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C. Thomas Publications

  1. Heterolytic Activation of E-H Bonds Across Pt-P Bonds in Pt NHP (N-heterocylic Phospenium/Phosphido) Complexes.
    Pan, B.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M. Dalton Transactions 2012, DOI: 10.1039/c2dt304559 (invited submission for Frustrated Lewis Pairs special issue.

  2. Synthesis and Investigation of the Metal-Metal Interactions in Early/Late Heterobimetallic Complexes Linking Group 5 Imido Fragments to Co(I)
    Evers, D. A.; Bluestein, A. H.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M. Dalton Transactions 2012, DOI: 10.1039/c2dt00034b, (invited submission for New Talent Americas special issue.

  3. N-Heterocyclic Phosphenium Ligands as Sterically and Electronically Tunable Isolobal Analogues of Nitrosyls
    Pan, B.; Xu, Z.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M. Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 4170-4179.

  4. Synthesis and Structural Characterization of High Spin M/Cu (M = Mn, Fe) Heterobimetallic and Fe/Cu2 Trimetallic Phosphinoamides
    Kuppuswamy, S.; Cooper, B. G.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Powers, T. M.; Thomas, C. M. Inorganic Chemistry 2012, 51, 1866-1873.

  5. Coordination of an N-Heterocyclic Phosphenium-Containing Pincer Ligand to a Co(CO)2 Fragment Allows Oxidation to Form an Unusual N-Heterocyclic Phosphinito Species
    Pan, B.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M. Organometallics 2011, 30, 5560-5563.

  6. Activation of CO2 by a Heterobimetallic Zr/Co Complex
    Krogman, J. P.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 14582-14585.

  7. Metal-Metal Multiple Bonds in Early/Late Heterobimetallics: Applications Towards Small Molecule Activation and Catalysis
    Thomas, C. M. Comments Inorg. Chem. 2011, 32, 14-38.

  8. Catalytic Applications of Early/Late Heterobimetallics
    Cooper, B. G.; Napoline, J. W.; Thomas, C. M. Catalysis Reviews: Science and Engineering 2012, 54, 1-40.

  9. Subtle Differences Between Zr and Hf in Early/Late Heterobimetallic Complexes with Cobalt
    Setty, V. N.; Zhou, W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M. Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 4647-4655.

  10. A Catalytic Application of Co/Zr Heterobimetallic Complexes: Kumada Coupling of Unactivated Alkyl Halides with Alkyl Grignard Reagents
    Zhou, W.; Napoline, J. W.; Thomas, C. M. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2011, 2011, 2029-2033.

  11. Reactivity of a Pd(I)-Pd(I) dimer with O2: Monohapto Pd Superoxide and Dipalladium Peroxide in Equilibrium
    Huacuja, R.; Graham, D. J.; Fafard, C. M.; Chen, C.-H.; Foxman, B. M.; Herbert, D.; Alliger, G.; Thomas, C. M.; Ozerov, O. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 33, 3820-3823.

  12. Guilty as Charged: Non-Innocent Behavior by A Pincer Ligand Featuring a Central Cationic Phosphenium Donor
    Day, G. S.; Pan, B.; Kellenberger, D. L.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M. Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 3634-3636.

  13. Oxidative Addition Across Zr/Co Multiple Bonds in Early/Late Heterobimetallic Complexes
    Thomas, C. M.; Napoline, J. W.; Rowe, G. T.; Foxman, B. M. Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 5790-5792.

  14. Electronic Factors Affecting Metal-Metal Interactions in Early/Late Heterobimetallics: Substituent Effects in Zr/Pt Bis(phosphinoamide) Complexes
    Cooper, B. G.; Fafard, C. M.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M. Organometallics , 2010, 29, 5179-5186. (Dietmar Seyferth Festschrift issue).

  15. Metal-Metal Multiple Bonds in Early/Late Heterobimetallics Support Unusual Trigonal Monopyramidal Geometries at Both Zr and Co
    Greenwood, B. P; Rowe, G. T.; Chen, C.-H.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 44-45.

