Publications
Pincers with diverse donors and their interconversion: application to Ni(II)
Pincers with diverse donors and their interconversion: application to Ni(II), Cabelof, Alyssa, C, Carta, Veronica and Caulton, Kenneth G. Zeitschrift fuer anorganische und allgemeine Chemie. 10.1002/zaac.202100064
Nickel-mediated N-N Bond Formation and N2O Liberation via Nitrogen Oxyanion Reduction
Nickel-mediated N-N Bond Formation and N2O Liberation via Nitrogen Oxyanion Reduction, Daniel M. Beagan, Alyssa C. Cabelof, Maren Pink, Veronica Carta, Xinfeng Gao, Kenneth G. Caulton, Chemistry a European Journal (in press).
A Redox-Active Tetrazine-Based Pincer Ligand for the Reduction of N-Oxyanions Using a Redox-Inert Metal
A Redox-Active Tetrazine-Based Pincer Ligand for the Reduction of N-Oxyanions Using a Redox-Inert Metal, Daniel M. Beagan, Alyssa C. Cabelof, Maren Pink, Veronica Carta, Xinfeng Gao, Kenneth G. Caulton, Chemistry a European Journal, doi.org/10.1002/chem.202101302
A redox cascade of NOx- complexes: Structures and nitrogen deoxygenation thermodynamics
A redox cascade of NOx- complexes: Structures and nitrogen deoxygenation thermodynamics. Cabelof, Alyssa C.; Erny, Alec M.; Beagan, Daniel M.; Caulton, Kenneth G. Polyhedron (2021), 200, 115119.
A proton-responsive ligand becomes a dimetal linker for multisubstrate assembly via nitrate deoxygenation
A proton-responsive ligand becomes a dimetal linker for multisubstrate assembly via nitrate deoxygenation. Cabelof, Alyssa C.; Carta, Veronica; Caulton, Kenneth G. Chemical Communications (Cambridge, United Kingdom) (2021), 57(22), 2780-2783.
Back donation, intramolecular electron transfer and N-O bond scission targeting nitrogen oxyanion reduction
Back donation, intramolecular electron transfer and N-O bond scission targeting nitrogen oxyanion reduction: how can a metal complex assist? Beagan, Daniel M.; Cabelof, Alyssa C.; Caulton, Kenneth G. Dalton Transactions (2021), 50(6), 2149-2157.
Anion metathesis and chlorination of late transition metal pincer complexes
Anion metathesis and chlorination of late transition metal pincer complexes: Comparing Co, Rh and Zn. Cabelof, Alyssa C.; Erny, Alec M.; Carta, Veronica; Pink, Maren; Caulton, Kenneth G. Inorganica Chimica Acta (2021), 516, 120118.
[Cr(pincer2-)]2 as an electron shuttle for reductively promoted hydrazine disproportionation
[Cr(pincer2-)]2 as an electron shuttle for reductively promoted hydrazine disproportionation, Labrum, Nicholas S.; Caulton, Kenneth G., Dalton Transactions (2019), 48(31), 11642-11646.
Reductive Silylation Using a Bis-silylated Diaza-2,5-cyclohexadiene
Reductive Silylation Using a Bis-silylated Diaza-2,5-cyclohexadiene, Beagan, Daniel M.; Huerfano, Ivan J.; Polezhaev, Alexander V.; Caulton, Kenneth G., Chemistry – A European Journal (2019), 25(34), 8105-8111.
A bis-Pyrazolate Pincer on Reduced Cr Deoxygenates CO2: Selective Capture of the Derived Oxide by CrII
A bis-Pyrazolate Pincer on Reduced Cr Deoxygenates CO2: Selective Capture of the Derived Oxide by CrII, Labrum, Nicholas S.; Chen, Chun-Hsing; Caulton, Kenneth G., Chemistry – A European Journal (2019), 25(33), 7935-7940.
Gauging the Redox Non-Innocence of a Highly Pi-Acidic Bis-Tetrazine Pincer Ligand
Gauging the Redox Non-Innocence of a Highly Pi-Acidic Bis-Tetrazine Pincer Ligand, Cook, Brian J.; Lord, Richard L.; Chen, Chun-Hsing; Caulton, Kenneth G., European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (2019), 2019(20), 2535-2542.
