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University of Missouri, Columbia

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2024

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2023

     1. Ward, R. J.; Del Rosel, I.; Kelley, S. P.; Maron, L.; Walensky, J. R. Isolation of C1 through C4 Derivatives of CO using Heteroleptic Uranium(III) Metallocene Aryloxide Complexes, Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 2024.

     2. Rungthanaphatsophon, P.; Stanistreet-Welsh, K.; Ward, R. J.; Kelley, S. P.; Lukens, W. W.; Kerridge, A.; Walensky, J. R., Structure of Uranium(V) Methyl and Uranium(IV) Ylide Complexes, Organometallics 2023, 42, 1404.

     3. Galley, S. S.; Higgins, R.; Kiernicki, J. J.; Lopez, L. M.; Walensky, J. R.; Schelter, E. J.; Zeller, M.; Bart, S. C., Synthesis, Characterization, and Reduction of Thorium Pyridinediimine Complexes, Inorg. Chem. 2023, 62, 15819.

     4. Ward, R. J.; Rungthanaphatsophon, P.; Huang, P.; Kelley, S. P.; Walensky, J. R. Cooperative Dihydrogen Activation with Unsupported Uranium-Metal Bonds and Characterization of a Terminal U(IV) Hydride, Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 12255.

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2022

1. Ward, R. J.; Kelley, S. P.; Lukens, W. W.; Walensky, J. R. Reduction of CO2 and CS2 with Uranium(III) Metallocene Aryloxides, Organometallics 2022, 41, 1579.

2. Heaney, M. P.; Adhikari, L.; Siegel, A. L.; Pekar, K. B..; Lefton, J. B.; Lamberti, C.; Rungthanaphatsophon, P.; Walensky, J. R.; Baker, G. A.; Runčevski, T. Deep eutectic solvents comprising creatine and citric acid and their hydrated mixtures, Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 2838.

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2021

1. Tarlton, M. L.; Vilanova, S. P.; Kaumini, M. G.; Kelley, S. P.; Huang, P.; Walensky, J. R. Structural, Spectroscopic, and Computational Analysis of Heterometallic Thorium Phosphinidiide Complexes, Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60, 14932.

2. Kelley, S. P.; Rungthanaphatsophon, P.; Walensky, J. R. Crystal structure of [Th3(Cp*)3(O)(OH)3]2Cl2(N3)6: A discrete molecular capsule built from multinuclear organothorium cluster cations, Acta Cryst. 2021, E77, 971.

3. Tarlton, M. L.; Yu, X.; Ward, R. J.; Kelley, S. P.; Autschbach, J.; Walensky, J. R. Backbonding in Thorium(IV) and Uranium(IV) Diarsenido Complexes with tBuNC and CO, Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 14396.

4. Tarlton, M. L.; Yang, Y.; Kelley, S. P.; Maron, L.; Walensky, J. R. Formation and Reactivity with tBuCN of a Thorium Phosphinidiide through a Combined Experimental and Computational Analysis, Organometallics 2021, 40, 2701.

5. Tarlton, M. L.; Fajen, O. J.; Kelley, S. P.; Kerridge, A.; Malcomson, T.; Morrison, T. L.; Shores, M.P.; Xhani, X.; Walensky, J. R. Systematic Investigation of the Molecular and Electronic Structure of Thorium and Uranium Phosphorus and Arsenic Complexes, Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60, 10614.

6. Ward, R. J.; Pividori, D.; Carpentier, A.; Tarlton, M. L.; Kelley, S. P.; Maron, L.; Meyer, K.; Walensky, J. R. Isolation of a [Fe(CO)4]2- -Bridged Diuranium Complex Obtained via Reduction of Fe(CO)5 with Uranium(III) Organometallics 2021, 40, 1411.

7. Rungthanaphatsophon, P.; Gremillion, A. J.; Wang, Y.; Kelley, S. P.; Robinson, G. H.; Walensky, J. R. Structure of Copper(I) and Silver(I) Complexes with Zwitterionic Ligands Derived from N-Heterocyclic Carbenes, Inorg. Chim. Acta 2021, 514, 120033.

