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William D. Jones
PUBLICATIONS:
1. “Synthesis and Characterization of [(5-C5H5)V(CO)3H]–, A New Anionic Vanadium
Carbonyl Hydride, and A Study of Its Reduction Reaction with Organic Halides.
Observation of a Free-Radical Chain Process Having an Extremely Rapid Metal-to-Carbon
Hydrogen Transfer Step,” Robert J. Kinney, William D. Jones and Robert G. Bergman, J.
Am. Chem. Soc. 1978, 100, 635-637.
2. “Synthesis and Reactions of (5-Cyclopentadienyl)tricarbonylhydridovanadate. A
Comparative Mechanistic Study of Its Organic Halide Reduction Reactions with Those of
Tri-n-butyltin Hydride,” Robert J. Kinney, William D. Jones and Robert G. Bergman, J. Am.
Chem. Soc. 1978, 100, 7902-7915.
3. “Chemical Reduction of 5-Cyclopentadienyldicarbonylrhodium. Crystal and Molecular
Structure of an Anionic Trinuclear Rhodium Cluster with ‘Semi-Triple-Bridging’ Carbonyl
Ligands,” William D. Jones, Mary A. White, and Robert G. Bergman, J. Am. Chem. Soc.
1978, 100, 6770-6772.
4. “Mechanism of the Reaction Between Organotransition Metal Alkyls and Hydrides. A
Model for the Aldehyde-Forming Step in the Oxo Process,” William D. Jones and Robert G.
Bergman, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1979, 101, 5447-5449.
5. “Conversion of an 5-Cyclopentadienyl-Metal Complex to an 1-Cyclopentadienyl-Metal
Complex upon Addition of Trimethylphosphine,” Charles P. Casey and William D. Jones, J.
Am. Chem. Soc. 1980, 102, 6154-6156.
6. “Intermediates in Associative Phosphine Substitution Reactions of (5-C5H5)W(CO)2(NO),”
Charles P. Casey, William D. Jones, and Steven G. Harsy, J. Organomet. Chem. 1981, 206,
C38-C42.
7. “Comparative Reactivities of Two Isoelectronic Transition-Metal Hydrides with TransitionMetal Carbonyls and Alkyls,” William D. Jones, John M. Huggins, and Robert G. Bergman,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1981, 103, 4415-23.
8. “Metal Formyl and Hydroxymethyl Metal Compounds,” Charles P. Casey, Mark A. Andrews,
Donald R. McAlister, William D. Jones, and Steven G. Harsy, J. Mol. Catal. 1981, 13, 43-59.
9. “Mechanism of Arene C-H Bond Activation by [C5(CH3)5]Rh[P(CH3)3](H)(C6H5). Evidence
for Arene Precoordination,” William D. Jones and Frank J. Feher, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1982,
104, 4240-4242.
10. “Preparation and Reactions of New Isocyanide Complexes of Rhodium and Their Role in
Carbon-Hydrogen Bond Activation,” William D. Jones and Frank J. Feher, Organometallics
1983, 2, 686-687.
11. “Alkane Carbon-Hydrogen Bond Activation by Homogeneous Rhodium(I) Compounds,”
William D. Jones and Frank J. Feher, Organometallics 1983, 2, 562-563.
12. “Intermediates in the Associative Phosphine Substitution Reaction of (5-C5H5)Re(CO)3,”
Charles P. Casey, Joseph M. O'Connor, William D. Jones, and Kenneth J. Haller,
Organometallics 1983, 2, 535-538.
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13. “Preparation and Conformational Dynamics of (C5Me5)Rh(PR'3)RX. Hindered Rotation
about Rhodium-Phosphorus and Rhodium-Carbon Bonds,” William D. Jones and Frank J.
Feher, Inorg. Chem. 1984, 23, 2376-2388.
14. “The Mechanism and Thermodynamics of Alkane and Arene Carbon-Hydrogen Bond
Activation in (C5Me5)Rh(PMe3)(R)H,” William D. Jones and Frank J. Feher, J. Am. Chem.
Soc. 1984, 106, 1650- 1663.
15. “Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Intra- and Intermolecular Carbon-Hydrogen Bond
Activation,” William D. Jones and Frank J. Feher, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1985, 107, 620-631.
16. “The Mechanism and Thermodynamics of C-H bond Activation by Complexes of Rhodium,”
William D. Jones and Frank J. Feher, Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on
Homogeneous Catalysis, Leningrad, USSR : Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, Inc.,
New York (1984), vol. 3, pp. 973-984.
17. “Preparation and Reaction Dynamics of (4-C5H6)Re(PPh3)2H3. A Structurally Characterized
4-Cyclopentadiene Complex,” William D. Jones and John A. Maguire, Organometallics
1985, 4, 951-953.
18. “The Direct Intermolecular Transfer of Dihydrogen Between Two Transition Metal
Complexes,” William D. Jones and John A. Maguire, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1985, 107, 45444547.
19. “The Mechanism and Thermodynamics of C-H Bond Activation by Complexes of Rhodium,”
Proceedings of the Gas Research Institute Workshop on Basic Research Opportunities in
Methane Activation Chemistry, pp. 23-27, Feb. 4-6, 1985, Houston, Texas. Arthur D. Little,
publisher.
20. “Preparation and Structural Comparison of the Ruthenium(0) Derivatives Ru(dmpe)2L (L =
PMe3, CO; dmpe = 1,2-Bis(dimethylphosphino)ethane),” William D. Jones and Emanuela
Libertini, Inorg. Chem. 1986, 25, 1794-1800.
21. “The Activation of Methane by Rhenium. Catalytic H/D Exchange in Alkanes with
CpRe(PPh3)2H2,” William D. Jones and John A. Maguire, Organometallics 1986, 5, 590-591.
22. “Homogeneous Alkane Activation,” William D. Jones, Recent Advances in Alkane
Activation; Catalytica Associates, Publisher: Mountain View, California, 1986. pp.5-168.
23. “Isotope Effects in Arene C-H Bond Activation by [(C5Me5)Rh(PMe3)],” William D. Jones
and Frank J. Feher, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1986, 108, 4814-4819.
24. “Preparation and C-N Cleavage Reactions of Bis(dimethylphosphinoethane)ruthenium
Isocyanide Complexes,” William D. Jones and Walter P. Kosar, Organometallics 1986, 5,
1823-1829.
25. “Activation of C-H Bonds by Rhenium. Catalytic Intermolecular H/D Exchange with
(6-C6H6)Re(PPh3)2H,” William D. Jones and Mingxin Fan, Organometallics 1986, 5, 10571059.
26. “Carbon-Hydrogen Bond Activation by Ruthenium for the Catalytic Synthesis of Indoles,”
William D. Jones and Walter P. Kosar, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1986, 108, 5640-5641.
