Publications

Ma, L.; Wobser, S. D.;Protasiewicz, J. D. "A new patform for NCN dimethylamino pincer complexes: Synthesis and structural studies" Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2007, 692, 5331-5338.
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Ma, L.; Imbesi, P. M.; Updegraff, J. B.; Hunter, A. H.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "Synthesis and Structural Studies of NCN Diimine Palladium Pincer Complexes Bearing m-Terphenyl Scaffolds" Inorganic Chemistry 2007, 46, 5220-5228.
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Thirupathi, N.; Amoroso, D.; Bell, A.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "Reactivity Studies of Cationic Palladium(II) Phosphine Carboxylate Complexes with Lewis Bases: Substitution versus Cyclometalation" Organometallics 2007, 26, 3157-3166.
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Wei-Zhong Chen; Amanda J. Shirar; John D. Protasiewicz,; Tong Ren "Dimerization of Diruthenium Coordination Compounds via Olefin Metathesis" European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2006, 23, 4737-4740.
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Guo-Lin Xu; Bin Xi; James B. Updegraff; John D. Protasiewicz,; Tong Ren "1,6-Bis(ferrocenyl)-1,3,5-hexatriyne: Novel Preparation and Structural Study" Organometallics 2006, 25, 5213-5215.
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Smith, R. C.; Gleason, L. B.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "Solution and Film Photoluminescence of Mesityl-Substituted PPVs and Low Molecular Weight Models" J. Materials Chemistry 2006, 16, 2445-2452.
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Ma, L.; Woloszynek, R. A.; Chen, W.; Ren, T.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "A New Twist on Pincer Ligands and Complexes" Organometallics 2006, 25, 3301-3304.
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Gudimetla, V. B.; Rheingold, A. L.; Payton, J. L.; Peng, H.-L.; Simpson, M. C.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "Photochemical E-Z Isomerization of meta-Terphenyl-Protected Phosphaalkenes and Structural Characterizations" Inorganic Chemistry 2006, 45, 4895-4901.
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Thirupathi, N.; Amoroso, D.; Bell, A.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "Synthesis and Reactivity of Cationic Palladium Phosphine Carboxylate Complexes" Organometallics 2005, 24, 4099-4102.
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Chen, X; Chen, W.; Ren, T.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "A cyclic diphosphinite by a formal [4+4] cycloaddition reaction of beta-phosphaenone" Tet. Lett. 2005, 46, 5941-5944.
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Meprathu, B. V.; Justik, M. W.; Protasiewicz, J. D., "ortho-Phosphoryl stabilized hypervalent iodosyl- and iodyl-benzene reagents" Tet. Lett. 2005, 46, 5187-5190.
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Hai, B.; Wu, J.; Chen, X.; Protasiewicz, J. D.; Scherson, D. A. "Metal-Ion Adsorption on Carboxyl-Bearing Self-Assembled Monolayers Covalently Bound to Magnetic Nanoparticles" Langmuir 2005, 21, 3104-3105.
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Smith, R. C.; Bodner, C. R.; Earl, M. J.; Sears, N. C.; Hill, N. E.; Bishop, L. M.; Sizemore, N.; Hehemann, D. T.; Bohn, J. J.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "Suzuki and Heck coupling reactions mediated by palladium complexes bearing trans-spanning diphosphines" J. Organomet. Chem. 2005, 690, 477-481.
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Smith, R. C.; Earl, M. J.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "Synthesis and photoluminescent properties of a series of pnictogen-centered chromophores" Inorg. Chem. Acta 2004, 357, 4139-4143.
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Smith, R. C.; Gantzel, P.; Rheingold, A. L.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "Arsa-Wittig Complexes (ArAs=PMe3) as Intermediates to Diarsenes" Organometallics 2004, 23, 5124-5126.
