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Recent Publications

A Nickel Thiolate Catalyst for the Long-Lived Photocatalytic Procduction of Hydrogen in a Noble-Metal-Free System. Zhiji Han, William R. McNamara, Min-Sik Eum, Patrick L. Holland and Richard Eisenberg. Angewandte Chem., Int. Ed. 2012, ASAP.

Impact of Ligand Exchange in Hydrogen Production from Cobaloxime-Containing Photocatalytic Systems. Theresa M. McCormick, Zhiji Han, David J. Weinberg, William W. Brennessel, Patrick L. Holland and Richard Eisenberg. Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 10660.

Noninnocence in Metal Complexes: A Dithiolene Dawn. Richard Eisenberg and Harry B. Gray. Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 9741.

 Cobalt-Dithiolene Complex for the Photocatalytic and Electrocatalytic Reduction of Protons. William R. McNamara, Zhiji Han, Paul J. Alperin, William W. Brennessel, Patrick L. Holland and Richard Eisenberg. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 15368.

Catalytic Nazarov Cyclization: The State of the Art. Tulaza Vaidya, Richard Eisenberg and Alison J. Frontier. ChemCatChem 2011, 3, 1531.

Synthesis and Characterization of Neutral Luminescent Diphosphine Pyrrole- and Indole-aldimine Copper(I) Complexes. Marco G. Crestani, Gerald F. Manbeck, William W. Brennessel, Theresa M. McCormick  and Richard Eisenberg. Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 7172.

 Trigonal prismatic coordination in tris(dithiolene) complexes: Guilty or just non-innocent? Richard Eisenberg. Coord. Chem. Rev. 2011, 255, 825.

Photoluminescent Copper(I) Complexes with Amido-Triazolato Ligands. Gerald F. Manbeck, William W. Brennessel and Richard Eisenberg. Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 3431.

Divergent Reaction Pathways of a Cationic Intermediate: Rearrangement and Cyclization of 2-Substituted Furyl and Benzofuryl Enones Catalyzed by Iridium(III). Tulaza Vaidya, Gerald F. Manbeck, Sylvia Chen, Alison J. Frontier and Richard Eisenberg. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 3300.

Intersystem Crossing in Halogenated Bodipy Chromophores Used for Solar Hydrogen Production. Randy Pat Sabitini, Theresa M. McCormick, Theodore Lazarides, Kristina C. Wilson, Richard Eisenberg and David W. McCamant. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2011, 2, 223.

Sensitizing the Sensitizer: The Synthesis and Photophysical Study of Bodipy-Pt(II)(diimine)(dithiolate) Conjugates. Theodore Lazarides, Theresa M. McCormick, Kristina C. Wilson, Soohyun Lee, David W. McCamant and Richard Eisenberg. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 350. 

Reductive Side of Water Splitting in Artificial Photosynthesis: New Homogeneous Photosystems of Great Activity and Mechanistic Insight. Theresa M. McCormick, Brandon D. Calitree, Alexandra Orchard, Nadine D. Kraut, Frank V. Bright, Michael R. Detty and Richard Eisenberg. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 15480.

Luminescent Au(I)/Cu(I) Alkynyl Clusters with an Ethynyl Steroid and Related Aliphatic Ligands: An Octanuclear Au4Cu4 Cluster and Luminescence Polymorphism in Au3Cu2 Clusters. Gerald F. Manbeck, William W. Brennessel, Robert A. Stockland, Jr. and Richard Eisenberg. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 12307.

Energy Upconversion Sensitized by a Platinum(II) Terpyridyl Acetylide Complex. Pingwu Du and Richard Eisenberg. Chem. Sci. 2010, 1, 502.

Dicationic Palladium(II) Complexes as Active Lewis Acid Catalysts for Polarized Nazarov Cyclization. Jing Zhang, Tulaza Vaidya, William W. Brennessel, Alison J. Frontier and Richard Eisenberg. Organometallics 2010, 29, 3341-3349.

A Highly Reactive Dicationic Iridium(III) Catalyst for the Polarized Nazarov Cyclization Reaction. Tulaza Vaidya, Abdurrahman C. Atesin, Ildiko R. Herrick, Alison J. Frontier and Richard Eisenberg. Angewandte Chem., Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 3363.

Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalytic Properties of New Electrophilic Iridium(III) Complexes Containing the (R)-(+)-2,2`-Bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,1`-binaphthyl Ligand. Abdurrahman C. Atesin, Jing Zhang, Tulaza Vaidya, William W. Brennessel, Alison J. Frontier and Richard Eisenberg. Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49, 4331.

Tetranuclear Copper(I) Iodide Complexes of Chelating Bis(1-benzyl-1H-1,2,3-triazole) Ligands: Structural Characterization and Solid State Photoluminescence. Gerald F. Manbeck, William W. Brennessel, Christopher M. Evans and Richard Eisenberg. Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49, 2834.

Rethinking Water Splitting. Richard Eisenberg. Science 2009, 324, 44.

Platinum(II) Terpyridyl Acetylide Comnplexes on Platinized TiO2: Toward the Photogeneration of H2 in Aqueous Media. Paul Jarosz, Pingwu Du, Jacob Schneider, Soo-Hyun Lee, David McCamant and Richard Eisenberg. Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48, 9653.

Making Hydrogen from Water Using a Homogeneous System Without Noble Metals. Theodore Lazarides, Theresa McCormick, Pingwu Du, Gengeng Luo, Brian Lindley and Richard Eisenberg. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2009, 131, 9192.