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2020

1. Tarlton, M. L.; Del Rosa, I.;  Vilanova, S. P.; Kelley, S. P.; Maron, L.; Walensky, J. R. Comparative Insertion Reactivity of CO, CO2, tBuCN, and tBuNC into Thorium– and Uranium–Phosphorus Bonds, Organometallics 2020, 39, 2152–216.

2. Ward, R. J.; Rungthanaphatsophon. P.; Rosal., I.; Kelley. S. P.; Maron. L.; Walensky. J. R. Divergent uranium- versus phosphorus-based reduction of Me3SiN3 with steric modification of phosphido ligands, Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 5830.  

3. Ward, R. J.; Del Rosa, I.; Chirdon, D. N.; Kelley, S. P.; Tarlton, M. L.;  Maron, L.; Walensky, J. R. Two-Electron Reduction of a U(VI) Complex with Al(C5Me5), Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 16137.

4. Maity, A. K.; Ward, R. J.; Rupasinghe, D. M. R. Y. P.; Zeller, M.; Walensky, J. R.; Bart, S. C. Synthesis and Characterization of a Carbodicarbene Complex of Uranyl, Organometallics 2020, 39, 783.

5. Wilkerson, M. P.; Hernandez, S. C.; Mullen, W. T.; Nelson, A. T.; Pugmire, A. L.; Scott, B. L.; Sooby, E. S.; Tamasi, A. L.; Wagner, G. L.; Walensky, J. R. Hydration of alpha-UO3 following storage under controlled conditions of temperature and relative humidity, Dalton Trans. 2020, 49, 10452.

 

2019

1. Tatebe, C. J.; Kiernicki, J. J.; Higgins, R. F.; Ward, R. J.; Natoli, S. N.; Langford, J. C.; Clark, C. L.; Zeller, M.; Wenthold, P.; Shores, M. P.; Walensky, J. R.; Bart, S. C. Investigation of the Electronic Structure of Aryl-Bridged Dinuclear U(III) and U(IV) Compounds, Organometallics 2019, 38, 1031.

2. Rungthanaphatsophon, P.; Del Rosal, I.; Vilanova, S. P.; Kelley, S. P.; Maron, L.; Walensky, J. R. Formation of an α-Diimine from Isocyanide Coupling Using Thorium(IV) and Uranium(IV) Phosphido-Methyl Complexes, Organometallics 2019, 38, 1733.

3. Myers, A. J.; Tarlton, M. L.; Kelley, S. P.; Lukens, W. W.; Walensky, J. R. Synthesis and Utility of a Neptunium(III) Hydrocarbyl Complex, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 14891.

4. Rungthanaphatsophon, P.; Fajen, O. J.; Kelley, S. P.; Walensky, J. R. Thorium(IV) and Uranium(IV) Phosphaazaallenes, Inorganics 2019, 7, 105 (Invited for special issue on Bonding in Actinide and Lanthanide Complexes).

5. Vilanova, S. P.; Walensky, J. R. The Heaviest Metals: Science and Technology of the Actinides and Beyond, Actinide Pnictogen Chemistry, Encyclopedia of Inorganic & Bioinorganic Chemistry, 2019, DOI: 10.1002/9781119951438.eibc2551.

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2018

1. Vilanova, S. P.; Tarlton, M. L.; Barnes, C. L.; Walensky, J. R. Double Insertion of Benzophenone into Thorium Phosphorus Bonds, J. Organomet. Chem. 2018, in press (Invited for special issue on the occasion of William J. Evans’ 70th birthday).

2. Rungthanaphatsophon, P.; Barnes, C. L.; Kelley, S. P.; Walensky, J. R. Four-Electron Reduction Chemistry Using an Uranium(III) Phosphido Complex, Dalton Trans. 2018, 47, 8189.

