, Peter Müller, William D. Jones, and Christian Müller, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 19365-19373. (DOE)  doi: 10.1021/jacs.1c07370

276. “Iron-Based Dehydration Catalyst for Selective Formation of Styrene,” Olaf Nachtigall, Andrew I. VanderWeide, William W. Brennessel, and William D. Jones, ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 10885-10891.  (DOE) Editor’s Choice   doi: 10.1021/acscatal.1c03037

275. “Dehydrogenation of 1-Phenylethanol Catalyzed by Nickel (II)-Diphosphine Complexes,” Reshma G., Meenu Kumar, Naveen V. Kulkarni, William D. Jones, Acta Chim. Slov. 2021, 68, 955-960.   (DOE)  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17344/acsi.2021.6920

274. “Upgrading of Ethanol to n-Butanol via a Ruthenium Catalyst in Aqueous Solution,” Tarah A. DiBenedetto, William D. Jones, Organometallics. 2021, 40, 1884-1888.
doi: 10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00217  (DOE)

273.“First-Row Transition Metals Complexes with Fused Oxazolidine (FOX) Ligands,” Olaf Nachtigall, Andrew I. VanderWeide, William. W. Brennessel, and William D. Jones, Z. Anorg. Alleg. Chem. 2021, 647, 1442-1448.  10.1002/zaac.202100056  (DOE, Humboldt).

272. “Development of sterically hindered siloxide functionalized polyoxotungstates for the complexation of 5d-metals,” Thomas Auvray, Olaf Nachtigall, William W. Brennessel, William D. Jones, and Ellen M. Matson, Dalton Trans. 2021, 50, 4300-4310.    (Humboldt)

271.“The functionalization of benzene by boranes using trispyrazolylborate complexes,” Andrew J. Vetter, Tarah A. DiBenedetto, Mikhaila D. Ritz, and William D. Jones, Polyhedron, 2021, 197, 115042. (DOE, NSF)  doi: 10.1016/j.poly.2021.115042

2020

270. “Carbon Capture and Conversion,” William D. Jones, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 4955-4957.  (DOE)     DOI:  10.1021/jacs.0c02356

269. “Bisoxazoline-Pincer Ligated Cobalt-Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Alkenes,” Mikhaila D. Ritz, Astrid M. Parsons, Philip N. Palermo, William D. Jones, Polyhedron, 2020, 180, 114416. (DOE, NSF, NSFX)  doi: 10.1016/j.poly.2020.114416

2019

268. “Reversible Concerted Metallation-Deprotonation C–H Bond Activation by [Cp*RhCl2]2,” Andrew I. VanderWeide, William W. Brennessel, William D. Jones, J. Org. Chem. 2019, 84, 12960-12965.   doi:  10.1021/acs.joc.9b01716  . (NSF)

267. “Markovnikov Selective Hydroboration of Olefins Catalyzed by a Copper N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complex,” Tarah A. DiBenedetto, Astrid M. Parsons, William D. Jones, Organometallics, 2019, 38, 3322-3326.  (DOE)  DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.0c00629

266. “Photolysis of Tp’Rh(CNneopentyl)(PhNCNneopentyl) in the presence of ketones and esters: kinetic and thermodynamic selectivity for activation of different aliphatic C-H bonds,” Astrid M. Parsons and William D. Jones, Dalton Trans. 2019, 48, 10945–10952. (DOE) doi: 10.1039/C9DT01802F

 265. “Hydrogenation/Dehydrogenation of Unsaturated Bonds with Iron Pincer Catalysis,” in Organometallics for Green Catalysis, P. H. Dixneuf and J. F. Soulé, Eds., William D. Jones,  Top Organometal Chem 2019, 63, 141-174.  DOI: 10.1007/3418_2018_15

264. “Coordination or Oxidative Addition? Activation of N–H with [Tp’Rh(PMe3)],” Jing Yuwen, William W. Brennessel, and William D. Jones, Inorg. Chem., 2019, 58, 557–566. (DOE)

2018

263. Naveen Kulkarni and William D. Jones, “Chemistry of Mn and Co Pincer Compounds,” in Pincer Compounds: Chemistry and Applications, D. Morales-Morales, Ed., Elsevier, 2018, 491-516.

