The Gunnoe Research Group

61. "Ruthenium (II) Complexes Possessing the η⁶-p-Cymene Ligand" Sumiyoshi, T., Gunnoe, T. B.*, Petersen, J. L., Boyle, P. D. Invited manuscript accepted Inorg. Chim. Acta

60. "Chemistry Surrounding Group VII Complexes that Possess Poly(pyrazolyl)borate Ligands" Lail, M., Pittard, K. A., Gunnoe, T. B.* Invited review accepted Adv. Organomet. Chem.

59. "Activation of sp³ Carbon-Hydrogen Bonds by a Ru(II) Complex and Subsequent Metal-Mediated C-C and C-N Bond Formation" Foley, N. A., Gunnoe, T. B.*, Cundari, T. R.*, Boyle, P. D., Petersen, J. L. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. online (selected as an Angew. Chem. "hot" paper)

58. "Anti-Markovnikov Hydroamination and Hydrothiolation of Vinylarenes Catalyzed by Well-Defined Monomeric Copper(I) Amido and Thiolate Complexes" Munro-Leighton, C., Delp, S. A., Alsop, N. M., Blue, E. D., Gunnoe, T. B.* Chem. Commun. 2008, 111-113

57. "Combined Experimental and Computational Studies on the Nature of Aromatic C-H Activation by Octahedral Ru(II) Complexes: Evidence for σ-Bond Metathesis from Hammett Studies" DeYonker, N. J., Foley, N. A., Cundari, T. R.*, Gunnoe, T. B.* Organometallics 2007, 26,.6604-6611.

56. "Combined Experimental and Computational Study of TpRu{P(pyr)₃}(NCMe)Me (pyr = N-pyrrolyl): Inter- and Intramolecular Activation of C-H Bonds and the Impact of Sterics on Catalytic Hydroarylation of Olefins" Foley, N. A., Lail, M., Gunnoe, T. B.*, Cundari, T. R.*, Boyle, P. D., Petersen, J. L. Organometallics 2007, 26, 5507-5516.

55. "Activation of Carbon-Hydrogen Bonds via 1,2-Addition across M-X (X = OH or NH₂) Bonds of d⁶ Transition Metals as a Potential Key Step in Hydrocarbon Functionalization: A Computational Study" Cundari, T. R.*, Grimes, T., Gunnoe, T. B.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 13172-13182.

54.  "Comparative Reactivity of TpRu(L)(NCMe)Ph (L = CO or PMe₃): Impact of Ancillary Ligand L on Activation of Carbon-Hydrogen Bonds including Catalytic Hydroarylation and Hydrovinylation/Oligomerization of Ethylene" Foley, N. A., Lail, M., Gunnoe, T. B.*, Cundari, T. R., Petersen, J. L. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 6765-6781.

53.  "Reactivity of TpRu(L)(NCMe)R (L = CO, PMe₃; R = Me, Ph) Systems with Isonitriles: Experimental and Computational Studies Toward the Intra- and Intermolecular Hydroarylation of Isonitriles" Lee, J. P., Jimenez-Halla, J. O. C., Cundari, T. R.*, Gunnoe T. B.* J. Organomet. Chem. 2007, 692, 2175-2186.

52.  "Addition of S-H Bonds across Electron-Deficient Olefins Catalyzed by Well-Defined Copper(I) Thiolate Complexes" Delp, S. A., Munro-Leighton, C., Goj, L. A., Ramirez, M. A., Gunnoe, T. B.*, Petersen, J. L. Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 2365-2367.

51.  "Reactivity of Ruthenium (II) and Copper (I) Complexes that Possess Non-Dative Heteroatomic Ligands:  Synthetic Exploitation of Nucleophilicity and Basicity of Amido, Hydroxide, Alkoxide, Sulfido and Related Ligands for the Activation of Substrates that Possess Polar Bonds as Well as Non-Polar C-H and H-H Bonds" Gunnoe, T. B.* (Invited micro-review) Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2007, 1185-1203.

50.  "Addition of N-H and O-H Bonds of Amines and Alcohols to Electron-Deficient Olefins Catalyzed by Monomeric Copper(I) Systems: Reaction Scope, Mechanistic Details and Comparison of Catalyst Efficiency" Munro-Leighton, C., Delp, S. A., Blue, E. D., Gunnoe, T. B.* Organometallics 2007, 26, 1483-1493.

