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Particle Swarm Fitting of Spin Hamiltonians: Magnetic Circular Dichroism of Reduced and NO-bound Flavodiiron Protein

Wesley J. Transue, Rae Ana Snyder, Jonathan D. Caranto, Donald M. Kurtz Jr., Edward I. Solomon*

Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61 (42), 16520–16527

DOI 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c02234

The three-spin intermediate at the O–O cleavage and proton-pumping junction in heme–Cu oxidases

Anex Jose, Andrew W. Schaefer, Antonio C. Roveda Jr., Wesley J. Transue, Wesley J. Transue, Sylvia K. Choi, Ziqiao Ding, Robert B. Gennis, Edward I. Solomon*

Science 2021, 373 (6560), 1225–1229

DOI 10.1126/science.abh3209

31P NMR Chemical Shift Tensors: Windows into Ruthenium Phosphinidene Complex Electronic Structures

Wesley J. Transue, Yizhe Dai, Martin-Louis Y. Riu, Gang Wu, Christopher C. Cummins

Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60 (13), 9254–9258

DOI 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01099

An Azophosphine Synthetic Equivalent of Mesitylphosphaazide and Its 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Reactions

Martin-Louis Y. Riu, Wesley J. Transue, Jan M. Rall, Christopher C. Cummins*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143 (20), 7635–7640

DOI 10.1021/jacs.1c03333

A Thioether-Ligated Cupric Superoxide Model with Hydrogen Atom Abstraction Reactivity

Mayukh Bhadra, Wesley J. Transue, Hyeongtaek Lim, Ryan E. Cowley, Jung Yoon C. Lee, Maxime A. Siegler, Patrick Josephs, Gerald Henkel, Markus Lerch, Siegfried Schindler, Adam Neuba, Keith O. Hodgson, Britt Hedman, Edward I. Solomon*, Kenneth D. Karlin*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143 (10), 3707–3713

DOI 10.1021/jacs.1c00260

Synthesis of an Anthracene-Based Macrocyclic Diphosphine Ligand

Martin-Louis Y. Riu, Wesley J. Transue, Ioana Knopf, Christopher C. Cummins*

Organometallics 2020, 39 (23), 4187–4190

DOI 10.1021/acs.organomet.0c00463

Kinetic Analysis of Amino Acid Radicals Formed in H2O2-Driven Cu(I) LPMO Reoxidation Implicate Dominant Homolytic Reactivity

Stephen M. Jones, Wesley J. Transue, Katlyn K. Meier, Bradley Kelemen, Edward I. Solomon*

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2020, 117 (22), 11916–11922

DOI 10.1073/10.1073/pnas.1922499117

Isolation of an Elusive Phosphatetrahedrane

Martin-Louis Y. Riu, Rebecca L. Jones, Wesley J. Transue, Christopher C. Cummins*

Science Adv. 2020, 6 (13), eaaz3168

DOI 10.1126/sciadv.aaz3168

Identification of Reactive Intermediates Relevant to Dimethylgermylene Group Transfer Reactions of an Anthracene-Based Precursor

Michael B. Geeson, Wesley J. Transue, Christopher C. Cummins*

Organometallics 2019, 38 (17), 3229–3232

DOI 10.1021/acs.organomet.9b00410

Organoiron- and Fluoride-Catalyzed Phosphinidene Transfer to Styrenic Olefins in a Stereoselective Synthesis of Unprotected Phosphiranes

Michael B. Geeson, Wesley J. Transue, Christopher C. Cummins*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141 (34), 13336–13340

DOI 10.1021/jacs.9b07069

As–P vs P–P Insertion in AsP3: Kinetic Control of the Formation of [AsP3NO]+

Tobias A. Engesser, Wesley J. Transue, Philippe Weis, Christopher C. Cummins, Ingo Krossing*

Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2019, 2019 (21), 2607–2612

DOI 10.1002/ejic.201900267

Orthophosphate and Sulfate Utilization for C–E (E = P, S) Bond Formation via Trichlorosilyl Phosphide and Sulfide Anions

Michael B. Geeson, Pablo Ríos, Wesley J. Transue, Christopher C. Cummins*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141 (15), 6375–6384

DOI 10.1021/jacs.9b01475

Anthracene as a Launchpad for a Phosphinidene Sulfide and for Generation of a Phosphorus–Sulfur Material Having the Composition P2S, a Vulcanized Red Phosphorus That Is Yellow

Wesley J. Transue, Matthew Nava, Maxwell W. Terban, Jing Yang, Matthew W. Greenberg, Gang Wu, Elizabeth S. Foreman, Chantal L. Mustoe, Pierre Kennepohl, Jonathan S. Owen, Simon J. L. Billinge, Heather J. Kulik, Christopher C. Cummins*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141 (1), 431–440

DOI 10.1021/jacs.8b10775

Synthetic and Spectroscopic Investigations Enabled by Modular Synthesis of Molecular Phosphaalkyne Precursors

Wesley J. Transue, Junyu Yang, Matthew Nava, Ivan V. Sergeyev, Timothy J. Barnum, Michael C. McCarthy, Christopher C. Cummins*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140 (51), 17985–17991