3. Rathnayake, A. S.; Fraser, H. W. L.; Brechin, E. K.; Dalgarno, S. J.; Baumeister, J. E.; White, J.; Rungthanaphatsophon, P.; Walensky, J. R.; Barnes, C. L.; Teat, S. J.; Atwood, J. L. In-situ Redox Reactions Facilitate the Assembly of a Mixed-Valence Metal-Organic Nanocapsule, Nat. Commun. 2018, 9, 2119.

4. Rungthanaphatsophon, P.; Huang, P.; Walensky, J. R. Phosphorano-Stabilized Carbene Complexes with Short Thorium(IV) and Uranium(IV)-Carbon Bonds, Organometallics 2018, 37, 1884.

5. Rungthanaphatsophon, P.; Duignan, T. J.; Myers, A. J.; Vilanova, S. P.; Barnes, C. L.; Autschbach, J.; Batista, E. R.; Yang, P.; Walensky, J. R. Influence of Substituents on the Electronic Structure of Mono- and Bis(Phosphido) Thorium(IV) Complexes, Inorg. Chem. 2018, 57, 7270.

6. Behrle, A. C.; Myers, A. J.; Rungthanaphatsophon, P.; Kerridge, A.; Walensky, J. R. Coordination Chemistry and QTAIM Analysis of Homoleptic Dithiocarbamate Complexes, M(S2CNiPr2)4, M = Ti, Zr, Hf, Th, U, Np, Inorg. Chem. 2018, 57, 10518.

7. Myers, A. J.; Rungthanaphatsophon, P.; Behrle, A. C.; Vilanova, S. P.; Kelley, S. P.; Lukens, W. W.; Walensky, J. R. Structure and Properties of [(4,6-tBu2C6H2O)2Se]2An(THF)2, An = U, Np, and Their Reaction with p-Benzoquinone, Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 10435 (Invited for Special Issue on New Molecules and Materials from the f-Block).

8. Rathnayake, A. S.; Fraser, H. W. L.; Brechin, E. K.; Dalgarno, S. J.; Baumeister, J. E.; Rungthanaphatsophon, P.; Walensky, J. R.; Barnes, C. L.; Atwood, J. L. Oxidation State Distributions Provide Insight into Parameters Directing the Assembly of Metal-Organic Nanocapsules, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 13022.

9. Vilanova, S. P.; Del Rosal, I.; Tarlton, M. L.; Maron, L.; Walensky, J. R. Functionalization of Carbon Monoxide and tert-Butyl Nitrile by Intramolecular Proton Transfer in a Bis(Phosphido) Thorium Complex, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 16748.

10. Rathnayake, A. S.; Fraser, H. W. L.; Brechin, E. K.; Dalgarno, S. J.; Baumeister, J. E.; White, J.; Rungthanaphatsophon, P.; Walensky, J. R.; Barnes, C. L.; Atwood, J. L. Unveiling Hidden Coordination Sites in an FeII/FeIII-seamed Pyrogallol[4]arene Nanocapsule, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 15611.

 

2017

1. Tamasi, A. L.; Cash, L. J.; Mullen, W. T.; Pugmire, A. L.; Ross, A. R.; Ruggiero, C. E.; Scott, B. L.; Wagner, G. L.; Walensky, J. R.; Wilkerson, M. P. Morphology of U3O8 Materials Following Storage under Controlled Conditions of Temperature and Relative Humidity, J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 2017, 311, 35.

2. Behm, K.; Essner, J. B.; Barnes, C. L.; Baker, G. A.; Walensky, J. R. Synthesis and Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Tris(pyrenyl) Pnictogen Complexes, Dalton Trans. 2017, 46, 10867.

3. Rungthanaphatsophon, P.; Bathelier, A.; Castro, L.; Behrle, A. C.; Barnes, C. L.; Maron, L.; Walensky, J. R. Methane vs. Benzene Elimination in the Reactions of (C5Me5)2Th(CH3)2 with [CH3PPh3]X, X = Cl, Br, I, to Form Thorium-Alkyl or Thorium-Carbene Complexes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 12925.

