Publications

Waterman Research Group

  1. Bushey, C. E.; Javier-Jiménez, D. R.; Reuter, M. B.; Waterman, R. Grignard Reagents as Simple Catalysts for the Dehydrocoupling of Amine and Silanes Dalton Trans. 2024, in press. (data)
  2. Waterman, R. Dehydrocoupling: A General Route to Bonds Between P-Block Elements Chem. Educ. 2024 accepted.
  3. Seth Jr., D. M.; Waterman, R. Bis(N-tertbutylacetamido)(dimethylamido)(chloro)-titanium Molbank, 2024, 2024(1), M1786 (data: CCDC-2332945)
  4. Reuter, M. B.; Javier-Jiménez, D. R.; Bushey, C. E.; Waterman, R. Group I Alkoxides and Amylates as Highly Efficient Radical Precatalysts for Silicon–Nitrogen Heterodehydrocoupling Chem. Eur. J. 2023, e202303420. (data)
  5. Mohammed, R.; Ogadi, P.; Seth Jr., D. M.; Vibho, A.; Gallant, S. K.; Waterman, R. Synthesis and Characterization of 2-(((2,7-Dihydroxynaphthalen-1-yl)methylene)amino)-3’,6’-bis(ethylamino)-2’,7’-dimethylspiro[isoindoline-1,9’-xanthen]-3-one and Colorimetric Detection of Uranium in Water Molbank 2023, 2023(3), M1725. (data)
  6. Reuter, M. B.; Bushey, C. E.; Javier-Jiménez, D. R.; Waterman, R. Commercially Available Organolithium Compounds as Effective, Simple Precatalysts for Silicon–Nitrogen Heterodehydrocoupling Dalton Trans. 2023, 52, 13497–13506
  7. Javier-Jiménez, D. R.; Novas, B. T.; Waterman, R. Zirconocene-Mediated Radical Hydrophosphination Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2023, e202300341.
  8. Nishino, R.; Tokitoh, N.; Sasayama, R.; Waterman, R.; Mizuhata, Y. Unusual Nuclear Exchange within a Germanium-containing Aromatic Ring that Results in Germanium Atom Transfer Nature Commun. 2023, 14, 4519.
  9. Dannenberg, S. G.; Waterman, R. Unexpected C–O Bond Cleavage by a Copper–Phosphido Compound Molbank 2023, 2023, M1659. (data: CCDC-2258630)
  10. Seth, Jr., D. M.; Waterman, R. Photo-Initiated Radical Hydrophosphination at Titanium Compounds Capable of Ti-P Insertion Organometallics 2023, 42, 1213-1219.
  11. Reuter, M. B; Seth, J., D. M.; Javier-Jimenez, D. R.; Finfer, E.; Beretta, E. A.; Waterman, R. Recent Advances in Catalytic Pnictogen Bond Forming Reactions via Dehydrocoupling and Hydrofunctionalization Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 1258-1273.
  12. Dannenberg, S. G.; Seth, Jr. S. M.; Finfer, E. J.; Waterman, R. Divergent Mechanistic Pathways for Copper(I) Hydrophosphination Catalysis; Understanding that Allows for Diastereoselective Hydrophosphination of a Tri-substituted Styrene ACS Catalysis 2023, 13, 550-562.
  13. Novas, B. T.; Waterman, R. Metal-Catalyzed Hydrophosphination ChemCatChem 2022, 14, e202200988.
  14. Mucha, N.T.; Waterman, R. 2,6-Bis[bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)phosphinito-κP]phenyl-κC]-trans-chlorohydro(phenylphosphine)iridium(III) Molbank 2022, M1388. (data: CCDC-2173986)
  15. Danneberg, S. D.; Waterman, R. Cyclo-tetrakis(μ-diphenylphosphido)-1,5-bis(tri-tert-butylphosphine)-tetracopper Molbank, 2022, 2022(1), M1334. (data: CCDC 2131210)
  16. Novas, B. T.; Morris, J. A.; Liptak, M. D.; Waterman, R. Effect of Photolysis on Zirconium Amino Phenoxides for the Hydrophosphination of Alkenes: Improving Catalysis Photochem 2022, 2, 77-87.
  17. Reuter, M. B.; Hageman, K.; Waterman, R. Silicon-Nitrogen Bond Formation via Heterodehydrocoupling and Catalytic N-Silylation Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 27, 3251-3261.
