122. The art of compartment design for synthetic catalysts. Davis, Ashton R.; Liu, C.; Diaconescu, Paula L. Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023,10, 1402-1410
121. Application of a ferrocene-chelating heteroscorpionate ligand in nickel mediated radical polymerization. Li, Shuanshuang; Davis, Ashton R.; Adhami, Nima; Roshandel, Hootan; Shen, Yi; Co, Nathalie H.; Liu, Yuan; Diaconescu, Paula L. ChemRxiv. 2023 Just accepted.
120. Post-functionalization and Mechanical Properties of Poly(lactide-cyclohexadiene oxide) Block Copolymers Dai, Ruxi; Deng, Shijie; Peng, Zihang; Pei, Qibing; Diaconescu, Paula L. ChemRxiv. 2023 Just Accepted
119. Synthesis and Self-assembly of Limonene Oxide – Lactide Block Copolymers Dai, Ruxi; Valloppilly, Shah; Watuthanthrige, Nethmi D. A.; Chakma, Progyateg; Deng, Shijie; Konkolewicz, Dominiik; Diaconescu, Paula L. ChemRxiv. 2023 Just Accepted
118. N-Carboxyanhydrides directly from amino acids and carbon dioxide and their tandem reactions to therapeutic alkaloids Tran, Thi V.; Shen, Yi; Nguyen, Hieu D.; Deng, Shijie; Roshandel, Hootan; Cooper, Mason D.; Waston, Jose R.; Byers, Jeffrey A.; Diaconescu, Paula L.; Do, Loi H. Green Chem., 2022, 24, 9245-9252
117. A generalized kinetic model for compartmentalization of organometallic catalysis Brandon J Jolly, Nathalie H Co, Ashton R Davis, Paula L. Diaconescu and Chong Liu Chem. Sci., 2022, 13, 1101-1110
116. ABC and ABAB Block Copolymers by Electrochemically Controlled Ring-Opening Polymerization C. Hern, Zach; Stephanie M. Quan, Stephanie; Ruxi; Lai, Amy; Yihang Wang, Yihang; Liu, Chong; Diaconescu, Paula L. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021 , 143, 47, 19802–19808
115. A switchable dimeric yttrium complex and its three catalytic states in ring opening polymerization Deng, Shijie; Diaconescu, Paula L. Inorg. Chem. Front. 2021 , 8, 2088-2096
114. Distinct Electronic Structures and Bonding Interactions in Inverse-Sandwich Samarium and Ytterbium Biphenyl Complexes
Xiao, Yuyuan; Zhao, Xiao-Kun; Wu, Tianpin; Miller, Jeffrey T.; Hu, Han-Shi; Li, Jun; Huang, Wenliang; Diaconescu, Paula L. Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 227-238
113. Arene-Bridged Dithorium Complexes: Inverse Sandwiches Supported by a delta Bonding Interaction
Yu, Chao; Liand, Jiefend; Deng, Chong; Lefevre, Guillaume; Cantat, Thibault; Diaconescu, Paula L.; Huang, Wenliang J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 5, 21292-21297
112. Developing a Virtual Reality Approach toward a Better Understanding of Coordination Chemistry and Molecular Orbitals
Dai, Ruxi; Laureanti, Joseph A.; Kopelevich, Max; Diaconescu, Paula L. J. Chem. Educ. 2020, 97, 10, 3647-3651
111. Switchable Ring-Opening Polymerization by a Ferrocene Supported Aluminum Complex
Lai, Amy; Hern, Zachary C.; Diaconescu, Paula L. ChemCatChem 2019, 11, 4210-4218
110. Computational mapping of redox-switchable metal complexes based on ferrocene derivatives
Lai, Amy; Clifton, Jamie; Diaconescu, Paula L.; Fey, Natalie. Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 7021-7024
109. Zirconium Complexes Supported by a Ferrocene-Based Ligand as Redox Switches for Hydroamination Reactions
Shen, Yi; Shepard, Scott M.; Reed, Christopher J.; Diaconescu, Paula L. Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 5587-5590
108. Investigation of a Zirconium Compound for Redox Switchable Ring Opening Polymerization
Dai, Ruxi; Diaconescu, Paula L. Dalton Transactions 2019, 48, 2996-3002
107. Redox-Switchable Ring-Opening Polymerization with Ferrocene Derivatives