49.  "Protonation of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligand Coordinated to Copper(I):  Coordination Mode of Imidazolium Cation as a Function of Counterion as Determined by Solid-State Structures" Blue, E. D., Gunnoe, T. B.*, Petersen, J. L. J. Organomet. Chem. 2006, 691, 6000-6005.

48.  "Chemistry Surrounding Monomeric Cu(I) Methyl, Phenyl, Anilido, Ethoxide and Phenoxide Complexes Supported by N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands:  Reactivity Consistent with both Early and Late Transition Metal Systems" Goj, L. A., Blue, E. D., Delp, S. A., Gunnoe, T. B.*, Cundari, T. R., Pierpont, A. W., Petersen, J. L. Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45, 9032-9045.

47.  "Octahedral [TpRu(PMe₃)₂OR]ⁿ⁺ Complexes (Tp = hydridotris(pyrazolyl)borate; R = H or Ph; n = 0 or 1):  Reactions at Ru(II) and Ru(III) Oxidation States with Carbon-Hydrogen Bonds" Feng, Y., Gunnoe, T. B.*, Cundari, T. R. Organometallics 2006, 25, 5456-5465.

46.  "Single-Electron Oxidation of Monomeric Copper (I) Alkyl Complexes:  Evidence for Reductive Elimination through Bimolecular Formation of Alkanes" Goj, L. A., Blue, E. D., Delp, S. A., Gunnoe, T. B.*, Petersen, J. L. Organometallics 2006, 25, 4097-4104.

45.  "Hydrogen-Deuterium Exchange between TpRu(PMe₃)(L)X (Tp = hydridotris(pyrazolyl)borate; L = PMe₃ and X = OH, OPh, Me, Ph, or NHPh; L = NCMe and X = Ph) and Deuterated Arene Solvents:  Evidence for Metal-Mediated Processes" Feng, Y., Lail, M., Foley, N. A., Gunnoe, T. B.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 7982-7994.

44.  "Reactions of a Ru(II) Phenyl Complex with Substrates that Possess C-N or C-O Multiple Bonds:  C-C Bond Formation, N-H Bond Cleavage and Decarbonylation Reactions" Lee, J. P., Pittard, K. A., Cundari, T. R., Gunnoe, T. B.*, Petersen, J. L. Organometallics 2006, 25, 1500-1510.

43.  "Reactions of TpRu(CO)(NCMe)(Ph) (Tp = hydridotris(pyrazolyl)borate) with Electron-Rich Olefins:  Examples of Stoichiometric C-S and C-H Bond Cleavage" Goj, L. A., Lail, M., Pittard, K. A., Riley, K. C., Gunnoe, T. B.*, Petersen, J. L. Chem. Commun. 2006, 982-984.

42.  "Anti-Markovnikov Michael Addition Reactions of Amines and Alcohols Catalyzed by Well-Defined Cu(I) Anilido, Ethoxide and Phenoxide Systems" Munro-Leighton, C., Blue, E. B., Gunnoe, T. B.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 1446-1447.

41.  "Cleavage of X-H Bonds (X = N, O, or C) by Cu(I) Alkyl Complexes to Form Monomeric Two-Coordinate Cu(I) Systems" Goj, L. A., Blue, E. B., Munro-Leighton, C., Gunnoe, T. B.*, Petersen, J. L. Inorg. Chem. 2005, 44, 8647-8649.

40.  "Synthesis of the Five-Coordinate Ruthenium(II) Complexes [(PCP)Ru(CO)(L)][BAr'₄] (PCP = 2,6-(CH₂P^tBu₂)₂C₆H₃, BAr'₄ = 2,6-(CF₃)₂C₆H₃, L = η1-ClCH₂Cl, η1-N₂, or μ-Cl-Ru(PCP)(CO)):  Reactions with Phenyldiazomethane and Phenylacetylene " Zhang, J., Barakat, K. A., Cundari, T. R., Gunnoe, T. B.*, Boyle, P. D., Petersen, J. L., Day, C. S. Inorg. Chem. 2005, 44, 8379-8390.

39.  "Evidence for the Net Addition of Arene C-H Bonds across a Ru(II)-Hydroxide Bond " Feng, Y., Lail, M., Barakat, K. A., Cundari, T. R., Gunnoe, T. B.*, Petersen, J. L. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 14174-14175.

