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Publications 2011-Present

  1. Hui Huang, Russell P. Hughes and Arnold L. Rheingold
    Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Group 6
    Transition Metal Complexes with Terminal Fluoromethylidyne (CF)
    Ligands; a DFT/NBO/NRT Comparison of Bonding Characteristics
    of Terminal NO, CF and CH Ligands.
    Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 47-55.
  1. Jian Yuan, Russell P. Hughes, and Arnold L. Rheingold
    Unexpected Synthesis of a Perfluoroacyl Complex,
    Cp*Ir(CO)(COC6F11)Br, by Direct Fluoroalkylation of a CO Ligand,
    and Elimination of Perfluorocyclohexene by
    Activation of a γ-C−F Bond.
    Organometallics, 2011, 30, 1744–1746.
  1. Erin E. Wilson, Allen G. Oliver, Russell P. Hughes
    and Brandon L. Ashfeld
    Synthesis of Phosphine-Ligated Zinc Acetylide Dimers:
    Enhanced Reactivity in Carbonyl Additions
    Organometallics, 2011, 30, 5214-5221. 
  1. Felicia L. Taw, Aurora E. Clark, Alexander H. Mueller,
    Michael T. Janicke, Thibault Cantat, Brian L. Scott,
    P. Jeffrey Hay, Russell P. Hughes, and Jaqueline L. Kiplinger
    Titanium(IV) Trifluoromethyl Complexes:
    New Perspectives on Bonding from
    Organometallic Fluorocarbon Chemistry
    Organometallics, 2012, 31, 1484-1499.
  1. Debdas Ray, Justin T. Foy, Russell P. Hughes, and Ivan Aprahamian
    A switching cascade of hydrazone-based rotary switches
    through coordination-coupled proton relays
    Nature Chemistry, 2012, 4, 757-762.
  1. Samantha Reynolds, Russell P. Hughes, David S. Glueck,
    and Arnold L. Rheingold
    Synthesis, Reactivity, and Resolution of a C2-Symmetric,
    P-Stereogenic Benzodiphosphetane, a Building Block for
    Chiral Bis(phosphines)
    Org. Lett., 2012, 14, 4238-4241.
  1. Xinpin Han, Hui Li. Russell P. Hughes, and Jimmy Wu
    Ga(III)-Catalyzed Three-Component (4+3) Cycloaddition Reactions
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 2012, 51, 10390-10393.
  1. Yin Yang, Russell P. Hughes, and Ivan Aprahamian
    Visible Light Switching of a BF2-Coordinated Azo Compound
    J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 15221-15224.
  1. Thomas F. Robbins, Hai Qian, Xin Su, Russell P. Hughes,
    and Ivan Aprahamian 
    Cyanide Detection Using a Triazolopyridinium Salt
    Org. Lett., 2013, 15, 2386-2389.
  1. Xin Su, Sahag Voskian, Russell P. Hughes, and Ivan Aprahamian
    Manipulating Liquid Crystal Properties Using a
    pH Activated Hydrazone Switch
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 2013, 52, 10734-10739.
  1. Justin M. Lopchuk, Russell P. Hughes, and Gordon W. Gribble
    What Controls Regiochemistry in 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions
    of Münchnones with Nitrostyrenes?
    Org. Lett., 2013, 15, 5218-5221.
  1. Hui Li, Russell P. Hughes, and Jimmy Wu
    Dearomative Indole (3+2) Cycloaddition Reactions
    J.Amer. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 6288-6296
  1. Yin Yang, Russell P. Hughes, and Ivan Aprahamian 
    Near Infrared Light Activated Azo-BF2 Switches
    J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 13190–13193.
  1. Clark R. Landis, Russell P. Hughes, and Frank Weinhold
    Bonding Analysis of TM(cAAC)2 (TM=Cu, Ag, Au)
    and the Importance of Reference State
    Organometallics, 2015, 34, 3442-3449.