  18. Dannenberg, S. G.; Waterman, R. A Bench-Stable Catalyst for the Rapid Hydrophosphination of Activated and Unactivated Alkenes Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 14219-14222. (data)
  19. Pagano, J. K.; Xie, J.; Erickson, K. A.; Cope, S. K.; Scott, B. L.; Wu, R.; Waterman, R.; Morris, D. E.; Yang, P.; Gagliardi, L.; Kiplinger, J. L. Actinide 2-Metallabiphenylenes that Satisfy Huckel’s Rule Nature 2020, 578, 563-567.
  20. Reuter, M. B.; Cibuzar, M. P.; Hammerton, J.; Waterman, R. Photoactivated Silicon-Oxygen and Silicon-Nitrogen Heterodehydrocoupling with a Commercially Available Iron Compound Dalton Trans. 2020, 49, 2972-2978.
  21. Waterman, R. Triamidoamine-Supported Zirconium Compounds in Main Group Bond-Formation Catalysis Acc. Chem. Res. 2019, 52, 2361-2369. 
  22. Sheridan, M. V.; Lam, K.; Waterman, R.; Geiger, W. E. Anodic Oxidation of Ethynylferrocene Derivatives in Homogeneous Solution and Following Anodic Deposition onto Glassy Carbon Electrodes ChemElectroChem 2019, 6, 5880.
  23. Cibuzar, M. P.; Dannenberg, S.; Waterman, R. A Commercially Available Ruthenium Compound for Catalytic Hydrophosphination Israel J. Chem. 2020, 60, 446-451. (data)
  24. Mitoraj, M. P; Akbari, F. A.; Mahmoudi, G.; Khandar, A. A.; Gurbanov, A. V.; Zubkov, F. I.; Waterman, R.; Babashkina, M. G.; Szczepanik, D. W.; Jena, H. S.; Safin, D. A. Structural Versatility of the Quasi-Aromatic Zinc(II)-Pseudohalide Complexes Fabricated from the Bulky N6 Tetradentate Helical Ligands RSC Advances 2019, 9, 23764-23773. 
  25. Novas, B. T.; Bange, C. A.; Waterman, R. Photocatalytic Hydrophosphination of Alkenes and Alkynes Using Diphenylphosphine and Triamindoamine-Supported Zirconium Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2019, 1640-1643. (data) Part of a phosphorus special issue. 
  26. Wu, K;, Conger, M. A.; Waterman, R.; Liptak, M. D.; Geiger, W. E. Electrochemical and Structural Characterization of a Radical Cation Formed by One-electron Oxidation of a Cymantrene Complex Containing an N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligand Polyhedron 2019, 157, 442-448. (data)
  27. Bange, C. A.; Waterman, R. Zirconium-Catalyzed Hydroarsination with Primary Arsines Polyhedron 2018, 156, 31-34. (data) Part of the Bill Jones Festschrift
  28. Cibuzar, M. P.; Waterman, R. Si-N Heterodehydrocoupling with a Lanthanide Compound Organometallics 2018, accepted. (data)Part of the Organometallic Complexes of Electropositive Elements for Selective Synthesis special issue
  29.  Pagano, J. K.; Jaworski, L.; Lopatto, D.; Waterman, R. An Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory Course as Research J. Chem. Educ. 2018, 95,1520-1525.
  30. Bange, C. A.; Conger, M. A.; Novas, B. T.; Young, E. R.; Liptak, M. D.; Waterman, R. Light-Driven, Zirconium-Catalyzed Hydrophosphination with Primary Phosphines ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 6230-6238. (data)
  31. Pagano, J. K.; Ackley, B. J; Waterman, R. Visible-Light and Thermal Driven Double Hydrophosphination of Terminal Alkynes Using a Commercially Available Iron Compound Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 2774-2776. (data)
  32.  Erickson, K. A.; Cibuzar, M. P.; Mucha, N. T.; Waterman, R. Catalytic N-Si Coupling as a Vehicle for Silane Dehydrocoupling via alpha-Silylene Elimination Dalton Trans. 2018, 47, 2138-2142.
  33. Pagano, J. K.; Ackley, B. A; Waterman, R. Evidence for Iron-Catalyzed α-Phosphinidene Elimination with Phenylphosphine Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 2554-2557. (data) Check out the cover art!
  34. Pagano, J. K.; Bange, C. A.; Farmiloe, S. E.; Waterman, R. Visible Light Photocatalysis Using a Commercially Available Iron Compound Organometallics 2017,36, 3891-3895. (data)
  35. Waterman, R.; Feig, A. L. “The Cottrell Scholars Collaborative New Faculty Workshop: Early Lessons for Change in Teaching” In Educational and Outreach Projects from the Cottrell Scholars Collaborative: Professional Development and Outreach, Volume 2  Waterman, R.; Feig A., Eds. ACS Symposium Series: Washington, DC, 2017.
