Bercaw, John E

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• Bercaw, John; Berke, Heinz et al. (2019) Hans Herbert Brintzinger (1935–2019) Angewandte Chemie International Edition; Vol. 58; No. 34; https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201907530

• Panchenko, Valentina N.; Babushkin, Dmitrii E. et al. (2019) Catalyst Speciation During ansa-Zirconocene-Catalyzed Polymerization of 1-Hexene Studied by UV-vis Spectroscopy—Formation and Partial Re-Activation of Zr-Allyl Intermediates Polymers; Vol. 11; No. 6; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11060936

• Bercaw, John E.; Labinger, Jay A. (2019) Malcolm L. H. Green: Reminiscences and Appreciations Inorganica Chimica Acta; Vol. 487; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2018.12.044

• Bercaw, John E. (2018) Jack Halpern (1925–2018): Pioneer of homogeneous catalysis Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; Vol. 115; No. 20; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1806116115

• Steelman, D. Keith; Aluthge, Dinesh C. et al. (2017) Mechanistic Studies on Selective Trimerization of Linear α-Olefins over a Supported Titanium Catalyst ACS Catalysis; Vol. 7; No. 8; https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.7b00256

• Aluthge, Dinesh C.; Sattler, Aaron et al. (2016) Cosupported Tandem Catalysts for Production of Linear Low-Density Polyethylene from an Ethylene-Only Feed ACS Catalysis; Vol. 6; No. 10; https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.6b02370

• Sattler, Aaron; Aluthge, Dinesh C. et al. (2016) Enhanced Productivity of a Supported Olefin Trimerization Catalyst ACS Catalysis; Vol. 6; No. 1; https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.5b02604

• Mindiola, Daniel J.; Smith, Milton R. et al. (2015) Gregory L. Hillhouse: His Life, His Art, His Science, and the Rise of “Double Nickel” Organometallics; Vol. 34; No. 19; https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.5b00527

• Despagnet-Ayoub, Emmanuelle; Takase, Michael K. et al. (2015) Mechanistic Insights on the Controlled Switch from Oligomerization to Polymerization of 1-Hexene Catalyzed by an NHC-Zirconium Complex Organometallics; Vol. 34; No. 19; https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.5b00472

• Labinger, Jay A.; Bercaw, John E. (2015) Mechanistic studies on the Shilov system: A retrospective Journal of Organometallic Chemistry; Vol. 793; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2015.01.027

• Despagnet-Ayoub, Emmanuelle; Takase, Michael K. et al. (2015) Reversible 1,2-Alkyl Migration to Carbene and Ammonia Activation in an N-Heterocyclic Carbene–Zirconium Complex Journal of the American Chemical Society; Vol. 137; No. 33; https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5b06695

• Labinger, Jay A.; Leitch, David C. et al. (2015) Upgrading Light Hydrocarbons: A Tandem Catalytic System for Alkane/Alkene Coupling Topics in Catalysis; Vol. 58; No. 7-9; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-015-0380-2

• Winston, Matthew S.; Bercaw, John E. (2014) Palladium(II) Complexes Supported by a Bidentate Bis(secondary)phosphine Linked by Pyridine Inorganica Chimica Acta; Vol. 422; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2014.08.002

• Teets, Thomas S.; Labinger, Jay A. et al. (2014) Guanidine-Functionalized Rhenium Cyclopentadienyl Carbonyl Complexes: Synthesis and Cooperative Activation of H–H and O–H Bonds Organometallics; Vol. 33; No. 15; https://doi.org/10.1021/om500650b

• Despagnet-Ayoub, Emmanuelle; Labinger, Jay A. et al. (2014) N-Heterocyclic carbene group 4 transition metal catalysts: Synthesis and reactivity towards oligomerization/polymerization of α-olefins Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society; Vol. 248; In: 248th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, August 10-14, 2014, San Francisco, CA https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20150324-150701311

• Sattler, Aaron; VanderVelde, David G. et al. (2014) Lewis Acid Promoted Titanium Alkylidene Formation: Off-Cycle Intermediates Relevant to Olefin Trimerization Catalysis Journal of the American Chemical Society; Vol. 136; No. 30; https://doi.org/10.1021/ja5055687