38.  "Ruthenium(II)-Mediated Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation between Acetonitrile and Pyrrole:  Combined Experimental and Computational Study" Pittard, K. A., Cundari, T. R., Gunnoe, T. B.*, Day, C. S., Petersen, J. L. Organometallics 2005, 24, 5015-5024.

37.  "Developments in Catalytic Aromatic C-H Transformations:  Promising Tools for Organic Synthesis" Goj, L., Gunnoe, T. B.* Curr. Org. Chem. 2005, 9, 671-685.

36.  "Reactions of (PCP)Ru(CO)(NHPh)(PMe₃) (PCP = 2,6-(CH₂P^tBu₂)₂C₆H₃) with Substrates that Possess Polar Bonds" Zhang, J., Gunnoe, T. B.*, Petersen, J. L. Inorg. Chem. 2005, 44, 2895-2907.

35.  "Conversions of Ru(III) Alkyl Complexes to Ru(II) Complexes Through Ru-C alkyl Bond Homolysis" Lail, M., Gunnoe, T. B.*, Barakat, K. A., Cundari, T. R. Organometallics 2005, 24, 1301-1305.

34.  "Reactions of TpRu(CO)(NCMe)(Me) (Tp = hydridotris(pyrazolyl)borate) with Heteroaromatic Substrates:  Stoichiometric and Catalytic C-H Activation" Pittard, K. A., Lee, J. P., Cundari, T. R., Gunnoe, T. B.*, Day, C. S., Petersen, J. L. Organometallics 2004, 23, 5514-5523.

33.  "Experimental and Computational Studies of Ru(II) Catalyzed Addition of Aromatic C-H Bonds to Olefins" Lail, M., Bell, C. M., Conner, D., Cundari, T. R., Gunnoe, T. B.*, Petersen, J. L. Organometallics 2004, 23, 5007-5020.

32.  "Ruthenium (II) Anilido Complex Containing a Bisphosphine Pincer Ligand:  Reversible Formation of Amidinate Ligands via Intramolecular C-N Bond Formation" Zhang, J., Gunnoe, T. B.*, Boyle, P. D. Organometallics 2004, 23, 3094-3097.

31.  "Synthesis and Reactivity of a Coordinatively Unsaturated Ru(II) Parent Amido Complex:  Studies of X-H Activation (X = H or C)" Conner, D., Jayaprakash, K. N., Cundari, T. R., Gunnoe, T. B * Organometallics 2004, 23, 2724-2733.

30.  "Radical Polymerization of Styrene and Methyl Methacrylate with Ruthenium(II) Complexes" Arrowood, B. N., Lail, M., Gunnoe, T. B.*, Boyle, P. D. Organometallics 2003, 22, 4692-4698.

29.  "Synthesis, Solid-State Crystal Structure, and Reactivity of a Monomeric Copper(I) Anilido Complex" Blue, E. B., Davis, A., Conner, D., Gunnoe, T. B.*, Boyle, P. D., White, P. S. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 9435-9441.

28.  "Octahedral Ru(II) Amido Complexes TpRu(L)(L')(NHR) (Tp = Hydridotris(pyrazolyl)borate; L = L' = P(OMe)₃ or PMe₃ or L = CO and L' = PPh₃; R = H, Ph or ^tBu):  Synthesis, Characterization and Reactions with Weakly Acidic C-H Bonds" Conner, D., Jayaprakash, K. N., Wells, M. B., Manzer, S., Gunnoe, T. B.*, Boyle, P. D. Inorg. Chem. 2003, 42, 4759-4772.

27.  "Addition of Arenes to Ethylene and Propene Catalyzed by Ruthenium" Lail, M., Arrowood, B. N., Gunnoe, T. B.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 7506-7507.

26.  "Computational Study of Methane Activation by TpRe(CO)₂ and CpRe(CO)₂ with a Stereoelectronic Comparison of Cyclopentadienyl and Scorpionate Ligands"  Bergman, R. G., Cundari, T. R.*, Gillespie, A. M., Gunnoe, T. B., Harman, W. D., Klinckman, T. R., Temple, M. D., White, D. P. Organometallics 2003, 22, 2331-2337.