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Smith, R. C.; Woloszynek, R. A.; Chen, W.; Ren, T.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "Suzuki reactions catalyzed by palladium complexes bearing the bulky (2,6-dimesitylphenyl)dimethylphosphine" Tet. Lett. 2004, 45, 8327-8330.
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Smith, R. C.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "Conjugated Polymers Featuring Heavier Main Group Element Multiple Bonds: A Diphosphene-PPV" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 2268-22691.
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Chen, X.; Smith, R. C.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "Cycloaddition of phosphanylidene-sigma-4-phosphoranes ArP=PMe3 and quinones to yield 1,3,2-dioxophospholanes" J. C. S. Chem. Commun. 2004, 146-147.
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Smith, R. C.; Protasiewicz, J. D., Systematic Investigation of PPV Analogue Oligomers Incorporating Low-Coordinate Phosphorus Centers. Europ. J. Inorg. Chem. 2004, 998-1006.
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Smith, R. C.;Chen, X.; Protasiewicz, J. D., A Fluorescent (E)-Poly(p-phenylenephosphaalkene) Prepared by a Phospha-Wittig Reaction. Inorg. Chem. 2003 42, 5468-5470.
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Smith, R. C.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "Synthesis and Luminescence Properties of a series of tris-(4-styrylphenyl) Phosphorus (III) and (V) Compounds and of a [Cu(PR3)4]BF4 Complex" J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans. 2003, 4738-4741.
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Smith, R. C.; Shah, S.; Urnezius, E.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "An Unusual Equilibrium Chlorine Atom Transfer Process and its Potential for Assessment of Steric Pressure by Bulky Aryls" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 40-41.
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Shah, S.; Eichler, B. E.; Smith, R. C.; Power, P. P.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "Synthesis and Solid State Structures of Increasingly Sterically Crowded 1,4-Diiodo-2,3,5,6-tetraarylbenzenes: A New Series of Bulky Benzenes and Aryls" New J. Chem. 2003, 27, 442-445.
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Scardovi, N.; Garner, P. P.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "S-(2-Pyridinyl)-1,1,3,3-Tetramethylthiouronium Hexafluorophosphate. A New Reagent for the Synthesis of 2-Pyridinethiol Esters" Org. Lett. 2003, 5, 1633-1635.
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Meprathu, B. V.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "Synthesis and characterization of novel polyvalent organoiodine compounds" Arkivoc (65th birthday of Professor Anastasios Varvoglis issue) 2003, 83-90.
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Ling, L.-Q.; Lee, Y.; Macikenas, D.; Protasiewicz, J. D.; Sayre, L. M. "Copper(II)-Mediated Autoxidation of tert -Butylresorcinols" J. Org. Chem. 2003, 68, 1358-1366.
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Dutan, C.; Shah, S.; Smith, R. C.; Choua, S.; Berclaz, T.; Protasiewicz, J. D.; Geoffroy, M. "Sterically Encumbered Diphosphaalkenes and a Bis-diphosphene as Potential Multi-Redox Active Molecular Switches: EPR and DFT investigations" Inorg. Chem. 2003, 42, 6241-6251.
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Copeland, T.; Shea, M. P.; Milliken, M. C.; Smith, R. C.; Protasiewicz, J. D.; Simpson, M. C. "Raman Excitation Profile of a Sterically Protected Diphosphene [ArP=PAr]" Analytica Chimica Acta 2003, 496, 155-163.
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Smith, R. C.; Ren, T.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "Robust, reactive, and remarkably simple to prepare sterically encumbered meta-terphenyl ligand" Europ. J. Inorg. Chem. 2002, 2779-2783.
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Smith, R. C.; Urnezius, E.; Lam, K.-C.; Rheingold, A. L.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "Syntheses and Structural Characterizations of the Unsymmetrical Diphosphene DmpP=PMes (Dmp = 2,6-Mes2C6H3, Mes = 2,4,6-tBu3C6H2) and the Cyclotetraphosphane [DmpPPPh]2" Inorg. Chem. 2002, 41, 5296-5299.