• Leitch, David C.; Labinger, Jay A. et al. (2014) Scope and Mechanism of Homogeneous Tantalum/Iridium Tandem Catalytic Alkane/Alkene Upgrading using Sacrificial Hydrogen Acceptors Organometallics; Vol. 33; No. 13; https://doi.org/10.1021/om500231t

• Klet, Rachel C.; Theriault, Curt N. et al. (2014) Investigations into Asymmetric Post-Metallocene Group 4 Complexes for the Synthesis of Highly Regioirregular Polypropylene Macromolecules; Vol. 47; No. 10; https://doi.org/10.1021/ma500453t

• Sattler, Aaron; Labinger, Jay A. et al. (2013) Highly Selective Olefin Trimerization Catalysis by a Borane-Activated Titanium Trimethyl Complex Organometallics; Vol. 32; No. 23; https://doi.org/10.1021/om401098m

• Do, Loi H.; Labinger, Jay A. et al. (2013) Spectral Studies of a Cr(PNP)−MAO System for Selective Ethylene Trimerization Catalysis: Searching for the Active Species ACS Catalysis; Vol. 3; No. 11; https://doi.org/10.1021/cs400778a

• Teets, Thomas S.; Labinger, Jay A. et al. (2013) A Thermodynamic Analysis of Rhenium(I)−Formyl C−H Bond Formation via Base-Assisted Heterolytic H_2 Cleavage in the Secondary Coordination Sphere Organometallics; Vol. 32; No. 19; https://doi.org/10.1021/om400810v

• Despagnet-Ayoub, Emmanuelle; Henling, Lawrence M. et al. (2013) Addition of a phosphine ligand switches an N-heterocyclic carbene-zirconium catalyst from oligomerization to polymerization of 1-hexene Dalton Transactions; Vol. 42; No. 44; https://doi.org/10.1039/C3DT52342J

• Appel, Aaron M.; Bercaw, John E. et al. (2013) Frontiers, Opportunities, and Challenges in Biochemical and Chemical Catalysis of CO_2 Fixation Chemical Reviews; Vol. 113; No. 8; https://doi.org/10.1021/cr300463y

• Lenton, Taylor N.; Bercaw, John E. et al. (2013) Formation of Trivalent Zirconocene Complexes from ansa-Zirconocene-Based Olefin-Polymerization Precatalysts: An EPR- and NMR-Spectroscopic Study Journal of the American Chemical Society; Vol. 135; No. 29; https://doi.org/10.1021/ja403170u

• Leitch, David C.; Lam, Yan Choi et al. (2013) Upgrading Light Hydrocarbons via Tandem Catalysis: A Dual Homogeneous Ta/Ir System for Alkane/Alkene Coupling Journal of the American Chemical Society; Vol. 135; No. 28; https://doi.org/10.1021/ja405191a

• Tonks, Ian A.; Meier, Josef C. et al. (2013) Alkyne Hydroamination and Trimerization with Titanium Bis(phenolate)pyridine Complexes: Evidence for Low-Valent Titanium Intermediates and Synthesis of an Ethylene Adduct of Titanium(II) Organometallics; Vol. 32; No. 12; https://doi.org/10.1021/om400080g

• Ahmed, Tonia S.; Tonks, Ian A. et al. (2013) Kinetics and Mechanism of Indene C–H Bond Activation by [(COD)Ir(μ_2-OH)]_2 Organometallics; Vol. 32; No. 11; https://doi.org/10.1021/om400230j

• Despagnet-Ayoub, Emmanuelle; Henling, Lawrence M. et al. (2013) Group 4 Transition-Metal Complexes of an Aniline–Carbene–Phenol Ligand Organometallics; Vol. 32; No. 10; https://doi.org/10.1021/om4001567

• Despagnet-Ayoub, Emmanuelle; Miqueu, Karinne et al. (2013) Unexpected rearrangements in the synthesis of an unsymmetrical tridentate dianionic N-heterocyclic carbene Chemical Science; Vol. 4; No. 5; https://doi.org/10.1039/c3sc22171g

• Lenton, Taylor N.; VanderVelde, David G. et al. (2012) Synthesis of a Bis(thiophenolate)pyridine Ligand and Its Titanium, Zirconium, and Tantalum Complexes Organometallics; Vol. 31; No. 21; https://doi.org/10.1021/om300789h