4. Vilanova, S. P.; Alayoglu, P.; Heidarian, M.; Huang, P.; Walensky, J. R. Metal-Ligand Multiple Bonding in Thorium-Phosphorus and –Arsenic Complexes, Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 16748

 

2016

1. Tamasi, A. L.; Cash, L. J.; Eley, C.; Porter, R. B.; Pugmire, D. L.; Ross, A. R.; Ruggiero, C. E.; Tandon, L.; Wagner, G. L.; Walensky, J. R.; Wall, A. D.; Wilkerson, M. P. A Lexicon for the Consistent Description of Scanning Electron Microscopy Images for Nuclear Forensics, J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 2016, 307, 1161.

2. Tamasi, A. L.; Cash, L. J.; Mullen, W. T.; Ross, A. R.; Ruggiero, C. E.; Scott, B. L.; Wagner, G. L.; Walensky, J. R.; Zerkle, S. A.; Wilkerson, M. P. Comparison of Morphologies of a Uranyl Peroxide Precursor and Calcination Products, J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 2016, 309, 827.

3. Tamasi, A. L.; Rungthanapathsophon, P.; Dame, A. N.; Moody, M. A.; Barnes, C. L.; Wilkerson, M. P.; Walensky, J. R. Pseudo-Halide Uranyl Salicylaldiminate Complexes Including the Isolation of a Rare Uranyl Azide, J. Coord. Chem. 2016, 69, 1904 (Invited for special issue on Emerging Leaders of Coordination Chemistry).

4. Behrle, A. C., Walensky, J. R. Insertion of tBuNC into Thorium-Phosphorus and Thorium-Arsenic Bonds: Phosphaazaallene and Arsaazaallene Moieties in f Element Chemistry, Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 10042 (Invited for special issue on New Talent: Americas).

5. Rungthanaphatsophon, P.; Barnes, C. L.; Walensky, J. R. Copper(I) Clusters with Bulky Dithiocarboxylate, Thiolate, and Selenolate Ligands, Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 14265.

6. Behrle, A. C.; Myers, A. J.; Rungthanaphatsophon, P.; Lukens, W. W.; Barnes, C. L.; Walensky, J. R. U(III) and Th(IV) Alkyl Complexes as Potential Starting Materials, Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 14373.

7. Gullekson, B.; Breshears, A.; Brown, M. A.; Essner, J. B.; Baker, G. A.; Walensky, J. R.; Paulenova, A.; Gelis, A. V. Extraction of Water and Speciation of Trivalent Lanthanides and Americium in Organophosphorous Extractants, Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55, 12675.

 

2015

1. Breshears, A. T.; Barnes, C. L.; Wagle, D. V.; Baker, G. A.; Takase, M. K.; Walensky, J. R. Structure and Spectroscopy of Uranyl and Thorium Complexes with Substituted Phosphine Oxide Ligands, Radiochim. Acta 2015, 103, 49.

2. Vollmer, M. V.; Machan, C. W.; Clark. M. L.; Antholine, W. E.; Agarwal, J.; Schaefer III, H. F.; Kubiak, C. P.; Walensky, J. R. Synthesis, Spectroscopy, and Electrochemistry of (α-diimine)M(CO)3Br, M = Mn, Re, Complexes:  Isoelectronic Ligands to Bipyridyl Show Differences in CO2 Reduction, Organometallics 2015, 34, 3.  Selected for issue cover.

3. Behrle, A. C.; Levin, J. R.; Kim, J. E.; Drewett, J. M.; Barnes, C. L.; Schelter, E. J.; Walensky, J. R. Stabilization of MIV (M = Ti, Zr, Hf, Ce, and Th) Using a Selenium Bis(Phenolate) Ligand, Dalton Trans. 2015, 44, 2693 (special issue on f-element chemistry).

4. Tamasi, A. L.; Boland, K. S.; Czerwinski, K.; Ellis, J. K.; Kozimor, S. A.; Martin, R. L.; Pugmire, A. L.; Reilly, D.; Scott, B. L.; Sutton, A. D.; Wagner, G. L.; Walensky, J. R.; Wilkerson, M. P. Transformations in U3O8 Materials Following Controlled Exposure to Temperature and Humidity, Anal. Chem. 2015, 87, 4210.

