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Borane-Containing Late Transition Metal Complexes
27) D. J. H. Emslie,* B. E. Cowie, S. R. Oakley, N. L. Huk, H. A. Jenkins,† L. E. Harrington,† J. F. Britten,† A Study of M–X–BR3 (M = Pt, Pd or Rh; X = Cl or I) Interactions in Square Planar Ambiphilic Ligand Complexes: Structural, Spectroscopic, Electrochemical and Computational Comparisons with Borane-Free Analogues, Dalton Trans. 2012, 41 (12), 3523-3535. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI.
26) D. J. H. Emslie,* B. E. Cowie, K. B. Kolpin, Acyclic Boron-Containing p-Ligand Complexes: h2- and h3-Coordination Modes, Dalton Trans. 2012, 41 (4), 1101-1117. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI (Invited Perspective).
* Invited Review. Awarded the front cover for this issue of Dalton Trans.
21) K. B. Kolpin, D. J. H. Emslie,* h3-Vinylborane Complexes of Platinum and Nickel: Borataallyl- and Alkyl/Borataalkene-Like Coordination Modes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 2716-2719. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI
20) B. E. Cowie, D. J. H. Emslie,* H. A. Jenkins,† J. F. Britten,† Diversity of Metal-Ligand Interactions in Halide (X = I, Br, Cl, F) and Halide-Free Ambiphilic LIgand Rhodium Complexes, Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49, 4060-4072. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI
18) D. J. H. Emslie,* L. E. Harrington,† H. A. Jenkins,† C. M. Robertson,† J. F. Britten,† Group 10 Transition Metal Complexes of an Ambiphilic PSB-Ligand: Investigations into h3(BCC)-Triarylborane Coordination, Organometallics 2008, 27, 5317-5325. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI
15) S. R. Oakley, K. D. Parker, D. J. H. Emslie,* I. Vargas-Baca, C. M. Robertson,† L. E. Harrington,† J. F. Britten,† Synthesis of a Heterobimetallic Rhodium-Iron Complex Containing an h3-Interaction Between Rhodium and the B-Cipso-Cortho Unit of a Triarylborane, Organometallics, 2006, 25, 5035-5038. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI
14) D. J. H. Emslie,* J. M. Blackwell, J. F. Britten,† L. E. Harrington,† A Zwitterionic Palladium(II) h3-Boratoxypentadienyl Complex: Cooperative Activation of Dibenzylideneacetone between Palladium and a Phosphine/Thioether/Borane Ligand, Organometallics, 2006, 25, 2412-2414. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI
† McMaster Analytical X-Ray Diffraction Facility
Rigid Non-Carbocyclic Ligand Complexes in Electropositive Metal Chemistry (Th, U and K)
31) N. R. Andreychuk, S. Ilango, B. Vidjayacoumar, D. J. H. Emslie, H. A. Jenkins, Uranium(IV) Alkyl Complexes of a Rigid Dianionic NON-Donor Ligand: Synthesis and Quantitative Alkyl Exchange Reactions with Alkyllithium Reagents, Organometallics, 2013, 32, asap. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI.
30) N. R. Andreychuk, D. J. H. Emslie, Potassium–Alkane Interactions within a Rigid Hydrophobic Pocket, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 52, 1696-1699. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI.
28) B. Vidjayacoumar, S. Ilango, M. J. Ray, T. Chu, K. B. Kolpin, N. R. Andreychuk, C. A. Cruz, D. J. H. Emslie,* H. A. Jenkins,† J. F. Britten,† Rigid NON‑ and NSN-Ligand Complexes of Tetravalent and Trivalent Uranium: Comparison of U–OAr2 and U–SAr2 Bonding, Dalton Trans., 2012, 41, 8175-8189. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI. This article was selected as a Dalton Transactions Hot Article and is currently featured on the Dalton Transactions Blog.
* Invited paper for a special issue entitled “New Talent: the Americas”.
25) C. A. Cruz, T. Chu, D. J. H. Emslie,* H. A. Jenkins,† L. E. Harrington,† J. F. Britten,† Divergent reactivity of [(k3-L)ThCl2(dme)] with Grignard reagents: alkylation, ancillary ligand transfer to magnesium, and halide-exchange caught in the act, J. Organomet. Chem. 2010, 695, 2798-2803. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI
* Invited paper for a special issue on Organo-f Element Chemistry in memory of Prof. Herbert Schumann.
22) C. A. Cruz, D. J. H. Emslie,* H. A. Jenkins,† J. F. Britten,† A thermally robust di-n-butyl thorium complex with an unstable dimethyl analogue, Dalton Trans. 2010, 39, 6626-6628. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI
* Invited paper for a themed issue: New horizons in organo-f-block chemistry.
19) C. A. Cruz, D. J. H. Emslie,* C. M. Robertson,† L. E. Harrington,† H. A. Jenkins,† J. F. Britten,† Cationic Thorium Alkyl Complexes of Rigid NON- and NNN-Donor Ligands: p-Arene Coordination as a Persistent Structural Motif, Organometallics, 2009, 28, 1891-1899. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI
17) C. A. Cruz, D. J. H. Emslie,* L. E. Harrington,† J. F. Britten,† Single and Double Alkyl Abstraction from a Bis(anilido)xanthene Thorium(IV) Dibenzyl Complex: Isolation of an Organothorium Cation and a Thorium Dication, Organometallics, 2008, 27, 15-17.
