Roger Sommer

Fick, R. J., Liu, A. Y., Nussbaumer, F., Kreutz, C., Rangadurai, A., Xu, Y., … Stelling, A. L. (2021). Probing the Hydrogen-Bonding Environment of Individual Bases in DNA Duplexes with Isotope-Edited Infrared Spectroscopy. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, 125(28), 7613–7627. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c01351

Nguyen, K. C., Wang, P., Sommer, R. D., & Lindsey, J. S. (2020). Asymmetric Synthesis of a Bacteriochlorophyll Model Compound Containing trans-Dialkyl Substituents in Ring D. The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 85(10), 6605–6619. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.0c00608

Donal F. O'shea, Sommer, R. D., Taniguchi, M., & Lindsey, J. (2020). Crystal Structure of 1,9-Dibromo-5-phenyldipyrrin, Tetrapyrrole Synthesis Derivative and Free Base Ligand of BODIPY Building Blocks. X-RAY STRUCTURE ANALYSIS ONLINE, 36, 21–22. https://doi.org/10.2116/xraystruct.36.21

Santiago, A. J. G., Brown, C. A., Sommer, R. D., & Ison, E. A. (2020). Identification of key functionalization species in the Cp*Ir(iii)-catalyzed-ortho halogenation of benzamides. Dalton Transactions. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0DT00565G

Shultz, D. A., Kirk, M. L., Zhang, J., Stasiw, D. E., Wang, G., Yang, J., … Sommer, R. D. (2020). Spectroscopic Signatures of Resonance Inhibition Reveal Differences in Donor–Bridge and Bridge–Acceptor Couplings. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142(10), 4916–4924. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c00326

Brown, C. A., Lilly, C. P., Lambic, N. S., Sommer, R. D., & Ison, E. A. (2020). Synthesis and Reactivity of Re(III) and Re(V) Fischer Carbenes. ORGANOMETALLICS, 39(3), 388–396. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.9b00600

Lambic, N. S., Sommer, R. D., & Ison, E. A. (2020). Synthesis and reactivity of nitridorhenium complexes incorporating the mercaptoethylsulfide (SSS) ligand. Dalton Transactions. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0DT00631A

Short, M. A., Sommer, R. D., Falzone, A. J., Huang, T., Weare, W. W., & Roizen, J. L. (2019). A five-coordinate iron(III) porphyrin complex including a neutral axial pyridine N-oxide ligand. Acta Crystallographica Section C Structural Chemistry, 75(6), 717–722. https://doi.org/10.1107/S2053229619005849

Garcia, R. C., Pech, M. J., Sommer, R., & Gorman, C. B. (2019). Synthesis of 5,12-Diazapentacenes and Their Properties. JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 84(23), 15079–15086. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.9b01628

Chakraborty, A., Yarnell, J. E., Sommer, R. D., Roy, S., & Castellano, F. N. (2018). Excited-state processes of cyclometalated platinum(II) charge-transfer dimers bridged by hydroxypyridines. Inorganic Chemistry, 57(3), 1298–1310. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b02736

Lambic, N. S., Sommer, R. D., & Ison, E. A. (2018). High-valent nitridorhenium(v) complexes containing PNP ligands: implications of ligand flexibility. Dalton Transactions, 47(3), 758–768. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7dt03615a

Hou, F., Powel, M., Dougherty, D. B., Sommer, R. D., & Maggard, P. A. (2018). Tunable Optical and Photocatalytic Properties of Low-Dimensional Copper(I)-Iodide Hybrids Using Coordinating Organic Ligands. CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN, 18(9), 5406–5416. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.8b00788

Grice, K. A., Patil, R., Ghosh, A., Paner, J. D., Guerrero, M. A., Camacho, E. J. M., … Patil, S. (2018). Understanding the structure and reactivity of the C–S linkage in biologically active 5-arylthio-5H-chromenopyridines. New Journal of Chemistry, 42(2), 1151–1158. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7nj03724d

Perez, D. E., Smeltz, J. L., Sommer, R. D., Boyle, P. D., & Ison, E. A. (2017). Cationic rhenium ((III)) complexes: synthesis, characterization, and reactivity for hydrosilylation of aldehydes. Dalton Transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003), 46(14), 4609–4616. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7dt00271h