Wei, Junnian; Diaconescu, Paula L. Accounts of Chemical Research 2019, 52 (2) , 415-424
106. Geometry Change in a Series of Zirconium Compounds during Lactide Ring-Opening Polymerization
Dai, Ruxi; Lai, Amy; Alexandrova, Anastassia N.; Diaconescu, Paula L. Organometallics 2018, 37 (21) , 4040-4047
105. Exploring Oxidation State-Dependent Selectivity in Polymerization of Cyclic Esters and Carbonates with Zinc(II) Complexes
Abubekerov, Mark; Vlcek, Vojtech; Wei, Junnian; Miehlich, Matthias E.; Quan, Stephanie M.; Meyer, Karsten; Neuhauser, Daniel; Diaconescu, Paula L. iScience 2018, 7, 120-131
104. Preparation of Multiblock Copolymers via Step-wise Addition of L-lactide and Trimethylene Carbonate
Abubekerov, Mark; Wei, Junnian; Swartz, Kevin R.; Xie, Zhixin; Pei, Qibing; Diaconescu, Paula L. Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 2168-2178
103. Mechanistic Studies of Redox-Switchable Copolymerization of Lactide and Cyclohexene Oxide by a Zirconium Complex
Quan, Stephanie M.; Wei, Junnian; Diaconescu, Paula L. Organometallics 2017, 36 (22), 4451-4457
102. Ferrocene-bis(phosphinimine) Nickel(II) and Palladium(II) Alkyl Complexes: Influence of the FeM (M = Ni and Pd) Interaction on Redox Activity and Olefin Coordination
Abubekerov, Mark; Wei, Khan, Saeed I.; Diaconescu, Paula L. Organometallics 2017, 36 (22), 4394-4402
101. Investigation of redox switchable titanium and zirconium catalysts for the ring opening polymerization of cyclic esters and epoxides
Lowe, Miranda Y.; Shu, Sisheng; Quan, Stephanie M.; Diaconescu, Paula L Inorg. Chem. Front. 2017, 4, 1798-1805
100. Reduction of Diphenylacetylene Mediated by Rare-Earth Ferrocene Diamide Complexes
Brosmer, Jonathan L.; Huang, Wenliang; Diaconescu, Paula L. Organometallics 2017, 36 (23), 4643-4648
99. Intramolecular Crossed [2 + 2] Photocycloaddition Through Visible Light-Induced Energy Transfer
Zhao, Jiannan; Brosmer, Jonathan L.; Tang, Qingxuan; Yang, Zhongyue; Houk, Kendall N.; Diaconescu, Paula L.; Kwon, Ohyun J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139 (29), 4394-4402
98. Monodentate phosphine substitution in [Pd(k3-dppf)(PR3)][BF4]2 (dppf = 1,1′- bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene) compounds
Cabrera, K. D.; Rowland, A. T.; Szarko, J. M.; Diaconescu, Paula L.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Kassel, W. S.; Nataro, Chip Dalton Trans. 2017, (46) , 5702-5710
97. Redox Control of Aluminum Ring-Opening Polymerization: A Combined Experimental and DFT Investigation
Wei, Junnian; Riffel, Madeline N.; Diaconescu, Paula L. Macromolecules 2017, 50 (5), 1847-1861
96. A Comparison of Gallium and Indium Alkoxide Complexes as Catalysts for Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactide
Kremer, Alexandre B.; Andrews, Ryan J.; Milner, Matthew J.; Zhang, Xu R.; Ebrahimi, Tannaz; Patrick, Brian O.; Diaconescu, Paula L.; Mehrkhodavandi, Parisa Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56 (3), 1375-1385
95. Pursuit of Record Breaking Energy Barriers: A Study of Magnetic Axiality in Diamide Ligated Dy(III) Single-Molecule Magnet
Harriman, Katie L. M.; Brosmer, Jonathan L.; Ungur, Liviu; Diaconescu, Paula L.; Murugesu, Muralee J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139 (4), 1420-1423
94. Aromatic C-F Bond Activation by Rare-Earth-Metal Complexes
Huang, Wenliang; Diaconescu, Paula L. Organometallics 2017, 36 (1), 89-96
93. Reactivity and Properties of Rare-Earth Metal Complexes Enabled by Flexible and Redox Active Ligands with a Ferrocene Backbone
Huang, Wenliang; Diaconescu, Paula L. Inorg. Chem 2016, 55 (20), 10013-10023