5. Dame, A. N.; Bharara, M. S.; Barnes, C. L.; Walensky, J. R. Structures of Thorium(IV) and Uranium(IV) Salicylaldiminate Complexes, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2015, 2996.

6. Dame, A. N.; Bharara, M. S.; Barnes, C. L.; Walensky, J. R. Even and Odd: Uranium(IV) Complexes with Two, Four, and Six Salicylaldiminate Ligands with an Unusual κ1-Coordination Mode, J. Coord. Chem. 2015, 68, 3718.

7. Breshears, A. T.; Behrle, A. C.; Barnes, C. L.; Laber, C. H.; Baker. G. A.; Walensky, J. R. Synthesis, Spectroscopy, Electrochemistry, and Coordination Chemistry of Substituted Phosphine Sulfide and Selenides, Polyhedron 2015, 100, 333.

8. Lane, A. C.; Barnes, C. L.; Antholine, W. E.; Fiedler, A. T.; Walensky, J. R. Di- and Trinuclear Mixed-Valence Copper(I) Amidinate Complexes from Reduction of Iodine, Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 8509.

9. DeMott, J. C.; Gu, W.; McCulloch, B. J.; Herbert, D. E.; Goshert, M. D.; Walensky, J. R.; Zhou, J.; Ozerov, O. V. Silyl-Silyene Interplay in Cationic PSiP Pincer Complexes of Platinum, Organometallics 2015, 34, 3930.

10. Behrle, A. C.; Castro, L.; Maron, L.; Walensky, J. R. Formation of a Bridging Thorium Phosphinidene Complex, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 14846.

11. Behrle, A. C.; Kerridge, A.; Walensky, J. R. Dithio- and Diselenophosphinate Thorium(IV) and Uranium(IV) Complexes: Molecular and Electronic Structure, Spectroscopy, and Transmetalation Reactivity, Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 11625.

2014

1. Behrle, A. C.; Walensky, J. R. Actinide Chemistry: Organometallics, Encyclopedia of Inorganic & Bioinorganic Chemistry, 2014, 10.1002/9781119951438.eibc0002.pub2

2. Andersen, N. H.; Odoh, S. O.; Yao, Y.; Williams, U.; Schaefer, B. A.; Lewis, A.; Goshert, M.; Fanwick, P. E.; Schelter, E. J.; Walensky, J. R.; Gagliardi, L.; Bart, S. C. Harnessing Redox-Activity for the Formation of Uranium Tris(imido) Compounds, Nature Chem. 2014, 6, 919.

3. Lane, A. C.; Barnes, C. L.; Vollmer, M. V.; Walensky, J. R. Reactivity of Mononuclear and Dinuclear Gold(I) Amidinate Complexes with CS2 and CsBr3, Inorganics 2014, 2, 540 (Invited for special issue on Frontiers in Gold Chemistry).

4. Lane, A. C.; Vollmer, M. V.; Laber, C. H.; Melgarejo, D. Y.; Chiarella, G. M.; Fackler, Jr., J. P.; Yang, X.; Baker, G. A.; Walensky, J. R. Multinuclear Copper(I) and Silver(I) Amidinate Complexes: Synthesis, Luminescence, and CS2 Insertion Reactivity, Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 11357.

5. Matson, E. M.; Breshears, A. T.; Newell, B. S.; Fanwick, P. E.; Shores, M. P.; Walensky, J. R.; Bart, S. C. Trivalent Uranium Phenylchalcogenolate Complexes: Exploring the Bonding and CS2 Reactivity in the Tp*2UEPh Series (E = O, S, Se, Te), Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 12977.

2013

1. Seaman, L. A.; Walensky, J. R.; Wu, G.; Hayton, T. W. In Pursuit of Homoleptic Actinide Alkyls, Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 3556 (Forum Article).

