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Publications of Dr. Melvyn R. Churchill

  1. O. T. Beachley, Jr., James R. Gardinier, Melvyn Rowen Churchill, David George Churchill and Kim M. Keil, "Monomeric Gallium(III) Compounds Containing Three Different Ligands. Crystal and Molecular Structures of GaMeCl(acac) and GaCl[N(SiMe3)2 ](acac)." Organometallics 21(5), 946-951 (2002).
  2. Daniel A. Durfey, Rein U. Kirss, Melvyn Rowen Churchill, Kim M. Keil and William Feighery, "Synthesis and Characterization of Some Alkyl(diferrocenyl)phosphines and Alkyl(diferrocenyl)phosphine Oxides." Synth. React. Inorg. Met.-Org. Chem. 32(1), 97-115 (2002).
  3. My Hang V. Huynh, Jennifer Smyth, Modi Wetzler, Brendan Mort, Paul K. Gong, Laura M. Witham, Donald L. Jameson, David K. Geiger, Joanne M. Lasker, Mina Charepoo, Michelle Gornikiewicz, Jose M. Cintron, Gretchen Imahori, Roberto R. Sanchez, Amy C. Marschilok, Lynn M. Krajkowski, David G. Churchill, Melvyn Rowen Churchill and Kenneth J. Takeuchi, "Remarkable Rate Enhancement of Ligand Substitution Promoted by Geometrical Arrangement of Tridentate 'Spectator' Ligands." Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 40(23), 4469-4473 (2001).
  4. O. T. Beachley, Jr., Sun-Hua L. Chao, Melvyn Rowen Churchill and Charles H. Lake, "Reactions of Neopentylindium(III) Derivatives with Isopropylphosphorus Compounds." Organometallics 20, 4896-4902 (2001).
  5. My Hang V. Huynh, Joanne M. Lasker, Modi Wetzler, Brendan Mort, Lisa F. Szczepura, Laura M. Witham, Jose M. Cintron, Amy C. Marschilok, Lily J. Ackerman, Ronald K. Castellano, Donald L. Jameson, Melvyn Rowen Churchill, Alan J. Jircitano and Kenneth J. Takeuchi, "Remarkable Spectator Ligand Effect on the Rate Constant of Ligand Substitution of (Aqua)ruthenium(II) Complexes." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 123, 8780-8784 (2001).
  6. Melvyn Rowen Churchill, Kim M. Keil, Brian P. Gilmartin, Joshua J. Schuster, Jerome B. Keister and Thomas S. Janik, "Linkage and Redox Isomerism in Ruthenium Complexes of Catecholate, Semi-quinone, and o-Acylphenolate Ligands Derived from Tri- and Tetrahydroxy-9,10-anthracenediones." Inorg. Chem. 40, 4361-4367 (2001).
  7. O. T. Beachley, Jr., Michael T. Mosscrop and Melvyn Rowen Churchill, "Chemistry of (Tetramethylcyclopentadienyl)gallium(III) Compounds," J. Organomet. Chem. 626, 59-67 (2001).
  8. David A. Voss, Jr., Lisa A. Buttrey-Thomas, Thomas S. Janik, Melvyn Rowen Churchill and Janet R. Morrow, "Lanthanide(III) Hexaaza Macrocyclic Schiff-Base Complexes and Their Decomposition in Aqueous Solution," Inorg. Chim. Acta 317, 149-156 (2001).
  9. Melvyn R. Churchill, Kim M. Keil, Thomas S. Janik and Michael C. Willoughby, "Synthesis of a Dinuclear Ylid Complex Derived from P(OPh)3: Crystal Structures of [Cp2Fe2(CO)2(µ-CO)(µ-CHP(OPh)3)+][BF4-] and [Cp2Fe2(CO)2(µ-CO)(µ-CHPPh3)+][BF4-]," J. Coord. Chem. 52, 229-244 (2001).
  10. Melvyn Rowen Churchill, Charles H. Lake, Lisa A. Buttrey, and Janet R. Morrow, "Synthesis and Crystallographic Characterization of [Eu(C18H18N6)(OAc)2+][Cl-]•7H2O, a Ten-Coordinate Eu(III) Complex With a Close-To-Planar Hexadentate C18H18N6 Ligand: An Interesting Case of a Structure with Multiple Disorder Problems." J. Coord. Chem. 50, 339-352 (2000).
  11. Huw M. L. Davies, Tore Hansen, and Melvyn Rowen Churchill, "Catalytic Asymmetric C-H Activation of Alkanes and Tetrahydrofuran." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 122, 3063-3070 (2000).
  12. Melvyn Rowen Churchill, Charles H. Lake, O. T. Beachley, Jr., and Matthew J. Noble, "Characterization of Gallium-Nitrogen Adducts by X-ray Structural and NMR Spectral Studies. Crystal Structure of [(PhMe2CCH2)2GaCl]2 and of its Monomeric t-Butylamine Adduct, (PhMe2CCH2)2GaCl[NH2(t-Bu)]." J. Coord. Chem. 49, 309-324 (2000).