92. Redox Switchable Copolymerization of Cyclic Esters and Epoxides by a Zirconium Complex
Quan, Stephanie M.; Wang, Xinke; Zhang, Rongjia; Diaconescu, Paula L. Macromolecules 2016, 49 (18), 6768–6778
91. Redox-Switchable Hydroelementation of a Cobalt Complex Supported by a Ferrocene-Based Ligand
Shepard, Scott M.; Diaconescu, Paula L. Organometallics 2016, 35 (15), 2446-2453
90. Structural, Computational, and Spectroscopic Investigation of [Pd(k3-1,1′-bis(di-tert-butylphosphino)ferrocenediyl)X]+ (X = Cl, Br, I) Compound
Blass, Brittany L.; Hernandez Sanchez, Raul; Decker, Victoria A.; Robinson, Michael J.; Piro, Nicholas A.; Kassel, W. Scott; Diaconescu, Paula L.; Nataro, Chip Organometallics 2016, 35 (4), 462-470
89. Switchable Polymerization of Norbornene Derivatives by a Ferrocene-Palladium(II) Heteroscorpionate Complex
Abubekerov, Mark; Shepard, Scott M.; Diaconescu, Paula L. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2016, 2016 (15-16, SI: The Significance of Scorpionate Ligands 50 Years on), 2634-2640
88. C-H Bond Activation of Hydrocarbons Mediated by Rare-Earth Metals and Actinides: Beyond sigma-Bond Metathesis and 1,2-Addition
Huang, Wenliang; Diaconescu, Paula L. Advances in Organometallic Chemistry 2015, Edited by Pedro J. Pérez, vol. 64, 41-75
87. Highly Active Yttrium Catalysts for the Ring-Opening Polymerization of epsilon-Caprolactone and delta-Valerolactone
Wang, Xinke; Brosmer, Jonathan L.; Thevenon, Arnaud; Diaconescu, Paula L. Organometallics 2015, 34 (19), 4700–4706
86. Rare-earth metal pi-complexes of reduced arenes, alkenes, and alkynes: bonding, electronic structure, and comparison with actinides and other electropositive metal
Huang, Wenliang; Diaconescu, Paula L. Dalton Trans. 2015, 44 (35), 15360-15371
In situ synthesis of lanthanide complexes supported by a ferrocene diamide ligand: extension to redox-active lanthanide ion
Huang, Wenliang; Brosmer, Jonathan L.; Diaconescu, Paula L. New J. Chem. 2015, 39, 7696-7702
Yttrium-Alkyl Complexes Supported by a Ferrocene-Based Phosphinimine Ligand
Brosmer, Jonathan L.; Diaconescu, Paula L. Organometallics 2015, 34 (11), 2567-2572
High activity of an indium alkoxide complex toward ring opening polymerization of cyclic esters
Quan, Stephanie M.; Diaconescu, Paula L. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 9643-9646
Tetraanionic Biphenyl Lanthanide Complexes as Single-Molecule Magnets
Wenliang Huang; Jennifer J. Le Roy; Khan, Saeed I.; Ungur, Liviu; Murugesu, Muralee; Diaconescu, Paula L. Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54 (5) , 2374-2382
Synthesis and Characterization of Ferrocene-Chelating Heteroscorpionate Complexes of Nickel(II) and Zinc(II)
Mark Abubekerov, Paula L. Diaconescu Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54 (4), 1778-1784
A Mechanistic Study of Cross-coupling Reactions Catalyzed by Palladium Nanoparticles Supported on Polyaniline Nanofiber
William M. Lemke, Richard B. Kaner, Paula L. Diaconescu Inorg. Chem. Front. 2015, 2(1), 35-41
Radical Anionic versus Neutral 2,2′-Bipyridyl Coordination in Uranium Complexes Supported by Amide and Ketimide Ligand
Paula L. Diaconescu, Christopher C. Cummins Dalton Trans. 2015, 44, 2676-2683
Bimetallic Cleavage of Aromatic C-H Bonds by Rare Earth Metal Complexes
Wenliang Huang; Florian Dulong; Saeed I. Khan; Thibault Cantat; Paula L. Diaconescu J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136 (50), 17410-17413
Redox Control of Group 4 Metal Ring-Opening Polymerization Activity toward l-Lactide and e-Caprolactone