• Winston, Matthew S.; Oblad, Paul F. et al. (2012) Activator-Free Olefin Oligomerization and Isomerization Reactions Catalyzed by an Air- and Water-Tolerant Wacker Oxidation Intermediate Angewandte Chemie International Edition; Vol. 51; No. 39; https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201206215

• Klet, Rachel C.; Labinger, Jay A. et al. (2012) Diverse C−C Bond-Forming Reactions of Bis(carbene)platinum(II) Complexes Organometallics; Vol. 31; No. 18; https://doi.org/10.1021/om300733h

• Hazari, Amaruka; Labinger, Jay A. et al. (2012) A Versatile Ligand Platform that Supports Lewis Acid Promoted Migratory Insertion Angewandte Chemie International Edition; Vol. 51; No. 33; https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201203264

• Do, Loi H.; Labinger, Jay A. et al. (2012) Mechanistic Studies of Ethylene and α-Olefin Co-Oligomerization Catalyzed by Chromium−PNP Complexes Organometallics; Vol. 31; No. 14; https://doi.org/10.1021/om300492r

• Klet, Rachel C.; VanderVelde, David G. et al. (2012) Highly regioirregular polypropylene from asymmetric group 4 anilide(pyridine)phenoxide complexes Chemical Communications; Vol. 48; No. 53; https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC32806B

• Atiqullah, M.; Winston, M. S. et al. (2012) Effects of a vanadium post-metallocene catalyst-induced polymer backbone inhomogeneity on UV oxidative degradation of the resulting polyethylene film Polymer Degradation and Stability; Vol. 97; No. 7; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2012.03.042

• Tonks, Ian A.; Durrell, Alec C. et al. (2012) Groups 5 and 6 Terminal Hydrazido(2−) Complexes: N_β Substituent Effects on Ligand-to-Metal Charge-Transfer Energies and Oxidation States Journal of the American Chemical Society; Vol. 134; No. 17; https://doi.org/10.1021/ja302275j

• Tonks, Ian A.; Tofan, Daniel et al. (2012) Zirconium and Titanium Propylene Polymerization Precatalysts Supported by a Fluxional C_2-Symmetric Bis(anilide)pyridine Ligand Organometallics; Vol. 31; No. 5; https://doi.org/10.1021/om201262h

• Fu, Ross; Bercaw, John E. et al. (2011) Intra- and Intermolecular C−H Activation by Bis(phenolate)pyridineiridium(III) Complexes Organometallics; Vol. 30; No. 24; https://doi.org/10.1021/om201069k

• Scott, Valerie J.; Labinger, Jay A. et al. (2011) Large Kinetic Isotope Effects for the Protonolysis of Metal-Methyl Complexes Are Not Reliable Mechanistic Indicators Organometallics; Vol. 30; No. 16; https://doi.org/10.1021/om200432b

• Miller, Alexander J. M.; Labinger, Jay A. et al. (2011) Trialkylborane-Assisted CO_2 Reduction by Late Transition Metal Hydrides Organometallics; Vol. 30; No. 16; https://doi.org/10.1021/om200364w

• West, Nathan M.; Labinger, Jay A. et al. (2011) Heterobimetallic Complexes of Rhenium and Zinc: Potential Catalysts for Homogeneous Syngas Conversion Organometallics; Vol. 30; No. 10; https://doi.org/10.1021/om200051u

• West, Nathan M.; Miller, Alexander J. M. et al. (2011) Homogeneous syngas conversion Coordination Chemistry Reviews; Vol. 255; No. 7-8; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2010.08.019

• Baldwin, Steven M.; Bercaw, John E. et al. (2011) Cationic Alkylaluminum-Complexed Zirconocene Hydrides: NMR-Spectroscopic Identification, Crystallographic Structure Determination, and Interconversion with Other Zirconocene Cations Journal of the American Chemical Society; Vol. 133; No. 6; https://doi.org/10.1021/ja1050428

• Winston, Matthew S.; Bercaw, John E. (2010) A Novel Bis(phosphido)pyridine [PNP]^(2−) Pincer Ligand and Its Potassium and Bis(dimethylamido)zirconium(IV) Complexes Organometallics; Vol. 29; No. 23; https://doi.org/10.1021/om100775g