Visible Light-Driven Hydrogen Production from Aqueous Protons Catalyzed by Molecular Cobaloxime Catalysts. Pingwu Du, Jacob Schneider, Gengeng Luo, William W. Brennessel and Richard Eisenberg. Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48, 4952.

Cyclometalated 6-Phenyl-2,2`-bipyridyl (CNN) Platinum(II) Acetylide Complexes: Structure, Electrochemistry, Photophysics, and Oxidative- and Reductive-Quenching Studies. Jacob Schneider, Pingwu Du, Paul Jarosz, Theodore Lazarides, Xiaoyong Wang, William W. Brennessel and Richard Eisenberg. Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48, 4306.

Platinum (II) Terpyridyl-Acetylide Dyads and Triads with Nitrophenyl Acceptors via a Convenient Synthesis of a Boronated Penylterpyridine. Paul Jarosz, Kenneth Lotito, Jacob Schneider, Duraisamy Kumaresan, Russel Schmehl, and Richard Eisenberg. Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48,  2420.

Synthesis, Electrochemisty, Photophysics, and Solvatochromism in New Cyclometalated 6-Phenyl-4-(p-R-phenyl)-2,2`-bipyridyl (R = Me, COOMe, P(O)(OEt)2) (CNN) Platinum (II) Thiophenolate Chromophores. Jacob Schneider, Pingwu Du, Xiaoyong Wang, William W Brennessel, and Richard Eisenberg. Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48, 1498.

Synthesis, Characterization, and Photophysical Properties of Platinum (II) Terpyridyl-Based Multi-Component Systems. Paul Jarosz, Jason Thall, Jacob Schneider, Duraisamy Kumaresan, Russell Schmehl, and Richard Eisenberg. Energy Environ. Sci. 2008, 1, 573.

A Homogeneous System for the Photogeneration of Hydrogen from Water Based on a Platinum(II) Terpyridyl Acetylide Chromophore and a Molecular Cobalt Catalyst. Pingwu Du, Kathryn Knowles, and Richard Eisenberg. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 12576.

Bi-and Terpyridyl Platinum(II) Chloro Complexes: Molecular Catalysts for the Photogeneration of Hydrogen from Water or Simply Precursors for Colloidal Platinum? Pingwu Du, Jacob Schneider, Fan Li, We Zhao, Upali Patel, Felix N. Castellano, and Richard Eisenberg. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 5056.

Preface on Making Oxygen. Richard Eisenberg and Harry B. Gray. Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 1697.

Strong intra- and intermolecular aurophilic interactionos in a new series of brilliantly luminescent dinuclear cationic and neutral Au(I) benzimidazolethiolate complexes. Jacob Schneider, Young-A Lee, Javier Perez, William W Brennessel, Christine Flaschenriem, and Richard Eisenberg. Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 957.

Synthesis and Structural Characterization of a New Vapochromic Pt(II) Complex Based on the 1-Terpyridyl-2,3,4,5,6-pentaphenylbenzene (TPPB) Ligand.  Pingwu Du, Jacob Schneider, William W. Brennessel, and Richard Eisenberg. Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 69.

Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Platinum(II) Terpyridyl Acetylide Chromophores: Reductive and Oxidative Quenching and Hydrogen Production. Pingwu Du, Jacob Schneider, Paul Jarosz, Jie Zhang, William W. Brennessel, and Richard Eisenberg. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2007, 111, 6887.

Photogeneration of Hydrogen from Water Using an Integrated System Based on TiO2 and Platinum(II) Diimine Dithiolate Sensitizers. Jie Zhang, Pingwu Du, JAcob Schneider, Paul Jarosz, and Richard Eisenberg. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 7726.

First Example of the Solid-State Thermal Cyclometalation of Ligated Benzophenone Imine Giving Novel Luminescent Platinum(II) Species. Yulia Yu Scaffidi-Domianello, Alexey A. Nazarov, Matti Haukka, Markus Galanski, Bernhard K. Keppler, Jacob Schneider, Pingwu Du, Richard Eisenberg, and Vadim Yu Kukushkin. Inorg. Chem. 2007,  46, 4469.

Diastereoselective Oxidative Addition of Dihydrogen to IrI(CO)[(R)-BINAP] and [Ir(CO)2((R)-BINAP)][SbF6]. Abdurrahman C Atesin, Simon B. Duckett, Christine Flaschenriem, William W. Brennessel, and Richard Eisenberg. Inorg. Chem., 2007, 46, 1196.

A Model Iridium Hydroformylation System with the Large Bite Angle Ligand Xantphos: Reactivity with Parahydrogen and Implications for Hydroformylation Catalysis. Daniel J. Fox, Simon B. Duckett, Christine Flaschenriem, William W. Brennessel, Jacob Schneider, Ahmet Gunay and Richard Eisenberg. Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45, 7197.

Highly Diastereoselective Oxidative Addition of Methyl Iodide to a Chiral Square-Planar Complex. Mesfin Janka, Abdurrahman C. Atesin, Daniel J. Fox, Christine Flaschenriem, William W. Brennessel, and Richard Eisenberg. Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45, 6559.

Photocatalytic Generation of Hydrogen from Water Using a Platinum(II) Terpyridyl Acetylide Chromophore. Pingwu Du, Jacob Schneider, Paul Jarosz and Richard Eisenberg. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 7726.