2024
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 articleđ„ and Featured on the Front Cover of ChemComm
2023
27. B. Goel, H. Neugebauer, A. VanderWeide, P. SaÌnchez, 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(CpN3) 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 FeII 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. Â 10.1039/D2CC04677F
đ„Designated as a HOT articleđ„
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/MnI 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
21. P. SaÌnchez, B. Goel, H. Neugebauer, R. A. Lalancette, S. Grimme, A. Hansen, D. E. Prokopchuk “Ligand Protonation at Carbon, not Nitrogen, During H2 Production with Amine-Rich Iron Electrocatalysts” Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60, 17407. 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03142
Before Rutgers-Newark:
20. M. M. H. Sung, D. E. Prokopchuk, R. H. Morris âPhosphine-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 âLigand-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 âH2 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 âCatalytic N2 Reduction into Silylamines and Thermodynamics of N2 Binding at Square Planar Feâ, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 9291. 10.1021/jacs.7b04552
16. P. Bhattacharya, D. E. Prokopchuk, M. T. Mock âExploring the Role of Pendant Amines in Transition Metal Complexes for the Reduction of N2 to Hydrazine and Ammoniaâ, Coord. Chem. Rev. 2017, 334, 67. 10.1016/j.ccr.2016.07.005
15. S. A. M. Smith, D. E. Prokopchuk, R. H. Morris âAsymmetric transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones Using New Iron(II) (P-NH-N-Pâ) Catalysts: Changing the Steric and Electronic Properties at Phosphorus Pâ â, 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 âLigands for iron-based homogeneous catalysts for the asymmetric hydrogenation of ketones and iminesâ 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. GrĂŒtzmacher âInsights into metalâligand hydrogen transfer: a square-planar ruthenate complex supported by a tetradentate amino-amido-diolefin ligandâ, Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 6138. 10.1039/C6CC00041J
12. W. Zuo, D. E. Prokopchuk, A. J. Lough, R. H. Morris âDetails of the Mechanism of the Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Acetophenone Using the Amine(imine)diphosphine Iron Precatalyst: The Base Effect and The Enantiodetermining Stepâ, ACS Catal. 2016, 6, 301. 10.1021/acscatal.5b01979
11. C. Lichtenberg, D. E. Prokopchuk, M. Adelhardt, J. Sutter, L Viciu, K. Meyer, H. GrĂŒtzmacher âReactivity of an All-Ferrous IronâNitrogen Heterocubane under Reductive and Oxidative Conditionsâ, Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 15797. 10.1002/chem.201502530
10. D. E. Prokopchuk, B. T. H. Tsui, A. J. Lough, R. H. Morris âIntramolecular CâH/OâH Bond Cleavage with Water and Alcohol Using a Phosphine-Free Ruthenium Carbene NCN Pincer Complexâ, Chem Eur J. 2014, 20, 16960. 10.1002/chem.201404819
9. W. Zuo, S. Tauer, D. E. Prokopchuk, R. H. Morris âIron Catalysts Containing Amine(imine)diphosphine P-NH-N-P Ligands Catalyze both Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketonesâ 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 âAlcohol Assisted Base-free Hydrogenation of Acetophenone Catalyzed by OsH(NHCMe2CMe2NH2)(PPh3)2â 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 âStructural properties of trans hydrido-hydroxo M(H)(OH)(NH2CMe2CMe2NH2)(PPh3)2 (M = Ru, Os) complexes and their proton exchange behaviour with water in solutionâ Dalton Trans. 2013, 42, 10214. 10.1039/C3DT50452B
6. D. E. Prokopchuk, R. H. Morris, âInner-Sphere Activation, Outer-Sphere Catalysis: Theoretical Study on the Mechanism of Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones Using Iron(II) PNNP Eneamido Complexesâ 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, âSpectroscopic and DFT Study of Ferraziridine Complexes Formed in the Transfer Hydrogenation of Acetophenone Catalyzed Using trans-[Fe(CO)(NCMe)(PPh2C6H4CH=NCH2â)2âÎș4P,N,N,P](BF4)2â Organometallics 2012, 31, 3056. 10.1021/om201170f
4. D. E. Prokopchuk, A. J. Lough, R. H. Morris âFrom Amine to Ruthenaziridine to Azaallyl: Unusual Transformation of Di-(2-pyridylmethyl)amine on Rutheniumâ Dalton Trans. 2011, 40, 10603. 10.1039/C1DT10626K
3. J. M. Chitanda, D. E. Prokopchuk, J. W. Quail, S. R. Foley âSynthesis of Palladacycles Employing Iminoisoindolines as Monoanionic Bidentate Ligandsâ Dalton Trans. 2008, 6023. 10.1039/B806544F
2. J. M. Chitanda, D. E. Prokopchuk, J. W. Quail, S. R. Foley âFrom Pyrroles to Isoindolines: Synthesis of a ÎłâDiimine Ligand for Applications in Palladium Coordination Chemistry and Catalysisâ Organometallics 2008, 27, 2337. 10.1021/om800080e
1. D. E. Prokopchuk, G. A. Orlowski, H.-B. Kraatz âSynthesis of Amino Acid Conjugates of 1,1âČ-dimethylferrocene: New Chiral Conjugatesâ Inorg. Chim. Acta. 2008, 361, 1327. 10.1016/j.ica.2007.08.028