  1. Jian Yuan, Russell P. Hughes, and Arnold L. Rheingold
    A (Pentafluoroethyl)(trifluorom­­­ethyl)carbene Complex of Iridium 
    and Reductive Activation of its sp3 α, β, and γ Carbon-Fluorine
    Bonds to Give Perfluoro-2-butyne, Perfluoro-1,2,3-butatriene
    and Perfluoro-1-irida-2-methyl-2-cyclobutene) Complexes.
    Dalton Transactions, 2015, 44, 19518-19527
  1. Jian Yuan, Cheryl J. Bourgeois, Arnold L. Rheingold,
    and Russell P. Hughes
    Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of Iridium Perfluorocarbene
    Complexes: Regio- and Stereo-specific Addition of HCl
    Across a Metal Carbon Double Bond.
    Dalton Transactions, 2015, 44, 19528-19542.
  1. Thomas Braun and Russell P. Hughes (Editors)
    Organometallic Fluorine Chemistry
    Top. Organomet. Chem., 2015, Volume 52.
  1. Maria C. DiPoto, Russell P. Hughes, and Jimmy Wu
    Dearomative Indole (3+2) Reactions with Azaoxyallyl Cations -
    New Method for the Synthesis of Pyrroloindolines
    J.Amer. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 14861-14864.
  1. Jay T. Fuller, Daniel J. Harrison, Matthew C. Leclerc,
    R. Tom Baker, Daniel H. Ess, and Russell P. Hughes
    A New Stepwise Mechanism for Formation of a Metallacyclobutane
    via a Singlet Diradical Intermediate
    Organometallics, 2015, 34, 5210-5213.
  1. Kevin W. Magnuson, Shelly M. Oshiro, Joshua R. Gurr,
    Wesley Y. Yoshida, Milan Gembicky, Arnold L. Rheingold,
    Russell P. Hughes, and Matthew F. Cain
    Streamlined Preparation and Coordination Chemistry of
    Hybrid Phosphine–Phosphaalkene Ligands
    Organometallics, 2016, 35, 855-859.
  1. Preston M. Miura-Akagi, Mika L. Nakashige, Caitlin K. Maile,
    Shelly M. Oshiro, Joshua R. Gurr, Wesley Y. Yoshida,
    A. Timothy Royappa, Colleen E. Krause, Arnold L. Rheingold,
    Russell P. Hughes, and Matthew F. Cain
    Synthesis of a Tris(phosphaalkene)phosphine Ligand
    and Fundamental Organometallic Reactions on Its
    Sterically Shielded Metal Complexes
    Organometallics, 2016, 35, 2224–2231.
  1. George P. Lisi, Russell P. Hughes and Dean E. Wilcox
    Coordination contributions to protein stability in
    metal-substituted carbonic anhydrase
    J. Biol. Inorg. Chem, 2016, 21, 659-667.
  1. Jakub Hyvl, Wesley Y. Yoshida, Arnold L. Rheingold,
    Russell P. Hughes, and Matthew F. Cain
    A Nascent Phosphinidene Trapped in a Fluxional NCN Pincer
    Chemistry – A European Journal, 2016, 22, 17562-17565
  1. Kristina M. Gansle, Alexander E. Gash, C. Kevin Chambliss,
    Brady J. Clapsaddle, Brian S. Newell, Susie M. Miller,
    Oren P. Anderson, Russell P. Hughes, and Steven H. Strauss
    X-ray structures and electronic properties of the
    1,1',2,2'- and 1,1',3,3'-tetra-t-butylferrocenium(1+) cations
    Polyhedron, 2017, 121, 88-94.
  1. Morgan C. MacInnis, Jessica C. DeMott, Eva M. Zolnhofer,
    Jia Zhou, Karsten Meyer, Russell P. Hughes, and Oleg V. Ozerov
    Cationic Two-Coordinate Complexes of Pd(I) and Pt(I)
    Have Longer Metal-Ligand Bonds Than Their Neutral Counterparts
    Chem., 2016, 1, 902-920.