Xinke Wang, Arnaud Thevenon, Jonathan L. Brosmer, Insun Yu, Saeed I. Khan, Parisa Mehrkhodavandi, Paula L. Diaconescu J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136 (32), 11264-11267
Rare Earth Arene-bridged Complexes Obtained by Reduction of Organometallic Precursors
Wenliang Huang, Paula L. Diaconescu Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths 2014, 45, 261-329
Group 3 metal stilbene complexes: synthesis, reactivity, and electronic structure studies
Wenliang Huang, Paul M. Abukhalil, Saeed I. Khan, Paula L. Diaconescu Chem. Commun. 2014, 50 (SI: 2014 Emerging Investigators), 5221-5223
Synthesis of ferrocene-functionalized monomers for biodegradable polymer formation
Brianna M. Upton, Raymond M. Gipson, Selma Duhović, Brian R. Lydon, Nicholas M. Matsumoto, Heather D. Maynard, Paula L. Diaconescu Inorg. Chem. Front. 2014, 1 (3), 271-277
Investigation of the Electronic Structure of Mono(1,1′-Diamidoferrocene) Uranium(IV) Complexes
Selma Duhovic, Jeremy V. Oria, Samuel O. Odoh, Georg Schreckenbach, Enrique R. Batista, Paula L. Diaconescu Organometallics 2013, 32 (20, SI: Ferrocene: Beauty and Function), 6012-6021
Palladium(II) and Platinum(II) Compounds of 1,1′-Bis(phosphino)metallocene (M = Fe or Ru) Ligands with Metal-Metal Interactions
Kathryn M. Gramigna, Chelsea L. Mandell, Jeremy V. Oria, Margaret A. Tiedemann, William G. Dougherty, Nicholas A. Piro, W. Scott Kassel, Paula L. Diaconescu, Chip Nataro Organometallics 2013, 32 (20, SI: Ferrocene: Beauty and Function), 5966-5979
P4 Activation by Lanthanum and Lutetium Naphthalene Complexes Supported by a Ferrocene Diamide Ligand
Wenliang Huang and Paula L. Diaconescu Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2013, 2013 (22-23, SI: Small-Molecule Activation by Reactive Metal Complexes), 4090-4096
Characterization of an Iron-Ruthenium Interaction in a Ferrocene Diamide Complex
Aaron G. Green, Matthew D. Kiesz, Jeremy V. Oria, Andrew G. Elliott, Andrew K. Buechler, Johannes Hohenberger, Karsten Meyer, Jeffrey I. Zink, and Paula L. Diaconescu Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52 (9), 5603-5610
Investigations of the Electronic Structure of Arene-Bridged Diuranium Complexes
Bess Vlaisavljevich, Paula L. Diaconescu, Wayne L. Lukens, Jr., Laura Gagliardi, and Christopher C. Cummins Organometallics 2013, 32 (5, SI: Recent Advances in Organo-f-Element Chemistry), 1341-1352
Synthesis and Characterization of Paramagnetic Lanthanide Benzyl Complexes
Wenliang Huang, Brianna M. Upton, Saeed I. Khan, and Paula L. Diaconescu Organometallics 2013, 32 (5, SI: Recent Advances in Organo-f-Element Chemistry), 1379-1386
An Experimental and Computational Study of 1,1′-Ferrocene Diamines
Selma Duhovic and Paula L. Diaconescu Polyhedron 2013, 52 (SI: 100th Anniversary of the award of the 1913 Nobel prize in chemistry to Alfred Werner: A celebration), 377-388
A six-carbon 10π-electron aromatic system supported by group 3 metals
Wenliang Huang, Florian Dulong, Tianpin Wu, Saeed I. Khan, Jeffrey T. Miller, Thibault Cantat, and Paula L. Diaconescu Nat. Commun. 2013, 4, 1448
Transfer hydrogenation with a ferrocene diamide ruthenium complex
Andrew G. Elliott, Aaron G. Green, and Paula L. Diaconescu Dalton Trans. 2012, 41 (26, New Talent: Americas Special Issue), 7852 – 7854
Arene-Bridged Diuranium Hexakisketimide Complexes Isolable in Two States of Charge
Paula L. Diaconescu and Christopher C. Cummins Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51 (5), 2902-2916
P4 activation by group 3 metal arene complexes
Wenliang Huang and Paula L. Diaconescu Chem. Commun. 2012, 48 (16), 2216-2218