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27. “Preparation, Dynamic Behavior, and C-H and C-C Cleavage Reactions of (4C5H6)Re(PPh3)2H3. Structures of (4-C5H6)Re(PPh3)2H3, CpRe(PPh3)2H2, and
CpRe(PPh3)H4,” William D. Jones and John A. Maguire, Organometallics 1987, 6, 13011311.
28. “Synthesis, Structures, and C-H Bond Activation Reactions of HRe(PR3)2(L)3 Complexes,”
William D. Jones and John A. Maguire, Organometallics 1987, 6, 1728-1737.
29. “Dihydride Transfer. A Bimolecular Mechanism in the Isomerization of cisDihydridobromo(carbonyl)-(bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane)iridium, IrH2Br(CO)(dppe),”
Amanda J. Kunin, Curtis E. Johnson, John A. Maguire, William D. Jones, and Richard
Eisenberg, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1987, 109, 2963-2968.
30. “Preparation and Structural Examination of a Series of New, Low-Valent Iron Phosphine
Isonitrile Complexes with Bent C-N-C Linkages.,” William D. Jones, Glenn P. Foster, and
Jeanne M. Putinas, Inorg. Chem., 1987, 26, 2120-2127.
31. “Chemical and Electrocatalytic Oxidation of CpRe(PAr3)2H2 Complexes To Give Stable 17Electron Radical Cations. Disproportionation to Diamagnetic Species via Electron-Transfer
Catalysis,” Michael R. Detty and William D. Jones, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1987, 109, 56665673.
32. “The Catalytic Activation and Functionalization of C-H Bonds. Aldimine Formation by the
Insertion of Isonitriles into Aromatic C-H Bonds,” William D. Jones, Glenn P. Foster, and
Jeanne M. Putinas, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1987, 109, 5047-5048.
33. “Alkane Activation Processes by Cyclopentadienyl Complexes of Rhodium, Iridium, and
Related Species,” William D. Jones, Chapter 4 in Activation and Functionalization of
Alkanes; Craig Hill, Ed., John Wiley and Sons: New York, 1989, pp.111-149.
34. “Comparative Reactivities of Hydrocarbon C-H Bonds With a Transition-Metal Complex,”
William D. Jones and Frank J. Feher, Acc. Chem. Res. 1989, 22, 91- 100.
35. “Development of Catalytic Processes for the Synthesis of Organic Compounds that Involve
C-H Bond Activation,” William D. Jones, Chapter 5 in Selective Hydrocarbon Activation; J.
A. Davies, P. L. Watson, A. Greenberg, J. F. Liebman, Eds., VCH Publishers: New York,
1990, pp. 113-148.
36. “Organometallic Transformations via C-H Bond Activation,” William D. Jones, Valerie L.
Chandler, Robert P. Duttweiler, Frank J. Feher, Edward T. Hessell, Grace C. Hsu, and Walter
P. Kosar, Organometallics in Organic Synthesis, Aspects of a Modern Interdisciplinary
Field, Proceedings of the Second Symposium on Organic Synthesis via Organometallics, H.
Werner & G. Erker, Eds., Würzburg, FRG, October 19-22, Springer-Verlag: Heidelberg,
1988, pp.185-201.
37. “Hydride Abstraction. The Reaction of IrX(CO)(dppe) with Cp2TaH3,” Paul J. Deutsch, John
A. Maguire, William D. Jones, and Richard Eisenberg, Inorg. Chem. 1990, 29, 686-690.
38. “Isonitrile Insertion into Activated C-H Bonds Using (C5Me5)ML2 Complexes and Analogs,”
William D. Jones, Robert P. Duttweiler, Jr., Frank J. Feher, and Edward T. Hessell, Nouv. J.
Chem. 1989, 13, 725-736.
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39. “Preparation and Characterization of (C5Me5)Rh(CNR)2 and [(C5Me5)Rh(CNR)]2
Complexes,” William D. Jones, Robert P. Duttweiler, Jr., and Frank J. Feher, Inorg. Chem.
1990, 29, 1505-1511.
40. “Reactions of (C5Me5)Rh(PMe3)(R)H with Electrophiles. The Insertion of Unsaturated
Molecules into Activated Carbon-Hydrogen Bonds,” William D. Jones, Valerie L. Chandler,
and Frank J. Feher, Organometallics 1990, 9, 164-174.
41. “Direct Obervation of 2-Arene Complexes of [(C5Me5)Rh(PMe3)],” William D. Jones and
Lingzhen Dong, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1989, 111, 8722-8723.
42. “Catalytic Functionalization of C-H Bonds by Isonitrile Insertion. Preparation,
Characterization, and Reactivity of RhCl(PR3)2(CNR'),” William D. Jones and Edward P.
Hessell, Organometallics 1990, 9, 718-727.
43. “New Square Planar Complexes of Rhodium and Their Reactions with C-H Bonds,” William
D. Jones and Edward T. Hessell, Nouv. J. Chem. 1990, 14, 481-485.
44. “Insertion of Rhodium into the Carbon-Sulfur Bond of Thiophene. Mechanism of a Model
for the Hydrodesulfurization Reaction,” William D. Jones and Lingzhen Dong, J. Am. Chem.
Soc. 1991, 113, 559-564.
45. “Ring Migration Reactions of (C5Me5)Rh(PMe3)H2. Evidence for 3-Slippage and Metal-toRing Hydride Migration,” William D. Jones, Valerie L. Kuykendall, and Anthony D.
Selmeczy, Organometallics 1991, 10, 1577-1586.
46. “Synthesis and Structures of Some Rhodium Isocyanide Complexes Containing an 2Hydridotris(3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl)borate Ligand,” William D. Jones and Edward T. Hessell,
Inorg. Chem. 1991, 30, 778-783.
47. “Control of 2-Arene Coordination and C-H Bond Activation by Cyclopentadienyl
Complexes of Rhodium,” Simon T. Belt, Lingzhen Dong, Simon B. Duckett, William D.
Jones, Martin G. Partridge, and Robin N. Perutz, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1991, 266269.
48. “Sequential Arene Coordination and C-F Insertion in the Reactions of (5Cyclopentadienyl)rhodium Complexes with Hexafluorobenzene,” William D. Jones, Martin
G. Partridge, and Robin N. Perutz, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1991, 264-266.
49. “Effects of Phosphine on Structure and Reductive Elimination Reactions of
(C5Me5)Rh(PR3)PhH Complexes,” William D. Jones and Valerie L. Kuykendall, Inorg.
Chem. 1991, 30, 2615-2622.
50. “Crystal Structure and Chemical Reactivity of Heme Phenoxide Adducts,” Anna M. Helms,
William D. Jones, and George L. McLendon, J. Coord. Chem. 1991, 23, 351-359.
51. “Multiple 2 Arene Coordination. Structure and Isomerism of Naphthalene Complexes of
[(C5Me5)Rh(PMe3)],” Robert M. Chin, Lingzhen Dong, Simon B. Duckett, and William D.