  36. Heemstra, J. M.; Waterman, R.; Antos, J. R.; Beuning, P.; Bur, S.; Columbus, L. Feig, A. L.; Fuller, A.; Gillmore, J. G.; Leconte, A.; Pomerantz, A.; Prescher, J.; Stanley, L. L. “Throwing Away the Cookbook: Implementing Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) in Chemistry” In Educational and Outreach Projects from the Cottrell Scholars Collaborative: Undergraduate and Graduate Education, Volume 1 Waterman, R.; Feig A., Eds. ACS Symposium Series: Washington, DC, 2017.
  37. Pagano, J. K.; Erickson, K. A.; Scott, B. L.; Morris, D. E.; Waterman, R; Kiplinger, J. L. Synthesis and Characterization of a New and Electronically Unusual uranium Metallacyclocumulene, (C5Me5)2U(η4-1,2,3,4-PhC4Ph2) J. Organomet. Chem. 2017, 829, 79-84.
  38. Bange, C. A.; Waterman, R. Zirconium-Catalyzed Intermolecular Double Hydrophosphination of Alkynes with Primary Phosphines ACS Catal. 2016, 6, 6413-6416. (data)
  39. Bange, C. A.; Mucha, N. T.; Cousins, M.; Gehsmann, A.; Singer, A.; Traux, T.; Higham, L.; Waterman, R. Catalytic Hydrophosphination and Dehydrocoupling of an Air-Stable, Fluorescent Primary Phosphine Inorganics 2016, 4, 26. (data)
  40. Leshinski, S. E.; Wheaton, C. A.; Sun, H.; Roering, A. J.; Tanski, J. M.; Fox, D. J.; Hayes, P. G.; Waterman, R. Triamidoamine-Supported Zirconium: Hydrogen Activation, Lewis Acidity, and rac-Lactide Polymerization RSC Advances 2016, 6, 70581-70585.
  41. Bange, C. A.; Waterman, R. Challenges in Catalytic Hydrophosphination Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 12598-12605.   
  42. Manning, L. W.; Rawat, N.; Lamarche, C.; Waterman, R.; Headrick, R. L.; Furis, M. Exciton Delocalization in Phthalocyanine Crystalline Thin Film Organic Alloys J. Phys. Chem C. 2016, 120, 11966-11976.
  43. Afkhami, F. A.; Khandar, A. A.; Mahmoudi, G.; Maniukiewicz, W.; Lipkowski, J.; White, J. M.; Waterman, R.; Garca-Granda, S.; Zangrando, E.; Bauz, A.; Frontera, A. Synthesis, X-ray Characterization, DFT Calculations and Hirshfeld Surface Analysis Studies of Zn(II) and Cd(II) Complexes Based on Isonicotinoylhydrazone Ligand CrystEngComm 2016, 18, 4587-4596.
  44. Pagano, J. K.; Dorhout, J. M.; Scott, B. L.; Waterman, R; Czerwinski, K. R.; Kiplinger, J. L. Tuning the Oxidation State and Chemistry of Uranium Hydrides with Phenylsilane:  The Case of the Classic Uranium(III) Hydride Complex, [(C5Me5) 2U(μ-H)]2 Organometallics, 2016, 35, 617-620.
  45. Stelmach, J. P. W.; Bange, C. A.; Waterman, R. Tin-Catalyzed Hydrophopshination of Alkenes Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 6204-6209. (data)
  46. Ghebreab, M. B.; Costanza, S.; Waterman, R. Selectivity Effects in Zirconium-Catalyzed Heterodehydrocoupling Reactions of Phosphines Phosphorus, Sulfur Silicon Relat. Elem., 2016, 191, 668-670, 
  47. Weismann, J.; Waterman, R.; Gessner, V. H. Metal Ligand Cooperativity in a Methandiide Derived Iridium Carbene Complex, Chem. Eur. J., 2016, 22, 3846-3855.
  48. Bange, C. A.; Ghebreab, M. B.; Ficks, A.; Mucha, N. T.; Higham, L.; Waterman, R. Zirconium-Catalyzed Intermolecular Hydrophosphination Using a Chiral, Air-Stable Primary Phosphine, Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 1863-1867. (data) Part of the Phosphorus Chemistry special issue.
  49. McGrew, G. I.; Khatri, P.A.; Geiger, W. E.;  Kemp, R. A.; Waterman, R. Unexpected Formal Insertion of CO2 into the C-Si Bonds of a Zinc Compound Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 15804-15807.