Visible-light-induced reversible C-C bond formation of an imidazole-derived scandium complex
Wenliang Huang and Paula L. Diaconescu Inorg. Chim. Acta 2012, 380 (Young Investigator Award Special Issue), 274-277
Synthesis of symmetrically and unsymmetrically 3,5-dimethylbenzyl-substituted 1,1′-ferrocene diamines
Jason A. Lee, Bryan N. Williams, Kevin R. Ogilby, Kevin L. Miller and Paula L. Diaconescu J. Organomet. Chem. 2011, 696 (25, SI: Small Molecule Activation and Catalysis Invoking Metal-Carbon Multiple Bonds), 4090-4094
Redox control of a polymerization catalyst by changing the oxidation state of the metal center
Erin M. Broderick, Neng Guo, Tianpin Wu, Carola S. Vogel, Cuiling Xu, Jorg Sutter, Jeffrey T. Miller, Karsten Meyer, Thibault Cantat and Paula L. Diaconescu Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 9897-9899
Molecular quadrangle formation from a diuranium mu-eta6,eta6-toluene complex
Marisa J. Monreal, Saeed I. Khan, Jaqueline L. Kiplinger and Paula L. Diaconescu Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 9119-9121
Scandium Arene Inverted-Sandwich Complexes Supported by a Ferrocene Diamide Ligand
Wenliang Huang, Saeed I. Khan, and Paula L. Diaconescu J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133(27), 10410-10413
Redox Control of a Ring-Opening Polymerization Catalyst
Erin M. Broderick, Neng Guo, Carola S. Vogel, Cuiling Xu, Joerg Sutter, Jeffrey T. Miller, Karsten Meyer, Parisa Mehrkhodavandi, and Paula L. Diaconescu J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133(24), 9278-9281
Complexes of Gold(I), Silver(I), and Copper(I) with Pentaaryl[60]fullerides
Merissa Halim, Robert D. Kennedy, Mitsuharu Suzuki, Saeed I. Khan, Paula L. Diaconescu, and Yves Rubin J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133(17), 6841-6851
An Unusual Hydrogen Migration/C–H Activation Reaction with Group 3 Metals
Bryan N. Williams, Diego Benitez, Kevin L. Miller, Ekaterina Tkatchouk, William A. Goddard, III, and Paula L. Diaconescu J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133(13), 4680–4683
Synthesis and Characterization of Cerium(III/IV) Alkoxide Complexes Supported by Chelating-Ferrocene Ligands
Erin M. Broderick, Peter S. Thuy-Boun, Neng Guo, Carola S. Vogel, Joerg Sutter, Jeffrey T. Miller, Karsten Meyer, and Paula L. Diaconescu Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50(7), 2870-2877
Transmetallation Reactions of a Scandium Complex Supported by a Ferrocene-Diamide Ligand
Wenliang Huang, Colin T. Carver, and Paula L. Diaconescu Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50(3), 978-984
d0fn-Metal Complexes Supported by Ferrocene-Based Chelating Ligands
Paula L. Diaconescu Comments Inorg. Chem. 2010, 31(5-6), 196–241
Group 3 Metal Complexes of Radical-Anionic 2,2′-Bipyridyl Ligands
Bryan N. Williams, Wenliang Huang, Kevin L. Miller, and Paula L. Diaconescu Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49(24), 11493–11498
Phosphine-Tethered Carbene Ligands: Template Synthesis and Reactivity of Cyclic and Acyclic Functionalized Carbenes
Insun Yu, Christopher J. Wallis, Brian O. Patrick, Paula L. Diaconescu, and Parisa Mehrkhodavandi Organometallics 2010, 29(22), 6065-6076
Ring opening of aromatic heterocycles by uranium complexes
Selma Duhovic, Marisa J. Monreal, and Paula L. Diaconescu J. Organomet. Chem. 2010, Pacifichem2010 issue 695(25), 2822-2826
A Tale of Two Nitrides
Paula L. Diaconescu Nature Chem. 2010, 2(8), 705-706
Reactions of Aromatic N-Heterocycles with d0fn-Metal Alkyl Complexes Supported by Chelating-Diamide Ligands
Paula L. Diaconescu Acc. Chem. Res. 2010, 43(10), 1352-1363