Jones, Organometallics 1992, 11, 871-876.
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52. “A Model for Homogeneous Hydrodesulfurization. The Importance of 2-Coordination and
Sulfur Coordination in C-H and C-S Bond Cleavage Reactions of Thiophene,” Lingzhen
Dong, Simon B. Duckett, Kristine F. Ohman, and William D. Jones, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1992,
114, 151-160.
53. J. A. Martinho Simões, Ed. Energetics of Organometallic Species; “Chapter 4: The Role Of
Bond Energies In Hydrocarbon Activation By Transition Metal Centers,” William D. Jones,
R. Martin Chin, Lingzhen Dong, Simon B. Duckett, and Edward T. Hessell, Kluwer
Academic Publishers: Dordrecht, 1992, pp. 53-67.
54. “Catalytic Thermal C-H Activation with Manganese Complexes: Evidence For 2-H2
Coordination in a Neutral Manganese Complex and its Role In C-H Activation,” Christophe
Perthuisot, Mingxin Fan and William D. Jones, Organometallics, 1992, 11, 3622-3629.
55. “Reactions of Electrophiles with a Metal-Hydride Complex. Reduction of CS2 by
(C5Me5)Rh(PMe3)H2 to Produce the Bridging Methanedithiolate Complex
(C5Me5)Rh(PMe3)(SCH2S),” William D. Jones and Anthony D. Selmeczy, Organometallics,
1992, 11, 889-893.
56. “Dimerization of Thiophene to Give a Linear S(CH)8S Fragment with (C5Me5)Rh(C2H4)2,”
Robert M. Chin and William D. Jones, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 1992, 31, 357-358.
57. “Thiophene Carbon-Sulfur Bond Cleavage by Cobalt. Synthesis, Structure, and Dynamics of
[(C5Me5)Co]2(C4H4S),” William D. Jones and Robert M. Chin, Organometallics, 1992, 11,
2698-2700.
58. “Synthesis and Structure of Rhodium Complexes Containing a Photolabile 2-Carbodiimide
Ligand. 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition of Phenylazide to Tp'Rh(CNR)2 (Tp'=hydrotris(3,5dimethylpyrazolyl)borate),” Edward T. Hessell and William D. Jones, Organometallics 1992,
11, 1496-1505.
59. “Mechanism of Benzene Loss from Tp'Rh(H)(Ph)(CN-neopentyl) in the Presence of
Neopentylisocyanide. Evidence for an Associatively Induced Reductive Elimination,”
William D. Jones and Edward T. Hessell, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1992, 114, 6087-6095.
60. “Matrix Isolation and Transient Photochemistry of Ru(dmpe)2H2. Characterization and
Reactivity of Ru(dmpe)2 (dmpe = Me2PCH2CH2PMe2),” Chris Hall, William D. Jones, Roger
J. Mawby, Robert Osman, Robin N. Perutz, and Michael K. Whittlesey, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,
1992, 114, 7425-7435.
61. “Mechanism of Formation of C-C Bonds in the Ring-Opening and Coupling of Thiophene by
(C5Me5)Rh(C2H4)2,” William D. Jones and Robert M. Chin, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1992, 114,
9851-9858.
62. “First Examples of the Homogeneous Hydrogenolysis of Thiophene to 1-Butanethiol and
Ethylthioketene: Synthesis and Reactivity of (4-C4H5S)ReH2(PPh3)2,” Glen P. Rosini and
William D. Jones, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1992, 114, 10767-10775.
63. “Photolysis of Tp'Rh(CN-neopentyl)(2-PhN=C=N-neopentyl) in Alkanes and Arenes:
Kinetic and Thermodynamic Selectivity of [Tp'Rh(CN-neopentyl)] for Various Types of C-H
Bonds,” William D. Jones and Edward T. Hessell, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993, 115, 554-562.
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64. “2-Coordination and C-F Activation of Hexafluorobenzene by Cyclopentadienylrhodium
and -iridium Complexes,” Simon T. Belt, Madeleine Helliwell, William D. Jones, Martin G.
Partridge, and Robin N. Perutz, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993, 115, 1429-1440.
65. “An Unorthodox Reaction of Indene with ReH7(PPh3)2: The Competitive Formation of an 5Indanyl Ligand vs and 5-Indenyl Ligand,” Glen P. Rosini and William D. Jones, J. Am.
Chem. Soc. 1993, 115, 965-974.
66. “Control of 2-Coordination vs. C-H Bond Activation By Rhodium: The Role Of Aromatic
Resonance Energies,” R. Martin Chin, Lingzhen Dong, Simon B. Duckett, Martin G.
Partridge, William D. Jones, and Robin N. Perutz, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993, 115, 7685-7695.
67. “Homogeneous Models of Thiophene HDS Reactions. Selectivity in Dibenzothiophene C-S
Cleavage and Thiophene Reactions with Dinuclear Metal Complexes,” William D. Jones,
Robert M. Chin, and Andrew W. Myers, Prepr., Div. Pet. Chem., Am Chem. Soc. 1993, 38,
650-653.
68. The Fall of the C-C Bond,” William D. Jones, Nature, 1993, 364, 676-677
69. “Hydrodesulfurization of Thiophene to Butadiene and Butane by a Homogeneous Iridium
Complex,” William D. Jones and Robert M. Chin, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1994, 116, 198-203.
70. “Functionalization of Benzylic Carbon-Hydrogen Bonds. Mechanism and Scope of the
Catalytic Synthesis of Indoles with [Ru(dmpe)2],” Grace C. Hsu, Walter P. Kosar, and
William D. Jones, Organometallics, 1994, 13, 385-396.
71. “Selectivity in the Activation of Fluorinated Aromatic Hydrocarbons by [(C5H5)Rh(PMe3)]
and [(C5Me5)Rh(PMe3)],” Anthony D. Selmeczy, William D. Jones, Martin G. Partridge and
Robin N. Perutz, Organometallics 1994, 13, 522-532.
72. “Catalytic Hydrogenolysis of an Aryl-Aryl Carbon-Carbon Bond with a Rhodium Complex,”
Christophe Perthuisot and William D. Jones, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1994, 116, 3647-3648.
73. “C-H Activation of Olefins with a Zerovalent Iron Complex. Isomerisation of 4-Phenyl-1Butene to 1-Phenyl-1-Butene using Fe(depe)2N2,” Christophe Perthuisot and William D.
Jones, New J. Chem. 1994, 18, 621-628.
74. “Carbon-Sulfur Bond Cleavage by Cobalt. Reaction of (C5Me5)Co(C2H4)2 with
Dibenzothiophene,” William D. Jones and Robert M. Chin, J. Organomet. Chem. 1994, 472,
311-316.