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Smith, R. C.; Shah, S.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "A role for free phosphinidenes in the reaction of magnesium and sterically encumbered ArPCl2 in solution at room temperature" J. Organomet. Chem. 2002, 646, 255-261.
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Ling, K.-Q.; Ren, T.; Protasiewicz, J. D.; Sayre, L. M. "Structural correction of the 3-methylindole oxidatively-coupled dimer" Tet. Lett. 2002, 43, 6903-6905.
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Urnezius, E.; Lam, K.-C.; Rheingold, A. L.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "Triphosphane formation from the terminal zirconium phosphinidene complex [Cp2Zr=PDmp(PMe3)] (Dmp = 2,6-Mes2C6H3) and crystal structure of DmpP(PPh2)2" J. Organomet. Chem. 2001, 630, 193-197.
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Shah, S.; Simpson, M. C.; Smith, R. C.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "Three Different Fates for Phosphinidenes Generated by Photocleavage of Phospha-Wittig Reagents ArP=PMe3" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 6925-6926.
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Garner, P.; Dogan, Ö.; Youngs, W. J.; Kennedy, V. O.; Protasiewicz, J.; Zaniewski, R. "Stereocontrolled 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions using Oppolzer's camphor sultam as the chiral auxiliary for carboxyl stabilized azomethine ylides" Tetrahedron 2001, 57, 71-85.
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Urnezius, E.; Klippenstein, S. J.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "Sterically Promoted Zirconium-Phosphorus π-Bonding: Structural Investigations of [Cp2Zr(Cl){P(H)Dmp}] and [Cp2Zr{P(H)Dmp}2] (Dmp = 2,6-Mes2C6H3)" Inorg. Chim. Acta (special volume dedicated to S. J. Lippard) 2000, 297, 181-190.
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Shah, S.; Concolino, T.; Rheingold, A. L.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "Sterically Encumbered Systems for Two Low-Coordinate Phosphorus Centers" Inorg. Chem. 2000, 39, 3860-3867.
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Shah, S.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "'Phospha-variations' On The Themes Of Staudinger and Wittig: Phosphorus analogs of Wittig Reagents" Coord. Chem. Rev. 2000, 210/1, 181-201.
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Shah, S.; Yap, G. P. A.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "Crystal Structure of the Phosphoranylidene-σ4-phosphosphine DmpP=PMe3 (Dmp = 2,6-Mes2-C6H3) and Reactions with Electrophiles" J. Organomet. Chem. 2000, 608, 12-20.
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Mandal, S.; Macikenas, D.; Protasiewicz, J. D.; Sayre, L. M. "Novel tert-Butyl Migration in Copper Mediated Phenol o-Oxygenation Implicates a Mechanism Involving Conversion of a 6-Hydroperoxy-2,4-cyclohexadienone Directly to an o-Quinone" J. Org. Chem. 2000, 65, 4804-4809.
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Macikenas, D.; Skrzypczak-Jankun, E.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "Richtungsändernde Nebenbindungen, die molekulare und kristalline Eigenschaften von Iodosyl- und Iodoxybenzolen kontrollieren" Angew. Chem. 2000, 112, 2063-2066.
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Macikenas, D.; Skrzypczak-Jankun, E.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "Redirecting Secondary Bonds to Control Molecular and Crystal Properties of an Iodosylbenzene and an Iodoxybenzene" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2000, 11, 2007-2010.
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Urnezius, E.; Shah, S.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "Diphosphene and Phosphoranylidenephosphine Formation from a Terminal Phosphinidene Complex" Phosphorus, Sulfur 1999, 137-139.
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Shah, S.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "Phosphoranylidenephosphines (R3P=PR) as Phospha-Wittig Reagents" Phosphorus, Sulfur 1999, 343.