Reactions of Aromatic Heterocycles with Uranium Alkyl Complexes
Selma Duhovic, Marisa J. Monreal, and Paula L. Diaconescu Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49(15), 7165-7169
Inter- and Intramolecular Hydroamination with a Uranium Dialkyl Precursor
Erin M. Broderick, Nathaniel P. Gutzwiller, and Paula L. Diaconescu Organometallics 2010, 29(15), 3242-3251
Synthesis and Structural Studies of Chiral Indium(III) Complexes Supported by Tridentate Diaminophenol Ligands
Alberto Acosta-Ramirez, Amy F. Douglas, Insun Yu, Brian O. Patrick, Paula L. Diaconescu, and Parisa Mehrkhodavandi Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49(12), 5444-5452
Reactions of Aromatic N-heterocycles with a Lutetium Benzyl Complex Supported by a Ferrocene-diamide Ligand
Allison W. Wong, Kevin L. Miller, and Paula L. Diaconescu Dalton Trans. 2010, 39(29) New Horizons in Organo-f-element Chemistry, 6726-6731
The Riches of Uranium
Marisa J. Monreal and Paula L. Diaconescu Nature Chem. 2010, 2(5), 424-424
Reactions of Imidazoles with Electrophilic Metal Alkyl Complexes
Kevin L. Miller, Colin T. Carver, Bryan N. Williams, and Paula L. Diaconescu Organometallics 2010, 29(10), 2272-2281
In Situ Generation of Uranium Alkyl Complexes
Selma Duhovic, Saeed Khan, and Paula Diaconescu Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 3390-3392
Reversible C-C Coupling in a Uranium Biheterocyclic Complex
Marisa J. Monreal and Paula L. Diaconescu J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132(22), 7676-7683
Reactions of Aromatic N-Heterocycles with Yttrium and Lutetium Benzyl Complexes Supported by a Pyridine-Diamide Ligand
Suyun Jie and Paula L. Diaconescu Organometallics 2010, 29(5), 1222-1230
Coupling of Aromatic N-Heterocycles Mediated by Group 3 Complexes
Colin T. Carver, Bryan N. Williams, Kevin R. Ogilby, and Paula L. Diaconescu Organometallics 2010, 29(4), 835-846
Dearomatization Reactions of N-Heterocycles Mediated by Group 3 Complexes
Kevin L. Miller, Bryan N. Williams, Diego Benitez, Colin T. Carver, Kevin R. Ogilby, Ekaterina Tkatchouk, William A. Goddard, III, and Paula L. Diaconescu J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 132(1), 342-355
Reactions of Group III Biheterocyclic Complexes
Colin T. Carver, Diego Benitez, Kevin L. Miller, Bryan N. Williams, Ekaterina Tkatchouk, William A. Goddard, III, and Paula L. Diaconescu J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131(19), 10269-10278
Beyond C-H Bond Activation with Uranium: A Cascade of Reactions Mediated by a Uranium Dialkyl Complex
Marisa J. Monreal, Saeed Khan, and Paula L. Diaconescu Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48(44), 8352-8355
Cerium(IV) Catalysts for the ring-opening polymerization of lactide
Erin M. Broderick and Paula L. Diaconescu Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48(11), 4701-4706
Insertion Reactions of Scandium Pyridyl Complexes Supported by a Ferrocene Diamide Ligand
Colin T. Carver and Paula L. Diaconescu J. Alloys Compd. 2009, 488 Proceedings of the 25th Rare Earth Research Conference, 518-523
Reactions of Early Transition Metal – Carbon Bonds with N-Heterocycles
Paula L. Diaconescu Curr. Org. Chem. 2008, 12, 1388-1405
Ring-Opening Reactions of Aromatic N-Heterocycles by Scandium and Yttrium Alkyl Complexes
Colin T. Carver and Paula L. Diaconescu J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130(24), 7558-7559
A Weak Interaction between Iron and Uranium in Uranium Alkyl Complexes Supported by Ferrocene Diamide Ligands
Marisa J. Monreal and Paula L. Diaconescu Organometallics 2008, 27(8), 1702-1706