75. “Carbon-Sulfur Bond Cleavage in Thiophene by Group 6 Metallocenes,” William D. Jones,
Robert M. Chin, Todd W. Crane, and David M. Baruch, Organometallics 1994, 13, 44484452.
76. “Bond Cleavage Reactions in Oxygen and Nitrogen Heterocycles by a Rhodium Phosphine
Complex,” William D. Jones, Lingzhen Dong, Andrew W. Myers, Organometallics 1995, 14,
855-861.
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77. “Regiochemical Selectivity in the Carbon-Sulfur Bond Cleavage of 2-Methylbenzothiophene:
Synthesis, Characterization and Mechanistic Study of Reversible Insertion into a C-S Bond,”
Andrew W. Myers, William D. Jones, and Shawn M. McClements, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1995
117, 11704-11709.
78. “Substituent Effects on Reductive Elimination from Disubstituted Aryl Hydride Complexes:
Mechanistic and Thermodynamic Considerations,” Anthony D. Selmeczy, William D. Jones,
Robert Osman, and Robin N. Perutz, Organometallics 1995, 14, 5677-5685.
79. “Steric and Electronic Effects of the Insertion of a Rhodium Phosphine Complex into the C-S
Bond of Substituted Dibenzothiophenes. Homogeneous Model for the Hydrodesulfurization
Process,” Andrew W. Myers and William D. Jones, Organometallics 1996, 15, 2905-2917.
80. “Hydrodesulfurization of Thiophene and Benzothiophene to Butane and Ethyl Benzene by a
Homogeneous Iridium Complex,” David A. Vicic and William D. Jones, Organometallics
1997, 16, 1912-1917.
81. “C—C Activation in Biphenylene. Synthesis, Structure and Reactivity of (C5Me5)2M2(2,2'biphenyl) (M = Rh, Co),” Christophe Perthuisot, Brian L. Edelbach, Deanna L. Zubris, and
William D. Jones, Organometallics, 1997, 16, 2016-2023.
82. “Carbon-Selenium Bond Cleavage by a Rhodium Complex,” David A. Vicic, Andrew W.
Myers, and William D. Jones,” Organometallics 1997, 16, 2751-2753.
83. “Synthesis and Characterization of Tris(3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl)boraterhodium Alkyl and
Vinyl Chloride Complexes,” Douglas D. Wick and William D. Jones, Inorg. Chem. 1997, 36,
2723-2729.
84. “Homogeneous Models of Thiophene HDS Reactions. Selectivity in Thiophene C-S
Cleavage and Thiophene Reactions with Dinuclear Metal Complexes,” William D. Jones,
David A. Vicic, R. Martin Chin, James H. Roache, and Andy W. Myers, Polyhedron, 1997,
16, 3115-3128.
85. “Structure of Metallathiacycles: Planar vs. Nonplanar Geometries. A Theoretical and
Experimental Investigation,” Christine Blonski, Andrew W. Myers, Michael Palmer, Suzanne
Harris, and William D. Jones, Organometallics 1997, 16, 3819-3827.
86. “Mechanism of Carbon-Fluorine Bond Activation by (C5Me5)Rh(PMe3)H2,” Brian L.
Edelbach and William D. Jones, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 7734-7742.
87. “Room Temperature Desulfurization of Dibenzothiophene Mediated by [(i-Pr2PCH2)2NiH]2,”
David A. Vicic and William D. Jones, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 10855-10856.
88. “Synthesis, Structure, and Antiproliferative Activity of Selenophenfurin, an Inosine 5'Monophosphate Dehydrogenase Inhibitor Analogue of Selenazofurin,” P. Franchetti, L.
Cappellacci, G. AbuSheikha, H. N. Jayaram, V. V. Gurudutt, T. Sint, B. P. Schneider, W. D.
Jones, B. M. Goldstein, G. Perra, A. DeMontis, A. G. Loi, P. LaColla, M. Grifantini, J. Med.
Chem. 1997, 40, 1731-1737.
89. “Thermal and Photochemical Substitution Reactions of CpReH2(PPh3)2 and CpRe(PPh3)H4.
Catalytic Insertion of Ethylene into the C-H Bond of Benzene,” William D. Jones, John A.
Maguire, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 1998, 270, 77-86. (DOE)
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90. “Mechanistic Investigation of Catalytic Carbon-Carbon Bond Activation and Formation by
Platinum and Palladium Phosphine Complexes,” Brian L. Edelbach, Rene J. Lachicotte, and
William D. Jones, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 2843-2853. (DOE)
91. “Insertion of SO2 into the Metal-Carbon Bonds of Rhodium and Iridium Compounds and
Reactivity of the SO2 Inserted Species,” Laurent Lefort, Rene J. Lachicotte, and William D.
Jones, Organometallics, 1998, 17; 1420-1425. (DOE, Elf)
92. "Deep Hydrodesulfurization in Homogeneous Solution: Access to a Transition-Metal
Insertion Complex of 4,6-Dimethyldibenzothiophene," Vicic, D. A.; Jones, W. D.
Organometallics, 1998, 17, 3411-3413. (NSF)
93. “Synthesis and Reactions of Cp-Linked Phosphine Complexes of Rhodium,” Laurent Lefort,
Todd W. Crane, Michael D. Farwell, David M. Baruch, John A. Kaeuper, Rene J. Lachicotte,
and William D. Jones, Organometallics 1998, 17, 3889-3899. (DOE)
94. “Facile C-N Bond Cleavage Mediated by Electron-Rich Cyclopentadienyl Cobalt(I)
Complexes,” Helmut Werner, Gerhard Hörlin, and William D. Jones, J. Organomet. Chem.
1998, 562, 45-51. (NATO)
95. “Carbon-Hydrogen and Carbon-Carbon Bond Activation of Cyclopropane by a
Hydridotrispyrazolylborate Rhodium Complex,” Douglas D. Wick, Todd O. Northcutt, Rene
J. Lachicotte, and William D. Jones, Organometallics 1998, 17, 4484-4492. (DOE)
96. “Catalytic Hydrogenolysis of Biphenylene with Platinum, Palladium, and Nickel Phosphine
Complexes,” Brian L. Edelbach, David A. Vicic, Rene J. Lachicotte, and William D. Jones,
Organometallics 1998, 17, 4784-4794. (DOE)
97. “11B NMR: A New Tool for the Determination of Hapticity of Trispyrazolylborate Ligands,”
Todd O. Northcutt, Rene J. Lachicotte and William D. Jones, Organometallics 1998, 14,
5148-5152. (DOE)
98. “Activation of Sulfur and Nitrogen-Containing Heterocycles by a Dinuclear Iridium
Complex,” David A. Vicic and William D. Jones, Organometallics, 1999, 18, 134-138. (NSF)
99. “Insertion of Elemental Sulfur and SO2 into the Metal-Hydride and Metal-Carbon Bonds of
Platinum Compounds,” Michael S. Morton, Rene J. Lachicotte, David Vicic, and William D.
