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Publications
Supporting 2-year colleges and professional development, Chemical and Engineering News - November 18, 2024
ACS Approval Program has revised guidelines for bachelor’s degrees, Chemical and Engineering News - May 1, 2023
Comment: ACS Approval Program has revised guidelines for bachelor’s degrees, Chemical and Engineering News - April 30, 2023
Crystal Structure and Vibrational Spectra of Bis(2-isobutyrylamidophenyl)amine: A Redox Noninnocent Ligand, Turkish Journal of Chemistry - 2021
Collaborators: E Aslantarar; S Sharma; O Willanueva; I Gumus; H Arslan
Mechanistic details of the cobalt-mediated dehydrogenative dimerization of aminoquinoline-directed benzamides, Chemical Science - 2020
Collaborators: Li-Ping Xu, Author; Elaine Liu, Author; John Bacsa, Author; Djamaladdin Musaev, Author
Organotin(IV) derivatives of amide-based carboxylates: Synthesis, spectroscopic characterization, single crystal studies and antimicrobial, antioxidant, cytotoxic, anti-leishmanial, hemolytic, noncancerous, anticancer activities, Inorganica Chimica Acta - May, 2020
Collaborators: Iftikhar Ahmad, Author; Array Zia-ur-Rehman, Author; Amir Waseem, Author; Muhammad Tariq, Author; John Bacsa, Author; Deepak Venkataraman, Author; Augustine Rajakumar, Author; Nazif Ullah, Author; Saira Tabassum, Author
The Mechanism of Rhodium-Catalyzed Allylic C–H Amination, Journal of the American Chemical Society - March 25, 2020
Collaborators: Robert Harris, Author; Jiyong Park, Author; Taylor Nelson, Author; Nafees Iqbal, Author; Daniel Salgueiro, Author; John Bacsa, Author; Mu-Hyun Baik, Author; Simon Blakey, Author
The “new normal”: Adapting doctoral trainee career preparation for broad career paths in science, PLOS ONE - May 24, 2017
Collaborators: Rebekah St. Clair, Author; Tamara Hutto, Author; Wendy Newstetter, Author; Nael McCarty, Author; Julia Melkers, Author
Oxygen Activation by Co(II) and a Redox Non-Innocent Ligand: Spectroscopic Characterization of a Radical–Co(II)–Superoxide Complex with Divergent Catalytic Reactivity, Journal of the American Chemical Society - February 17, 2016
Collaborators: Amanda Corcos, Author; Omar Villanueva, Author; Richard Walroth, Author; Savita Sharma, Author; John Bacsa, Author; Kyle Lancaster, Author; John Berry, Author
Cobalt catalyzed sp3 C–H amination utilizing aryl azides, Chemical Science - 2015
Collaborators: Omar Villanueva, Author; Nina Weldy, Author; Simon Blakey, Author
Lanthanide(III) Di- and Tetra-Nuclear Complexes Supported by a Chelating Tripodal Tris(Amidate) Ligand, Inorganic Chemistry - April 20, 2015
Collaborators: Jessie Brown, Author; Matthew Jones, Author; Andrew Gaunt, Author; Brian Scott, Author; John Gordon, Author
Antitumor properties of five-coordinate gold(III) complexes bearing substituted polypyridyl ligands, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry - November, 2013
Collaborators: Chinar Sanghvi, Author; Pauline Olsen, Author; Catherine Elix, Author; Shifang Peng, Author; Dongsheng Wang, Author; Zhuo Chen, Author; Dong Shin, Author; Kenneth Hardcastle, Author; Jack Eichler, Author
N-tert-Butyl-2-methylpropanamide, Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online - December, 2011
Collaborators: K Kluge; D Fridyland; K Hardcastle
Erratum: N-tert-Butyl-2-methyl-propanamide. Corrigendum, Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online - November, 2011
Collaborators: K Kluge; D Fridlyand; K Hardcastle
Oxygen Activation and Intramolecular C–H Bond Activation by an Amidate-Bridged Diiron(II) Complex, Inorganic Chemistry - July 18, 2011