262. “The Effect of Carboxylate Ligands on Alkane Dehydrogenation with (dmPhebox)Ir Complexes,” Hongmei Yuan, William W. Brennessel and William D. Jones, ACS Catalysis, 2018, 8, 2326–2329. (CENTC)

261. “Probing the Carbon-Hydrogen Activation of Alkanes Following Photolysis of Tp’Rh(CNR)(carbodiimide): A Computational and Time-resolved Infrared Spectroscopic Study,” Jia Guan, Alisdair Wriglesworth, Edward N. Brothers, Snežana D. Zarić, Meagan E. Evans, William D. Jones, Michael B. Hall,* and Michael W. George*, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 1842–1854. (DOE)

260. “Catalytic Upgrading of Ethanol to n-Butanol via Manganese Mediated Guerbet Reaction,” Naveen Kulkarni, William W. Brennessel, William D. Jones, ACS Catalysis, 2018, 8, 997–1002. (CENTC)

259. “Reactivity of iPrPCPIrH4 with para-benzoquinones: Catalytic hydrogenation, alcohol transfer-dehydrogenation, and new barber-chair complexes,” Miles Wilklow-Marnell, William W. Brennessel and William D. Jones, Polyhedron, 2018, 143, 209-214. (CENTC)

258. “Lewis Acid Assisted C-CN Cleavage of Benzonitrile using [(dippe)NiH]2,” Brett D. Swartz, William W. Brennessel and William D. Jones, SYNLETT, 2018, 29, 747-753. DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1590801 Special cluster on C-C bond activation. (DOE)

2017

257. “Unexpected Solvent Effects in the Isomerization of iPrPCPIr(h2-PhCCPh) to a 1-Iridaindene,” Miles Wilklow-Marnell, William W. Brennessel and William D. Jones, Israel J. Chem. 2017, 57, 968-974 . special issue in honor of Bob Bergman (CENTC)

256. “C(sp2)-F Oxidative Addition of Fluorinated Aryl Ketones by iPrPCPIr,” Miles Wilklow-Marnell, William W. Brennessel and William D. Jones, Organometallics 2017, 36, 3125–3134. (CENTC)

255. “Catalytic Dehydrogenative Coupling of Vinyl Arenes by PCP-Pincer Ligated Iridium,” Miles Wilklow-Marnell, Bo Li, Tian Zhou, Karsten Krogh-Jespersen, William W. Brennessel, Alan S. Goldman, William D. Jones,J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 8977-8989. (CENTC)

254. “Catalytic oxidation of carbon monoxide by α-alumina supported 3 nm cerium dioxide nanoparticles,” Miles Wilklow-Marnell and William D Jones, Mol. Catal., 2017, 439, 9-14. (CENTC)

253. “Additive-Free Cobalt-Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Esters to Alcohols,” Jing Yuwen, Sumit Chakraborty, William W. Brennessel and William D. Jones, ACS Catal. 2017, 7, 3735-3740. (DOE).

252. “An Uncanny Dehydrogenation Mechanism: Polar Bond Control Over Stepwise or Concerted Transition States,” Sarina M. Bellows, Sumit Chakraborty, William D. Jones, and Thomas R. Cundari, Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56, 5519-5524.  (CENTC)

251. “Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of Cp*Rh(III) Complexes Having Functional N,O Chelate Ligands,” Lloyd Munjanja, Hongmei Yuan, William W. Brennessel, William D. Jones, J. Organomet. Chem. 2017, 847, 28-32. (John Gladysz 65 issue) (NSF)

250. “A Novel Bis-cyclooctadienyl Iridium(I) Complex,” A. K. Fazlur Rahman, Miles Wilklow-Marnell, William W. Brennessel and William D Jones, Acta Cryst. E: Structure Reports Online, 2017, 73, 273-277. (CENTC)

2016

249. “Aqueous Hydricity from Calculations of Reduction Potential and Acidity in Water,” Kelsey R. Brereton, Sarina M. Bellows, Hengameh Fallah, Antonio A. Lopez, Robert M. Adams, Alexander J. M. Miller,* William D. Jones,* and Thomas R. Cundari, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2016, 120, 12911–12919. (CENTC)

248. “Determination of Rhodium-Alkoxide Bond Strengths in Tp’Rh(PMe3)(OR)H,” Jing Yuwen, Yunzhe Jiao, William W. Brennessel, and William D. Jones, Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55, 9482-9491. (DOE)

247. “Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivities of Molybdenum and Tungsten PONOP Pincer Complexes,” Sumit Chakraborty, Lloyd Munjanja, Ruth Castro Rodrigo, William W. Brennessel and William D. Jones, Organometallics, 2016, 35, 3124–3131. (NSF)

246. “C-CN Cleavage using Palladium Supported by a Dippe Ligand,” Lloyd Munjanja, Coralys Torres-López, William W. Brennessel and William D. Jones, Organometallics 2016, 35, 2010-2013. (NSF, CENTC, DOE)

245. “Nitrile Coordination to Rhodium Does Not Lead to C-H Activation,” Yunzhe Jiao, William W. Brennessel, William D. Jones, Acta Cryst. C, 2016, 72, 850-852. (DOE)

244. “Towards Benchmarking in Catalysis Science: Best Practices, Opportunities and Challenges,” Thomas Bligaard, R. Morris Bullock, Charles T. Campbell, Jingguang Chen, Bruce C. Gates, Raymond J. Gorte, Christopher W. Jones, William D. Jones, John R. Kitchin, Susannah L. Scott, ACS Catal. 2016, 6, 2590-2602. (DOE)