Reactivity of an Unusual Divalent Chromium Aggregate Supported by a Multifunctional Bis(pyrazolate) Pincer Ligand
Reactivity of an Unusual Divalent Chromium Aggregate Supported by a Multifunctional Bis(pyrazolate) Pincer Ligand, Labrum, Nicholas S.; Pink, Maren; Chen, Chun-Hsing; Caulton, Kenneth G., European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (2019), 2019(14), 1932-1940.
Multi-electron Reduction Capacity and Multiple Binding Pockets in Metal-Organic Redox Assembly at Surfaces
Multi-electron Reduction Capacity and Multiple Binding Pockets in Metal-Organic Redox Assembly at Surfaces, Morris, Tobias W.; Huerfano, I. J.; Wang, Miao; Wisman, David L.; Cabelof, Alyssa C.; Din, Naseem U.; Tempas, Christopher D.; Le, Duy; Polezhaev, Alexander V.; Rahman, Talat S.; et al, Chemistry – A European Journal (2019), 25(21), 5565-5573.
Electrophile Recruitment as a Structural Element in Bis-Pyrazolate Pyridine Complex Aggregation
Electrophile Recruitment as a Structural Element in Bis-Pyrazolate Pyridine Complex Aggregation, Cook, Brian J.; Pink, Maren; Chen, Chun-Hsing; Caulton, Kenneth G., European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (2018), 2018(48), 5160-5166.
Probing Redox Noninnocence of Copper and Zinc Bis-pyridylpyrrolides
Probing Redox Noninnocence of Copper and Zinc Bis-pyridylpyrrolides, Flores, Jaime A.; Andino, Jose G.; Lord, Richard L.; Wolfe, Robert J.; Park, Hyunsoo; Pink, Maren; Telser, Joshua; Caulton, Kenneth G., European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (2018), 2018(45), 4893-4904.
Di- and trivalent chromium bis(pyrazol-3-yl)pyridine pincer complexes with good leaving groups
Di- and trivalent chromium bis(pyrazol-3-yl)pyridine pincer complexes with good leaving groups, Labrum, Nicholas S.; Seo, Junghee; Chen, Chun-Hsing; Pink, Maren; Beagan, Daniel M.; Caulton, Kenneth G. Inorganica Chimica Acta (2019), 486, 483-491.
A new access route to dimetal sandwich complexes, including a radical anion
Labrum, Nicholas S.; Losovyj, Yaroslav; Caulton, Kenneth G., Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 12397-12399. DOI: 10.1039/C8CC05204B
Selective deoxygenation of nitrate to nitrosyl using trivalent chromium and the Mashima reagent: reductive silylation
Seo, Junghee; Cabelof, Alyssa C.; Chen, Chun-Hsing; Caulton, Kenneth G., Chem. Sci., 2018, Advance Article. DOI: 10.1039/C8SC02979B
A new face for bis(pyrazol-3-yl)pyridine: Incompatible geometric preferences dictates unprecedented pincer ligand connectivity
Labrum, Nicholas S.; Chen, Chun-Hsing; Caulton, Kenneth G., Inorg. Chim. Acta., 2019, 485, 54-57. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2018.09.058
Seeking Redox Activity in a Tetrazinyl Pincer Ligand: Installing Zerovalent Cr and Mo
Maciulis, Nicholas A.; Schaugaard, Richard N.; Losovyj, Yaroslav; Chen, Chun-Hsing; Pink, Maren; Caulton, Kenneth G., Inorg. Chem., 2018, 57, 12671-12682. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b01761
Redox Isomeric Surface Structures Are Preferred Over Odd-Electron Pt1+
Tempas, Christopher D.; Skomski, Daniel; Cook, Brian J.; Le, Duy; Smith, Kevin A.; Rahman, Talat S.; Caulton, Kenneth G.; Tait, Steven L., Chem. Eur. J., 2018, 24, 15852-15858. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201802943
A multimetal-ligand cooperative approach to CO2 activation
Cook, Brian J.; Polezhaev, Alexander V.; Chen, Chun-Hsing; Pink, Maren; Caulton, Kenneth G., Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2018, 483, 510-515. DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2018.08.039