• Golisz, Suzanne R.; Labinger, Jay A. et al. (2010) Intramolecular C−H Activation of a Bisphenolate(benzene)-Ligated Titanium Dibenzyl Complex. Competing Pathways Involving α-Hydrogen Abstraction and σ-Bond Metathesis Organometallics; Vol. 29; No. 21; https://doi.org/10.1021/om100253u

• Miller, Alexander J. M.; Labinger, Jay A. et al. (2010) Homogeneous CO Hydrogenation: Ligand Effects on the Lewis Acid-Assisted Reductive Coupling of Carbon Monoxide Organometallics; Vol. 29; No. 20; https://doi.org/10.1021/om100638d

• Baldwin, Steven M.; Bercaw, John E. et al. (2010) Cationic Alkylaluminum-Complexed Zirconocene Hydrides as Participants in Olefin Polymerization Catalysis Journal of the American Chemical Society; Vol. 132; No. 40; https://doi.org/10.1021/ja105040r

• Bercaw, John E.; Chen, George S. et al. (2010) Protonolysis of Platinum(II) and Palladium(II) Methyl Complexes: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Investigation Organometallics; Vol. 29; No. 19; https://doi.org/10.1021/om100655w

• Scott, Valerie J.; Labinger, Jay A. et al. (2010) Mechanism of Reductive Elimination of Methyl Iodide from a Novel Gold(III)−Monomethyl Complex Organometallics; Vol. 29; No. 18; https://doi.org/10.1021/om1006566

• Tonks, Ian A.; Bercaw, John E. (2010) (dme)MCl_3(NNPh_2) (dme= dimethoxyethane; M= Nb, Ta): A Versatile Synthon for [Ta═NNPh_2] Hydrazido(2-) Complexes Inorganic Chemistry; Vol. 49; No. 10; https://doi.org/10.1021/ic1004193

• Fulmer, Gregory R.; Miller, Alexander J. M. et al. (2010) NMR Chemical Shifts of Trace Impurities: Common Laboratory Solvents, Organics, and Gases in Deuterated Solvents Relevant to the Organometallic Chemist Organometallics; Vol. 29; No. 9; https://doi.org/10.1021/om100106e

• Wilson, Aaron D.; Miller, Alexander J. M. et al. (2010) [Thermodynamic Studies of H_(2)Rh(diphosphine)2]^+ and [HRh(diphosphine)(2)(CH_(3)CN)]^(2+) Complexes in Acetonitrile Inorganic Chemistry; Vol. 49; No. 8; https://doi.org/10.1021/ic100117y

• Miller, Alexander J. M.; Labinger, Jay A. et al. (2010) Homogeneous CO Hydrogenation: Dihydrogen Activation Involves a Frustrated Lewis Pair Instead of a Platinum Complex Journal of the American Chemical Society; Vol. 132; No. 10; https://doi.org/10.1021/ja100574n

• Oblad, Paul F.; Bercaw, John E. et al. (2010) Oxidation of Organometallic Platinum and Palladium Complexes Obtained from C−H Activation Organometallics; Vol. 29; No. 4; https://doi.org/10.1021/om900678z

• Bercaw, John E.; Durrell, Alec C. et al. (2010) Electronic Structures of Pd^(II) Dimers Inorganic Chemistry; Vol. 49; No. 4; https://doi.org/10.1021/ic902189g

• Weinberg, David R.; Hazari, Nilay et al. (2010) Iridium(I) and Iridium(III) Complexes Supported by a Diphenolate Imidazolyl-Carbene Ligand Organometallics; Vol. 29; No. 1; https://doi.org/10.1021/om900803r

• Miller, Alexander J. M.; Bercaw, John E. (2010) Dehydrogenation of amine–boranes with a frustrated Lewis pair Chemical Communications; Vol. 46; No. 10; https://doi.org/10.1039/b925659h

• Golisz, Suzanne R.; Bercaw, John E. (2009) Synthesis of Early Transition Metal Bisphenolate Complexes and Their Use as Olefin Polymerization Catalysts Macromolecules; Vol. 42; No. 22; https://doi.org/10.1021/ma901659q