25.  "Reaction of Ruthenium Benzylidene Complexes with Cyclic and Acyclic Imines:  Oligomerization of 1-Pyrroline and Metathesis via Tautomerism" Zhang, J., Gunnoe, T. B.* Organometallics 2003, 22, 2291-2297.

24.  "Ruthenium(II) Anilido Complexes TpRuL₂(NHPh):  Oxidative 4,4'-Aryl Coupling Reactions (Tp = Hydridotris(pyrazolylborate); L = PMe₃, P(OMe)₃ or CO)" Conner, D., Jayaprakash, K. N., Gunnoe, T. B.*, Boyle, P. D. Organometallics 2002, 21, 5265-5271.

23.  "Synthesis, Spectroscopy, and Solid-State Characterization of the Hexanuclear Copper Macrocycle Cu₆Cl₆(μ-PCHP)₆" Blue, E. B., Gunnoe, T. B.*, Brooks, N. R. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2002, 41, 2571-2573.

22.  "Influence of the Filled d&pi-Manifold and L/L' Ligands on the Structure, Basicity and Bond Rotations of the Octahedral and d⁶ Amido Complexes TpRu(L)(L')(NHPh) (Tp = Hydridotris(pyrazolyl)borate; L = L' = PMe₃ or P(OMe)₃, or L = CO and L' = PPh₃):  Solid-State Structures of [TpRu(PMe₃)₂(NH₂Ph)][OTf], [TpRu{P(OMe)₃}₂(NH₂Ph)][OTf], and TpRu{P(OMe)₃}₂(NHPh)" Conner, D., Jayaprakash, K. N., Gunnoe, T. B.*, Boyle, P. D. Inorg. Chem. 2002, 41, 3042-3049.

21.  "Synthesis of the Ru IV Amido Complex [ TpRu(CO)(PPh₃)(NHPh)][OTf]₂ (Tp = hydridotris(pyrazolyl)borate; OTf = trifluoromethanesulfonate) and Deprotonation to Form an Octahedral and d⁴ Imido Complex:  Computational Study of Ru IV-Imido Bonding" Jayaprakash, K. N., Gillespie, A. M., Gunnoe, T. B.*, and White, D. P.* Chem. Commun. 2002, 4, 372. Correction:  Chem. Commun. 2002, 4, 1650.

20.  "Synthesis and Reactivity of the Octahedral d⁶ Parent Amido Complexes TpRu(L)(L')(NH₂) (Tp = Hydridotris(pyrazolyl)borate; L = L' = P(OMe)₃, PMe₃; L = CO and L' = PPh₃) and [TpRu(PPh₃)(NH₂)₂][Li]" Jayaprakash, K. N., Conner, D., Gunnoe, T. B.* Organometallics 2001, 20, 5254-5256.

19.  "Preparation of the Octahedral d⁶ Amido Complex TpRu(CO)(PPh₃)(NHPh) (Tp = Hydridotris(pyrazolyl)borate):  Solid-State Structural Characterization and Reactivity" Jayaprakash, K. N., Gunnoe, T. B.*, Boyle, P. D. Inorg. Chem. 2001, 40, 6481-6486.

18.  "Comparison of the Relative Electron-Donating Abilities of Hydridotris(pyrazolyl)borate and Cyclopentadienyl Ligands:  Different Interactions with Different Transition Metals" Tellers, D. M., Skoog, S. J., Bergman, R. G.*, Gunnoe, T. B., Harman, W. D. Organometallics 2000, 19, 2428-2432.

Publications from work prior to North Carolina State University

17.  "Binding and Activation of Aromatic Molecules by a Molybdenum π-Base" Meiere, S. H., Keane, J. M., Gunnoe, T. B., Sabat, M., Harman, W. D.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 2024-2025.

16.  "Ligand-Modulated Stereo- and Regioselective Tandem Addition Reactions of Rhenium-Bound Naphthalene" Valahovic, M. T., Gunnoe, T. B., Sabat, M., Harman, W. D.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 3309-3315.

15.  "Interfacial and Intrafacial Linkage Isomerizations of Rhenium Complexes with Aromatic Molecules" Brooks, B. C., Meiere, S. H., Friedman, L. A., Carrig, E. H., Gunnoe, T. B., Harman, W. D.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 3541-3550.