Electron and Oxygen Atom Transfer Chemistry of Co(II) in a Proton Responsive, Redox Active Ligand Environment
Cook, Brian J.; Pink, Maren; Pal, Kuntal; Caulton, Kenneth G., Inorg. Chem., 2018, 57, 6176-6185. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b00816
A Multifunctional Pincer Ligand for Cobalt-Promoted Oxidation by N2O
Cook, Brian J.; Chen, Chun-Hsing; Caulton, Kenneth G., Chem. Eur. J., 2018, 24, 5962-5966. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201800086
A substituent-tolerant synthetic approach to N/P-"loaded" heteroarenes
Polezhaev, Alexander V.; Beagan, Daniel M.; Cabelof, Alyssa C.; Chen, Chun-Hsing; Caulton, Kenneth G., Dalton Trans., 2018, 47, 5938-5942. DOI: 10.1039/C8DT00533H
Dehydrohalogenation of proton responsive complexes: versatile aggregation via pyrazolate pincer ligand arms
Cook, Brian J.; Chen, Chun-Hsing; Pink, Maren; Caulton, Kenneth G., Dalton Trans., 2018, 47, 2052-2060. DOI: 10.1039/C7DT04253A
Redox-active ligand controlled selectivity of vanadium oxidation on Au(100)
Tempas, Christopher D.; Morris, Tobias W.; Wisman, David L.; Le, Duy; Din, Naseem U.; Williams, Christopher G.; Wang, Miao; Polezhaev, Alexander V.; Rahman, Talat S.; Caulton, Kenneth G.; Tait, Steven L., Chem. Sci., 2018, 24, 1330-1341. DOI: 10.1039/C7SC04752E
A PNNH Pincer Ligand Allows Access to Monovalent Iron
Polezhaev, Alexander V.; Liss, Cameron J.; Telser, Joshua; Chen, Chun-Hsing; Caulton, Kenneth G., Chem. Eur. J., 2018, 24, 1330-1341. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201703795
Deprotonation, Chloride Abstraction, and Dehydrohalogenation as Synthetic Routes to Bis-Pyrazolate Pyridyl Iron(II) Complexes
Cook, Brian J.; Polezhaev, Alexander V.; Chen, Chun-Hsing; Pink, Maren; Caulton, Kenneth G., Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2017, 2017, 3999-4012. DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201700558
Ligand Design toward Multifunctional Substrate Reductive Transformations
Polezhaev, Alexander V.; Chen, Chun-Hsing; Kinne, Adam S.; Cabelof, Alyssa C.; Lord, Richard L.; Caulton, Kenneth G., Inorg. Chem., 2017, 56, 9505-9514. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b00785
A Multifunctional Pincer Ligand Supports Unsaturated Cobalt: Five Functionalities in One Pincer
Polezhaev, Alexander V.; Chen, Chun-Hsing; Losovyj, Yaroslav; Caulton, Kenneth G., Chem. Eur. J., 2017, 23, 8039-8050. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201700859
Tetrazine Assists Reduction of Water by Phosphines: Application in the Mitsunobu Reaction
Polezhaev, Alexander V.; Maciulis, Nicholas A.; Chen, Chun-Hsing; Pink, Maren; Lord, Richard L.; Caulton, Kenneth G., Chem. Eur. J., 2016, 22, 13985-13998. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201600913
Coordination and electronic characteristics of a nitrogen heterocycle pincer ligand
Coordination and electronic characteristics of a nitrogen heterocycle pincer ligand, Cook, Brian J.; Chen, Chun-Hsing; Pink, Maren; Lord, Richard L.; Caulton, Kenneth G., Inorganica Chimica Acta 2016, 451, 82-91.
Two- and Three-Electron Oxidation of Single-Site Vanadium Centers at Surfaces by Ligand Design
Two- and Three-Electron Oxidation of Single-Site Vanadium Centers at Surfaces by Ligand Design, Skomski, Daniel; Tempas, Christopher D.; Cook, Brian J.; Polezhaev, Alexander V.; Smith, Kevin A.; Caulton, Kenneth G.; Tait, Steven L., Journal of the American Chemical Society 2015, 137, 7898-7902.