  13. Melvyn Rowen Churchill, David George Churchill, Julius J. Matasi, and Huw M. L. Davies, "Absolute Configuration of C27H41NO8Si, The Diastereoselective Product of the Rhodium(II) Octanoate Catalyzed Decomposition of a Chiral Vinyldiazomethane in the Presence of 2-Acetylpyrrole: A Structural Study Rendered Difficult by Disorder of a 'Heavy' Atom." J. Chem. Cryst. 29(#9), 1061-1066 (1999).
  14. Willie J. Perez, Charles H. Lake, Ronald F. See, Laurence M. Toomey, Melvyn Rowen Churchill, Kenneth J. Takeuchi, Christopher P. Radano, Walter J. Boyko, and Carol A. Bessel, " In Situ Syntheses of Trans-spanned Octahedral Ruthenium Complexes. Crystal Structures of Trans-[Ru(Cl)(trpy){Ph2PC6H4CH2O(CO)(CH2)4(CO)OCH2C6H4PPh2}][PF6]•0.25C6H5Me.0.5CH2Cl2 and Trans-[Ru(Cl)(trpy)(PPh3)2][BF4]•CH2Cl2 ." J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Transac. #14, 2281-2292 (1999).
  15. Melvyn Rowen Churchill, David George Churchill, Gulzar Ahmed, and Huw M.L. Davies, "Absolute Configuration of C23H34O8Si, the Product of an Asymmetric Synthesis Involving the Rh(II) Catalyzed Reaction of a Chiral Vinyldiazomethane with Methyl 2-methyl-2-furoate." J. Chem. Cryst. 29(#6), 707-711 (1999).
  16. Melvyn Rowen Churchill, David George Churchill, My Hang Vo Huynh, Kenneth J. Takeuchi, Alison J. Distefano, and Donald L. Jameson, "Syntheses and Crystal Structures of Two Potential gem-di(pyrazolyl)cycloalkane Ligands, 1,1-di(pyrazol-1-yl)cyclohexane [C6H10(C3N2H3)2] and 1,1-di(pyrazol-1-yl)cyclopentane [C5H8(C3N2H3)2]." J. Chem. Cryst. 29(#6), 659-665 (1999).
  17. Melvyn Rowen Churchill, Robert Hall, Charles H. Lake, Laurence M. Toomey, and Jerome B. Keister, "Ligand Substitution on HRu3(µ-NC5H3CO2Me)(CO)10 and H2Ru3(µ-NC5H3CO2Me)2(CO)8. Crystal Structures of (µ-H)Ru3(µ-h2-NC5H3CO2Me)(CO)9(PPh3) and (µ-H)2Ru3(µ-h2-NC5H3CO2Me)2(CO)7(PPh3). [Structural Studies on Ruthenium Carbonyl Hydrides. Part 20.]." J. Coord. Chem. 47, 211-229 (1999).
  18. Robert L. Rominger, Ronald F. See, Charles H. Lake, Melvyn Rowen Churchill and Jim D. Atwood, "Iridium Complexes of Amphos (amphos = [PPh2CH2CH2NMe3+]I-): Crystal and Molecular Structures of trans-Ir(CO)(Cl)(PPh2CH2CH2NMe2)2 and [trans-Ir(CO)(Cl)(PPh2CH2CH2NMe3)22+][I-]2•2DMSO." J. Coord. Chem. 46, 165-181 (1998).
  19. O. T. Beachley, Jr., Matthew J. Noble, Melvyn Rowen Churchill, and Charles H. Lake, "Gallium-Nitrogen Compounds Prepared by Dihydronaphthalene and Thermal Elimination Reactions. Crystal and Molecular Structures of [(PhMe2CCH2)2GaNH(t-Bu)]2 and [(H4C6)Me2CCH2]Ga[NH(t-Bu)]2Ga(CH2CMe2Ph)2." Organometallics 17, 5153-5159 (1998).
  20. O. T. Beachley, Jr., Matthew J. Noble, Melvyn Rowen Churchill, and Charles H. Lake, "The Dihydronaphthalene Elimination Reaction as a Route to Gallium-Nitrogen Compounds. Crystal and Molecular Structure of [(PhMe2CCH2)2GaNHPh]2." Organometallics 17, 3311-3315 (1998).
  21. O. T. Beachley, Jr., James R. Gardinier, Melvyn Rowen Churchill, and Laurence M. Toomey, "Diorganogallium Beta-Diketonates and Their Lewis Acid-Base Adducts. Crystal and Molecular Structures of Mes2Ga(hfac) and Me2Ga(hfac)•NC5H5." Organometallics 17, 1101-1108 (1998).
  22. Daniel Miguel, Marta Moreno, Julio Pérez, Victor Riera, David George Churchill, Melvyn Rowen Churchill, and Thomas S. Janik, "Synthesis of a Tetrametallic Acetylene. X-ray Structures of [{(CO)3Mo(µ-S2CPCy3)Mn(CO)3}2(µ4-h1:h1:h1':h1'-C2)] and [(CO)3Mo(µ-CCPh)(µ-S2CPCy3)Mn(CO)3]." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 120, 417-418 (1998).
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