  16. Multi-electron Redox Activity Facilitated by Metal-Metal Interaction in Early/Late Heterobimetallics: Co/Zr Complexes Supported by Phosphinoamide Ligands
    Greenwood, B. P; Forman, S. I.; Rowe, G. T.; Chen, C.-H.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M. Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48, 6251-6260.

  17. Resin-Bound Models of the [FeFe]-Hydrogenase Enzyme Active Site and Studies of Their Reactivity
    Green, K. N.; Hess, J. L.; Thomas, C. M.; Darensbourg, M. Y. Dalton Trans. 2009, 4344-4350.

  18. X-ray Photochemistry of Iron Complexes from Fe(0) to Fe(IV) - Can a Bug Become a Feature?
    George, S.J.; Fu, J.; Guo, Y.l; Drury, O. B.; Friedrich, S.; Rauchfuss, T.; Volkers, P. I.; Peters, J. C.; Scott, V.; Brown, S. D.; Thomas, C. M.; Cramer, S. P. Inorg. Chim. Acta 2008, 361, 1157-1165.

  19. Series of Mixed Valent Fe(II)Fe(I) Complexes That Model the Hox State of [FeFe]-Hydrogenase: Redox Properties, Density-Functional Theory Investigation, and Reactivities with Extrinsic CO
    Thomas, C. M.; Liu, T.; Hall, M. B.; Darensbourg, M. Y. Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 7009-7024.

  20. Regioselective 12CO/13CO Exchange Activity of a Mixed Valent Fe(II)Fe(I) Model of the Hox State of [FeFe]-Hydrogenase.
    Thomas, C. M.; Liu, T.; Hall, M. B.; Darensbourg, M. Y. Chem. Commun. 2008, 1563-1565.

  21. Computational Definition of a Mixed Valent Fe(II)Fe(I) Model of the [FeFe]-Hydrogenase Active Site Resting State.
    Thomas, C. M.; Darensbourg, M. Y.; Hall, M. B. J. Inorg. Biochem. 2007, 101, 1752-1757. (Ed Steifel Memorium)

  22. Synthesis of Carboxylic Acid Modified [FeFe]-Hydrogenase Model Complexes Amenable to Surface Imobilization.
    Thomas, C. M.; Rudiger, O.; Liu, T.; Carson, C. E.; Hall, M. B.; Darensbourg, M. Y. Organometallics 2007, 26, 3976-3984.

  23. Characterization of the Terminal Iron(IV) Imides {[PhBPtBu2(pz')]FeIV≡NAd}+.
    Thomas, C. M.; Mankad, N. P.; Peters, J. C. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 4956-4957.

  24. An η3-H2SiR2 Adduct of [{PhB-(CH2PiPr2)3}FeIIH].
    Thomas, C. M.; Peters, J. C. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 776-780.

  25. Comparative Studies with Zwitterionic Platinum(II) Bis(pyrazolyl)borate and 2,2'-bipyridylborate Complexes.
    Thomas, C. M.; Peters, J. C. Organometallics 2005, 24, 5858-5867.

  26. Issues Relevant to C-H Activation at Platinum(II): Comparative Studies between Cationic, Zwitterionic, and Neutral Platinum(II) Compounds in Benzene Solution. Peters, J. C.; Thomas, J. C.; Thomas, C. M.; Betley, T. A. Activation and Functionalization of C-H Bonds; Karen Goldberg and Alan Goldman, eds.; ACS Symposium Series No. 885; 2004; chapter 20.

  27. Coordinating Anions: (Phosphino)tetraphenylborate Ligands as New Reagents for Synthesis.
    Thomas, C. M.; Peters, J. C. Inorg. Chem. 2004, 43, 8-10.

  28. Analysis of Phosphines Functionalized with Crown Ether Groups by NMR and Cyclic Voltammetry.
    Nataro, C.; Baseski, H. M.; Thomas, C. M.; Wiza, B. J.; Rourke, K. M. Polyhedron 2001, 20, 1023-1028.