2. Mrutu, A.; Lane, A. C.; Drewett, J. M.; Yourstone, S. D.; Barnes, C. L.; Halsey, C. M.; Cooley, J. W.; Walensky, J. R.  Molecular Structure and Spectroscopy of Divalent First Row Transition Metals, Mn-Zn, with Salicylaldiminate Ligands, Polyhedron 2013, 54, 300.

3. Smith, D. A.; Herbert, D. E.; Walensky, J. R.; Ozerov, O. V., Monomeric Rhodium(II) Complexes Supported by a Diarylamido/Bis(phosphine) PNP Pincer Ligand and Their Reactivity Toward Dihydrogen, Organometallics 2013, 32, 2050.

4. Tamasi, A. L.; Barnes, C. L.; Walensky, J. R. Synthesis and Spectroscopy of Uranyl Salicylaldiminate Complexes, Radiochim. Acta 2013, 101, 631.

5. Mrutu, A.; Barnes, C. L.; Bart, S. C.; Walensky, J. R. Bringing Redox Reactivity to a Redox Inactive Metal Center:  E-I (E = C, Si) Bond Cleavage with a Thorium Bis(α-diimine) Complex, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2013, 4050 (Invited for special issue on small molecule activation by reactive metal complexes).

6. Walensky, J. R. John P. Fackler, Jr.: A Half-Century as a Leader of Inorganic Chemistry, Comments Inorg. Chem. 2013, 33, 87.

7. Behrle, A. C.; Barnes, C. L.; Kaltsoyannis, N.; Walensky, J. R. Systematic Investigation of Thorium(IV)- and Uranium(IV)-Ligand Bonding in Dithiophosphonates, Thioselenophosphinates, and Diselenophosphonate Complexes, Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 10623.

8. Matson, E. M.; Goshert, M. D.; Kiernicki, J. J.; Newell, B. S.; Fanwick, P. E.; Shores, M. P.; Walensky, J. R.; Bart, S. C.  Synthesis of Terminal Uranium(IV) Disulfido and Diselenido Compounds by Activation of Elemental Sulfur and Selenium, Chem. ‒ Eur. J. 2013, 19, 16176.

2011

1. Fortier, S.; Walensky, J. R.; Wu, G.; Hayton, T. W. Synthesis of a Phosphorano-Stabilized U(IV) Carbene via One-Electron Oxidation of a U(III)-Ylide Adduct. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 6894

2. Fortier, S.; Walensky, J. R.; Wu, G.; Hayton, T. W. High Valent Uranium Alkyls: Evidence for the Formation of UVI(CH2SiMe3)6, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 11732.

3. Adams, R. D.; Pearl, Jr. W. C.; Wong, Y.; Zhang, Q; Hall, M. B.; Walensky, J. R. A Tetrarhena-heterocycle with Unusual Host-Guest Behavior from Palladium-Catalyzed Dimerization of Re2(CO)8(µ-SbPh2)(µ-H), J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 12994.
   Highlighted: Ritter, S. K. Chemical & Engineering News, 2011, 89, 13.

 

Texas A&M University

1. Kraft, S. J.; Walensky, J.; Fenwick, P. E.; Bart, S. C. Crystallographic Evidence of a Base-Free Uranium(IV) Terminal Oxo Species, Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49, 7620.

2. Li Manni, G.; Walensky, J. R.; Kraft, S. J.; Forrest, W. P.; Perez, L. M.; Hall, M. B.*; Gagliardi, L.*; Bart, S. C.* Computational Insights into Uranium Complexes Supported by Redox-Active α-Diimine Ligands, Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 2058.

3. Walensky, J. R.; Fafard, C. M.; Guo, C.; Brammell, C. M.; Foxman, B. M.; Hall, M. B.; Ozerov, O. V. Understanding Pd-Pd Bond Length Variation in (PNP)Pd-Pd(PNP) Dimers, Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 2317.

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Irvine/Los Alamos National Laboratory

1. Walensky, J. R.; Martin, R. L.; Ziller, J. W.; Evans, W. J. The Importance of Energy Level Matching for Bonding in Th3+-Am3+ Actinide Metallocene Amidinates, (C5Me5)2[iPrNC(Me)NiPr]An, Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49, 10007.

