Publications
1. Smeltz, Jessica L.; Boyle, Paul D.; Ison, Elon A.The Role of Low-Valent Re Species in Catalytic Hydrosilylation Reactions with OxoRhenium Catalysts.” Organometallics, 2012, 31(17), 5994–5997.
2. Lilly, Cassandra P.; Boyle, Paul D.; Ison, Elon A. "Synthesis of Oxorhenium Acetyl and Benzoyl Complexes Incorporating Diamido Pyridine Ligands: Implications for the Mechanism of CO Insertion." Organometallics 2012, 31, 4295-4301. DOI: 10.1021/om3002872
3. Ison, E. A.; Ison, A. "Green and Sustainable Chemistry in the Undergraduate Labs: Teaching the Full Spectrum of Research Skills through Synthesis and the Application of Catalysis." J. Chem. Ed. 2012, 89(12), 1575-1577.
5. Lilly, Cassandra P.; Boyle, Paul D.; Ison, Elon A. "Synthesis and Characterization of Oxorhenium(v) Diamido Pyridine Complexes that Catalyze Oxygen Atom Transfer Reactions." Dalton Trans. 2011, 40(44), 11815-11821.
6. Travia, Nicholas E.; Xu, Zhenggang; Keith, Jason M.; Ison, Elon A.; Fanwick, Phillip E.; Hall, Michael B.; Abu-Omar, Mahdi M. "Observation of Inductive Effects That Cause a Change in the Rate-Determining Step for the Conversion of Rhenium Azides to Imido Complexes." Inorganic Chemistry 2011, 50(20), 10505-10514.
7. Engelman, Kristi L.; Feng, Yuee; Ison, Elon A. "C-H Bond Functionalization of Benzoic Acid: Catalytic Synthesis of 2-Hydroxy-6H-benzo[c]chromen-6-ones Using (Cp*IrCl2)2." Organometallics 2011, 30(17), 4572-4577.
8. Smeltz, Jessica L.; Boyle, Paul D.; Ison, Elon A. "Mechanism for the Activation of Carbon Monoxide via Oxorhenium Complexes." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133(34), 13288-13291.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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, 14462-1446
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. 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
16. 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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17. 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.
18. 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.
19. 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.
20. 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.