Peer-Reviewed Publications

L. M. Lee, I. Vargas-Baca, "Oxygen, sulfur, selenium, tellurium and polonium", Annu. Rep. Prog. Chem., Sect. A, 2012, DOI: 10.1039/c2ic90019j. Invited review.

A. Nordheider, T. Chivers,* R. Thirumoorthi, I. Vargas-Baca, J. D. Woollins, "Planar P6E6 (E = Se, S) Macrocycles Incorporating P2N2 Scaffolds", Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 6346 - 6348.

R. Thirumoorthi, T. Chivers,* I. Vargas-Baca,* "Experimental and Theoretical Investigations of Tellurium(IV) Methanediides and Their Insertion Products with Sulfur and Iodine", Organometallics 2012, 31, 627-636. DOI: 10.1021/om200925k.

K. V. Vasudevan, M. Findlater, I. Vargas-Baca, A. H. Cowley,* "Tetrakis(imino)pyracene Complexes Exhibiting Multielectron Redox Processes", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 176-178.

R. Thirumoorthi, T. Chivers,* I. Vargas-Baca,* "S,C,S-Pnictogen bonding in pincer complexes of the methanediide [C(Ph2PS)2]2-", Dalton Transactions 2011, 40, 8086-8088.

A. F. Cozzolino, P. J. W. Elder and I. Vargas-Baca,* “A Survey of Tellurium-Centered Secondary-Bonding Supramolecular Synthons”, Coord. Chem. Rev. invited review, 2011, 255, 1426–1438, DOI:10.1016/j.ccr.2010.12.015.

A. F. Cozzolino and I. Vargas-Baca,* “Parameterization of a Force Field for Te-N Secondary Bonding Interactions and its Application in the Design of Supramolecular Structures Based on Heterocyclic Building Blocks”, Crystal Growth & Design, 2011, DOI:10.1021/cg100951y.

A. F. Cozzolino, P. S. Whitfield and I. Vargas-Baca,* “Supramolecular chromotropism of the crystalline phases of 4,5,6,7-tetrafluorobenzo-2,1,3-telluradiazole”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 17265-17270.

A. F. Cozzolino, Q. Yang and I. Vargas-Baca,* “Engineering second-order nonlinear optical activity by means of non-centrosymmetric distortion of the [Te-N]₂ supramolecular synthon”, Crystal Growth & Design, 2010, 10, 4959–4964.

J. Kübel, P. J. W. Elder, H. A. Jenkins and I. Vargas-Baca,* “Structure and Formation of the First (-O-Te-N-)4 Ring”, Dalton Transactions, 2010, 39, 11126-11128.

L. M. Lee, P. J. W. Elder, A. F. Cozzolino, Q. Yang and I. Vargas-Baca,* “An experimental and computational investigation of the formation and structures of N-hydro and N,N’-dihydro-benzo-2,1,3-chalcogenadiazolium chlorides”, Main Group Chem. 2010, 9, 117-133. Invited paper for a special issue in honour of Alan H. Cowley.

K. V. Vasudevan, I. Vargas-Baca, and A. H. Cowley,* “Naphthalene-Mediated Electronic Communication in Tetrakis-(imino)pyracene Complexes”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 8369-8371.

A. F. Cozzolino, S. Hanhan, A. D. Bain, I. Vargas-Baca, “N-Triphenylboryl- and N, N’-bis(triphenylboryl)- benzo-2,1,3-telluradiazole”, Chem. Commun. 2009, 4043-4045.

F. O. Ogini, Philip J. W. Elder, James F. Britten, and I. Vargas-Baca,* "An investigation of (C5H5)Fe(C5H4-C(OBF3)-CH3)", Can. J. Chem. 2009, 87, 1055-1062. Invited paper for a special issue in honour of Tom Ziegler.

N. J. Hill, I. Vargas-Baca, A. H. Cowley,* "Recent developments in the coordination chemistry of bis(imino)acenaphthene (BIAN) ligands with s- and p-block elements", Dalton Transactions, 2009, 240 - 253. This review is highlighted on the front cover of the journal.

I. Vargas-Baca,* M. Findlater, A. Powell, K. V. Vasudevan, A. H. Cowley,* "Boron di- and trications", Dalton Transactions, 2008, 6421 - 6426.

Y. Wang, J. Fonseca-Campos, W.-g. L., C.-q. Xu,* I. Vargas-Baca, "Noise analysis of second-harmonic generation in undoped and MgO-doped periodically poled lithium niobate", Adv. Optoelectronics, 2008, AID428971.

A. F. Cozzolino, N. E. Gruhn, D. L. Lichtenberger, I. Vargas-Baca,* "The valence electronic structure of benzo-2,1,3-chalcogenadiazoles studied by photoelectron spectroscopy and density functional theory", Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 6220-6226.