  1. Christopher J. Pell, Yanjun Zhu, Rafael Huacuja,
    David E. Herbert, Russell P. Hughes,and Oleg V. Ozerov
    Fluorocarbene, Fluoroolefin, and Fluorocarbyne Complexes of Rh
    Chemical Science, 2017, 8, 3178-3186.

    Kaitie A. Giffin, Lorraine A. Pua, Sarah Piotrkowski,
    Bulat Gabidullin, Ilia Korobkov, Russell P. Hughes,
    and R. Tom Baker
    Generation of Hydrofluoronickelacycles from
    Trifluoroethylene and Ni(0):
    Ligand Effects on Regio-/Stereo-Selectivity
    and Reactivity
    J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 4075-4086.
  1. Wan Shin Kim, Kang Du, Alan Eastman, Russell P. Hughes
    and Glenn C. Micalizio
    Synthetic nat- or ent-steroids in as few as
    five chemical steps from epichlorohydrin
    Nature Chem., 2017, 10,70-77.
  1. Graham M. Lee, Alicia S.C. Leung, Daniel J. Harrison,
    Ilia Korobkov, Russell P. Hughes, and R. Tom Baker
    Experimental and Computational Evidence for 1,4-Diradical
    Intermediates in Reactions of Cobalt Fluorocarbene Complexes
    with Terminal Aryl-alkynes to give Metallacyclobutenes
    Organometallics, 2017, 36, 36, 2853-2860.
  1. Sarah K. Gibbons, Russell P. Hughes, David S. Glueck,
    A. Timothy Royappa, Arnold L. Rheingold, Robert B. Arthur,
    Aaron D. Nicholas, and Howard H. Patterson
    Synthesis, Structure, and Luminescence of Copper(I) Halide
    Complexes of Chiral Bis(phosphines)
    Inorg. Chem., 2017, 21, 12809-12820.
  1. Jake A. Muldoon, Balázs R. Varga, Meaghan M. Deegan, 
    Timothy W. Chapp, Ádám M. Eördögh, Russell P. Hughes,
    David S. Glueck, Curtis E. Moore, and Arnold L. Rheingold
    Inversion of Configuration at the Phosphorus Nucleophile in the
    Diastereoselective and Enantioselective Synthesis
    of P-Stereogenic syn-Phosphiranes from Chiral Epoxides
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 2018, 57, 5047-5051.
  1. Meaghan M. Deegan, Jake A. Muldoon, Russell P. Hughes,
    David S. Glueck, and Arnold L. Rheingold
    Synthesis and Structure of Metal Complexes of
    P-Stereogenic Chiral Phosphiranes:
    An EDA-NOCV Analysis of the
    Donor-Acceptor Properties of Phosphirane Ligands
    Organometallics, 2018, 37, 1473-1482.
  1. Sarah K. Gibbons, Ximing Xu, Russell P. Hughes, David S. Glueck,
    and Arnold L. Rheingold
    Chiral Bis(Phospholane) PCP Pincer Complexes: Synthesis,
    Structure, and Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Phosphine Alkylation,
    Organometallics 2018, 37, 2159-2166.
  1. Li, H. Qian, B. Shao, R.P. Hughes, I. Aprahamian
    Building Strain with Large Macrocycles and Using It To Tune the
    Thermal Half-Lives of Hydrazone Photochromes.
    J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 11829-11835.
  1. V. Kremlacek, J. Hyvl, W.Y. Yoshida, A. Růžička, A.L Rheingold,
    J. Turek, R.P. Hughes, L. Dostál, and M.F. Cain
    Heterocycles Derived from Generating Monovalent Pnictogens
    within NCN Pincers and Bidentate NC Chelates:
    Hypervalency versus Bell-Clappers versus Static Aromatics
    Organometallics 2018, 37, 2481-2490.
  1. Sarah K. Gibbons, Christopher Valleau, Jesse Peltier,
    Matthew F. Cain, Russell P. Hughes, David S. Glueck, James Golen,
    and Arnold L. Rheingold
    Diastereoselective Coordination of P-Stereogenic Secondary
    Phosphines in Copper(I) Chiral Bis(phosphine) Complexes:
    Structure, Dynamics, and Generation of Phosphido Complexes
    Inorg. Chem., 2019, 58, 8854-8865.
  1. X. Jiang, X. Cui, A.J.E. Duncan, L. Li, R.P. Hughes,
    R.J. Staples, E.V. Alexandrov, D.M. Proserpio, Y. Wu,
    and C. Ke
    Topochemical Synthesis of Single-Crystalline Hydrogen-bonded
    Crosslinked Organic Frameworks and Their Guest-induced
    Elastic Expansion
    J.Amer. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 10915-10923.
  1. Clark R. Landis, Russell P. Hughes, and Frank Weinhold
    Ligand Non-innocence and Bonding in Ca(CO)8:
    Ca Is Not a Transition Metal
    Science, 2019, 365, 6453.
  1. Mika L. Nakashige, Jarin I.P. Loristo, Lesley S. Wong,
    Joshua R. Gurr, Timothy J. O’Donnell, Wesley Y. Yoshida,
    Arnold L. Rheingold, Russell P. Hughes, and Matthew F. Cain
    E    -Selective Synthesis and Coordination Chemistry
    of Pyridine-Phosphaalkenes:
    Five Ligands Produce Four Distinct Types of Ru(II) Complexes.
    Organometallics, 2019, 38, 3338-3348.
  1. Russell P. Hughes and David M. Lemal
    Competing (4+2) and (2+2) cycloaddition reactions of
    tetrafluorothiophene-S, S-dioxide with phenylacetylene:
    A computational study
    J.Fluorine Chem., 2019, 221, 42-47
  1. Scott Shreiber, Peter T. Kaplan, Russell P. Hughes,
    David A. Dixon, Roger E. Cramer, and David A. Vicic
    Synthesis, Solution Behavior, and Computational Bond Length
    Analyses of Trifluoromethyl and Perfluoroethyl Cuprate Salts
    J.Fluorine Chem., 2020, 234, 109518.
  1. Amber N. Zimmerman, Rebecca S. Xu, Samantha C. Reynolds,
    Chase A. Shipp, Derrick J. Marshall, Ge Wang, Natalia F. Blank,
    Sarah K. Gibbons, Russell P. Hughes, David S. Glueck,
    Gary J. Balaich, and Arnold L. Rheingold
    Diastereoselective Synthesis of
    P-Stereogenic Secondary Phosphine Oxides (SPOs)
    Bearing a Chiral Substituent by
    Ring Opening of (+)-Limonene Oxide with
    Primary Phosphido Nucleophiles
    J. Org. Chem., 2020, 22, 14516-14526.
  1. Russell P. Hughes
    Metal-Carbon Bonding in
    Perfluoroethylene and Perfluorobenzene
    Transition Metal Complexes.
    Some Underappreciated π- and σ-Acceptor Components.
    In: “The Curious World of Fluorinated Molecules:
    Molecules Containing Fluorine,” Elsevier 2020.
  1. Perry M. Scheetz, Sarah T. Chachula, Russell P. Hughes,
    David S. Glueck, Curtis E. Moore, Milan Gembicky,
    and Arnold L. Rheingold
    Synthesis, Structure, Dynamics, and Enantioface-Selective
    η3-Benzyl Coordination in the Chiral Rhodium Complexes
    Rh(diphos*)(η3-CH2Ph)
    Organometallics, 2020, 39, 3802-3816.
  1. Daniel Y. Zhou, Preston M. Miura-Akagi, Sierra M. McCarty,
    Celeste H. Guiles, Timothy J. O'Donnell, Wesley Y. Yoshida,
    Colleen E. Krause, Arnold L. Rheingold, Russell P. Hughes
    and Matthew F. Cain
    P-Alkynyl functionalized benzazaphospholes as
    transmetalating agents
    Dalton Trans. 2021, 50, 599-611.