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Meprathu, B. V.; Diltz, S.; Walsh, P. J.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "Hypervalent Iodine Nitrene Precursors Bearing N-Heterocyclic Rings" Tetrahedron Lett. 1999, 40, 5459-5460.
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Macikenas, D.; Skrzypczak-Jankun, E.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "A New Class of Iodonium Ylides Engineered as Soluble Primary Oxo and Nitrene Sources" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 7164-7165.
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Shah, S.; Yap, G. P. A.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "'Phospha-Wittig' Reactions Using Isolable Phosphoranylidenephosphines ArP=PR3 (Ar = 2,6-Mes2C6H3 or 2,4,6-But3C6H2)" J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun. 1998, 1585-1586.
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Ren, T.; Lin, C.; Amalberti, P.; Macikenas, D.; Protasiewicz, J. D.; Baum, J. C.; Gibson, T. L. "Bis(μ-N,N'-η2-N,O-η2-N',O'-di(o-methoxyphenyl)-formamidinato)disilver(I): An Interesting Coordination Geometry for Silver(I) and Room Temperature Fluorescence" Inorg. Chem. Commun. 1998, 1, 23-26.
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Macikenas, D.; Meprathu, B. V.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "Solubilization of the Primary Nitrene Sources (Tosyliminoiodo)arenes (ArINTs)" Tetrahedron Lett. 1998, 39, 191-194.
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Shah, S.; Burdette, S. C.; Swavey, S.; Urbach, F. L.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "Alkali Metal Induced Rupture of a Phosphorus-Phosphorus Double Bond. Electrochemical and EPR Investigations of New Sterically Protected Diphosphenes and Radical Anions [ArPPAr]-" Organometallics 1997, 16, 3395-3400.
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Gopal, D.; Macikenas, D.; Sayre, L. M.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "Structural Determination of a Dimeric Side-Product Accompanying Dihydropyrazine Preparation" Acta. Chem. Scand. 1997, 51, 938-941.
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Garner, P.; Cox, P. B.; Anderson, J. T.; Protasiewicz, J.; Zaniewski, R. "Use of Silicon-Based Tethers to Control Diastereofacial Selectivity in Azomethine Ylide Cycloadditions" J. Org. Chem. 1997, 62, 493-498.
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Boucher, M.; Macikenas, D.; Ren, T.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "Secondary Bonding as a Force Dictating Structure and Solid-State Aggregation of the Primary Nitrene Sources (Arylsulfonylimino)iodoarenes (ArINSO2Ar')" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 9366-9376.
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Urnezius, E.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "Synthesis and Structural Characterization of New Hindered Aryl Phosphorus Centers (Aryl = 2,6-Dimesitylphenyl)" Main Group Chemistry 1996, 1, 369-372.
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Protasiewicz, J. D. "(Tosyliminoiodo)benzene at 298 K" Acta. Cryst. C 1996, 1570.
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Lin, C.; Protasiewicz, J. D.; Smith, E. T.; Ren, T. "Linear Free Energy Relationships in Dinuclear Compounds. 2. Inductive Redox Tuning via Remote Substituents in Quadruply Bonded Dimolybdenum Compounds." Inorg. Chem. 1996, 35, 6422.
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Lin, C.; Protasiewicz, J. D.; Ren, T. "Electronic Tuning Using Remote Substituents in Tetrakis(μ-N,N'-diarylformamidinato)dinickel. Linear Free Energy Relationships in Dinuclear Compounds. 3" Inorg. Chem. 1996, 35, 7455-7458.
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Cicero, R. L.; Zhao, D.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "Polymorphism of (Tosyliminoiodo)o-toluene: Two New Modes of Polymeric Association for ArINTs" Inorg. Chem. 1996, 35, 275.
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Protasiewicz, J. D. "Reduction of Intermolecular Association in the Sterically Encumbered (Dichloroiodo)Arene ArICl(2) (Ar=2,6-bis(3,5-Dichloro-2,4,6-Trimethylphenyl)Benzene)" J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun. 1995, 1116, 1115-1116.