F. O. Ogini, Y. Ortin, A. H. Mahmoudkhani, A. F. Cozzolino, M. J. McGlinchey, I. Vargas-Baca,* "An Investigation of the Formation of 1,3,5-Heterosubstituted Benzene Rings by Cyclo-Condensation of Acetyl-Substituted Organometallic Complexes", J. Organomet. Chem. 2008, 693, 1957-1967.

J. Fonseca-Campos, Y. Wang, W. Liang, C.-Q. Xu and I. Vargas-Baca, "Comparison of photorefractive effects in undoped and MgO-doped PPLN", Proc. SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng., 2007, 6796, 679619/1-679619/8.

Y. Wang, J. Fonseca-Campos, W.-g. Liang, C.-Q. Xu and I. Vargas-Baca, "Noise characteristics of second-harmonic generation in quasi-phase-matched periodically poled lithium niobate", Proc. SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng., 2007, 6796, 679618/1-679618/9.

A.F. Cozzolino, I. Vargas-Baca*, "The supramolecular chemistry of 1,2,5 Telluradiazoles", J. Organometallic Chem., 2007, 692, 2654-2657.

H. L. Cuthbert, J. E. Greedan,* I. Vargas-Baca, S. Derakhshan, I. P. Swainson, "Synthesis, Structure and Unexpected Magnetic Properties of La3Re2O10", Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 8739-8745.

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 Hetrobimetallic Rhodium-Iron Complex Containing an 3-Interaction Between Rhodium and the B-Cipso-Cortho Unit of a Triarylborane", Organometallics 2006; 25; 5835-5838.

A. F. Cozzolino, J. F. Britten, I. Vargas-Baca,* "The Effect of Steric Hindrance on the Association of Telluradiazoles Through Te-N Secondary Bonding Interactions" Crystal Growth & Design 2006, 6, 181-186.

R. Becerra, P. P. Gaspar*, C. R. Harrington, W. J. Leigh*, I. Vargas-Baca, R. Walsh*, D. Zhou. "Direct Detection of Dimethylstannylene and Tetramethyldistannene in Solution and the Gas Phase by Laser Flash Photolysis of 1,1-Dimethylstannacyclopent-3-enes", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 17469-17478.

W. Zhang, A. F. Cozzolino, A.H. Mahmoudkhani, M. Tulumello, S. Mansour, I. Vargas-Baca*. "Influence of -Stacking on the Resonant Enhancement of the Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Response of Dipolar Chromophores", J. Phys. Chem. B, 2005, 109, 18378-18384.

A. F. Cozzolino, I. Vargas-Baca*, S. Mansour, A. H. Mahmoudkhani, "The Nature of the Supramolecular Association of 1,2,5-Telluradiazoles", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005 127, 3184 -3190.

W. J. Leigh*, C. R. Harrington, I. Vargas-Baca, "Organogermanium Reactive Intermediates. The Direct Detection and Characterization of Transient Germylenes and Digermenes in Solution", J. Am Chem. Soc., 2004, 126, 16105-16116.

H. Park, A. Bakhtiiarov, W. Zhang, I. Vargas-Baca, J. Barbier*, "Non centrosymmetric Ba3Ti3O6(BO3)2", J. Solid State Chem., 2004, 177, 159-164.

A. H. Mahmoudkhani, I. Vargas-Baca*, "N-( tert-Butyl)- S-(4-methylphenyl)thiohydroxyl-amine", Acta Cryst., 2003, E59, o1082.

A. H. Mahmoudkhani, S. Rauscher, B. Grajales, I. Vargas-Baca*, "Structural Diversity of Lithium Sulfenamides: 7Li NMR Studies in Solution and Crystal Structures of [Li2( 2-(CH3)3C-NS-C6H4CH3-4)2(THF)2] and [Li2( 1-4-CH3C6H4-NS-C6H4CH3-4)2(THF)4]", Inorganic Chemistry, 2003, 42, 3849-3855.

L. E. Harrington, I. Vargas-Baca*, N. Reginato, M. J. McGlinchey*, "Spectroscopic and Computational Assessment of the Rotational Barrier of a Ferrocenyl-Stabilized Cyclopentadienyl Cation", Organometallics, 2003, 22, 663-669.

I. Vargas-Baca, A. P. Brown, M. P. Andrews*, T. Galstian, Y. Li, H. Vali, M. G. Kuzyk, "Linear and nonlinear optical responses of a dye anchored to gold nanoparticles dispersed in liquid and polymeric matrixes", Can. J. Chem., 2002, 80, 1625-1633.

I. Vargas-Baca, D. Mitra, H. J. Zulyniak, J. Banerjee, H. F. Sleiman* "Solid-phase synthesis of transition metal linked, branched oligonucleotides." Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2001, 40, 4629-4632.

I. Vargas-Baca*, T. Chivers*, "Weakly Bonding Interactions in Organochalcogen Chemistry", Main Group Chem. News 1999, 7[4], 6-15 (reprinted in Phosphorus Sulfur Silicon Relat. El. 2000, 164, 207-227).