Jones, Organometallics, 1999, 18, 227-234. (DOE, Elf)
100. “Energetics of Homogeneous Intermolecular Vinyl and Allyl Carbon-Hydrogen Bond
Activation by the 16 Electron Coordinatively Unsaturated Organometallic Fragment
[Tp'Rh(CNCH2CMe3)],” William D. Jones and Douglas D. Wick, Organometallics 1999, 18,
495-505. (DOE)
101. “Topics in Organometallic Chemistry. Activation of Unreactive Bonds and Organic
Synthesis,” Chapter 2, Activation of C-H Bonds. Stoichiometric Reactions, William D.
Jones, Springer-Verlag, 1999, Berlin.
102. “Cleavage of the Carbon-Sulfur Bonds in Thiophenes by a Polynuclear Ruthenium
Complex, William D. Jones,* R. Martin Chin, and Christine L. Hoaglin,” Organometallics,
1999, 18, 1786-1790. (NSF)
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103. “Photochemical C-H Activation and Ligand Exchange Reactions of CpReH2(PPh3)2.
Phosphine Dissociation is Not Involved,” William D. Jones, Glen P. Rosini, and John A.
Maguire, Organometallics, 1999, 18, 1754-1760. (DOE)
104. “Evidence for Methane Sigma-Complexes in Reductive Elimination Reactions from
Tp'Rh(L)(CH3)H,” Douglas D. Wick, Kelly A. Reynolds, and William D. Jones, J. Am. Chem.
Soc. 1999, 121, 3974-3983. (DOE)
105. “Evidence for the Existence of a Late-Metal Terminal Sulfido Complex,” David A. Vicic
and William D. Jones, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 4070-4071. (NSF)
106. “A new synthetic route to ligands of the general composition R2PCH2ER'2 (E = P, As) and
some rhodium complexes derived thereof,” Justin Wolf, Matthias Manger, Ulrich Schmidt,
Guido Fries, Dietmar Barth, Birgit Weberndörfer, David A. Vicic, William D. Jones, Helmut
Werner, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 1999, 1867-1876. (NATO)
107. “Carbon–Fluorine Bond Cleavage by Zirconium Metal Hydride Complexes,” Brian L.
Edelbach, A. K. Fazlur Rahman, Rene J. Lachicotte, and William D. Jones, Organometallics
1999, 18, 3170-3177. (DOE)
108. “Modeling the Hydrodesulfurization Reaction at Nickel. Unusual Reactivity of
Dibenzothiophene Relative to Thiophene and Benzothiophene,” David A. Vicic and William
D. Jones, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1999, 121, 7606-7617. (NSF)
109. “Catalytic Carbon-Carbon Bond Activation and Functionalization by Nickel Complexes,”
Brian L. Edelbach, Rene J. Lachicotte, and William D. Jones, Organometallics 1999, 18,
4040-4049. (DOE)
110. “Catalytic Carbon-Carbon and Carbon-Silicon Bond Activation and Functionalization by
Nickel Complexes,” Brian L. Edelbach, Rene J. Lachicotte, and William D. Jones,
Organometallics 1999, 18, 4660-4668. (DOE)
111. “Generation of Perfluoro-Polyphenylene Oligomers via Intramolecular C-F activation from
Cp2Zr(C5F5)2: A Dual Mechanism involving a Radical Chain and Release of
Tetrafluorobenzyne,” Brian L. Edelbach, Bradley M. Kraft, and William D. Jones, J. Am.
Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 10327-10331. (DOE)
112.
“Conquering the Carbon-Hydrogen Bond,” William D. Jones, Science, 2000, 287, 1942.
113. “Selective Carbonylation Routes to Thiocarbamates. An Alternative to Phosgene,”
William D. Jones, Kelly A. Reynolds, Caroline K. Sperry, Rene J. Lachicotte, Steven A.
Godleski, Ronald Valente, Organometallics 2000, 19, 1661-1669. (NSF)
114. “Insertions of Electrophiles into Metal Hydride Bonds. Reactions of (C5Me5)Rh(PMe3)H2
with Activated Alkynes to Produce -Alkene Complexes,” Anthony D. Selmeczy and William
D. Jones, Inorg. Chim. Acta 2000, 300-302, 138-150. (DOE)
115. “Aliphatic Carbon-Fluorine Bond Activation using (C5Me5)2ZrH2,” Bradley M. Kraft,
Rene J. Lachicotte, and William D. JonesJ. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 8559-5560. (DOE)
116. “Reversible Cleavage of Carbon-Carbon Bonds in Benzonitrile using Nickel(0),”
Juventino J. Garcia and William D. Jones, Organometallics 2000, 19, 5544-5545. (DOE)
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117. “Nickel Mediated Selective Carbonylation Routes to Thiocarbamates,” Josemon Jacob,
Kelly A. Reynolds, William D. Jones, Stephen A. Godleski, and Ronald R. Valente,
Organometallics 2001, 20, 1028-1031. (NSF)
118. “Afterthoughts on the Magnesium + Cab-o-Sil Fiasco,” William D. Jones, American
Fireworks News 2001, 233, 3.
119. “Formation of Phenylene Oligomers Using Platinum-Phosphine Complexes,” Nira Simhai,
Carl N. Iverson, Brian L. Edelbach, and William D. Jones, Organometallics 2001, 20, 27592766. (DOE)
120. “Palladium-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions of Biphenylene with Olefins, Arylboronic Acids,
and Ketones Involving C-C Bond Cleavage,” Tetsuya Satoh and William D. Jones,
Organometallics 2001, 20, 2916-2919. (DOE)
121. “Investigation of the Mechanism of Alkane Reductive Elimination and Skeletal
Isomerization in Tp'Rh(CNneopentyl)(R)H Complexes: The Role of Alkane Complexes,” Todd
O. Northcutt, Douglas D. Wick, Andrew J. Vetter, and William D. Jones, J. Am. Chem. Soc.
2001, 123, 7257-7270. (DOE)
122. “Carbon-Carbon Bond Activation in Pt(0)-Diphenylacetylene Complexes Bearing
Chelating P,N- and P, P-Ligands, Christian Müller, Carl N. Iverson, Rene J. Lachicotte, and
William D. Jones, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 9718-9719. (DOE)
123. “Aliphatic and Aromatic Carbon-Fluorine Bond Activation Using Cp*2ZrH2: Mechanisms
of Hydrodefluorination,” Bradley M. Kraft, Rene J. Lachicotte, and William D. Jones, J. Am.
Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 10973-10979. (DOE)
124. “Rhodium Catalyzed Activation and Functionalization of the C-C Bond of Biphenylene,”
Carl N. Iverson and William D. Jones, Organometallics, 2001, 20, 5745-5750. (DOE)
125. “Perspectives: Synthetic Chemistry. The Key to Successful Organic Synthesis is…,”
William D. Jones, Science, 2002, 295, 289-290.