Lambic, N. S., Brown, C. A., Sommer, R. D., & Ison, E. A. (2017). Dramatic Increase in the Rate of Olefin Insertion by Coordination of Lewis Acids to the Oxo Ligand in Oxorhenium(V) Hydrides. Organometallics, 36(10), 2042–2051. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00291

Kirk, M. L., Shultz, D. A., Zhang, J., Dangi, R., Ingersol, L., Yang, J., … Wojtas, L. (2017). Heterospin biradicals provide insight into molecular conductance and rectification. Chemical Science, 8(8), 5408–5415. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7sc00073a

Patil, R., Ghosh, A., Cao, P. S., Sommer, R. D., Grice, K. A., Waris, G., & Patil, S. (2017). Novel 5-arylthio-5H-chromenopyridines as a new class of anti-fibrotic agents. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 27(5), 1129–1135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2017.01.089

Lambic, N. S., Sommer, R. D., & Ison, E. A. (2017). Tuning Catalytic Activity in the Hydrogenation of Unactivated Olefins with Transition-Metal Oxos as the Lewis Base Component of Frustrated Lewis Pairs. ACS Catalysis, 7(2), 1170–1180. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.6b03313

Huggins, W. M., Minrovic, B. M., Corey, B. W., Jacobs, A. C., Melander, R. J., Sommer, R. D., … Melander, C. (2016). 1,2,4-Triazolidine-3-thiones as Narrow Spectrum Antibiotics against Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 8(1), 27–31. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.6b00296

Goggins, E. M., Lekich, T. T., Weare, W. W., Sommer, R. D., Ribeiro, M. A., & Pinheiro, C. B. (2016). A Periodic Walk through a Series of First-Row, Oxido-Bridged, Heterodimetallic Molecules: Synthesis and Structure. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2016(7), 1054–1059. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201501325

Allen, S. K., Lathrop, T. E., Patel, S. B., Moody, D. M. H., Sommer, R. D., & Coombs, T. C. (2016). ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis of 7-Norbornenols via Diels-Alder Cycloadditions of Cyclopentadienol Generated by Decomposition of Ferrocenium Cation. ChemInform, 47(9), no-no. https://doi.org/10.1002/chin.201609095

Robbins, L. K., Lilly, C. P., Sommer, R. D., & Ison, E. A. (2016). Effect of the Ancillary Ligand on the Mechanism for CO Migratory Insertion in High-Valent Oxorhenium Complexes. Organometallics, 35(20), 3530–3537. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00570

Lambic, N. S., Lilly, C. P., Sommer, R. D., & Ison, E. A. (2016). Mechanism for the Reaction of CO with Oxorhenium Hydrides: Migratory Insertion of CO into Rhenium Hydride and Formyl Bonds leads to Migration from Rhenium to the Oxo Ligand. Organometallics, 35(17), 3060–3068. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00591

Frasco, D. A., Mukherjee, S., Sommer, R. D., Perry, C. M., Lambic, N. S., Abboud, K. A., … Ison, E. A. (2016). Nondirected C–H Activation of Arenes with Cp*Ir(III) Acetate Complexes: An Experimental and Computational Study. Organometallics, 35(15), 2435–2445. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00308

Lambic, N. S., Lilly, C. P., Robbins, L. K., Sommer, R. D., & Ison, E. A. (2016). Reductive Carbonylation of Oxorhenium Hydrides Induced by Lewis Acids. Organometallics, 35(17), 2822–2829. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00393

Cao, P. S., Sommer, R. D., & Grice, K. A. (2016). Structural comparison of suberanilohydroxamic acid (SAHA) and other zinc-enzyme inhibitors bound to a monomeric zinc species. Polyhedron, 114, 344–350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2016.01.029

Lambic, N. S., Sommer, R. D., & Ison, E. A. (2016). Transition-Metal Oxos as the Lewis Basic Component of Frustrated Lewis Pairs. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138(14), 4832–4842. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b00705