 

University of California, Irvine

1. Evans, W. J.; Walensky, J. R.; Furche, F.; Ziller, J. W.; DiPasquale, A. G.; Rheingold, A. L. Synthesis of (C5Me5)2(C5Me4H)UMe, (C5Me5)2(C5H5)UMe, and (C5Me5)2UMe[CH(SiMe3)2] from Cationic Metallocenes for the Evaluation of Sterically Induced Reduction. Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 10169.

2. Evans, W. J.; Walensky, J. R.; Champagne, T. M.; Ziller, J. W.; DiPasquale, A. G.; Rheingold, A. L. Displacement, Reduction, and Ligand Redistribution Reactivity of the Mono-C5Me5 Ln2+ Cationic Complexes [(C5Me5)Ln][BPh4] (Ln = Sm, Yb). J. Organomet. Chem. 2009, 694, 1238 (Invited in honor of Chris Elschenbroich).

3. Evans, W. J.; Walensky, J. R.; Ziller, J. W.; Rheingold, A. L. Insertion of Carbodiimides and Organic Azides into Actinide-Carbon Bonds. Organometallics, 2009, 28, 3350.

4. Evans, W. J.; Walensky, J. R.; Ziller, J. W. Synthesis of the First Thorium Tuck-in Complex by (C5Me5)1- -Initiated C-H Bond Activation, Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 12204.

5. Evans, W. J.; Walensky, J. R.; Furche, F.; DiPasquale, A. G.; Rheingold, A. L. Trigonal Planar versus Pyramidal Geometries in the Tris(ring) Heteroleptic Divalent Lanthanide Complexes (C5Me5)Ln(μ-η6:η1-Ph)2BPh2: Crystallographic and Density Functional Theory Analysis, Organometallics 2009, 28, 6073.

6. Evans, W. J.; Walensky, J. R.; Ziller, J. W. Aryloxide Anions can form Outer Sphere Complexes with Metals as Electropositive as Uranium, Chem. Commun. 2009, 7342.

7. Evans, W. J.; Walensky, J. R.; Ziller, J. W. Reactivity of Methyl Groups in Actinide Metallocene Amidinate and Triazenido Complexes with Silver and Copper Salts, Organometallics 2010, 29, 101.

8. Evans, W. J.; Walensky, J. R.; Ziller, J. W. Reaction Chemistry of the U3+ Metallocene Amidinate (C5Me5)2[iPrNC(Me)NiPr]U: Isolation of a Monodentate Acetate Anion with a [(C5Me5)2{iPrNC(Me)NiPr}]1- Ligand Set, Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49, 1743.

9. Evans, W. J.; Walensky, J. R.; Ziller, J. W. Insertion Reactivity of CO2, PhNCO, Me3CC≡N, and Me3CN≡C with the Uranium-Alkynyl Bonds in (C5Me5)2U(C≡CPh)2, Organometallics 2010, 29, 945.

10. Todorova, T. K.; Gagliardi, L.; Walensky, J. R.; Miller, K. A.; Evans, W. J. DFT and CASPT2 Analysis of Polymetallic Uranium Nitride and Oxide Complexes: The Power of Theory When X-ray Analysis is Inadequate, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 12397.

11. Siladke, N. A.; Webster, C. L.; Walensky, J. R.; Takase, M. K.; Ziller, J. W.; Grant, D. J.; Gagliardi, L.; Evans, W. J. Actinide Metallocene Hydride Chemistry: C-H Activation in Tetramethylcyclopentadienyl Ligands to Form [μ-η5-η1-C5Me3H(CH2)]2- Tuck-over Ligands in a Tetrathorium Octahydride Complex, Organometallics 2013, 32, 6522.

12. Langeslay, R. R.; Walensky, J. R.; Ziller, J. W.; Evans, W. J.  Reactivity of Organothorium Complexes with TEMPO, Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 8455.​​