SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1 McPherson, L. D.; BeReau, V. M.; Abu-Omar, M. M.; Ugrinova, V.; Pu, L.; Taylor, S. D.;
Brown, S. N. "Organometallic and coordination complexes. Oxorhenium(V) oxazoline
complexes for oxygen atom transfer" Inorganic Syntheses, 2004, 34, 54.
2 Pu, L.; Philips, A. D.; Richards, A. F.; Stender, M.; Simons, R. S.; Olmstead, M. M.; Power, P.
P. "Germanium and Tin Analogues of Alkynes and Their Reduction Products" J. Am. Chem.
Soc., 2003, 125, 11625.
3 Grant, B. R.; Laitar, D. S.; Pu, L.; Wargocki, M. S.; DiPasquale, A.; Schuck, S. M.; Brown, S.
N. "Stoichiometric and Catalytic Oxygen Activation by Trimesityliridium(III) " Inorg. Chem.
2002, 41, 4815.
4 Pu, L.; Hardman, N. J.; Power, P. P. "Attempted Isolation of Heavier Group 14 Element
Ketone Analogues: Effect of O-H...-Ar Hydrogen Bonding on Geometry" Organometallics,
2001, 24, 5105.
5 Stender, M.; Pu, L.; Power, P. P., " Stabilized Terphenyl-Substituted Digermene Derivatives of
Simple Organic Groups and Their Halide Precursors: Preference for Symmetrically Bonded
Structures." Organometallics, 2001, 20, 1820.
6 Eichler, B. E.; Pu, L.; Stender, M.; Power, P. P. "The Synthesis and Structure of Sterically
Encumbered Terphenyl Tin(II) Halide Derivates: Simulateous Existence of Monomers and
Dimers in the Crystalline Phase" Polyhedron, 2001, 20, 551.
7 Pu, L.; Twamley, B.; Power, P. P., " Terphenyl Ligand Stabilized Lead (II) Derivatives of
Simple Organic Groups: Characterization of Pb(R)C6H3-2,6-Trip2 (R = Me, t-Bu, or Ph; Trip =
- C6H2-2,4,6-i-Pr3)." Organometallics, 2000, 19, 2874.
8 Pu, L.; Twamley, B. and Power, P. P., " Synthesis and Characterization of 2,6Trip2H3C6PbPbC6H3-2,6-Trip2 (Trip = C6H2-2,4,6-i-Pr3): A Stable Heavier Group 14 Element
Analogue of an Alkyne ." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2000, 122, 3524.
9 Pu, L.; Power, P. P.; Boltes, I.; Herbst-Irmer, R., " Synthesis and Characterization of the
Metalloplumbylenes (5-C5H5)(CO)3M-Pb-C6H3-2,6-Trip2(M = Cr, Mo,W; Trip = - C6H22,4,6-i-Pr3)." Organometallics, 2000, 19, 352.
10 Pu, L.; Twamley, B.; Haubrich, S. T.; Olmstead, M. M.; Mork, B.; Simons, R. S.; Power, P.
P., " Triple bonding to Germanium: Characterization of the Transition Metal Germylynes
(5C5H5)(CO)2MGe-C6H3-2,6-Mes2(M = Mo, W; Mes = -C6H2-2,4,6-Me3) and (5C5H5)(CO)2MGe-C6H3-2,6-Trip2(M = Cr, Mo, W; Trip = -C6H2-2,4,6-i-Pr3) and the Related
Single Bonded Metallogermylenes. (5-C5H5)(CO)3M-Ge-C6H3-2,6-Trip2(M = Cr, W)." J.
Am Chem. Soc., 2000, 122, 650.
11 Pu, L.; Haubrich, S. T.; Power, P. P., " Synthesis and Structural Characterization of
[(THF)3Na][(SnC6H3-2,6-Trip2)2](Trip = C6H2-2,4,6-i-Pr3): effects of cation-anion association
on Sn-Sn multiple bonding." J. Organomet. Chem., 1999, 582, 100.
12 Pu, L.; Olmstead, M. M.; Power, P. P.; Schiemenz, B., " Synthesis and Characterization of the
Monomeric Terphenyl Metal Halides Ge(Cl)(C6H3-2,6-Trip2) (Trip = C6H2-2,4,6-i-Pr3) and
Sn(I)(C6H3-2,6-Trip2)and the Terphenyl Metal Amide Sn{(N(SiMe3)2)(C6H3-2,6-Trip2)}."
Organometallics, 1998, 17, 5602.
13 Pu, L.; Senge, M. O.; Olmstead, M. M.; Power, P. P., " Synthesis and Characterization of
Na2[Ge(C6H3-2,6-Trip2)]2 and K2[Sn(C6H3-2,6-Trip2)]2 (Trip = -C6H2-2,4,6-i-Pr3): A new
class of multiply bonded main group compounds." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1998, 120, 12682.
14 Olmstead, M. M.; Pu, L.; Simons, R. S.; Power, P. P. " Reduction of
Ge(Cl)C6H3mes2-2,6 to
give the Cyclotrigermenyl Radical (GeC6H3mes2-2,6)3· and the Trigermenyl anion salt
K(GeC6H3mes2-2,6)3." Chem. Commun. 1997, 1595.
15 Simons, R. S.; Pu, L.; Olmstead, M. M.; Power, P. P. "Synthesis and
Characterization of the
Monomeric Diaryls M{C6H3-2,6-Mes2}2 (M = Ge, Sn, or Pb; Mes = 2,4,6Me3C6H2-) and Dimeric Aryl-Metal Chlorides [M(Cl){C6H3-2,6-Mes2}]2 (M =
Ge or Sn)." Organometallics, 1997, 16, 1920.