Wilcox, R. J., Losey, B. P., Folmer, J. C. W., Martin, J. D., Zeller, M., & Sommer, R. (2015). ChemInform Abstract: Crystalline and Liquid Structure of Zinc Chloride Trihydrate: A Unique Ionic Liquid. ChemInform, 46(16), no-no. https://doi.org/10.1002/chin.201516006

Wilcox, R. J., Losey, B. P., Folmer, J. C. W., Martin, J. D., Zeller, M., & Sommer, R. (2015). Crystalline and Liquid Structure of Zinc Chloride Trihydrate: A Unique Ionic Liquid. Inorganic Chemistry, 54(3), 1109–1119. https://doi.org/10.1021/ic5024532

Stasiw, D. E., Zhang, J. Y., Wang, G. B., Dangi, R., Stein, B. W., Shultz, D. A., … Sommer, R. D. (2015). Determining the conformational landscape of a and pi coupling using para-phenylene and "Aviram-Ratner" bridges. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137(29), 9222–9225. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5b04629

Zhang, N., Reddy, K. R., Jiang, J., Taniguchi, M., Sommer, R. D., & Lindsey, J. S. (2015). Elaboration of an unexplored substitution site in synthetic bacteriochlorins. Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 19(07), 887–902. https://doi.org/10.1142/s1088424615500534

Huang, T., Wu, X., Song, X., Xu, H., Smirnova, T. I., Weare, W. W., & Sommer, R. D. (2015). Ferromagnetic coupling in d1–d3 linear oxido-bridged heterometallic complexes: ground-state models of metal-to-metal charge transfer excited states. Dalton Transactions, 44(43), 18937–18944. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5dt02719e

Grice, K. A., Kositarut, J. A., Lawando, A. E., & Sommer, R. D. (2015). Intramolecular C–H activation by air-stable Pt(II) phosphite complexes. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 799-800, 201–207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2015.09.031

Choing, S. N., Francis, A. J., Clendenning, G., Schuurman, M. S., Sommer, R. D., Tamblyn, I., … Cuk, T. (2015). Long-lived LMCT in a d(0) vanadium(V) complex by internal conversion to a state of 3d(xy) character. Journal of Physical Chemistry. C, 119(30), 17029–17038. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b00513

Lehman, M. C., Pahls, D. R., Meredith, J. M., Sommer, R. D., Heinekey, D. M., Cundari, T. R., & Ison, E. A. (2015). Oxyfunctionalization with Cp*Ir-III(NHC)(Me)(CI) with O-2: Identification of a rare bimetallic Ir-IV mu-Oxo intermediate. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137(10), 3574–3584. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja512905t

Kulikov, O. V., Siriwardane, D. A., McCandless, G. T., Barnes, C., Sevryugina, Y. V., DeSousa, J. D., … Novak, B. M. (2015). Self-assembly of n-Alkyl-and Aryl-side chain ureas and their derivatives as evidenced by SEM and X-ray analysis. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, (34), 7511–7518. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.201501242

Han, S.-D., Yun, S.-H., Borodin, O., Seo, D. M., Sommer, R. D., Young, V. G., & Henderson, W. A. (2015). Solvate Structures and Computational/Spectroscopic Characterization of LiPF6 Electrolytes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 119(16), 8492–8500. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b00826

Allen, S. K., Lathrop, T. E., Patel, S. B., Moody, D. M. H., Sommer, R. D., & Coombs, T. C. (2015). Synthesis of 7-norbornenols via Diels–Alder cycloadditions of cyclopentadienol generated by decomposition of ferrocenium cation. Tetrahedron Letters, 56(44), 6038–6042. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2015.09.051

Wu, X., Huang, T., Lekich, T. T., Sommer, R. D., & Weare, W. W. (2015). Synthesis of Unsupported d1–dx Oxido-Bridged Heterobimetallic Complexes Containing VIV: A New Direction for Metal-to-Metal Charge Transfer. Inorganic Chemistry, 54(11), 5322–5328. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b00370

King, N., Sommer, R. D., Watkins-Curry, P., Chan, J. Y., & Maggard, P. A. (2015). Synthesis, Structure, and Thermal Instability of the Cu2Ta4O11 Phase. Crystal Growth & Design, 15(2), 552–558. https://doi.org/10.1021/cg500987c

Falzone, A. J., Nguyen, J., Weare, W. W., Sommer, R. D., & Boyle, P. D. (2014). An An unsupported metal hydroxide for the design of molecular mu-oxo bridged heterobimetallic complexes. Chemical Communications, 50(17), 2139–2141. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3cc49066a

Falzone, A. J., Nguyen, J., Weare, W. W., Sommer, R. D., & Boyle, P. D. (2014). An unsupported metal hydroxide for the design of molecular μ-oxo bridged heterobimetallic complexes [Erratum to document cited in CA160:321591]. Chemical Communications, 50(67), 9608.

