Russell P. Hughes, Danielle C. Lindner, Louise M. Liable-Sands,
and Arnold L. Rheingold
Conversion of Perfluorobenzyl Complexes of Rhodium to
Fluorinated Oxorhodacycles.
Organometallics, 2001, 20, 363.
Russell P. Hughes, Susan M. Maddock, Ilia A. Guzei,
Louise M. Liable-Sands, and Arnold L. Rheingold
Reactions of Halofluorocarbons with Group 6 Complexes
M(C5H5)2L (M = Mo, W; L = C2H4, CO).
Fluoroalkylation at Molybdenum and Tungsten, and at
Cyclopentadienyl or Ethylene Ligands.
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2001, 123, 3279.
Russell P. Hughes, Ivan Kovacik, Danielle C. Lindner,
Jeremy M. Smith, Stefan Willemsen, Donghui Zhang, Ilia Guzei,
and Arnold L. Rheingold.
Unusual Reactivity of "Proton Sponge" as a Hydride Donor to
Transition Metals: Synthesis and Structural Characterization of
Fluoroalkyl(hydrido) Complexes of Iridium(III) and Rhodium(III).
Organometallics., 2001, 20, 3190.
Russell P. Hughes, Danielle C. Lindner, Jeremy M. Smith,
Donghui Zhang, Christopher D. Incarvito, Kin-Chung Lam,
Louise M. Liable-Sands, Roger D. Sommer, and Arnold L. Rheingold.
Water, water, everywhere. Synthesis and Structures of
Perfluoroalkyl Rhodium and Iridium(III) Compounds
Containing Water Ligands.
J.Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans.2001, 2270.
Russell P. Hughes, Joel T. Sweetser, Mark D. Tawa,
Alex Williamson, Christopher D. Incarvito, Brian Rhatigan,
Arnold L. Rheingold, and Gene Rossi
Synthesis and Molecular Structures of Perfluoro-n-alkyl Complexes
of Platinum(II) and Platinum(IV) Containing
Tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA) or
1,2-Bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane (DPPE) Ligands.
Organometallics.2001, 20, 3800.
Russell P. Hughes, Alex Williamson, Roger D. Sommer,
and Arnold L. Rheingold
The First Transition Metal Complex of Tetrafluorobenzyne:
Ir(η5–C5Me5)(PMe3)(η2–C6F4).
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2001, 123, 7443.
Russell P. Hughes, Alex Williamson, Christopher D. Incarvito,
and Arnold L. Rheingold
Synthesis and Molecular Structure of a Perfluoroalkyl Complex
of Platinum Containing a PCP Pincer Ligand.
Organometallics, 2001, 20, 4741.
Russell P. Hughes, Trang Le Husebo, Susan M. Maddock,
Louise M. Liable-Sands, and Arnold L. Rheingold
Reactions of Perfluoro-iso-propyl Iodide with
Cyclopentadienyl-Rhodium Complexes in Methanol.
An Unexpected Route to a Rhodium–Fulvalene Complex.
Organometallics, 2002, 21, 243.
Russell P. Hughes, Jeremy M. Smith, Christopher D. Incarvito,
Kin‑Chun Lam, Brian Rhatigan, and Arnold L. Rheingold
Cationic Iridium‑Perfluoroalkyl Complexes with NH3 and PH3 Ligands.
Activation of Carbon‑Fluorine Bonds by H2S to Give
Bis(trifluoromethyl)dithiametallacyclobutane
and Bis(trifluoromethyl)trithiametallacyclohexane Complexes.
Organometallics, 2002, 21, 2136.
Allen A. Bowden, Russell P. Hughes, Danielle C. Lindner,
Christopher D. Incarvito, Louise M. Liable‑Sands,
and Arnold L. Rheingold.
Synthesis and Structural Studies of Perfluoroalkyl‑Rhodium and
Iridium(III) Compounds Containing Tris(pyrazolyl)borate Ligands.
J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans.2002, 3245.
Russell P. Hughes, Stefan Willemsen, Alex Williamson,
and Donghui Zhang
Carbon-Fluorine Bond Hydrogenolysis in
Perfluoroethyl-Iridium Complexes to Give HFC-134a
Involves Heterolytic Activation of H2.
Organometallics, 2002, 21, 3085.
Blair F. Johnston, David W. H. Rankin, Heather E. Robertson,
Russell P. Hughes, and Jeffrey R. Lomprey
The Molecular Structure of Ru(η-C5Me5)(η-C5F5) by
Gas-Phase Electron Diffraction and Density Functional Theory.
Organometallics, 2002, 21, 4840.
Russell P. Hughes, Roman B. Laritchev, Alex Williamson,
Christopher D. Incarvito, Lev N. Zakharov,
and Arnold L. Rheingold
Iridium and Rhodium Complexes Containing Fluorinated Phenyl
Ligands and their Transformation to η2‑Benzyne Complexes,
Including the Parent Benzyne Complex IrCp*(PMe3)(C6H4).
Organometallics, 2002, 21, 4873.
Russell P. Hughes, Donghui Zhang, Lev N. Zakharov,
and Arnold L. Rheingold
Selective Protonation at a C-F Bond in the Presence of an
Iridium-Methyl Bond Gives Diastereoselective Carbon-Fluorine Bond
Activation and Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation.