  50. Pagano, J. K.; Dorhout, J. M.; Czerwinski, K. R.; Waterman, R; Kiplinger, J. L. Phenylsilane as a Safe, Versatile Alternative to Hydrogen for the Synthesis of Actinide Hydrides Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 17379-17381 .
  51. Erickson, K. A.; Stelmach, J. P. W.; Mucha, N. T.; Waterman, R. Zirconium Catalyzed Amine-Borane Dehydrocoupling and Transfer Hydrogenation Organometallics, 2015, 34, 4693-4699. Part of the Hillhouse Memorial Issue.
  52. Rawat, N.; Lamarche, C. J.; Tokumoto, T.; Wetherby, A. J.; Waterman, R.; Headrick, R. L.; McGill, S. A.; Furis, M. Magnetic Circular Dichroism (MCD) Study of Exchange Interaction in Polycrystalline Thin Films of Copper Octabutoxy Phthalocyanine, 2015, Sci. Rep. 5, article: 16536.
  53. Mucha, N. T.; Waterman, R. Iridium Pincer Catalysts for Silane Dehydrocoupling: Ligand Effects on Selectivity and Activity Organometallics, 2015, 34, 3865-3872. (data)
  54. Rawat, N.; Pan, Z.; Manning, L. W.; Cour, I.; Headrick, R. L.; Waterman, R.; Woll, A. R.; Furis, M. I. Spatially, Temporally and Polarization-Resolved Photoluminescence Exploration of Excitons in Crystalline Phthalocyanine Thin Films J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2015, 6, 1834-1840.
  55. Baker, L. A.; Chakraverty, D.; Columbus, L.; Feig, A. L.; Jenks, W. S.; Pilarz, M.; Stains, M.; Waterman, R.; Wesemann, J. L. Cottrell Scholars Collaborative New Faculty Workshop: Professional Development for New Chemistry Faculty J. Chem. Educ. 2014, 91, 1874-1881.
  56. Pagano, J. K.; Stelmach, J. P. W.; Waterman, R. Cobalt-Catalyzed Ammonia Borane Dehydrocoupling and Transfer Hydrogenation under Aerobic Conditions Dalton Trans. 2015, 44, 12074-12077. (data)
  57. Erickson, K. A., Dixon, L. S. H.; Wright, D. S., Waterman, R. Exploration of Tin-Catalyzed Dehydrocoupling: Catalyst Effects and Observation of Tin-Catalyzed: Hydrophosphination Inorg. Chim. Acta 2014, 422, 141-153. Protagonist in Chemistry: T. Don Tilley special issue (data)
  58. Ghebreab, M. B.; Bange, C. A.; Waterman, R. Intermolecular Zirconium-Catalyzed Hydrophosphination of Alkenes and Dienes with Primary Phosphines J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 9240-9243.
  59. Erickson, K. A., Wright, D. S., Waterman, R. Dehydrocoupling of Amine Boranes via Tin(IV) and Tin(II) Catalysts J. Organomet. Chem., 2014, 751, 541-545. Part of the 50th anniversary special issue. (data)
  60. Waterman, R.  sigma-Bond Metathesis: A 30-Year Retrospective Organometallics, 2013, 32, 7249-7263. Check out the cover art!
  61. Barry, B. M.; Stein, B. W.; Larsen, C. A.; Wirtz, M. N.; Geiger, W. E.; Waterman, R.; Kemp, R. A. Metal Complexes (M = Zn, Sn, and Pb) of 2-Phosphinobenzenethiolates: Insights into Ligand Folding and Hemilability Inorg. Chem., 2013, 52, 9875-9884.
  62. Maddox, A. F.; Davidson, J. J.; Shalumova, T.; Tanski, J. M.; Waterman, R. Zirconium-Mediated Synthesis of Arsaalkene Compounds from Arsines and Isocyanides Inorg. Chem., 2013, 52, 7811-7816.
  63. Waterman, R. Mechanisms of Metal-Catalyzed Dehydrocoupling Reactions Chem. Soc. Rev. 2013, 42, 5629-5641. Check out the cover art!
  64. Roering, A. J.; Elrod, L. T.; Pagano, J. K.; Guillot, S. L.; Chan, S. M.; Tanski, J. M.; Waterman, R. A General, Zirconium-Mediated Synthesis of Phosphaalkenes with Liberation of Phosphaformamides Dalton Trans. 2013, 42, 1159-1167.
