Selected Publications

  1. Lilly, C. P.; Boyle, P. D. and Ison, E. A. “Synthesis and Characterization of Oxorhenium(V) Diamido Pyridine Complexes that Catalyze Oxygen Atom Transfer Reactions,” Dalton Trans. Advance Article. DOI: 10.1039/C1DT11143D.
  2. Engelman, K. L.; Feng, Y.; Ison, E. A. “Catalytic synthesis of 2-hydroxy-6H-benzo[c]chromen-6-ones using (Cp*IrCl2)2”, Organometallics, 2011, 30 (17), 4572-4577.
  3. Smeltz, J.  L.; Boyle, P. D. and Ison, E. A. “Mechanism for the Activation of Carbon Monoxide via Oxorhenium Complexes” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133 (34), 13288-13291.
  4. Travia, N. E. , Xu, Z., Keith, J. M., Ison, E. A., Fanwick, P. E., Hall, M. B., and Abu-Omar, M. M., "Observation of Inductive Effects That Cause a Change in the Rate-Determining Step for the Conversion of Rhenium Azides to Imido Complexes" Inorg. Chem., 2011, 50 (20), 10505-10514.
  5. Feng, Y.; Jiang, B.; Boyle, P. A.; Ison, E. A. "Effect of Ancillary Ligands and Solvents on H/D Exchange Reactions Catalyzed by Cp*Ir Complexes." Organometallics, 2010, 29 (13), 2857–2867.
  6. Corbin, R. A.; Ison, E. A.; Abu-Omar, M. M. "Catalysis by cationic oxorhenium(V): hydrolysis and alcoholysis of organic silanes." Dalton Trans. 2009; 2850-2855.
  7. Feng, Y.; Aponte, J.; Houseworth, P.; Boyle, P. D., Ison, E. A. "Synthesis of Oxorhenium (V) Complexes with Diamido Amine Ancillary Ligands and Their Role in Oxygen Atom Transfer Catalysis." Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48(23), 11058-11066.
  8. Jiang, B.; Feng, Y.; Ison, E. A. "Mechanistic Investigations of the Iridium(III) Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidation of Primary and Secondary Alcohols." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 14462-14464.
  9. Ison, E. A.; Cessarich J., Travia N. E. , Fanwick, P. E.; and Abu-Omar, M. M. "Synthesis of Cationic Rhenium(VII) Oxo Imido Complexes and Their Tunability Towards Oxygen Atom Transfer." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 1167-1178.
  10. Ison E. A., Cessarich J., and Abu-Omar M. M.; "Synthesis of Cationic Oxorhenium Salen Complexes via -Oxo Abstraction and Their Activity in Catalytic Reductions." Inorg.Chem., 2006, 45, 2385-2387.
  11. Ison E. A., Trivedi E. R., Corbin R. A., and Abu-Omar M. M; "Mechanism for Reduction Catalysis by Metal Oxo: Hydrosilation of Organic Carbonyl Groups Catalyzed by a Rhenium(V) Oxo Complex." J.Am.Chem.Soc., 2005, 127, 15374-15375
  12. Ison E. A., Corbin R. A. and Abu-Omar M. M; "Hydrogen Production from the Hydrolytic Oxidation of Organosilanes using a Cationic Oxorhenium Catalyst." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 11938-11939
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  13. Ison E. A., Boncella J. M., Abboud K. A.; "Synthesis and Reactivity of Mo(IV) Complexes with Alkyl and Aryl Isocyanides." Organometallics, 2005, 24, 6310-6318.
  14. Ison E. A.; Boncella J. M.; Abboud K. A.; "Synthesis and Reactivity of Group 6 Imido Diamido Metallacyclopentenes and Metallacyclopentadienes, and the Mechanism of Ethylene Exchange from Metallacyclopentane Complexes." Organometallics, 2005, 24, 1557-1564.
  15. Ison, E. A.; Cameron, T. M.; Abboud, K. A.; Boncella, J. M. "Synthesis, Structure, and Dynamics of Molybdenum Imido Alkyne Complexes.". Organometallics, 2004, 23(17), 4070-4076.
  16. Ison E. A.; Abboud K. A.; Ghiviriga I.; Boncella J. M.; "Alkyl Aluminum Induced Diamide Transfer from Group 6 Imido Diamido Complexes.". Organometallics, 2004, 23(5), 929-931.