DOI 10.1021/jacs.8b09845

Magnetic-bottle and velocity-map imaging photoelectron spectroscopy of APS– (A = C14H10 or anthracene): Electronic structure, spin–orbit coupling of APS•, and dipole-bound state of APS–

Qin-qin Yuan, Zheng Yang, Ren-zhong Li, Wesley J. Transue, Zhi-peng Li, Ling Jiang, Niranjan Govind, Christopher C. Cummins*, Xue-Bin Wang*

Chin. J. Chem. Phys. 2018, 31 (4), 463–470

DOI 10.1063/1674-0068/31/cjcp1805114

Sulfur monoxide thermal release from an anthracene-based precursor, spectroscopic identification, and transfer reactivity

Maximilian Joost, Matthew Nava, Wesley J. Transue, Marie-Aline Martin-Drumel, Michael C. McCarthy, David Patterson, Christopher C. Cummins*

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2018, 115 (23), 5866–5871

DOI 10.1073/pnas.1804035115

Diazomethane umpolung atop anthracene: an electrophilic methylene transfer reagent

Maximilian Joost, Wesley J. Transue, Christopher C. Cummins*

Chem. Sci. 2018, 9 (6), 1540–1543

DOI 10.1039/c7sc04506a

An exploding N-isocyanide reagent formally composed of anthracene, dinitrogen and a carbon atom

Maximilian Joost, Matthew Nava, Wesley J. Transue, Christopher C. Cummins*

Chem. Commun. 2017, 53 (83), 11500–11503

DOI 10.1039/c7cc06516g

Terminal tungsten pnictide complex formation through pnictaethynolate decarbonylation

Maximilian Joost, Wesley J. Transue, Christopher C. Cummins*

Chem. Commun. 2017, 53 (77), 10731–10733

DOI 10.1039/c7cc06841g

Mechanism and Scope of Phosphinidene Transfer from Dibenzo-7-phosphanorbornadiene Compounds

Wesley J. Transue, Alexandra Velian, Matthew Nava, Christopher C. Cummins*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139 (31), 10822–10831

DOI 10.1021/jacs.7b05464

Spectroscopic Characterization, Computational Investigation, and Comparisons of ECX– (E = As, P, and N; X = S and O) Anions

Gao-Lei Hou, Bo Chen, Wesley J. Transue, Zheng Yang, Hansjörg Grützmacher, Matthias Driess, Christopher C. Cummins*, Weston Thatcher Borden*, Xue-Bin Wang*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139 (26), 8922–8930

DOI 10.1021/jacs.7b02984

Phosphinidene Reactivity of a Transient Vanadium P≡N Complex

Marc-André Courtemanche, Wesley J. Transue, Christopher C. Cummins*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138 (50), 16220–16223

DOI 10.1021/jacs.6b10545

A Joint Experimental and Computational Study of the Negative Ion Photoelectron Spectroscopy of the 1-Phospha-2,3,4-triazolate Anion, HCPN3–

Gao-Lei Hou, Bo Chen, Wesley J. Transue, David A. Hrovat, Christopher C. Cummins, Weston Thatcher Borden, Xue-Bin Wang

J. Phys. Chem. A 2016, 120 (31), 6228–6235

DOI 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b06343

Highly Fluorinated Ir(III)–2,2':2',2''-Terpyridine–Phenylpyridine–X Complexes via Selective C–F Activation: Robust Photocatalysts for Solar Fuel Generation and Photoredox Catalysis

Jonathan A. Porras, Isaac N. Mills, Wesley J. Transue, Stefan Bernhard*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138 (30), 9460–9472

DOI 10.1021/jacs.6b03246

A Molecular Precursor to Phosphaethyne and Its Application in Synthesis of the Aromatic 1,2,3,4-Phosphatriazolate Anion

Jonathan A. Porras, Isaac N. Mills, Wesley J. Transue, Stefan Bernhard*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138 (21), 6731–6734

DOI 10.1021/jacs.6b03910

Negative ion photoelectron spectroscopy of P2N3−: electron affinity and electronic structures of P2N3•

Gao-Lei Hou, Bo Chen, Wesley J. Transue, David A. Hrovat, Christopher C. Cummins*, Weston Thatcher Borden*, Xue-Bin Wang*

Chem. Sci. 2016, 7 (7), 4667–4675

DOI 10.1039/c5sc04667j

Synthesis, Characterization, and Thermolysis of Dibenzo-7-dimethylgermanorbornadiene

Alexandra Velian, Wesley J. Transue, Christopher C. Cummins*

Organometallics 2015, 34 (19), 4644–4646

DOI 10.1021/acs.organomet.5b00529

[Ir(N^N^N)(C^N)L]+: A New Family of Luminophores Combining Tunability and Enhanced Photostability

Danielle N. Chirdon, Wesley J. Transue, Husain N. Kagalwala, Aman Kaur, Andrew B. Maurer, Tomislav Pintauer, Stefan Bernhard*

Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53 (3), 1487–1499

DOI 10.1021/ic402411g

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