• Golisz, Suzanne R.; Hazari, Nilay et al. (2009) Activation of the C−N Bond in Nitromethane by Palladium α-Diimine Complexes Journal of Organic Chemistry; Vol. 74; No. 21; https://doi.org/10.1021/jo901635g

• Elowe, Paul R.; West, Nathan M. et al. (2009) Transformations of Group 7 Carbonyl Complexes: Possible Intermediates in a Homogeneous Syngas Conversion Scheme Organometallics; Vol. 28; No. 21; https://doi.org/10.1021/om900804j

• Bercaw, John E.; Hazari, Nilay et al. (2009) Activation of a C−H Bond in Indene by [(COD)Rh(μ_2-OH)]_2 Organometallics; Vol. 28; No. 18; https://doi.org/10.1021/om9004498

• Bercaw, John E.; Day, Michael W. et al. (2009) Robotic Lepidoptery: Structural Characterization of (mostly) Unexpected Palladium Complexes Obtained from High-Throughput Catalyst Screening Organometallics; Vol. 28; No. 17; https://doi.org/10.1021/om900240a

• Chen, George S.; Labinger, Jay A. et al. (2009) Selective Oxidation of sp^3 C-H Bonds in Water Catalyzed by a Glycinate-Platinum(II) Complex Organometallics; Vol. 28; No. 17; https://doi.org/10.1021/om900267w

• Lin, Bo-Lin; Bhattacharyya, Koyel X. et al. (2009) Competitive Benzene C−H Bond Activation versus Olefin Insertion in a (Monomethyl)palladium(II) β-Diketiminate Complex Organometallics; Vol. 28; No. 15; https://doi.org/10.1021/om900171d

• Scott, Valerie J.; Henling, Lawrence M. et al. (2009) Competitive Activation of a Methyl C−H Bond of Dimethylformamide at an Iridium Center Organometallics; Vol. 28; No. 14; https://doi.org/10.1021/om9002413

• Tonks, Ian A.; Henling, Larry M. et al. (2009) Amine, Amido, and Imido Complexes of Tantalum Supported by a Pyridine-Linked Bis(phenolate) Pincer Ligand: Ta−N π-Bonding Influences Pincer Ligand Geometry Inorganic Chemistry; Vol. 48; No. 12; https://doi.org/10.1021/ic802234x

• Weintrob, Edward C.; Tofan, Daniel et al. (2009) Synthesis and Characterization of Iron Derivatives Having a Pyridine-Linked Bis(anilide) Pincer Ligand Inorganic Chemistry; Vol. 48; No. 8; https://doi.org/10.1021/ic900083s

• Lin, Bo-Lin; Labinger, Jay A. et al. (2009) Mechanistic investigations of bipyrimidine-promoted palladium-catalyzed allylic acetoxylation of olefins Canadian Journal of Chemistry; Vol. 87; No. 1; https://doi.org/10.1139/V08-133

• Bercaw, John E.; Hazari, Nilay et al. (2008) C-H Bond Activation by [{(Diimine)Pd(μ-OH)}2]2+ Dimers: Mechanism-Guided Catalytic Improvement Angewandte Chemie International Edition; Vol. 47; No. 51; https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200804455

• Agapie, Theodor; Day, Michael W. et al. (2008) Synthesis and reactivity of tantalum complexes supported by bidentate X2 and tridentate LX2 ligands with two phenolates linked to pyridine, thiophene, furan, and benzene connectors: mechanistic studies of the formation of a tantalum benzylidene and insertion chemistry for tantalum-carbon bonds Organometallics; Vol. 27; No. 23; https://doi.org/10.1021/om8002653

• Agapie, Theodor; Henling, Lawrence M. et al. (2008) Zirconium and titanium complexes supported by tridentate LX2 ligands having two phenolates linked to furan, thiophene, and pyridine donors: precatalysts for propylene polymerization and oligomerization Organometallics; Vol. 27; No. 23; https://doi.org/10.1021/om800136y

• Bercaw, John E.; Chen, George S. et al. (2008) Hydrogen tunneling in protonolysis of platinum(II) and palladium(II) methyl complexes: mechanistic implications Journal of the American Chemical Society; Vol. 130; No. 52; https://doi.org/10.1021/ja807427d

