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  • Tenn, W. J., Conley, B. L., Bischof, S. M., Periana, R. A. Synthesis, characterization, and C-H activation reactions of novel organometallic O-donor ligated Rh(III) complexes Journal of Organometallic Chemistry  2011 696:551-558  DOI:10.1016/j.jorganchem.2010.09.021
  • Bhalla, G., Bischof, S. M., Ganesh, S. K., Liu, X. Y., Jones, C. J., Borzenko, A., Tenn, W. J., Ess, D. H., Hashiguchi, B. G., Lokare, K. S., Leung, C. H., Oxgaard, J., et al. Mechanism of efficient anti-Markovnikov olefin hydroarylation catalyzed by homogeneous Ir(III) complexes Green Chemistry  2011 13:69-81  DOI:10.1039/c0gc00330a
  • Meier, S. K., Young, K. J. H., Ess, D. H., Tenn, W. J., Oxgaard, J., Goddard, W. A., Periana, R. A. Heterolytic benzene C-H activation by a cyclometalated Iridium(III) dihydroxo pyridyl complex: synthesis, hydrogen-deuterium exchange, and density functional study Organometallics  2009 28:5293-5304  DOI:10.1021/om900039s
  • Tenn, W. J., Conley, B. L., Hovelmann, C. H., Ahlquist, M., Nielsen, R. J., Ess, D. H., Oxgaard, J., Bischof, S. M., Goddard, W. A., Periana, R. A. Oxy-functionalization of nucleophilic rhenium(I) metal carbon bonds catalyzed by selenium(IV) Journal of the American Chemical Society  2009 131:2466-2468  DOI:10.1021/ja806814c  PMID:19161305
  • Oxgaard, J., Tenn, W. J., Nielsen, R. J., Periana, R. A., Goddard, W. A. Mechanistic analysis of iridium heteroatom C-H activation: Evidence for an internal electrophilic substitution mechanism Organometallics  2007 26:1565-1567  DOI:10.1021/om061189b
  • Tenn, W. J., Young, K. J. H., Oxgaard, J., Nielsen, R. J., Goddard, W. A., Periana, R. A. Heterolytic CH activation and catalysis by an O-donor iridium-hydroxo complex Organometallics  2006 25:5173-5175  DOI:10.1021/om060657e
  • Conley, B. L., Ganesh, S. K., Gonzales, J. M., Tenn, W. J., Young, K. J. H., Oxgaard, J., Goddard, W. A., Periana, R. A. Facile functionalization of a metal carbon bond by O-atom transfer Journal of the American Chemical Society  2006 128:9018-9019  DOI:10.1021/ja062417w  PMID:16834359
  • Conley, B. L., Tenn, W. J., Young, K. J. H., Ganesh, S. K., Meier, S. K., Ziatdinov, V. R., Mironov, O., Oxgaard, J., Gonzales, J., Goddard, W. A., Periana, R. A. Design and study of homogeneous catalysts for the selective, low temperature oxidation of hydrocarbons Journal of Molecular Catalysis A-Chemical  2006 251:8-23  DOI:10.1016/j.molcata.2006.02.035
  • Tenn, W. J., Young, K. J. H., Bhalla, G., Oxgaard, J., Goddard, W. A., Periana, R. A. CH activation with an O-donor iridium-methoxo complex Journal of the American Chemical Society  2005 127:14172-14173  DOI:10.1021/ja051497l  PMID:16218597
  • Periana, R. A., Bhalla, G., Tenn, W. J., Young, K. J. H., Liu, X. Y., Mironov, O., Jones, C. J., Ziatdinov, V. R. Perspectives on some challenges and approaches for developing the next generation of selective, low temperature, oxidation catalysts for alkane hydroxylation based on the CH activation reaction Journal of Molecular Catalysis A-Chemical  2004 220:7-25  DOI:10.1016/j.molcata.2004.05.036
  • Liu, X. Y., Tenn, W. J., Bhalla, G., Periana, R. A. Synthesis and structural characterization of novel organometallic, Rh(III), bis(acetylacetonate) complexes Organometallics  2004 23:3584-3586  DOI:10.1021/om049741p