Collaborators: Matthew Jones, Author; Kenneth Hardcastle, Author; Karl Hagen, Author
Catalytic dioxygen activation by Co(ii) complexes employing a coordinatively versatile ligand scaffold, Chemical Communications - December, 2010
Collaborators: S Sharma; P May; M Jones; S Lense; K Hardcastle
Chelating tris(amidate) ligands: versatile scaffolds for nickel(ii), Dalton Trans. - 2010
Collaborators: Matthew Jones, Author; Brian Newell, Author; Wesley Hoffert, Author; Kenneth Hardcastle, Author; Matthew Shores, Author
Synthetic, spectral and structural studies of mononuclear tris(κ2-amidate) aluminium complexes supported by tripodal ligands, Polyhedron - January, 2010
Collaborators: Matthew Jones, Author; Kenneth Hardcastle, Author
Effect of Methylene Spacers on the Spectral, Electrochemical and Structural Properties of bis(4,4’-disubstituted-2,2’-bipyridyl) Ruthenium(II) Dye Analogues, Dalton Trans. - 2009
Collaborators: S Lense; K Hardcastle
Synthesis and characterization of gold complexes possessing 2,9-dialkylphenanthroline ligands: To bind or not to bind?, Dalton Trans. - 2009
Collaborators: Z Hudson; C Sangvhi; J Ng; S Bunge; K Hardcastle; J Eichler
Tripodal Phenylamine-Based Ligands and Their CoII Complexes, Inorg. Chem - 2007
Collaborator: M Jones
Synthesis and characterization of cationic iron complexes supported by the neutral ligands NPi-Pr 3, NArPi-Pr 3, and NSt-Bu 3, Can. J. Chem. - 2005
Collaborators: S Harkins; J Peters
The Coordination Chemistry of "[BP3]NiX" Platforms: Targeting Low-Valent Nickel Sources as Promising Candidates to L3Ni=E and L3NiºE Linkages, Inorg. Chem. - 2004
Collaborators: J Thomas; T Betley; J Peters
Utilization of Hydrogen Bonds to Stabilize M-O(H) Units: Synthesis and Properties of Monomeric Iron and Manganese Complexes with Terminal Oxo and Hydroxide Ligands, J. Am. Chem. Soc. - 2004
Collaborators: R Gupta; K Mitchell-Koch; V Young; G Lushington; W Thompson; M Hendrich; A Borovik
A bidentate ligand with appended hydrogen bond donors: synthesis and structure of four-coordinate metal complexes with bis[(tertbutyl) aminocarbonyl]-1,2-diaminoethane, Inorganica Chimica Acta. - 2002
Collaborators: L Larsen; T Sorrell; D Powell; A Borovik
Isolation of Monomeric MnIII/II-OH and MnIII-O Complexes from Water: Evaluation of O-H Bond Dissociation Energies, J. Am. Chem. Soc. - 2002
Collaborators: R Gupta; V Young, Jr.; A Borovik
Hydrogen-Bonding Cavities about Metal Ions: Synthesis, Structure, and Physical Properties for a Series of Monomeric M-OH Complexes Derived from Water, Inorg. Chem. - 2001
Collaborators: B Hammes; V Young, Jr.; A Borovik
Immobilized Metal Complexes in Porous Organic Hosts: Development of a Material for the Selective and Reversible Binding of Nitric Oxide, J. Am. Chem. Soc. - 2001
Collaborators: K Padden; J Krebs; R Scarrow; A Borovik
O2 Activation by Non-Heme Iron Complexes: A Monomeric Fe(III)-Oxo Complex Derived from O2, Science - 2000
Collaborators: A Golombek; V Young, Jr.; C Yang; K Kuczera; M Hendrich; A Borovik
trans-Diaquabis(2-thienyl 2- pyridyl ketone-O,N)copper(II) tetrafluoroborate, Acta Crystallogr., Sect. C: Cryst. Struct. Commun. - 1998
Collaborators: S Sommerer; T Friebe; A Jircitano; K Aboud
Chlorobis(N,N’-di-2-pyridyl ketone oximato)gold (III) hydrate, Acta Crystallogr., Sect. C: Cryst. Struct. Commun. - 1997
Collaborators: S Sommerer; A Jircitano; K Aboud
Education
Senior Research Fellow, California Institute of Technology
Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Kansas
B.S., Pennsylvania State University