McOwen, D. W., Delp, S. A., Paillard, E., Herriot, C., Han, S.-D., Boyle, P. D., … Henderson, W. A. (2014). Anion Coordination Interactions in Solvates with the Lithium Salts LiDCTA and LiTDI. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 118(15), 7781–7787. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp412601x

Bartelmess, J., Francis, A. J., Roz, K. A. E., Castellano, F. N., Weare, W. W., & Sommer, R. D. (2014). Light-Driven Hydrogen Evolution by BODIPY-Sensitized Cobaloxime Catalysts. Inorganic Chemistry, 53(9), 4527–4534. https://doi.org/10.1021/ic500218q

Huang, T., Wu, X., Weare, W. W., & Sommer, R. D. (2014). Mono-Oxido-Bridged Heterobimetallic and Heterotrimetallic Compounds Containing Titanium(IV) and Chromium(III). European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2014(33), 5662–5674. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201402800

Lehman, M. C., Boyle, P. D., Sommer, R. D., & Ison, E. A. (2014). Oxyfunctionalization with Cp*IrIII(NHC)(Me)L Complexes. Organometallics, 33(19), 5081–5084. https://doi.org/10.1021/om5007352

Liu, M., Ptaszek, M., Mass, O., Minkler, D. F., Sommer, R. D., Bhaumik, J., & Lindsey, J. S. (2014). Regioselective β-pyrrolic electrophilic substitution of hydrodipyrrin–dialkylboron complexes facilitates access to synthetic models for chlorophyll f. New Journal of Chemistry, 38(4), 1717. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3nj01508d

Seo, D. M., Boyle, P. D., Sommer, R. D., Daubert, J. S., Borodin, O., & Henderson, W. A. (2014). Solvate Structures and Spectroscopic Characterization of LiTFSI Electrolytes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 118(47), 13601–13608. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp505006x

Kirk, M. L., Shultz, D. A., Stasiw, D. E., Lewis, G. F., Wang, G., Brannen, C. L., … Boyle, P. D. (2014). Superexchange Contributions to Distance Dependence of Electron Transfer/Transport: Exchange and Electronic Coupling in Oligo(para-Phenylene)- and Oligo(2,5-Thiophene)-Bridged Donor-Bridge-Acceptor Biradical Complexes [Erratum to document cited in CA159:719548]. Journal of American Chemical Society, 136(10), 4089. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja500971x

Frasco, D. A., Sommer, R. D., & Ison, E. A. (2014). ortho-C–H Activation of Thiobenzoic Acid: Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of Iridium Thiobenzoate Complexes. Organometallics, 34(1), 275–279. https://doi.org/10.1021/om501115u

Kirk, M. L., Shultz, D. A., Stasiw, D. E., Lewis, G. F., Wang, G., Brannen, C. L., … Boyle, P. D. (2013). Superexchange Contributions to Distance Dependence of Electron Transfer/Transport: Exchange and Electronic Coupling in Oligo(para-Phenylene)- and Oligo(2,5-Thiophene)-Bridged Donor–Bridge–Acceptor Biradical Complexes. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135(45), 17144–17154. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja4081887

Bartelmess, J., Weare, W. W., & Sommer, R. D. (2013). Synthesis, characterization and structural investigation of novel meso-pyridyl BODIPY–cobaloxime complexes. Dalton Transactions, 42(41), 14883. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3dt51849c

Spore, A. B., Rizzo, N. M., Noll, B. C., & Sommer, R. D. (2010). A growing family: New structures of coordination polymers containing adamantane-shaped phosphorus–nitrogen cage ligands. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 364(1), 261–265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2010.08.052