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Odom, A. L.; Cummins, C. C.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "Nitric-Oxide Cleavage - Synthesis of Terminal Chromium(VI) Nitrido Complexes via Nitrosyl Deoxygenation" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1995, 117, 6613-6614.
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Lin, C.; Protasiewicz, J. D.; Smith, E. T.; Ren, T. "Redox Tuning of the Dimolybdenum Compounds at the Ligand Perifery: A Direct Correlation with the Hammett Constant of the Substituents" J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Comm. 1995, 2257.
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Laplaza, C. E.; Odom, A. L.; Davis, W. M.; Cummins, C. C.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "Cleavage of the Nitrous-Oxide NN Bond by a 3-Coordinate Molybdenum(III) Complex" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1995, 117, 4999-5000.
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Cicero, R.; Protasiewicz, J. D. "Is π-Backbonding Important for σ-Bound Aldehyde & Ketone Complexes? Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Aromatic Aldehyde Complexes of the [CpFe(CO)2]+ Cation" Organometallics 1995, 14, 4792.
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Bronk, B. S.; Protasiewicz, J. D.; Lippard, S. J. "Reductive Coupling of Group-5 Dicarbonyls to Disiloxyacetylene Complexes - Ring Formation and Effects of Increasing Steric Demands" Organometallics 1995, 14, 1385-1392.
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Bronk, B. S.; Protasiewicz, J. D.; Pence, L. E.; Lippard, S. J. "Reactions of Low-Valent Group-V Dicarbonyl Phosphine Complexes with Carbon-Based Electrophiles to Produce Metal Alkyl, Acyl, Carbyne, and Acetylene Complexes" Organometallics 1995, 14, 2177-2187.
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Protasiewicz, J. D.; Bronk, B. S.; Masschelein, A.; Lippard, S. J. "Electrophile-Promoted Carbyne CO Coupling at a Tantalum Center" Organometallics 1994, 13, 1300-1311.
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Mendenhall, G. D.; Protasiewicz, J. D.; Brown, C. E.; Ingold, K. U.; Lusztyk, J. "5-Endo Closure of the 2-Formylbenzoyl Radical" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1994, 116, 1718-1724.
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Protasiewicz, J. D.; Masschelein, A.; Lippard, S. J. "Kinetic, Spectroscopic, and Structural Evidence for Carbene Carbyne Intermediates in Carbyne/CO Coupling" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993, 115, 808-810.
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Protasiewicz, J. D.; Theopold, K. H. "A Direct Comparison of the Rates of Degenerate Transfer of Electrons, Protons, and Hydrogen-Atoms Between Metal- Complexes" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993, 115, 5559-5569.
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Carnahan, E. M.; Protasiewicz, J. D.; Lippard, S. J. "15 Years of Reductive Coupling - What Have We Learned?" Acc. Chem. Res. 1993, 26, 90-97.
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Protasiewicz, J. D.; Bianconi, P. A.; Williams, I. D.; Liu, S. C.; Rao, C. P.; Lippard, S. J. "Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Low-Valent Group-V Phosphine Complexes" Inorg Chem 1992, 31, 4134-4142.
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Protasiewicz, J. D.; Lippard, S. J. "Vanadium-Promoted Reductive Coupling of CO and Facile Hydrogenation to Form Cis-Disiloxyethylenes" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1991, 113, 6564-6570.
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Protasiewicz, J. D.; Schulte, G.; Theopold, K. H. "Electron-Transfer Rates of a Co(-I)/Co(O) Couple and Crystal-Structure of the Tetrakis(Trimethyl Phosphite)Cobaltate(-I) Ion" Inorg Chem 1988, 27, 1133-1136.
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Protasiewicz, J. D.; Mendenhall, G. D. "Di-tert-butyl Hyponitrite as a Source of Alkoxyl Radicals for Dimerization" J. Org. Chem. 1985, 50, 3220.
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