A cis-Divacant Octahedral and Mononuclear Iron(IV) Imide
A cis-Divacant Octahedral and Mononuclear Iron(IV) Imide, Searles, Keith; Fortier, Skye; Khusniyarov, Marat M.; Carroll, Patrick J.; Sutter, Joerg; Meyer, Karsten; Mindiola, Daniel J.; Caulton, Kenneth G., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 126(51), 14363-14367. DOI: 10.1002/ange.201407156.
Coordination Characteristics of a Pincer Ligand for Noninnocent Ligand Application
Coordination Characteristics of a Pincer Ligand for Noninnocent Ligand Application, Cook, Brian J.; Chen, Chun-Hsing; Pink, Maren; Lord, Richard L.; Caulton, Kenneth G., Inorg. Chem., 2014, Submitted (5-2-2014).
In Search of Redox Non-innocence between a Tetrazine Pincer Ligand and Monovalent Copper
In Search of Redox Non-innocence between a Tetrazine Pincer Ligand and Monovalent Copper, Hui, Alice K.; Lord, Richard L.; Caulton, Kenneth G., Dalton Trans., 2014, 43(21), 7958-7963. DOI: 10.1039/C3DT52490F.
Chemical Implications of Incompatible Ligand versus Metal Coordination Geometry Preferences
Chemical Implications of Incompatible Ligand versus Metal Coordination Geometry Preferences, Hui, Alice K.; Losovyj, Yaroslav; Lord, Richard L., Caulton, Kenneth G., Inorg. Chem., 2014, 53(6), 3039-3047. DOI 10.1021/ic402866e.
Mechanistic Understanding of a Silver Pyridylpyrrolide as a Catalyst for 3+2 Cyclization of a Nitrile with Diazo Ester
Mechanistic Understanding of a Silver Pyridylpyrrolide as a Catalyst for 3+2 Cyclization of a Nitrile with Diazo Ester, Flores, Jaime A.; Pal, Kuntal; Carroll, Maria E.; Pink, Maren; Karty, Jonathan A.; *Mindiola, Daniel J.; Caulton, Kenneth G., Organometallics, 2014, 33(7), 1544-1552. DOI: 10.1021/om400756t.
A Tale of Hydrogen Abstraction, Initially Detected via X-ray Diffraction
A Tale of Hydrogen Abstraction, Initially Detected via X-ray Diffraction, Hui, Alice K.; Chen, Chun-Hsing; Terwilliger, Adam M.; Lord, Richard L., Caulton, Kenneth G., Acta Crystallogr. C Struct. Chem., 2014, 70(Pt 3), 250-255. DOI: 10.1107/S2053229614003234.
Transition Metal Chlorides are Lewis Acids toward Terminal Chloride Attached to Late Transition Metals
Transition Metal Chlorides are Lewis Acids toward Terminal Chloride Attached to Late Transition Metals, Hui, Alice K.; Cook, Brian J.; Mindiola, Daniel J.; Caulton, Kenneth G., Inorg. Chem., 2014, 53(7), 3307-3310. DOI: 10.1021/ic402107z.
Multiplying the Electron Storage Capacity of a bis-Tetrazine Pincer Ligand
Multiplying the Electron Storage Capacity of a bis-Tetrazine Pincer Ligand, Benson, Christopher R.; Hui, Alice K.; Parimal, Kumar; Cook, Brian J.; Chen, Chun-Hsing; Lord, Richard L.; Flood, Amar H.; Caulton, Kenneth G., Dalton Trans., 2014, 43(17), 6513-6524. DOI: 10.1039/C4DT00341A.
Probing the Steric and Electronic Characteristics of a New Bis-Pyrrolide Pincer Ligand
Probing the Steric and Electronic Characteristics of a New Bis-Pyrrolide Pincer Ligand, Komine, Nobuyuki; Buell, Rene W.; Chen, Chun-Hsing; Hui, Alice K.; Pink, Maren; Caulton, Kenneth G., Inorg. Chem., 2014, 53(3), 1361-1369. DOI: 10.1021/ic402120r.
A Dinuclear Cobalt Complex Featuring Unprecedented Anodic and Cathodic Redox Switches for Single-Molecule Magnet Activity
A Dinuclear Cobalt Complex Featuring Unprecedented Anodic and Cathodic Redox Switches for Single-Molecule Magnet Activity, Fortier, Skye; Le Roy, Jennifer; Chen, Chun-Hsing; Vieru, Veacheslav; Murugesu, Muralee; Chibotaru, Liviu; Mindiola, Daniel J.; Caulton, Kenneth G., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135(39), 14670-14678. DOI: 10.1021/ja405284t.