• Baldwin, Steven M.; Bercaw, John E. et al. (2008) Alkylaluminum-complexed zirconocene hydrides: identification of hydride-bridged species by NMR spectroscopy Journal of the American Chemical Society; Vol. 130; No. 51; https://doi.org/10.1021/ja8054723

• Bercaw, John E.; Hazari, Nilay et al. (2008) Oxidative aromatization of olefins with dioxygen catalyzed by palladium trifluoroacetate Journal of Organic Chemistry; Vol. 73; No. 21; https://doi.org/10.1021/jo8016296

• Miller, Alexander J. M.; Labinger, Jay A. et al. (2008) Reductive Coupling of Carbon Monoxide in a Rhenium Carbonyl Complex with Pendant Lewis Acids Journal of the American Chemical Society; Vol. 130; No. 36; https://doi.org/10.1021/ja805108z

• Bercaw, John E.; Hazari, Nilay et al. (2008) Selective Methylative Homologation: An Alternate Route to Alkane Upgrading Journal of the American Chemical Society; Vol. 130; No. 36; https://doi.org/10.1021/ja803029s

• Min, Endy Y.-J.; Byers, Jeffery A. et al. (2008) Catalyst Site Epimerization during the Kinetic Resolution of Chiral α-Olefins by Polymerization Organometallics; Vol. 27; No. 10; https://doi.org/10.1021/om700778e

• Williams, Travis J.; Caffyn, Andrew J. M. et al. (2008) C−H Bond Activation by Air-Stable [(Diimine)M^(II)(μ_2-OH)]_2^(2+)Dimers (M = Pd, Pt) Journal of the American Chemical Society; Vol. 130; No. 8; https://doi.org/10.1021/ja076740q

• Bercaw, John E.; Diaconescu, Paula L. et al. (2007) Conversion of Methanol to 2,2,3-Trimethylbutane (Triptane) over Indium(III) Iodide Inorganic Chemistry; Vol. 46; No. 26; https://doi.org/10.1021/ic7014447

• Agapie, Theodor; Labinger, Jay A. et al. (2007) Mechanistic Studies of Olefin and Alkyne Trimerization with Chromium Catalysts: Deuterium Labeling and Studies of Regiochemistry Using a Model Chromacyclopentane Complex Journal of the American Chemical Society; Vol. 129; No. 46; https://doi.org/10.1021/ja073493h

• Bercaw, John E.; Grubbs, Robert H. et al. (2007) Enhanced selectivity in the conversion of methanol to 2,2,3-trimethylbutane (triptane) over zinc iodide by added phosphorous or hypophosphorous acid Chemical Communications; Vol. 2007; No. 28; https://doi.org/10.1039/b705470j

• Agapie, Theodor; Bercaw, John E. (2007) Cyclometalated Tantalum Diphenolate Pincer Complexes: Intramolecular C−H/M−CH_3σ-Bond Metathesis May Be Faster than O−H/M−CH_3 Protonolysis Organometallics; Vol. 26; No. 12; https://doi.org/10.1021/om700284c

• Klamo, Sara B.; Wendt, Ola F. et al. (2007) Dialkyl and Methyl-Alkyl Zirconocenes: Synthesis and Characterization of Zirconocene-Alkyls That Model the Polymeryl Chain in Alkene Polymerizations Organometallics; Vol. 26; No. 12; https://doi.org/10.1021/om0601302

• Bercaw, John E.; Labinger, Jay A. (2007) The coordination chemistry of saturated molecules Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; Vol. 104; No. 17; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:BERpnas07

• Chen, George S.; Labinger, Jay A. et al. (2007) The role of alkane coordination in C–H bond cleavage at a Pt(II) center Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; Vol. 104; No. 17; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:CHEpnas07a

• Marinescu, Smaranda C.; Agapie, Theodor et al. (2007) Group 3 Dialkyl Complexes with Tetradentate (L, L, N, O; L = N, O, S) Monoanionic Ligands: Synthesis and Reactivity Organometallics; Vol. 26; No. 5; https://doi.org/10.1021/om0608612

• Driver, Tom G.; Williams, Travis J. et al. (2007) C−H Bond Activation by Dicationic Platinum(II) Complexes Organometallics; Vol. 26; No. 2; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20170725-130119305