126. “Structure of [Ni(dippe)(-S)]2 and its Reaction Products. The Nucleophilicity of the Ni2S2
Fragment,” Stephen S. Oster, Rene J. Lachicotte, and William D. Jones, Inorg. Chim. Acta,
2002, 330, 118-127. (NSF)
127. “Formation of Tetrafluorobenzyne by -Fluoride Elimination In ZirconiumPerfluorophenyl Complexes,” Bradley M. Kraft, Rene J. Lachicotte, and William D. Jones,
Organometallics, 2002, 21, 727-731. (DOE)
128. “Cobalt Catalyzed Selective Conversion of Diallylanilines and Arylimines to Quinolines,”
Josemon Jacob, Colleen M. Cavalier, William D. Jones, Stephen A. Godleski, and Ronald R.
Valente, J. Mol. Catal. A, Chemical, 2002, 183, 565-570. (NSF)
129. “Cleavage of the Carbon-Carbon Bond in Biphenylene using Transition Metals,”
Christophe Perthuisot, Brian L. Edelbach, Deanna L. Zubris, Nira Simhai, Carl N. Iverson,
Christian Müller, Tetsuya Satoh, and William D. Jones, J. Mol. Catal. A, Chemical, 2002, 189,
157-168. (DOE)
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130. “Chelating P,N versus P,P Ligands: Differing Reactivity of Donor Stabilized Pt-(2-PhC—
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CPh) Complexes Towards Diphenylacetylene,” Christian Müller, Rene J. Lachicotte, and
William D. Jones, Organometallics, 2002, 21, 1118-1123. (DOE)
131. “Thermal and Photolytical Silicon-Carbon Bond Activation in Donor Stabilized Pt(0)Alkyne Complexes,” Christian Müller, Rene J. Lachicotte, and William D. Jones,
Organometallics, 2002, 21, 1190-1196. (DOE)
132. “Catalytic C-C Bond Activation in Biphenylene and Cyclotrimerization of Alkynes:
Reactivity of P,N versus P,P Substituted Nickel Complexes,” Christian Müller, Rene J.
Lachicotte, and William D. Jones, Organometallics, 2002, 21, 1975-1981. (DOE)
133. “Mechanism of Vinylic and Allylic Carbon-Fluorine Bond Activation of NonPerfluorinated Olefins using Cp*2ZrH2,” Bradley M. Kraft, Rene J. Lachicotte, and William D.
Jones, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124, 8681-8689. (DOE)
134. “Cleavage of Carbon-Carbon Bonds in Aromatic Nitriles using Nickel(0),” Juventino J.
Garcia, Nicole M. Brunkan, and William D. Jones, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124, 9547-9555.
(DOE)
135. “Carbon-Fluorine Bond Activation of Perfluorinated Arenes with Cp*2ZrH2,” Bradley M.
Kraft and William D. Jones, J. Organomet. Chem., 2002, 658, 132-140. (DOE)
136. “Conformational Behavior of 2,11-Dithia[3.3]orthocyclophane Upon Coordination with
Platinum Group Metals,” Jorge Tiburcio, William D. Jones, Stephen J. Loeb, and Hugo
Torrens, Inorg. Chem. 2002, 41, 3779-3785.
137. “2- Coordination and C–H Activation of Electron-poor Arenes,” Carl N. Iverson, Rene J.
Lachicotte, Christian Müller and William D. Jones, Organometallics, 2002, 21, 5320-5333.
(DOE)
138. “Isotope Effects in C-H Bond Activation Reactions by Transition Metals,” William D.
Jones, Acc. Chem. Res. 2003, 36, 140-146.
139. “Cobalt Catalyzed Selective Conversion of Diallylanilines and Arylimines to Quinolines,”
Josemon Jacob and William D. Jones, J. Org. Chem. 2003, 68, 3563-3568. (NSF)
140. “Preparation, Structure, and Dynamics of a Nickel -Allyl Cyanide Complex,” Nicole M.
Brunkan and William D. Jones, J. Organomet. Chem. 2003, 683, 77-82. (DOE)
141. “Activation of C-F Bonds using Cp*2ZrH2: A Diversity of Mechanisms,” William D.
Jones, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 2003, 3991-3995. (DOE)
142. “Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of a Rhenium Complex with a Corannulene
Based Ligand,” Robert M. Chin, Benjamin Baird, Michael Jarosh, Shane Rassman, Brian
Barry, and William D. Jones, Organometallics 2003, 22, 4829-4832.
143. “Structural Properties and Inversion Mechanisms of [Rh(dippe)(SR)]2 Complexes,”
Steven S. Oster and William D. Jones, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2004, 357, 1836-1846. (DOE)
144. Activation and Functionalization of C-H Bonds, K. I. Goldberg and A. S. Goldman, Eds.,
“Chapter 3. Alkane Complexes as Intermediates in C-H Bond Activation Reactions,”
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William D. Jones, Andrew J. Vetter, Douglas D. Wick, Todd O. Northcutt, ACS Symposium
Series 885, ACS, Washington, DC (2004).
145. “Carbon-hydrogen bond activation of chloroalkanes by a rhodium trispyrazolylborate
complex,” Andy J. Vetter and William D. Jones, Polyhedron, 2004, 23, 413-417. (DOE)
146. “Kinetics, Thermodynamics and Effect of BPh3 on Competitive C-C and C-H Bond
Activation Reactions in the Interconversion of Allyl Cyanide by [Ni(dippe)],” Nicole M.
Brunkan, Donna M. Brestensky, and William D. Jones, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004, 126, 36273636. (DOE)
147. “Defluorination of Perfluoropropene using Cp*2ZrH2 and Cp*2ZrHF: A Mechanistic
Investigation from a Joint Experimental-Theoretical Perspective,” Eric Clot, Claire Megret,
Bradley M. Kraft, Odile Eisenstein, and William D. Jones, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004, 126,
5647-5653. (DOE)
148. “Cleavage of Carbon-Carbon bonds in Alkyl Nitriles Using Nickel(0),” Juventino J.
García, Alma Arévalo, Nicole M. Brunkan, and William D. Jones, Organometallics, 2004,
23, 3997-4002. (DOE)
149. “Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of [Ir(dippe)(Cl)]2, [Ir(dippe)2][Ir(dippe)Cl2], and
[Ir(dippe)2]Cl,” Stephen S. Oster and William D. Jones, Polyhedron, 2004, 23, 2959-2965.
150. “On the Nature of Carbon-Hydrogen Bond Activation at Rhodium and Related
Reactions,” William D. Jones, Inorg. Chem. 2005, 44, 4475-4484. (DOE, NSF)
151. “Alkane Coordination Selectivity in Hydrocarbon Activation by [Tp'Rh(CNneopentyl)]:
The Role of Alkane Complexes,” Andrew J. Vetter, Christine Flaschenriem, and William D.