  65. Elrod, L. T.; Boxwala, H.; Haq, H.; Zhao, A. W.; Waterman, R. As-As Bond Formation via Reductive Elimination from a Zirconocene Bis(Dimesitylarsenide) Compound Organometallics 2012, 31, 5304-5307. (data)
  66. Kuhune, M. E.; Waterman, R. rac-Methoxycoronaridine Hydrochloride Acta Cryst. E. 2012, 68(4), o1041. (data)
  67. Vaughan, B. A.; Wetherby A. E.; Waterman, R. Bis(p-methyl-N-{(2Z, 4E)-4-[(4-methylphenyl)imino]pent-2-en-2-yl}anilinido) zinc Acta Cryst. E. 2012, 68(3), m343. (data)
  68. Vaughan, B. A.; Arsenault, E. A.; Chan, S. M.; Waterman, R. Synthesis and Characterization of Zinc Complexes and Testing for Phosphine Dehydrocoupling Reactivity J. Organomet. Chem. 2012 26, 4327-4331.
  69. Waterman, R. Dehydrogenative Bond-Forming Catalysis Involving Phosphines: Updated Through 2010 Curr. Org. Chem. 2012, 16, 1313-1331.
  70. Maddox, A. F.; Erickson, K. A.; Tanski, J. M.; Waterman, R. C-N Bond Formation via Ligand-Induced Nucleophilicity at a Coordinated Triamidoamine Ligand Chem. Commun. 2011, 11769-11771.
  71. Ghebreab, M. B.; Newsham, D. K.; Waterman, R. Differences in the Stability of Zirconium(IV) Complexes Related to Catalytic Phosphine Dehydrocoupling Reactions Dalton Trans. 2011, 40, 7683-7685
  72. Leshinski, S. E.; Shalumova, T.; MacMillan, S. N.; Tanski, J. M.; Waterman, R. Insertion Reactions Involving a Triamidoamine-Supported Zirconium Complex Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 9073-9078.
  73. Roering, A. J.; Leshinski, S. E.; Chan, S. M.; Shalumova, T.; MacMillan, S. N.; Tanski, J. M.; Waterman, R. Insertion Reactions and Catalytic Hydrophosphination by Triamidoamine-Supported Zirconium Complexes Organometallics, 2010, 29, 2557-2565.
  74. Ghebreab, M. B.; Shalumova, T.; Tanski, J. M.; Waterman, R. Triamidoamine-Supported Zirconium Complexes in the Catalytic Dehydrocoupling of 1,2-Bisphosphinobenzene and -Ethane Polyhedron – Young Investigator Special Issue 2010, 29, 42-45.
  75. Roering, A. J.; Maddox, A. F.; Elrod, L. T.; Chan, S. M.; Ghebreab, M. B.; Donovan, K. L.; Davidson, J. J.; Hughes, R. P.; Shalumova, T.; MacMillan, S. N.; Tanski, J. M.; Waterman, R. General Preparation of (N3N)ZrX (N3N = N(CH2CH2NSiMe3)33-) Complexes from a Hydride Surrogate Organometallics 2009, 28, 573-581.
  76. Waterman, R. Metal-Phosphido and -Phosphinidene Complexes in P-E Bond-Forming Reactions Dalton Trans 2009, 18-26. Check out the cover art!
  77. Waterman, R. Dehydrogenative Bond-Forming Catalysis Involving Phosphines Curr. Org. Chem. 2008, 12, 1322-1339.
  78. Roering, A. J.; Davidson, J. J; MacMillan, S. N.; Tanski, J. M.; Waterman, R. Mechanistic Variety in Zirconium-Catalyzed Bond-Forming Reaction of Arsines Dalton Trans. 2008, 4488-4498.
  79. MacMillan, S. N.; Tanski, J. M.; Waterman, R. N, N-Bis[2-(trimethylsilylamino)ethyl]-N’-(trimethylsilyl)ethane-1,2-diaminato(3-)-K4N} methylzirconium(IV) Acta Cryst. E., 2008, E64, m477.
  80. MacMillan, S. N.; Tanski, J. M.; Waterman, R. Insertion of Benzylisocyanide into a Zr-P bond and Rearrangement. Atom-Economical Synthesis of a Phosphaalkene Chem. Commun. 2007, 4172-4174.
  81. Roering, A. J.; MacMillan, S. N.; Tanski, J. M.; Waterman, R. Zirconium-Catalyzed Heterodehydrocoupling of Primary Phosphines with Silanes and Germanes Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 6855-6857.
  82. Waterman, R. Selective Dehydrocoupling of Phosphines by Triamidoamine Zirconium Catalysts Organometallics 2007, 26, 2492-2494.