Scandium Alkyl Complexes Supported by a Ferrocene Diamide Ligand
Colin T. Carver, Marisa J. Monreal, and Paula L. Diaconescu Organometallics 2008, 27(3), 363-370
Palladium Nanoparticles Supported on Polyaniline Nanofibers as Semi-Heterogeneous Catalysts in Water
Benjamin J. Gallon, Robert W. Kojima, Richard B. Kaner, and Paula L. Diaconescu Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46(38), 7251-7254
Redox Processes in a Uranium Bis(1,1′-diamidoferrocene) Complex
Marisa J. Monreal, Colin T. Carver, and Paula L. Diaconescu Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46(18), 7226-7228
Pre-UCLA Publications
The Conversion of Methanol to 2,2,3-Trimethylbutane (Triptane) over Indium(III) Iodide Bercaw, John E.; Diaconescu, Paula L.; Grubbs, Robert H.; Hazari, N.; Kay, Richard D.; Labinger, Jay A.; Mehrkhodavandi, Parisa; Morris, George E.; Sunley, Glenn J.; Vagner, Patrick Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46(26), 11371-11380
On the Mechanism of the Conversion of Methanol to 2,2,3-Trimethylbutane (Triptane) over Zinc Iodide Bercaw, John E.; Diaconescu, Paula L.; Grubbs, Robert H.; Kay, Richard D.; Kitching, Sarah; Labinger, Jay A.; Li, Xingwei; Mehrkhodavandi, Parisa; Morris, George E.; Sunley, Glenn J.; Vagner, Patrick. J. Org. Chem. 2006, 71(23), 8907-8917
On the Mechanism of the Conversion of Methanol to 2,2,3-Trimethylbutane (Triptane) over Zinc Iodide Labinger, Jay A.; Bercaw, John E.; Diaconescu, Paula L.; Grubbs, Robert H.; Kay, Richard D.; Kitching, Sarah; Li, Xingwei; Mehrkhodavandi, Parisa; Morris, George E.; Sunley, Glenn J.; Vagner, Patrick. Preprints of Symposia – American Chemical Society, Division of Fuel Chemistry 2006, 51(2), 839-840
Portability of the RNNMo(3+) core – Application to the Synthesis of Dinitrogen-Derived Trialkoxymolybdenum Organodiazenido Complexes Cherry, John-Paul F.; Diaconescu, Paula L.; Cummins, Christopher C. Can. J. Chem. 2005, 83(4), 302-307
Organic Nitriles from Acid Chlorides: An Isovalent N for (O)Cl Exchange Reactions Mediated by a Tungsten Nitride Complex Clough Christopher R.; Greco, Jane B.; Figueroa, Joshua S.; Diaconescu, Paula L.; Davis, William M.; Cummins, Christopher C. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 127(25), 7742-7743
A Sterically Demanding Enolate Ligand: Tantalum Ligation and Pyridine Coupling Soo, han Sen; Diaconescu, Paula L.; Cummins, Christopher C. Organometallics 2004, 23(3), 498-503
Molybdenum-Phosphorus Triple Bond Stabilization by Ancillary Alkoxide Ligation: Synthesis and Structure of a Terminal Phosphide Tris-1-methylcyclohexanoxide Complex Stephens, Frances H.; Figueroa, Joshua S.; Diaconescu, Paula L.; Cummins, Christopher C. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125(31), 9264-9265
Diuranium Inverted Sandwiches Involving Napthalene and Cyclooctatetraene Diaconescu, Paula L.; Cummins, Christopher C. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124(26), 7660-7661
Radical Scission of Symmetrical 1,4-Dicarbonyl Compounds: C-C Bond Cleavage with Titanium(IV) Enolate Formation and Related Reactions Agapie, Theodor; Diaconescu, Paula L.; Mindiola, Daniel J.; Cummins, Christopher C. Organometallics 2002, 21(7), 1329-1340
Methine (CH) Transfer via a Chlorine Atom Abstraction/Benzene-Elimination Strategy: Molybdenum Methylidyne Synthesis and Elaboration to a Phosphaisocyanide Complex Agapie, Theodor; Diaconescu, Paula L.; Cummins, Christopher C. J. Am. Chem. Soc 2002, 124(11), 2412-2413