T. Chivers*, M. P. Gibson, M. Parvez, I. Vargas-Baca, "Eight- and Sixteen-Membered Cyanuric-Sulfanuric Ring Systems: A C2N4S2 C2N3S Ring Contraction", Inorg. Chem., 2000, 39, 1697-1704.

T. Chivers, M. Parvez, I. Vargas-Baca*, G. Schatte, "Conformational Isomers of 1,2,5,6-tetrathiocins and the photoisomerization of a 1,2,5,6-tetrathiocin: X-ray structures of (C6X4S2)2 (X = F, Cl) and C6F4SSSC6F4S", Can. J. Chem., 1998, 76, 1093-1101.

J. A. Gurney, I. Vargas-Baca, A. P. Brown, M. P. Andrews*, S. I. Najafi, "Azo-dye hybrid sol-gel glass composites for optoelectronics", SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng., 1998, 3469, 145-152.
M. P. Andrews*, R. J. Tuling, I. Vargas-Baca, H. Vali, M. G. Kuzyk,"Linear and nonlinear optical response of metal colloid heterostructures by molecular self-assembly on optical chemical benches", SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng., 1998, 3282, 39-49.

V. Chandrasekhar, T. Chivers*, L. Ellis, I. Krouse, M. Parvez, I. Vargas-Baca, "Intramolecular redox cyclization upon oxidation of a sulfur-containing diazene: X-ray structures of PhS(O)NC(Ar)NNC(Ar)=NSO2Ph (Ar = 4-CH3C6H4) and MeSO2N(4-CH3C6H4)CN=NC(C6H4CH3-4)NSO2Me", Can. J. Chem., 1997, 75, 1188-1194.

V. Chandrasekhar, T. Chivers*, M.Parvez, I. Vargas-Baca, T. Ziegler, "Experimental and Theoretical Studies on 1,4,5,7-Dithiadiazepinyl Radicals: Preparation and X-ray Structure of 5-(Trimethylsilyl)tetrachlorobenzo-1,4,5,7-dithiadiazepine", Inorg. Chem., 1997, 36, 4772-4777.
T. Chivers*, M.Parvez, I. Vargas-Baca, T. Ziegler, P. Zoricak, "Formation and X-ray Structures of Eight- and Sixteen-Membered Rings (ArC)nN2n(SPh)n [n=2, Ar = 4-XC6H4 (X = Br, CF3); n = 4, Ar = 4-BrC6H4] and the Electronic Structures of (HC)nN2n(SH)n and (HC)nN2n(SH)n2-", Inorg. Chem., 1997, 36, 1669-1675.

T. Chivers*, I.H. Krouse, M.Parvez, I. Vargas-Baca, T. Ziegler, P. Zoricak, "Intramolecular Chalcogen-Nitrogen Interactions: Molecular and Electronic Structures of Geometrical Isomers of the Diazenes RSN=C(R')N=NC(R')=NSR", Inorg. Chem., 1996, 35, 5836-5842.

T. Chivers*, B. McGarvey, M. Parvez, I. Vargas-Baca, T. Ziegler, "Experimental and Theoretical Investigations of the Formation of the Diazene PhSN=C(H)N=NC(H)=NSPh from HCN2(SPh)3 by a Thiyl-Radical-Catalyzed Mechanism: Identification of the HC(NSPh)2· Radical and X-ray Structures of HCN2(SPh)3 and PhSN=C(H)N=NC(H)=NSPh", Inorg. Chem., 1996, 35, 3839-3847.

T. Chivers*, I. Vargas-Baca, T. Ziegler, P. Zoricak, "Photochemical isomerization of a C2N4S2 ring into a diazene", Chem. Commun., 1996, 949-951.

T. Chivers*, K. McGregor, M. Parvez, I. Vargas-Baca, T. Ziegler, "Molecular and electronic structures of the purple chromophore RC(NH2)(NSePh) (R = H, 4-CH3C6H4)", Can. J. Chem., 1995, 73, 1380-1385.

P. Zoricak, M. Parvez, I. Vargas-Baca, T. Chivers*, "Preparation and Structure of a Sixteen-Membered Ring with Alternating CN and SN Groups", Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Inorganic Ring Systems, Phosphorus, Sulfur and Silicon, 1994, 93-94, 455.

V. Chandrasekhar, I. Vargas-Baca, T. Chivers*, T. Ziegler, "Experimental and Theoretical Investigations of 1,4,5,7 Dithiadiazepines", Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Inorganic Ring Systems Phosphorus, Sulfur and Silicon, 1994, 93-94, 445.

D. Díaz*, I. Vargas-Baca, J. Gracia-Mora, " -Cyclodextrin Inclusion Complexes with Iodine", J. Chem. Ed., 1994, 71, 708-14.