Synthesis and Oxidative Reactivity of 2,2’-Pyridylpyrrolide Complexes of Ni(II)
Synthesis and Oxidative Reactivity of 2,2’-Pyridylpyrrolide Complexes of Ni(II), Tsvetkov, Nikolay; Chen, Chun-Hsing; Andino, Jose; Lord, Richard L.; Pink, Maren; Buell, René W.; Caulton, Kenneth G., Inorg. Chem., 2013, 52(16), 9511-9521. DOI: 10.1021/ic4011746.
Büchner Reactions Catalyzed by a Silver(I) Pyridylpyrrolide: Understanding Arene Insertion Selectivity
Büchner Reactions Catalyzed by a Silver(I) Pyridylpyrrolide: Understanding Arene Insertion Selectivity, Komine, Nobuyuki; Flores, Jaime A.; Pal, Kuntal; Caulton, Kenneth G.; Mindiola, Daniel J., Organometallics, 2013, 32(11), 3185-3192. DOI: 10.1021/om301240d.
2,2’-Pyridylpyrrolide Ligand Redistribution Following Reduction
2,2’-Pyridylpyrrolide Ligand Redistribution Following Reduction, Searles, Keith; Das, Atanu K.; Buell, René W.; Pink, Maren; Chen, Chun-Hsing; Pal, Kuntal; Morgan, David Gene; Mindiola, Daniel J.; Caulton, Kenneth G., Inorg. Chem., 2013, 52(9), 5611-5619. DOI: 10.1021/ic400803e.
New Approaches to Functionalizing Metal-coordinated N2
New Approaches to Functionalizing Metal-coordinated N2. Andino, Jose; Mazumder, Shivnath; Pal, Kuntal; Caulton, Kenneth G., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 52, 4726-4732.
Reactivity of the Terminal Oxo Species ((tBu2PCH2SiMe2)2N)RhO
Reactivity of the Terminal Oxo Species ((tBu2PCH2SiMe2)2N)RhO. Tsvetkov, Nikolay; Andino, Jose; Fan, Hongjun; Verat, Alexander; Caulton, Kenneth G., Dalton Trans., 2012, 42, 6745-6755.
Probing the redox non-innocence of dinuclear, three-coordinate Co(II) nindigo complexes: not simply β-diketiminate variants
Probing the redox non-innocence of dinuclear, three-coordinate Co(II) nindigo complexes: not simply β-diketiminate variants. Fortier, Skye; Gonzalez-del Moral, Octavio; Chen, Chun-Hsing; Pink, Maren; Le Roy, Jennifer J.; Murugesu, Muralee; Mindiola, Daniel J.; Caulton, Kenneth G., Chem. Comm. 2012, 48(90), 11082-11084.
Silver(I)-Catalyzed Insertion of Carbene into Alkane C-H Bonds and the Origin of the Special Challenge of Methane Activation Using DFT as a Mechanist Probe
Silver(I)-Catalyzed Insertion of Carbene into Alkane C-H Bonds and the Origin of the Special Challenge of Methane Activation Using DFT as a Mechanist Probe. Flores, Jaime A.; Komine, Nobuyuki; Pal, Kuntal; Pinter, Balazs; Pink, Maren; Chen, Chun-Hsing; Caulton, Kenneth G.; Mindiola, Daniel J., ACS Catal., 2012, 2(10), 2066-2078. DOI: 10.1021/cs300256b.
An iridium-pyridylpyrrolide complex exhibiting reversible binding of H(2)
An iridium-pyridylpyrrolide complex exhibiting reversible binding of H(2). Searles, Keith; Pink, Maren; Caulton, Kenneth G.; Mindiola, Daniel J., Dalton Trans., 2012, 41(32), 9619-9622.
Systematics and Future Projections Concerning Redox-noninnocent Amide/Imine Ligands
Systematics and Future Projections Concerning Redox-noninnocent Amide/Imine Ligands. Caulton, Kenneth G., Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2012, 2012(3), 435-443. (doi: 10.1002/ejic.201100623 online 11/14/2011).