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16) C. A. Cruz, D. J. H. Emslie,* L. E. Harrington,† J. F. Britten,† C. M. Robertson,† Extremely Stable Thorium(IV) Dialkyl Complexes Supported by Rigid Tridentate 4,5-Bis(anilido)xanthene and 2,6-Bis(anilidomethyl)pyridine Ligands, Organometallics, 2007, 26, 692-701. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI
† McMaster Analytical X-Ray Diffraction Facility
Development of New Organometallic Reactivity for Metal Film Deposition [Solution Deposition, Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) and Pulsed-Chemical Vapor Deposition (Pulsed-CVD)]
29) B. Vidjayacoumar, V. Ramalingam, D. J. H. Emslie, J. M. Blackwell, and S. B. Clendenning, Solution Reactivity Studies for Identification of Promising New ALD and Pulsed‑CVD Reaction Chemistries, ECS Trans., 2012, 50 (13), 53-66.
24) B. Vidjayacoumar, D. J. H. Emslie,* J. M. Blackwell,*,§ S. B. Clendenning§ and J. F. Britten, Solution Reactions of a Bis(pyrrolylaldiminate)copper(II) Complex with Peralkyl Zinc, Aluminum, and Boron Reagents: Investigation of the Pathways Responsible for Copper Metal Deposition, Chem. Mater., 2010, 22, 4854-4866. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI
23) B. Vidjayacoumar, D. J. H. Emslie,* S. B. Clendenning,*,§ J. M. Blackwell,§ J. F. Britten and A. Rheingold, Investigation of AlMe3, BEt3, and ZnEt2 as Co-Reagents for Low-Temperature Copper Metal ALD/Pulsed-CVD, Chem. Mater., 2010, 22, 4844-4853. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI
§ Intel Corporation
2,2'-Diborabiphenyl; A Lewis Acid Analogue of 2,2'-Bipyridine
13) C. A. Jaska, D. J. H. Emslie, M. J. D. Bosdet, W. E. Piers,* T. S. Sorensen, M. Parvez, Triphenylene Analogues with B2N2C2 Cores: Synthesis, Structure, Redox Behavior, and Photophysical Properties, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 10885-10896. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI
12) D. J. H. Emslie, W. E. Piers,* M. Parvez, 2,2'-Diborabiphenyl; A Lewis Acid Analogue of 2,2'-Bipyridine, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2003, 42, 1251-1255. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI
Non-Cyclopentadienyl Organoscandium and Yttrium Chemistry
11) D. J. H. Emslie, W. E. Piers,* M. Parvez, Synthesis and thermal reactivity of organoscandium and yttrium complexes of sterically less bulky salicylaldiminato ligands, Dalton Trans., 2003, 2615-2620. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI
10) P. G. Hayes, G. C. Welch, D. J. H. Emslie, C. L. Noack, W. E. Piers,* M. Parvez, A New Chelating Anilido-Imine Donor Related to b-Diketiminato Ligands for Stabilization of Organoyttrium Cations, Organometallics, 2003, 22, 1577-1579. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI
9) W. E. Piers, D. J. H. Emslie, Non-cyclopentadienyl ancillaries in organogroup 3 metal chemistry: a fine balance in ligand design, Coord. Chem. Rev., 2002, 233-234, 131-155. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI
8) D. J. H. Emslie, W. E. Piers,* R. MacDonald, Organo-scandium and yttrium complexes supported by a salicylaldiminato ligand, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2002, 293-294. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI
7) D. J. H. Emslie, W. E. Piers,* M. Parvez, R. MacDonald, Organometallic complexes of scandium and yttrium supported by a bulky salicylaldimine ligand, Organometallics, 2002, 21, 4226-4240. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI
Rhodium Tris(pyrazolyl)borate and Tris(pyrazolyl)methane Complexes: Redox Chemistry and Reactivity
6) C. J. Adams, N. G. Connelly,* D. J. H. Emslie, O. D. Hayward, T. Manson, A. G. Orpen, P. H. Rieger,* The substitution chemistry of the tris(3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl)methanerhodium complex [Rh(CO)2{HC(pz')3}]+, Dalton Trans., 2003, 2835-2845. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI
5) W. E. Geiger,* N. C. Ohrenberg, B. Yeomans, N. G. Connelly,* D. J. H. Emslie, Reversible Sequence of Intramolecular Associative and Dissociative Electron-Transfer Reactions in Hydrotris(Pyrazolylborate) Complexes of Rhodium, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125, 8680-8688. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI
4) N. G. Connelly,* D. J. H. Emslie, P. Klangsinsirikul, P. H. Rieger,* Analysis of EPR Spectra with Very Large Quadrupole Couplings, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2002, 106, 12214-12220. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI
3) N. G. Connelly,* D. J. H. Emslie, O. D. Hayward, A. G. Orpen, M. J. Quayle, Redox-active catecholate complexes of rhodium hydrotris(pyrazoly)borates, Dalton Trans., 2001, 875-880. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI
2) N. G. Connelly,* D. J. H. Emslie, W. E. Geiger,* O. D. Hayward, E. B. Linehan, A. G. Orpen, M. J. Quayle, P. H. Rieger,* Redox-induced k2-k3 isomerisation in rhodium hydrotris(pyrazoly)boratorhodium complexes: structure and ESR spectroscopy of stabilised rhodium(II) species, Dalton Trans., 2001, 670-683. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI
1) N. G. Connelly,* D. J. H. Emslie, B. Metz, A.G. Orpen, M. J. Quayle, Redox-induced k2-k3 isomerisation in rhodium hydrotris(3,5-dimethylpyrazoly)borate chemistry: the stabilisation of square pyramidal rhodium(II), Chem. Commun., 1996, 2289-2290. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI