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2024
167. “Metathesis and Metallacycle Reactivity of d 10 Ni Perfluorocarbenes with Alkenes”
Ghaffari, B.; Daniels, A. L.; Guan, J.; Hall, M. B.; Baker, R. T. Organometallics 2024, 41, submitted.

166. “Copper-mediated Tetrafluoroethylation using Safe-Supply™ Tetrafluoroethylene”
Andrella, N. O.; Xu, N.; Porto, L. L. T. N.; Ehm, C.; Baker, R. T. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, submitted.

165. “Copper-Mediated -CF(OCF 3 )(CF 2 H) Transfer to Organic Electrophiles”
Porto, L. L. T. N.; Ghaffari, B.;Johnson, N.; Ovens, J. S.; Ehm, C.; Baker, R. T. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, submitted.
2023
164. “Coinage Metal Amido and Thiolate SNS Complexes: Consequences of Catalyst Speciation in Cu(I)-
Catalysed Carbonyl Hydroboration”

Ataie, S.; Lohoar, M.; Mangin, L. P.; Baker, R. T. Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 4044-4046.

163. “Electron-Triggered Imine Coupling: Synthesis and Characterization of Three Redox States (0,-1,-2) of a
Ni(N 2 S 2 ) complex,”

Mangin, L. P.; Albkuri, Y. M.; Ovens, J. S.; Al Shehimy, S.; Khrouz, L.; Steinmann,
S.; Bucher, C.; Baker, R. T., Chem.-Eur. J. 2023, in press (selected as Hot Paper).

162. “Selective Cobalt(II)-SNS Dithiolate Complex-Catalyzed Bifunctional Hydroboration of Aldehydes:
Kinetics and Mechanistic Studies.”

Ataie. S.; Dudra, S. L.; Johnson, E. R.; Baker, R. T. ACS Catal. 2023,
13, 10076-10084.

161. “Through the Looking Glass: Using the Lens of SNS-Pincer Ligands to Examine First-Row Metal Bifunctional Catalysts”
Elsby, M. R.; Baker; R. T. Acc. Chem. Res. 2023, 56, 798–809.

160. “Bifunctional Activation of NHC-Zinc Pre-Catalyst for Effective Hydroboration of Quinolines and Nitriles”
Ataie, S.; Baker, R. T. ChemCatChem 2023, in press. (invited article for special joint-collection
with ChemistryEurope on Non-Innocent Ligands in Sustainable Catalysis).

159. “Bifunctional Hydroboration Catalyst Activation using a Co SNS Amido Complex Bearing an Abnormal -NHC Ligand”
Ataie, S.; Khanzadeh, A.; Mangin, L. P.; Lohoar, M. I.; Baker, R. T. Organometallics,
2023, in press (invited article for joint Organometallics/Org. React. Proc. R&D special issue).

158. “Generation of Copper Fluoroalkyl Complexes (CuR F L n ) from Chlorotrifluoroethylene and -R F Transfer to
Aroyl Chlorides”

Porto, L. L. T. N.: Seifi, M.; Johnson, N.; Baker, R. T. Can. J. Chem. 2023, 101, 476-
480 (invited article in special issue for Cathleen Crudden).

157. “Mechanism of Perfluoro-nickelacyclopentane Formation from Tetrafluoroethylene: Effects of Ancillary Bite
Angle”

Porto, L. L. T. N.; Ghaffari, B.; Ovens, J. S.; Hughes, R. P.; Baker, R. T. Organometallics 2023, 41, in
press.

156. “Synthesis and Reactivity of Functionalized Fluoro-Nickelacyclopentanes”
Mangin, L.; Porto, L. L. T. N.; Ovens, J. S.; Baker, R. T. Organometallics 2023, 41, in press.

155. “Efficient SO 2 Capture Using an Amine-Functionalized, Nanocrystalline Cellulose-Based Adsorbent”
Zafari, R.; Mendonca, F. G.; Baker, R. T.; Fauteux-Lefebvre, C. Sep. Purif. Technol. 2023, 308, 122917.
2022

154. “Manganese SNS Thiolate Complex-Catalyzed Nitrile Dihydroboration”
Elsby, M. R.; Son, M.; Oh, C.; Martin, J.; Baik, M.-H., Baker, R. T. Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 12550-12559.

153. “Comparing B-H Bond Activation in Ni II X(NNN)-Catalyzed Nitrile Dihydroboration (X = anionic N-, C-,O-, S- or P-donor)”
Ataie, S.; Baker, R. T. Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 19998-20007.

152. “Nickel-catalyzed Homologation of Vinylidene Difluoride (CH 2 =CF 2 ): Selective -F vs. -H Elimination"

Sicard, A. J.; Ghaffari, B.; Gabidullin, B. M.; Ovens, J. S.; Hughes, R. P.; Baker, R.T. J.
Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 22713-22721.

151. “Spin-state crossover in photo-catalyzed nitrile dihydroboration via Mn-thiolate cooperation” 
Elsby M. R.; Oh, C.; Son, M.; Kim, S. Y. H.; Baik, M. H.*; Baker, R. T.*
Chem. Sci. 2022,  13​, 12550-12559. DOI: 
10.1039/D2SC04339D
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150. “Solvent-free Zn (NSNO) complex-catalyzed dihydroboration of nitriles” 
Ataie. S.; Ovens, . S.; Baker, R. T.*
Chem. Commun. 2022,  58​, 8266-8269. DOI: 
10.1039/D2CC03517K
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149. “Catalyst Separation Strategies in Organometallic Catalysis” 
Gomes de Mendonca, F.; Baker, R. T. in Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry IV, Parkin, G.; Meyer, K.; O’Hare, D., 
Eds. Elsevier, 2022.
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148. “SNS ligand-assisted catalyst activation in Zn-catalysed carbonyl hydroboration"
        Ataie, S.; Hogeterp, S.; Ovens, J. S.; Baker, R. T.* 
​        Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 3795-3798. DOI: 10.1039/D1CC06981K
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2021
147. Exploiting the photocatalytic activity of TiO2 towards the depolymerization of Kraft lignin.
Crites, C.-O. L.; de Mendonca, F. G.; Netto-Ferreira, J. C.; Baker, R. T.; Hallet-Tapley, G. L.; Tremblay, L.
New J. Chem. 2021, 45, 15371-15377.
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146. Selective C-C Bond Cleavage in Diols and Lignin Models: High-Throughput Screening of Metal-oxide-anchored Vanadium in Mesoporous Silica
 Lu, X.; Clément, R.; Lu, Y.; Albela, B.; Baker, R. T.; Bonneviot,
​L. Catalysts 2021, 11(8),901 (Invited for special issue on Heterogeneous Catalysis for Lignin Valorisation).
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145. “Same ligand, three first row metals: Comparing Mamido bifunctional reactivity (Mn, Fe, Co)"
        Elsby, M. R.; Kim, S. Y. H.; Steinmann, S. N.*; Baker, R. T.* 
​        Dalton Trans. 2021, 50​, 14542-14546. DOI: 10.1039/D1DT02637B
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144. “Ni(II)-SNS Thiolate Complexes: Reactivity and Solution Dynamics”
        Albkuri. Y. M.; Ovens, J. S.; Martin, J.; Baker, R. T.* 
​        Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60, 15, 10934-10942. DOI: 
10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c00446
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143. “A Mechanistic Study of Metal-Ligand Cooperativity in Mn(II)-Catalyzed Hydroborations: Hemilabile SNS Ligand Enables Metal Hydride-Free Reaction Pathway”
        Elsby, M. R.; Son, M.; Oh, C.; Martin, J.; Baik, M. H.*; Baker, R. T.* 
​        ACS Catal. 2021, 11. 9043-9051. DOI: 
10.1021/acscatal.1c02238
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142. “Anion-dependent Catalytic C-C Bond Cleavage of a Lignin Model within a Cationic Metal-organic Framework”
do Pim, W. D.; Mendonca, F. G.; Brunet, G.; Facey, G. A.; Chevallier, F.; Bucher, C. Baker, R. T.*; Murugesu, M.* 
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​​ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 13, 688-695. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c19212
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2020
141. “Safe and Expeditious Preparation of Ni(cod)2 for Same Day High-Throughput Screening"
Sicard, A. J.; Baker; R. T.* 
​Org. Proc. Res. Devel. 2020, 24, 2950-2952. DOI: 
10.1021/acs.oprd.0c00435.
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140. “Strategies and Mechanisms of Metal-Ligand Cooperativity in First-Row Transition Metal Complex Catalysts”
Elsby, M. R.*; Baker; R. T.* 

Chem. Soc. Rev. 2020, 49, 8933-8987. DOI: 
10.1039/D0CS00509F
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139.  “Regioselective Formation of Fluorinated Metallacycles from Fluoroalkenes and an Electron-rich Ni(0) Difluorocarbene”
Rochon, A.; Elsby, M. R.; Baker, R. T.* 
Can. J. Chem. 2021, 99, 209-215
  DOI: 
10.1139/cjc-2020-0372
Invited article for special issue honoring Robert Morris.
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138. “Synthesis and Reactivity of Perfluoroferracyclocarbenes”
Ghostine, K.; Gabidullin, B. M.; Baker, R. T.* 
Polyhedron 
2020, 185, 114587-114592. DOI: 
10.1016/j.poly.2020.114587
Invited article for John Bercaw’s 75th birthday issue.
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2019
137. “Fluorocarbon Refrigerants and their Syntheses: Past to Present”
Sicard, A. J.*; Baker, R. T.*
Chem. Rev.
 2019, 120, 9164-9303. DOI: 
10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00719
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136. "Cu(I)-SNS complexes for outer-sphere hydroboration and hydrosilylation of carbonyls"
Elsby, M. R.; Baker, R. T.*
Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 13574-13577. DOI: 
10.1039/C9CC07266G 
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135. “Fe-SNS and -SNC Complexes: C-S Bond Activation and Amine-Borane Dehydrogenation Catalysis”
Elsby, M. R.; Ghostine, K.; Das, U. K.; Korobkov, I.; Gabidullin, B. M.; Baker, R. T.*
Organometallics 2019, 38, 19, 3844-3851. DOI: 
10.1021/acs.organomet.9b00524
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134. “Selective Copper-complex Catalyzed Hydrodefluorination of Fluoroalkenes and Allyl Fluorides: A Tale of Two Mechanisms”
Andrella, N. O.; Xu, N.; Gabidullin, B. M.; Ehm, C.; Baker, R. T.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019
, 141 (29), 11506-11521. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b03101
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133. "Synthesis and Reactivity of Mn-CF3 complexes"
Daniels, A.; Da Gama, J. G.; Edjoc, R.; Gabidullin, B. M.; Baker, R. T.*
Inorganics, 2019, 7, 3. DOI: 
10.3390/inorganics7010003
Invited article for special issue on First-Row Transition Metal Complexes.
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132. “Formation and CF Bond Functionalization of [P,N]-Coordinated Perfluoronickelacyclopentanes”
Giffin, K. A.; Pua, L. A.; Korobkov, I.; Baker, R. T.*
Polyhedron
 2019, 127, 458-466. DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2018.10.024
Invited article for William Jones 65th birthday issue.
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2018
Diacids from Relay Heterogeneous Catalysis in Water
131. “C6 Diacids from Homocitric Acid Lactone using Relay Heterogeneous Catalysis in Water,” Thapa, I.; Ntais, S.; Clément, R.; Baranova, E. A.; Gu, Q.; Michel, C.; Lau, M. K.; Hass, C. S.; Millis, J.; Baker, R. T. Catal. Today 2018, in press (invited for special issue on Catalysis for Valorization of Biomass and Biomass-derived Platform Molecules).
 
Separation of Lignin-derived Bio-oil Components
130. “Solid Phase Extraction of Bio-oil Model Compounds and Lignin-derived Bio-oil using Amine-functionalized Mesoporous Silicas,” Sedai, B.; Zhou, J. L.; Fakhri, N.; Sayari, A.; Baker, R. T. ACS Sust. Chem. Eng. 2018, in press (invited for special issue recognizing Istvan Horvath).
 
Iron N2S2 Complex Catalysts
129. "Efficient and Selective Iron-​Complex-​Catalyzed Hydroboration of Aldehydes," Das, U. K.; Higman, C. S.; Gabidullin, B. M.; Hein, J. E.; Baker, R. T. ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 1076-1081.

Metal Heptafluoroisopropyl Complexes
128. "Metal Heptafluoroisopropyl (M-hfip) Complexes for use as hfip Transfer Agents," Andrella, N. O.; Liu, K.; Gabidullin, B. M.; Vasiliu, M.; Dixon, D. A.; Baker, R. T. Organometallics 2018, 37, 422-432.

Nickel-Mediated Fluoroalkene Metathesis
127. “Nickel Fluorocarbene Metathesis with Fluoroalkenes,” Harrison, D. J.; Guan, J.; Daniels, A. L.; Gabidullin, B. M.; Hall, M. A.; Baker, R. T. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 5772-5776.


2017
One-pot Suzuki-Heck Relay (Featured on Front Cover)
126. “One-pot Suzuki-Heck Relay to Prepare Industrially Valuable Intermediates using the Pd Cy*Phine Catalyst System,” Das, U. K.; Clément, R.; Johannes, C.; Robins, E.; Jong, H.; Baker, R. T. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2017, in press.
 
Iron SNS Amido Complexes
125. “Fe(II) Complexes of a Hemilabile SNS Amido Ligand; Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity,” Das, U. K.; Daifuku, S. L.; Gorelsky, S. I.; Korobkov, I.; Neidig, M. L.; Baker, R. T. Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56, 13766–13776.
 
Cobalt Fluorination Catalysts
124. “High-Throughput Evaluation of In Situ-generated Cobalt (III) Catalysts for Acyl Fluoride Synthesis,” Lee, G. M.; Clément, R.; Baker, R. T. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2017, 7, 4996-5003.
 
Fluorinated Cobaltacyclobutenes
123. Experimental and Computational Evidence for 1,4-Diradical Intermediates in Reactions of Cobalt Fluorocarbene Complexes with Terminal Aryl-alkynes to give Metallacyclobutenes, Lee, G. M.; Leung, A. S. C.; Harrison, D. J.; Korobkov, I.; Hughes, R. P.; Baker, R. T. Organometallics 2017, 36, 2853–2860.
 
Solid acid Catalysis
122. Efficient Green Catalysis for the Conversion of Fructose to Levulinic Acid, Thapa, I.; Mullen, B.; Saleem, A.; Leibig, C.; Baker, R.T.; Giorgi, J.B. Applied Catalysis A: General 2017, 539, 70-79.
 
Hydrofluoronickelacycles
121. Generation of Hydrofluoronickelacycles from Trifluoroethylene and Ni(0): Ligand Effects on Regio-/Stereoselectivity and Reactivity, Giffin, K.A.; Pua, L.A.; Piotrkowski, S.; Gabidullin, B.M.;  Korobkov, I.; Hughes, R.P.; Baker, R.T. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 4075-4086.
 
NHC Fluoroalkenes
120. A Closer Look at the Reactivity Between N-Heterocyclic Carbenes and Fluoroalkenes,” Leclerc, M. C.; Da Gama, J. G.; Gabidullin, B. M.; Baker, R. T. J. Fluorine Chem. 2017, 203, 81-89 (Invited paper for Antonio Togni issue).
 
119. Transition-Metal-Free Formation of C-E Bonds (E = C, N, O, S) and Formation of C-M Bonds (M = Mn, Mo) from N-Heterocyclic Carbene Mediated Fluoroalkene C-F Bond Activation, Leclerc, M.C.; Gabidullin, B.M.; Da Gama, J.G.; Daifuku, S. L.; Iannuzzi, T.E.; Neidig, M.L.; Baker, R.T. Organometallics 2017, 36, 849-857.
 
Hydrogen Storage
118. Base-metal catalysts based on porous layered double hydroxides for alkaline-free sodium borohydride hydrolysis, Mostajeran, M.; Prévot, V.; Mal, S. S.; Mattiussi, E.; Davis, B. R.; Baker, R. T. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 2017, 42, 20092-20102.
 
117. Base-Metal Nanoparticle-Catalyzed Hydrogen Release from Ammine Yttrium and Lanthanum Borohydrides, Mostajeran, M.; Ye, E.; Desgreniers, S.; Baker, R.T. Chem. Mater. 2017, 29, 742-751.
 
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