Publications

2024

34. A. I. VanderWeide, H. Neugebauer, B. Goel, D. S. Tresp, D. Pena, S. Grimme, A. Hansen, D. E. Prokopchuk “Multi-site Ligand Noninnocence of (Cp^N3)Fe(CO)₃⁺ with Exogenous Hydride Donors: Kinetics and Mechanism” Organometallics, 2024, 10.1021/acs.organomet.4c00137

33. A. Karagiannis, H. Neugebauer, R. A. Lalancette, S. Grimme, A. Hansen, D. E. Prokopchuk “Pushing the Limits of Organometallic Redox Chemistry with an Isolable Mn(-I) Dianion” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 19279. 10.1021/jacs.4c0456119279

32. D. S. Tresp, D. E. Prokopchuk “Leveraging Intramolecular Electrostatics to Boost Electrocatalytic CO₂ Reduction” Chem. Catal. 2024, accepted. (invited contribution)

31. S. Luhach, R. A. Lalancette, D. E. Prokopchuk ‘“Catch and Release” of the Cp^N3 Ligand Using Cobalt: Dissociation, Protonation, and C-H Bond Thermochemistry’ Dalton Trans. 2024, accepted. 10.1039/D4DT01560F (Special Issue: New Talent, Americas)
Designated as a HOT article🔥

30. X. Chen, A. Cifuentes-Lopez, X. Shao, L. Lin, D. E. Prokopchuk, M. Pavanello “Unraveling the Hydration Shell Structure and Dynamics of Group 10 Aqua Ions” J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2024, 15, 5517-5528. 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c00464

29. D. S. Tresp, D. E. Prokopchuk “Structural and Electrochemical Analysis of FeCp* Complexes Supported by a Borate-Bridged Dicarbene Ligand” Polyhedron, 248, 116745. 10.1016/j.poly.2023.116745 (Special Issue: Emerging Investigators)

28. L. Lin, D. S. Tresp, D. M. Spasyuk, R. A. Lalancette, D. E. Prokopchuk “Accessing Ni(0) to Ni(IV) via Nickel-Carbon-Phosphorus Bond Reorganization” Chem. Commun. 2024, 60, 674. 10.1039/D3CC04687G (Special Issue: Emerging Investigators)
Designated as a HOT article🔥 and Featured on the Front Cover of ChemComm

2023

27. B. Goel, H. Neugebauer, A. VanderWeide, P. Sánchez, R. A. Lalancette, S. Grimme, A. Hansen, D. E. Prokopchuk “Essential Roles of Cp Ring Activation and Coordinated Solvent During Electrocatalytic H₂ Production with Fe(Cp^N3) Complexes” ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 13650-13662. 10.1021/acscatal.3c02911

26. A. VanderWeide, D. E. Prokopchuk “Cyclopentadienyl Ring Activation in Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis” Nat. Rev. Chem. 2023, 10.1038/s41570-023-00501-1 (full text, read-only: https://rdcu.be/ddr2B)

25. A. Karagiannis, B. Goel, D. E. Prokopchuk “Putting a new spin on imido chemistry with an Fe^II dicarbene complex” Trends Chem. 2023, 5, 105-107. 10.1016/j.trechm.2022.12.002 (invited contribution)

2022

24. A. Karagiannis, A. M. Tyryshkin, R. A. Lalancette, D. M. Spasyuk, A. Washington, D. E. Prokopchuk “A Redox-active Mn(0) Dicarbene Metalloradical” Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 12963.  10.1039/D2CC04677F
🔥Designated as a HOT article🔥

23. D. Tresp, H. Neugebauer, S. Grimme, A. Hansen, D.E. Prokopchuk “Electronic Effects of Aminoindenyl ligands Coordinated to Manganese: Structures and Properties of a Mn⁰ Metalloradical and Bimetallic Mn^-I/Mn^I Adduct” Organometallics 2022, 41, 3055. 10.1021/acs.organomet.2c00463

22. L. Lin, D. M. Spasyuk, R. A. Lalancette, D. E. Prokopchuk “Coordination-Induced Weakening of a C(sp³)-H Bond: Homolytic and Heterolytic Bond Strength of a CH-Ni Agostic Interaction” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 12632. 10.1021/jacs.2c05667

2021

Before Rutgers-Newark:

20. M. M. H. Sung, D. E. Prokopchuk, R. H. Morris “Phosphine-free ruthenium NCN-ligand complexes and their use in catalytic CO2 hydrogenation” Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 16569. 10.1039/C9DT03143J

19. Z. Dubrawski, J. Heidebrecht, B. M. P. Lombardi, A. S. Hyla, J. Willkomm, C. L. Radford, J.-B Lin, G. C. Welch, S. Ponnurangam, R. Roesler, D. E. Prokopchuk, W. E. Piers “Ligand-Centered Electrochemical Processes Enable CO₂ Reduction with a Nickel Bis(triazapentadienyl) Complex” Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2019, 3, 1172. 10.1039/c8se00623g (Selected as a 2019 HOT Article)

18. D. E. Prokopchuk, Geoffrey M. Chambers, E. D. Walter,  M. T. Mock, R. M. Bullock “H₂ Binding, Splitting, and Net Hydrogen Atom Transfer at a Paramagnetic Iron Complex” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 1871. 10.1021/jacs.8b12823Read the PNNL science highlight: “Mechanism of Hydrogen Bond Cleavage Revealed“

17. D. E. Prokopchuk, E. S. Wiedner, E. D. Walter, N. A. Piro, W. S. Kassel, C. V. Popescu, R. M. Bullock, M. T. Mock “Catalytic N₂ Reduction into Silylamines and Thermodynamics of N₂ Binding at Square Planar Fe”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 9291. 10.1021/jacs.7b04552