Jones, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 12315-12322. (DOE)
152. “Bis-μ-2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-trifluoromethyl-benzenethiolate-bis(3,5cyclooctadiene)dirhodium(I),” William D. Jones, Juventino Garcia, and Hugo Torrens, Acta
Cryst. E, 2005, 61(11), m2204-m2206. (NSF)
153. “Kinetics and Mechanism of Dealkylation of Coordinated Isocyanide in Fe(PMe3)2(tBuNC)3,” Christine L. Tennent and William D. Jones, Can. J. Chem. 2005, 83, 626-633.
(DOE)
154. “The Synthesis and Structural Properties of [M(dippe)(2-C4H4S)] Complexes of Pd and
Pt and Comparison with their Ni Analog,” Tülay A. Ateşin, Stephen S. Oster, Karlyn
Skugrud, William D. Jones, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2006, 359, 2798-2805. (DOE, NSF)
155. “Isomerization of 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile with (bis-diphenylphosphinoferrocene)Nickel
compounds. Catalytic and structural studies,” Alberto Acosta-Ramírez, Miguel MuñozHernández, William D. Jones, and Juventino J. García, J. Organomet. Chem. 2006, 691,
3895-3901. (NSF)
156. “Activation of Aromatic, Aliphatic, and Olefinic Carbon-Fluorine Bonds Using
Cp*2HfH2,” Ryan D. Rieth, William W. Brennessel, and William D. Jones, European
Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2007, 18, 2839-2847. (DOE)
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157. Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry III, Robert H. Crabtree and D. Michael P.
Mingos, Eds., “Chapter 1.25: Advances in Carbon-Hydrogen Activation,” William D. Jones,
Elsevier: Oxford 2007. pp.699-723. ISBN: 008044590X
158. “Nickel Complexes Involved in the Isomerization of 2-Methyl-3-Butenenitrile,” Alberto
Acosta-Ramírez, Areli Flores-Gaspar Miguel Muñoz-Hernández, Alma Arévalo, William D.
Jones and Juventino J. García, Organometallics 2007, 26, 1712-1720. (NSF)
159. “The Activation of Alkyl Cyanides Using a Rhodiumtrispyrazolylborate Complex,”
Andrew J. Vetter, Ryan D. Rieth, and William D. Jones, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 2007, 104,
6957-6962. (DOE)
160. “Structural and Dynamic Properties of Propane Coordinated to TpRh(CNR) from a
Comparison between Theory and Experiment,” Eric Clot, Odile Eisenstein, and William D.
Jones, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 2007, 104, 6939-6944. (DOE)
161. The Chemistry of Pincer Compounds, David Morales-Morales, Ed., Chapter 19
"Perspective and Prospects for Pincer Ligand Chemistry," William D. Jones, Elsevier:
citycity 2007. pp. 441-443. ISBN - 0-444-53138-6
162. “Experimental and Theoretical Examination of C—CN and C—H Bond Activations of
Acetonitrile Using Zerovalent Nickel,” Tülay A. Ateşin, Ting Li, Sébastien Lachaize,
William W. Brennessel, Juventino J. García, and William D. Jones, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007,
129, 7562-7569. (DOE, NSF)
163. “Cleavage of Carbon-Carbon Bonds of Diphenylacetylene and its Derivatives via
Photolysis of Pt Complexes: Tuning the C-C Bond Formation Energy toward Selective C-C
Bond Activation,” Ahmet Gunay and William D. Jones, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129, 87298736. (DOE)
164. Mechanistic Investigation of the Cobalt-Catalyzed Selective Conversion of
Diallylanilines to Quinolines Involving C-N and C-H Activations,” Ling Li and William D.
Jones, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129, 10707-10713. (NSF)
165. “Catalytic isomerization of 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile by Nickel systems using bisdiphosphinoferrocene ligands: Evidence for hemilability,” Alberto Acosta-Ramírez, Miguel
Muñoz-Hernández, William D. Jones and Juventino J. García, Organometallics, 2007, 26,
5766-5769. (NSF)
166. “A Deeper Look into Thiophene Coordination Prior to Oxidative Addition of the C–S
Bond to Platinum(0): A Computational Study Using DFT and MO Methods,” Tülay A.
Ateşin and William D. Jones, Organometallics, 2008, 27, 53-60. (NSF)
167. “A Second Polymorph of (1,2-bis(di-tert-butylphosphino)ethane)(dichloride)platinum(II),” A. Gunay, W.W. Brennessel and W.D. Jones, Acta Cryst. E, 2008, 64, m454.
(DOE)
168. “P-C bond scission at the TRIPHOS ligand and C-CN bond cleavage in 2-methyl-3butenenitrile using [Ni(COD)2],” Alberto Acosta-Ramírez, Marcos Flores-Álamo, William
D. Jones and Juventino J. García, Organometallics, 2008, 27, 1834-1840. (DOE)
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169. “Understanding Selectivity in the Oxidative Addition of the Carbon-Sulfur Bonds of
2-Cyanothiophene to Pt(0),” Tülay A. Ateşin, Abdurrahman Ç. Ateşin, Karlyn Skugrud, and
William D. Jones, Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 4596-4604. (NSF)
170. “Study of the reactivity of 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile with Ni(0)-N-heterocyclic carbene
complexes,” Alberto Acosta-Ramírez, David Morales-Morales, Juan Manuel SerranoBecerra, Alma Arévalo, William D. Jones and Juventino J. García, J. Mol. Catal. A,
Chemical, 2008, 288, 14-18. (DOE)
171. “Bond cleavage reactions in substituted thiophenes by a rhodium complex,” Andrew W.
Myers, Lingzhen Dong, Tülay A. Ateşin, Roger Skugrud, Christine Flaschenriem, and
William D. Jones, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2008, 361, 3263–3270. (NSF)
172. “Solvent Effects and Eyring Activation Parameters in the Competitive Cleavage of C-CN
and C-H Bonds in 2-Methyl-3-Butenenitrile Using [(dippe)NiH]2,” Brett D. Swartz, Nicole
M. Reinartz, Juventino J. Garcia and William D. Jones, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 85488554. (DOE)
173. “Oxidative Addition of the C–S Bond of Thiophene to the (C5Me5)Rh(PMe3) Fragment:
A Theoretical Study Revisited,” Tülay A. Ateşin and William D. Jones, Organometallics
2008, 27, 3666-3670. (NSF)
174. “Experimental and Theoretical Examination of C–CN Bond Activation of Benzonitrile
using Zerovalent Nickel,” Tülay A. Ateşin, Ting Li, Sébastien Lachaize, Juventino J. García,
and William D. Jones, Organometallics 2008, 27, 3811-3817. (DOE, NSF)
175. “An Efficient Low Temperature Route to Polycyclic Isoquinoline Salt Synthesis via C-H
Activation with [Cp*MCl2]2 (M = Rh, Ir),” Ling Li, William W. Brennessel and William D.