A New Path to Carbon Stereocenters Bearing Fluorine Atoms
Organometallics, 2002, 21, 4902.
Russell P. Hughes, Jason S. Overby, Kin-Chung Lam,
Christopher D. Incarvito, and Arnold L. Rheingold
Oxidative Addition Reaction of Perfluoro‑n‑butyl Iodide to
(COD)PtMe2 to give (COD)PtMe(nC4F9).
The Molecular Structure of (COD)PtMe2.
Polyhedron, 2002, 21, 2357.
Russell P. Hughes, Roman B. Laritchev, Alex Williamson,
Christopher D. Incarvito, Lev N. Zakharov,
and Arnold L. Rheingold
Reactions of Iridium and Rhodium Complexes Containing
η2‑Benzyne, η2‑Tetrafluorobenzyne, and
η2‑Trifluorobenzyne Ligands.
Differential Rates of Arene Elimination
by Protonation of Isomeric Fluoroaryl Complexes,
and Restricted Rotation of PMe3 Ligands
in ortho‑Iodo and ortho‑Bromoaryl Complexes.
Organometallics, 2003, 22, 2134.
Russell P. Hughes, Antony J. Ward, Arnold L. Rheingold,
and Lev N. Zakaharov
Synthesis and Molecular Structures of Platinum(II) and
Platinum(IV) Diimine Complexes Possessing Fluoroalkyl Ligands.
Can. J. Chem., 2003, 81, 1270
Russell P. Hughes, Monique A. Meyer, Mark D. Tawa,
Antony J. Ward, Alex Williamson, Arnold L. Rheingold,
and Lev N. Zakharov
Does α‑Fluorination Affect the Structural trans‑Influence and
Kinetic trans‑Effect of an Alkyl Ligand?
Molecular Structures of Pd(TMEDA)(CH3)(RF)
and a Kinetic Study of the trans to cis Isomerization
of Pt(TMEDA)(CH3)2I(RF) [RF = CF2CF3, CFHCF3, CH2CF3]
Inorg. Chem., 2004, 43, 747.
Russell P. Hughes, Roman B. Laritchev. Lev N. Zakharov,
and Arnold L. Rheingold
Reductive Activation of Carbon-Fluorine Bonds in Fluoroalkyl
Ligands: an Unexpected Route to the Only Known
Tetrafluorobutatriene Transition Metal Complex,
Ir(η5-C5Me5)(PMe3)(2,3-η2-CF2=C=C=CF2)
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004, 126, 2308-2309.
Russell P Hughes, Donghui Zhang, Antony J. Ward, Lev N. Zakharov,
and Arnold L. Rheingold
Conformational Analysis And Assignments of Relative Stereocenter
Configurations in Fluoroalkyl-Iridium Complexes
Using 19F{1H} HOESY Experiments.
Comparison with Solid State X-ray Structural Results.
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004, 126, 6169-6178.
Russell P. Hughes, Antony J. Ward, James A. Golen,
Christopher D. Incarvito, Arnold L. Rheingold
and Lev N. Zakharov
Synthesis, molecular structures, and chemistry of some new
palladium(II) and platinum(II) complexes
with pentafluorophenyl ligands
Dalton Trans., 2004, 2720-2727.
Russell P. Hughes, Roman B. Laritchev, Lev. N. Zakharov,
and Arnold L. Rheingold
Carbon-Fluorine Bond Activation Coupled with Carbon-Carbon Bond
Formation at Iridium. Confirmation of Complete Kinetic
Diastereoselectivity at the New Carbon Stereocenter
by Intramolecular Trapping Using Vinyl as the Migrating Group.
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 6325-6334.
Cheryl J. Bourgeois, Russell P. Hughes, Trang L. Husebo,
Jeremy M. Smith, Ilia M. Guzei, Louise M. Liable-Sands,
Lev N. Zakharov and Arnold L. Rheingold,
Reactions of Perfluoroalkyl Iodides with
M(C5H5)(CO)(PMe3) [M = Rh, Ir];
Evidence for Direct Fluoroalkylation at a CO Ligand,
Organometallics,2005, 24, 6431-6439.
Shaun A. Garratt, Russell P. Hughes, Ivan Kovacik,
Antony J. Ward, Stefan Willemsen and Donghui Zhang,
Carbon-Fluorine Bond Activation Coupled
with Carbon-Hydrogen Bond Formation α to Iridium:
Kinetics, Mechanism, and Diastereoselectivity,
J. Am. Chem. Soc.,2005, 127, 15585-15594.
Russell P. Hughes, Roman B. Laritchev, Jian Yuan, James A. Golen,
Adam N. Rucker and Arnold L. Rheingold,
A Simple Route to Difluorocarbene and Perfluoroalkylidene
Complexes of Iridium,
J. Am. Chem. Soc.,2005, 127, 15020-15021.
Russell P. Hughes, Roman B. Laritchev, Lev N. Zakharov
and Arnold L. Rheingold,
Unexpected Formation of an Organoplatinum(IV) Fluoride Complex
in the Reaction of Pt(TMEDA)(CH3)2
with Perfluoro-sec-butyl Iodide,
Organometallics,2005, 24, 4845-4848.