16. P. Bhattacharya, D. E. Prokopchuk, M. T. Mock “Exploring the Role of Pendant Amines in Transition Metal Complexes for the Reduction of N₂ to Hydrazine and Ammonia”, Coord. Chem. Rev. 2017, 334, 67. 10.1016/j.ccr.2016.07.005

15. S. A. M. Smith, D. E. Prokopchuk, R. H. Morris “Asymmetric transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones Using New Iron(II) (P-NH-N-P’) Catalysts: Changing the Steric and Electronic Properties at Phosphorus P’ ”, Isr. J. Chem. 2017, 57, 1204. 10.1002/ijch.201700019 (Part of a Special Issue on Iron Catalysis)

14. D. E. Prokopchuk, S. A. M. Smith , R. H. Morris “Ligands for iron-based homogeneous catalysts for the asymmetric hydrogenation of ketones and imines” in Ligand Design in Metal Chemistry: Reactivity and Catalysis, First Edition. Edited by Mark Stradiotto and Rylan Lundgren. John Wiley and Sons, Ltd., 2016. 10.1002/9781118839621.ch8 (invited contribution)

13. D. E. Prokopchuk, A. J. Lough, R. E. Rodriguez-Lugo, R. H. Morris, H. Grützmacher “Insights into metal–ligand hydrogen transfer: a square-planar ruthenate complex supported by a tetradentate amino-amido-diolefin ligand”, Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 6138. 10.1039/C6CC00041J

12. W. Zuo, D. E. Prokopchuk, A. J. Lough, R. H. Morris “Details of the Mechanism of the Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Acetophenone Using the Amine(imine)diphosphine Iron Precatalyst: The Base Effect and The Enantiodetermining Step”, ACS Catal. 2016, 6, 301. 10.1021/acscatal.5b01979

11. C. Lichtenberg, D. E. Prokopchuk, M. Adelhardt, J. Sutter, L Viciu, K. Meyer, H. Grützmacher “Reactivity of an All-Ferrous Iron–Nitrogen Heterocubane under Reductive and Oxidative Conditions”, Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 15797. 10.1002/chem.201502530

10. D. E. Prokopchuk, B. T. H. Tsui, A. J. Lough, R. H. Morris “Intramolecular C–H/O–H Bond Cleavage with Water and Alcohol Using a Phosphine-Free Ruthenium Carbene NCN Pincer Complex”, Chem Eur J. 2014, 20, 16960. 10.1002/chem.201404819

9. W. Zuo, S. Tauer, D. E. Prokopchuk, R. H. Morris “Iron Catalysts Containing Amine(imine)diphosphine P-NH-N-P Ligands Catalyze both Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones” Organometallics 2014, 33, 5791. 10.1021/om500479q (Part of a Special Issue on Catalytic and Organometallic Chemistry of Earth-Abundant Metals)

8. S. E. Clapham, M. Zimmer-De Iuliis, K. Mack, D. E. Prokopchuk, R. H. Morris “Alcohol Assisted Base-free Hydrogenation of Acetophenone Catalyzed by OsH(NHCMe₂CMe₂NH₂)(PPh₃)₂” Can. J. Chem. 2014, 92, 731. 10.1139/cjc-2014-0060 (Part of a Special Issue Dedicated to Professor Barry Lever)

7. D. E. Prokopchuk, A. Collado, A. J. Lough, R. H. Morris “Structural properties of trans hydrido-hydroxo M(H)(OH)(NH₂CMe₂CMe₂NH₂)(PPh₃)₂ (M = Ru, Os) complexes and their proton exchange behaviour with water in solution” Dalton Trans. 2013, 42, 10214. 10.1039/C3DT50452B

6. D. E. Prokopchuk, R. H. Morris, “Inner-Sphere Activation, Outer-Sphere Catalysis: Theoretical Study on the Mechanism of Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones Using Iron(II) PNNP Eneamido Complexes” Organometallics 2012, 31, 7375. 10.1021/om300572v

5. D. E. Prokopchuk, J. F. Sonnenberg, N. Meyer, M. Zimmer-De Iuliis, A. J. Lough, R. H. Morris, “Spectroscopic and DFT Study of Ferraziridine Complexes Formed in the Transfer Hydrogenation of Acetophenone Catalyzed Using trans-[Fe(CO)(NCMe)(PPh₂C₆H₄CH=NCH₂−)₂−κ⁴P,N,N,P](BF₄)₂” Organometallics 2012, 31, 3056. 10.1021/om201170f

4. D. E. Prokopchuk, A. J. Lough, R. H. Morris “From Amine to Ruthenaziridine to Azaallyl: Unusual Transformation of Di-(2-pyridylmethyl)amine on Ruthenium” Dalton Trans. 2011, 40, 10603. 10.1039/C1DT10626K

3. J. M. Chitanda, D. E. Prokopchuk, J. W. Quail, S. R. Foley “Synthesis of Palladacycles Employing Iminoisoindolines as Monoanionic Bidentate Ligands” Dalton Trans. 2008, 6023. 10.1039/B806544F

2. J. M. Chitanda, D. E. Prokopchuk, J. W. Quail, S. R. Foley “From Pyrroles to Isoindolines: Synthesis of a γ−Diimine Ligand for Applications in Palladium Coordination Chemistry and Catalysis” Organometallics 2008, 27, 2337. 10.1021/om800080e

1. D. E. Prokopchuk, G. A. Orlowski, H.-B. Kraatz “Synthesis of Amino Acid Conjugates of 1,1′-dimethylferrocene: New Chiral Conjugates” Inorg. Chim. Acta. 2008, 361, 1327. 10.1016/j.ica.2007.08.028