14.  "Dihapto Coordination of Aromatic Molecules by the Asymmetric π-Bases {TpRe(CO)(L)} (Tp = hydridotris(pyrazolyl)borate; L = ^tBuNC, PMe₃, pyridine, 1-methylimidazole, or NH₃)" Meiere, S. H., Brooks, B. C., Gunnoe, T. B., Carrig, E. H., Sabat, M., Harman, W. D.* Organometallics 2001, 20, 3661-3671.

13.  "A Promising New Dearomatization Agent:  Crystal Structure, Synthesis, and Exchange Reactions of the Versatile Complex TpRe(CO)(1-methylimidazole)(η²-benzene) (Tp = Hydridotris(pyrazolyl)borate)" Meiere, S. H., Brooks, B. C., Gunnoe, T. B., Sabat, M., Harman, W. D.* Organometallics 2001, 20, 1038-1040.

12.  "{TpRe(bpy)}:  A Novel Pentaaminerhenium System that Stabilizes High and Low Oxidation States (Tp = Hydridotris(pyrazolyl)borate; bpy = 2,2'-Bipyridyl)" Gunnoe, T. B., Meiere, S. H., Sabat, M., Harman, W. D.* Inorg. Chem. 2000, 39, 6127-6130.

11.  "Stereoselective Dihapto-Binding of Prochiral Aromatic Compounds by {TpRe(CO)(PMe₃)}:  Synthesis, Characterization, Stability, and Enantiofacial Discrimination (Tp = Hydrido(tris)pyrazolylborate)" Gunnoe, T. B., Sabat, M., Harman, W. D.* Organometallics 2000, 19, 728-740.

10.  "Dihapto Binding of Aromatic Molecules by π-Basic Transition Metal Complexes:  Development of Alternatives to the {Os(NH₃)₅}²⁺ Fragment" Brooks, B. C., Gunnoe, T. B., Harman, W. D.* Coord. Chem. Rev. 2000, 206-207, 3-61.

9.  "Enantiofacial Discrimination in Dihapto-Coordination of Aromatic Molecules by the Chiral π-Base/σ-Lewis Acid {TpRe(CO)(PMe₃)}" Gunnoe, T. B., Sabat, M., Harman, W. D.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 6499-6500.

8.  "Rhenium(I) Terpyridine π-Bases:  Reversible η²-Coordination of Ketones, Aldehydes, and Olefins in the Terpyridine Plane" Helberg, L. E., Gunnoe, T. B., Brooks, B. C., Sabat, M., Harman, W. D.* Organometallics 1999, 18, 573-581.

7.  "Reactions of TpRe(CO)₂(THF) with Aromatic Molecules (Tp = Hydridotris(pyrazolyl)borate)" Gunnoe, T. B., Sabat, M., Harman, W. D.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 8747-8754.

6.  "Spectra, Structure, Ligand Exchange, and Decomposition of a Tungsten(II) Ether Complex" Gunnoe, T. B., Caldarelli, J. L., White, P. S., Templeton, J. L.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1998, 37, 2093-2096.

5.  "Synthesis and Reactivity of Tungsten(II) Methylene Complexes" Gunnoe, T. B., Surgan, M., White, P. S., Templeton, J. L.*, Casarrubios, L. Organometallics 1997, 16, 4865-4874.

4.  "Reaction of a Tungsten(II) Methylene Complex with Excess Base To Form a C₃H₅-Bridged Dimer" Gunnoe, T. B., White, P. S., Templeton, J. L.* Organometallics 1997, 16, 3794-3799.

3.  "Electrophilic Tungsten (II) Methylene Carbene Complexes:  Adduct Formation, Methylene Transfer, and Catalysis of Aziridine Formation from Imines and Ethyl Diazoacetate" Gunnoe, T. B., White P. S., Templeton, J. L.*, Casarrubios, L. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 3171-3172.

2.  "Synthesis and Deprotonation/Alkylation Reactions of the Chiral Carbene Complex Tp'(CO)(NO)Mo=C(OMe)(Me)" Gunnoe, T. B., White, P. S., Templeton, J. L.* Organometallics 1997, 16, 370-377.

1.  "Stepwise Oxidation of Benzylamine Coordinated to the [Tp'W(CO)(PhC₂Me)]⁺ Moiety" Gunnoe, T. B., White, P. S., Templeton, J. L.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1996, 118, 6916-6923.