Jones, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 12414-12419. (NSF)
176. “Selectivity in the Oxidative Addition of C–S Bonds of Substituted Thiophenes to the
(C5Me5)Rh(PMe3) Fragment: A Comparison of Theory with Experiment,” Tulay Atesin and
William D. Jones, Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 10889–10894. (NSF)
177. “Mechanistic Insights on the Hydrodesulfurization of Biphenyl-2-Thiol with Nickel
Compounds,” Jorge Torres-Nieto, William W. Brennessel, William D. Jones, Juventino J.
García, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 4120–4126. (NSF)
178. “Selective C–H Activation of Haloalkanes using a Rhodiumtrispyrazolylborate
Complex,” Andrew J. Vetter, Ryan D. Rieth, William W. Brennessel, and William D. Jones,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 10742-10752. (DOE)
179. “Synthesis, Characterization, and C–H/C–C Cleavage Reactions of Two RhodiumTrispyrazolylborate Dihydrides,” Douglas D. Wick and William D. Jones, Inorg. Chim. Acta,
2009, 362, 4416-4421. (DOE)
180. “C-H Activation of Phenyl Imines and 2-Phenylpyridines with [Cp*MCl2]2 (M ) Ir, Rh):
Regioselectivity, Kinetics, and Mechanism,” Ling Li, William W. Brennessel and William D.
Jones, Organometallics 2009, 28, 3492–3500. (NSF)
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181. “Carbon-Sulfur Bond Cleavage of Methyl Substituted Thiophenes with Iridium(III),”
Matthew R. Grochowski, William W. Brennessel, and William D. Jones, Organometallics
2009, 28, 2661–2667. (NSF)
182. “Unusual Lithium Coordinated Platinum and Rhodium Hydride Dimers,”Brent D.
Swartz, Tülay A. Ateşin, Matthew R. Grochowski, Stephen S. Oster, William W. Brennessel,
and William D. Jones, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2009, doi: 10.1016/j.ica.2009.05.013. (NSF)
183. “Selective Hydrogenation of the C=O Bond of Ketones Using Ni(0) Complexes with a
Chelating Bisphosphine,” Areli Flores-Gaspar, Paulina Pinedo-González, Marco G. Crestani,
Miguel Muñoz-Hernández, David Morales-Morales, Brian A. Warsop, William D. Jones and
Juventino J. García, J. Mol. Catal. A, 2009, 309, 1-11. (NSF)
184. “Thermodynamic Trends in Carbon-Hydrogen Bond Activation in Nitriles and
Chloroalkanes at Rhodium,” Meagan E. Evans, Ting Li, Andrew J. Vetter, Ryan D. Rieth,
and William D. Jones, J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74, 6907-6914. (DOE)
185. “Energetics of C-H Bond Activation of Fluorinated Aromatic Hydrocarbons Using a
[Tp'Rh(CNneopentyl)] Complex,” Meagan E. Evans, Catherine L. Burke, Sornanong
Yaibuathes, Eric Clot, Odile Eisenstein, and William D. Jones,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009,
131, 13464-13473. (DOE)
186. “Diverse Chemical Applications of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009,
131, 15075-15077.
187. “Reactivity Differences of Pt0 Phosphine Complexes in C–C Bond Activation of
Asymmetric Acetylenes,” Ahmet Gunay, Christian Müller, Rene J. Lachicotte, William W.
Brennessel, William D. Jones, Organometallics 2009, 28, in press. (DOE)
Manuscripts Submitted/in press:
188. Catalysis Without Precious Metals, R. M. Bullock, Ed. Chapter XXX: “Cobalt and
Nickel Catalyzed Reactions Involving C–H and C–N Activation Reactions,” Renee Becker
and William D. Jones, Wiley VCH Publishers, 20XX. in press.
Manuscripts in Preparation:
189. “Lewis Acid Assisted C-CN Cleavage of Benzonitrile using [(dippe)NiH]2,” Brett D.
Swartz, William W. Brennessel and William D. Jones, to be submitted. (DOE)
190. “C–CN Bond Activation of Aromatic Nitriles and Fluxionality of the 2-Arene
Intermediates: Experimental and Theoretical Investigations,” Ting Li, Juventino J. García,
William W. Brennessel, and William D. Jones, to be submitted. (DOE)
191. “Mechanistic Investigation of Vinylic Carbon-Fluorine Bond Activation of Perfluorinated
Cycloalkenes using Cp*2ZrH2 and Cp*2ZrHF,” Eric Clot, Bradley M. Kraft, Odile Eisenstein,
and William D. Jones, to be submitted. (DOE)
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192. “CarbonSulfur Bond Activation of Dibenzothiophenes and Phenoxythiin by
[Rh(dippe)(H)]2 and [Rh2(dippe)2(Cl)(H)],” Stephen S. Oster, Matthew R.
Grochowski, and William D. Jones*, to be submitted. (NSF)
193. “CarbonSulfur vs. Carbon-Carbon Bond Activation of 2-Cyanothiophene by
[Ni(dippe)H]2,” Stephen S. Oster, Matthew R. Grochowski, Ting Li, and William D. Jones*,
to be submitted. (NSF, DOE)
194. “Predicting Selectivity in Oxidative Addition of C-S Bonds of Substituted Thiophenes to
Pt(0) Fragment: Experimental and Theoretical Study,” Tülay A. Ateşin, Abdurrahman Ç.
Ateşin, Karlyn Skugrud, Katherine Lai, Brett D. Swartz, and William D. Jones, to be
submitted. (NSF)
195. “Investigation of C-C Bond Activation of sp-sp3 C-C Bonds of Acetylene Derivatives via
Photolysis of Pt Complexes,” Ahmet Gunay, William W. Brennessel, and William D. Jones,
to be submitted (thesis Ch.4). (DOE)
196. “Reactivity and Regioselectivity of Insertion of Unsaturated Molecules into M–C (M = Ir,
Rh) Bonds of Cyclometallated Complexes,” Ling Li, William W. Brennessel and William D.
Jones, in preparation. (NSF)
197. “The Functionalization of Hydrocarbons by Boranes using Trispyrazolylborate
Complexes,” Andrew J. Vetter and William D. Jones, to be submitted. (DOE)
198.
Reviews:
1.
Activation of Saturated Hydrocarbons by Transition Metal Complexes, by A. E. Shilov,
book review for Organometallics 1985, 4, 959.
2.
Inorganic Reactions and Methods. Volume 11, J. J. Zuckerman, ed., book review for J. Am.
Chem. Soc. 1988, 110, 7939.
3.
1994 Yearbook of Science and Technology, "Organometallic Chemistry,” McGraw Hill,
New York (1994).