243. “Formation of 5-Membered Metalacycles at iPrPCPIr by C-H, O-H, and C-CO Bond Cleavage,” Miles Wilklow-Marnell, William W. Brennessel, William D. Jones, Polyhedron 2016, 116, 38-46. (CENTC)

242. “Iron-Catalyzed Homogeneous Hydrogenation of Alkenes under Mild Conditions by a Stepwise, Bifunctional Mechanism,” Ruibo Xu, Sumit Chakraborty, Sarina M. Bellows, Hongmei Yuan, Thomas R. Cundari, and William D. Jones, ACS Catal. 2016, 6, 2127-2135. (CENTC)

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240. “Rapid Oxidative Dihydrogen Evolution from a Family of Square–Planar Nickel Hydride Complexes,” Srinivasan Ramakrishnan, Sumit Chakraborty, William W. Brennessel, and Christopher E. D. Chidsey, William D. Jones, Chem. Sci. 2016, 7, 117-127. (GE-EFRC)

2015

239. “Highly Selective Formation of n-Butanol from Ethanol through the Guerbet Process: A Tandem Catalytic Approach,” Sumit Chakraborty, Paige E. Piszel, Cassandra E. Hayes, R. Tom Baker, and William D. Jones, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 14264-14267. (CENTC)

238. “A Single Nickel Catalyst for the Acceptorless Dehydrogenation of Alcohols and Hydrogenation of Carbonyl Compounds,” Sumit Chakraborty, Paige E. Piszel, William W. Brennessel, and William D. Jones, Organometallics, 2015, 34, 5203-5206. (CENTC)

237. “Acceptorless, Reversible Dehydrogenation and Hydrogenation of N-heterocycles with a Cobalt Pincer Catalyst,” Ruibo Xu, Sumit Chakraborty, Hongmei Yuan and William D. Jones, ACS Catalysis 2015, 5, 6350-6354. (CETM-ESD, CENTC)

236. “Mechanistic Insights in the Exchange of Arylthiolate Groups in Aryl(arylthiolato)palladium Complexes Supported by a Dippe Ligand,” Lloyd Munjanja, William W. Brennessel and William D. Jones, Organometallics 2015, 34, 4574-4580. (NSF)

235. “Carbon-Sulfur Bond Cleavage of Benzothiophene by Cp*Co(C2H4)2,” Natalie Hong Ting Chan, James H. Roache, and William D. Jones, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2015, 437, 36-40. (NSF)

234. “Methane is the Best Substrate for (sp3)C-H activation with Cp*(PMe3)Co(Me)(OTF). A Density Functional Theory Study,” Sarina M. Bellows, Thomas R. Cundari, and William D. Jones, Organometallics 2015, 34, 4032-4038 . (CENTC)

233. “Mechanistic Insights of a Concerted-Metalation Deprotonation Reaction with [Cp*RhCl2]2,” Aaron P. Walsh, and William D. Jones, Organometallics 2015, 34, 3400-3407. (NSF)

232. “Electrophilic C-H activation of benzene with a Shilov-inspired rhodium(III) diimine complex,” James Kovach, William W. Brennessel, and William D. Jones, J. Organomet. Chem. 2015, 793, 192-199. (CENTC)

231. “Room Temperature Carbon-Sulfur Bond Activation by a Reactive (dippe)Pd Fragment,” Lloyd Munjanja, William W. Brennessel and William D. Jones, Organometallics, 2015, 34, 1716–1724. (NSF)

230. “Oxidative Addition of Chlorohydrocarbons to a Rhodiumtrispyrazolylborate Complex,” Yunzhe Jiao, William W. Brennessel, and William D. Jones, Organometallics, 2015, 34, 1552-1566. (DOE)

229. “Reversible Catalytic Dehydrogenation of Alcohols for Energy Storage,” Peter J. Bonitatibus, Jr., Sumit Chakraborty, Mark D. Doherty, Oltea Siclovan, William D. Jones and Grigorii L. Soloveichik, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 2015, 112, 1687-1692.  (CETM-ESD)

228. “Activation of B–H, Si–H, and C–F bonds with Tp′Rh(PMe3): Kinetics, Mechanism and Selectivity,” Barbara Procacci, Yunzhe Jiao, Meagan E. Evans, William D. Jones, Robin N. Perutz, Adrian C. Whitwood, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 1258–1272. (DOE)

227. “Investigation of C-C Bond Activation of sp-sp3 C-C Bonds of Acetylene Derivatives via Photolysis of Pt Complexes,” Ahmet Gunay, William W. Brennessel, and William D . Jones, Organometallics 2015, 34, 2233-2239. (DOE)