• Williams, Travis J.; Labinger, Jay A. et al. (2007) Reactions of Indene and Indoles with Platinum Methyl Cations: Indene C−H Activation, Indole π versus Nitrogen Lone-Pair Coordination Organometallics; Vol. 26; No. 2; https://doi.org/10.1021/om0606643

• Weinberg, David R.; Labinger, Jay A. et al. (2007) Competitive Oxidation and Protonation of Aqueous Monomethylplatinum(II) Complexes: A Comparison of Oxidants Organometallics; Vol. 26; No. 1; https://doi.org/10.1021/om060763g

• Bercaw, John E.; Diaconescu, Paula L. et al. (2006) On the Mechanism of the Conversion of Methanol to 2,2,3-Trimethylbutane (Triptane) over Zinc Iodide Journal of Organic Chemistry; Vol. 71; No. 23; https://doi.org/10.1021/jo0617823

• Elowe, Paul R.; McCann, Cassandra et al. (2006) Nitrogen-Linked Diphosphine Ligands with Ethers Attached to Nitrogen for Chromium-Catalyzed Ethylene Tri- and Tetramerizations Organometallics; Vol. 25; No. 22; https://doi.org/10.1021/om0601596

• Byers, Jeffery A.; Bercaw, John E. (2006) Kinetic resolution of racemic {alpha}-olefins with ansa-zirconocene polymerization catalysts: Enantiomorphic site vs. chain end control Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; Vol. 103; No. 42; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0603071103

• Miller, Stephen A.; Bercaw, John E. (2006) Mechanism of Isotactic Polypropylene Formation with C_1-Symmetric Metallocene Catalysts Organometallics; Vol. 25; No. 15; https://doi.org/10.1021/om050841k

• Agapie, Theodor; Day, Michael W. et al. (2006) A Chromium-Diphosphine System for Catalytic Ethylene Trimerization: Synthetic and Structural Studies of Chromium Complexes with a Nitrogen-Bridged Diphosphine Ligand with ortho-Methoxyaryl Substituents Organometallics; Vol. 25; No. 11; https://doi.org/10.1021/om050605+

• Schofer, Susan J.; Day, Michael W. et al. (2006) Ethylene Trimerization Catalysts Based on Chromium Complexes with a Nitrogen-Bridged Diphosphine Ligand Having ortho-Methoxyaryl or ortho-Thiomethoxy Substituents: Well-Defined Catalyst Precursors and Investigations of the Mechanism Organometallics; Vol. 25; No. 11; https://doi.org/10.1021/om0506062

• Owen, Jonathan S.; Labinger, Jay A. et al. (2006) Kinetics and Mechanism of Methane, Methanol, and Dimethyl Ether C−H Activation with Electrophilic Platinum Complexes Journal of the American Chemical Society; Vol. 128; No. 6; https://doi.org/10.1021/ja056387t

• Lersch, Martin; Dalhus, Bjørn et al. (2006) Improved One-Pot Synthesis of Mixed Methyl−Aryl Platinum(II) Diimine Complexes Organometallics; Vol. 25; No. 4; https://doi.org/10.1021/om050899z

• Chirik, Paul J.; Bercaw, John E. (2005) Cyclopentadienyl and Olefin Substituent Effects on Insertion and β-Hydrogen Elimination with Group 4 Metallocenes. Kinetics, Mechanism, and Thermodynamics for Zirconocene and Hafnocene Alkyl Hydride Derivatives Organometallics; Vol. 24; No. 22; https://doi.org/10.1021/om0580351

• Driver, Tom G.; Day, Michael W. et al. (2005) Mechanism of C−H Bond Activation of Alkyl-Substituted Benzenes by Cationic Platinum(II) Complexes Organometallics; Vol. 24; No. 15; https://doi.org/10.1021/om050251m

• Chirik, Paul J.; Dalleska, Nathan F. et al. (2005) Experimental Evidence for γ-Agostic Assistance in β-Methyl Elimination, the Microscopic Reverse of α-Agostic Assistance in the Chain Propagation Step of Olefin Polymerization Organometallics; Vol. 24; No. 11; https://doi.org/10.1021/om058002l

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