Vanadium nitride functionalization and denitrogenation by carbon disulfide and dioxide Brask, Justin K., Dura-Vila, Victor, Diaconescu, Paula L., Cummins, Christopher C. Chem. Commun. 2002, 902-903
Uranium-Group 14 Element Single Bonds: Isolation and Characterization of a Uranium(IV) Silyl Species Diaconescu, Paula L.; Odom, Aaron L.; Agapie, Theodor; Cummins, Christopher C. Organometallics 2001, 20(24), 4993-4995
Terminal Phosphide and Dinitrogen Molybdenum Compounds Obtained from Pnictide- Bridged Precursors Cherry, John-Paul F.; Stephens, Frances H.; Johnson, Marc J. A.; Diaconescu, Paula L.; Cummins, Christopher C. Inorg. Chem. 2001, 40(27), 6860-6862
Coordination Chemistry of a Chelating Amidoximato Ligand Barybin, Mikhail V.; Diaconescu, Paula L.; Cummins, Christopher C. Inorg. Chem. 2001, 40(12), 2892-2897
Arene-Bridged Diuranium Complexes: Inverted Sandwiches Supported by δ Backbonding Diaconescu, Paula L.; Arnold, Polly L.; Baker, Thomas A.; Mindiola, Daniel J.; Cummins, Christopher C. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122(25), 6108-6109
Facile Synthesis of Trialkoxymolybdenum(VI) Alkylidyne Complexes for Alkyne Metathesis Tsai, Yi-Chou; Diaconescu, Paula L.; Cummins, Christopher C. Organometallics 2000, 19(25), 5260-5262
Heteropolynuclear complex precursors used in mixed oxide synthesis Guran, Cornelia; Diaconescu, Paula; Barboiu, Mihai; Iluc, Vlad; Stan, Claudiu British Ceramic Proceedings 2000, 61 (Novel Chemistry and Processing of Ceramics), 33-39
Mono and polynuclear complexes of Cr(III) with dichloro-tetramorpholinocyclotriphosphazatriene Guran, Cornelia; Barboiu, Mihai; Diaconescu, Paula; Iluc, Vlad; Stan, Claudiu Rev. Roum. Chim. 2000, 44(9), 917-921
Pyridazinyl-hydrazine derivatives as polydentate ligand generators of Pt(II) and Pd(II) ciscomplexes Guran, Cornelia; Iluc, Vlad; Diaconescu, Paula; Bicher, Mariana; Ciocoiu, Calin Roum. Biotechnol. Lett. 1999, 4(5), 369-374
Functionalized derivatives of benzo-crown ethers. Part 4. Antifungal macrocyclic supramolecular complexes of transition metal ions acting as lanosterol-14-α-demethylase inhibitors Barboiu, Mihai; Supuran, Claudiu T.; Scozzafava, Andrea; Guran, Cornelia; Diaconescu, Paula; Bojin, Mihaela; Iluc, Vlad; Cot, Louis Met.-Based Drugs 1999, 6(2), 101-110
Synthesis and antifungal activity of metal complexes containing dichloro tetramorpholinocyclophosphazatriene Guran, Cornelia; Barboiu, Mihai; Diaconescu, Paula; Iluc, Vlad; Bojin, Mihaela; Scozzafava, Andrea; Supuran, Claudiu T. Met.-Based Drugs 1998, 5(5), 287-294
Complex compounds with phenothiazine derivatives as biologically active ligands. 4. Mono and polynuclear complex compounds of Fe(III) Guran, Cornelia; Bacu, Elena; Ciocoiu, Ioana; Carp, Nicoleta; Iluc, Vlad; Diaconescu, Paula; Bojin, Mihaela; Nicolae, Simona Roum. Biotechnol. Lett. 1998, 3(2), 123-130
Contribution to the cyclophosphazene chemistry. 3. Complex compounds of Cu(II) with substituted cyclophosphazatriene derivatives Guran, Cornelia; Barboiu, Mihai; Meghea, Aurelia; Jitaru, Ioana; Cimpoesu, Marilena; Berger, Daniela; Diaconescu, Paula; Bojin, Mihaela; Iluc, Vlad; Bita, Ion Rev. Roum. Chim. 1997, 42(7), 609-614
Complex compounds of copper(II) with phenothiazine derivatives Guran, Cornelia; Bicu, Elena; Jitaru, Ioana; Ciocoiu, Ioana; Meghea, Aurelia; Iluc, Vlad; Bojin, Mihaela; Diaconescu, Paula Rev. Roum. Chim. 1997, 42(9), 891-896
Complex compounds with phenothiazine derivatives as biological active ligands III Guran, Cornelia; Bicu, Elena; Ciocoiu, Ioana; Bojin, Mihaela; Diaconescu, Paula; Iluc, Vlad; Jinga, Oana Roum. Biotechnol. Lett. 1997, 2(3), 243-252
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