PUBLICATIONS

1) Bimetallic and Cluster Chemistry

Reviews

R. BENDER, R. WELTER, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Phosphanido-Bridged Triangular Platinum Clusters as Versatile Platforms: A Personal Account
Inorg. Chim. Acta (Special Issue “Metal-Metal Bonded Compounds and Metal Clusters”), 2015, 424, 20-28.

P. BUCHWALTER, J. ROSÉ, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Multimetallic Catalysis Based on Heterometallic Complexes and Clusters.
Chem. Rev. 2015, 115, 28-126.

P. BRAUNSTEIN
A historical commentary.
The Chemical Record, 2015, 15, 1132-1136.

T. FLIEDEL, A. GHISOLFI, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Functional Short-Bite Ligands: Synthesis, Coordination Chemistry, and Applications of N-Functionalized Bis(diaryl/dialkylphosphino) amine-type Ligands.
Chem. Rev. 2016, 116, 9237-9304.

P. BRAUNSTEIN, A. A. DANOPOULOS
Transition Metal Chain Complexes Supported by Soft Donor Assembling Ligands.
Chem. Rev. 2021, 121, 7346–7397.

Articles

A. GHISOLFI, F. CONDELLO, C. FLIEDEL, V. ROSA, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Facile and Room-Temperature Activation of C_sp3−Cl Bonds by Cheap and Air-Stable Nickel(II) Complexes of (N‐Thioether)DPPA-Type Ligands.
Organometallics, 2015, 34, 2255-2260.

P. AI, A. A. DANOPOULOS, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Aurophilicity-Triggered Assembly of Novel Cyclic Penta- and Hexanuclear Gold(I) Complexes with Rigid Anionic NHC-Type Ligands.
Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 3722-3724.

V. CHARRA, P. de FRÉMONT, P.-A. R. BREUIL, H. OLIVIER-BOURBIGOU, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Silver(I) and copper(I) complexes with bis-NHC ligands: Dinuclear complexes, cubanes and coordination polymers.
Organomet. Chem. (special issue), 2015, 795, 25-33.

S. TODISCO, P. MASTRORILLI, M. LATRONICO, V. GALLO, U. ENGLERT, N. RE, F. CREATI, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Sulfur-Assisted Phenyl Migration from Phosphorus to Platinum in PtW₂ and PtMo₂ Clusters Containing Thioether-Functionalized Short-Bite Ligands of the Bis(diphenylphosphanyl)amine (dppa)-Type.
Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 4777-4798.

C. FLIEDEL, V. ROSA, A. FALCETO, P. ROSA, S. SANTIAGO, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Unsymmetrical Chelation of N-(thioether)-Functionalized Bis(Diphenylphosphino)amine-type Ligands and Substituent Effects on the Nuclearity of Iron(II) Complexes: Structures, Magnetism and Bonding.
Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 6547-6559.

S. HAMEURY, L. KAYSER, R. PATTACINI, P. ROSA, A.-L. BARRA, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Synthesis, Structures and Single Molecule Magnet Behaviour of High Nuclearity Ni(II) Dicubane-type Complexes with Pyridyl-Alcohol Ligands.
ChemPlusChem. 2015, 80, 1312-1320.

V. HESS, F. MATTHES, D. E. BÜRGLER, K. Yu. MONAKHOV, C. BESSON, P. KÖGERLER, A. GHISOLFI, P. BRAUNSTEIN, C. M.SCHNEIDER
Adsorption Phenomena of Cubane-Type Tetranuclear Ni(II) Complexes with Neutral, Thioether-Functionalized Ligands on Au(111).
Surface Science, 2015, 641, 210-215.

H.-W. CHEN, T. S. A. HOR, R. PATTACINI, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Unexpected Synthesis of an Au₂In₂ Tetrametallatricyclic Complex from
a-Aminophosphines and Formation of Au-In-P and Ag-In-P Nanomaterials.
Dalton Trans. 2015, 44, 16242-16246.

T. SIMLER, A. A. DANOPOULOS, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Relative Lability and Chemoselective Transmetallation Aptitude of NHC in Hybrid Phosphine–NHC Ligands; Access toHeterometallic Complexes.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 13691-13695.

F. HE, M. WESOLEK, A. A. DANOPOULOS, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Homo and Heterodinuclear Ir and Rh Imine-functionalized Protic NHC Complexes: Synthetic, Structural Studies and Tautomerization/Metallotropism Insights.
Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 2658-2671.

P. AI, C. GOURLAOUEN, A. A. DANOPOULOS, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Novel Di- and Tri-nuclear Palladium Complexes Supported by N,N’-Diphosphanyl NHC Ligands and N,N’-Diphosphanylimidazolium Palladium, Gold, and Mixed-Metal Copper-Gold Complexes.
Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55, 1219−1229.

P. AI, M. MAURO, L. DE COLA, A. A. DANOPOULOS, P. BRAUNSTEIN
A Bis(diphosphanyl)-N-Heterocyclic Carbene Au Complex as Synthon for Rigid AuAg₂ Arrays and Au₅ and Cu₆ Luminescent Double Arrays.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 3338-3341.

D. E. BÜRGLER, V. HESS, T. ESAT, S. FAHRENDORF, F. MATTHES, C. M. SCHNEIDER, C. BESSON, K. Yu. MONAKHOV, P. KÖGERLER,GHISOLFI, P. BRAUNSTEIN, N. ATODIRESEI, V. CACIUC, S. BLÜGEL
Spin-Hybrids : A Single-Molecule Approach to Spintronics.
e-J. Surf. Sci. Nanotech. 2016, 14, 17-22.

C. FLIEDEL, V. ROSA, B. VILENO, N. PARIZEL, S. CHOUA, C. GOURLAOUEN, P. ROSA, P. TUREK, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Zwitterionic Cobalt Complexes with Bis(diphenylphosphino)(N-thioether)amine Assembling Ligands: Structural, EPR, Magnetic and Computational Studies.
Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55, 4183-4198.

T. SIMLER, P. BRAUNSTEIN, A. A. DANOPOULOS
Coinage Metal Complexes with Bridging Hybrid Phosphine-NHC Ligands: Synthesis of Di- and Tetra-nuclear Complexes.
Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 5122-5139.

P. AI, M. MAURO, C. GOURLAOUEN, S. CARRARA, L. DE COLA, Y. TOBON, U. GIOVANELLA, C. BOTTA, A. A. DANOPOULOS, P.BRAUNSTEIN
Bonding, Luminescence, Metallophilicity in Linear Au₃ and Au₂Ag Chains Stabilized by Rigid Diphosphanyl NHC Ligands.
Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55, 8527−8542.

P. CROIZAT, S. SCULFORT, R. WELTER, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Hexa- and Octa-nuclear Heterometallic Clusters with Copper-, Silver- or Gold-Molybdenum Bonds and d¹⁰-d¹⁰ Interactions.
Organometallics, 2016, 35, 3949-3958.

J. MOHRBACH, J. LANG, S. DILLINGER, M. A. PROSENC, P. BRAUNSTEIN, G. NIEDNER-SCHATTEBURG
Vibrational fingerprints of a tetranuclear cobalt carbonyl cluster within an ion trap.
Mol. Spectroscopy, 2017, 332, 103-108.

A. GHISOLFI, C. FLIEDEL, P. DE FREMONT, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Mono- and polynuclear Ag(I) complexes of N-functionalized bis(diphenylphosphino)amine DPPA-type ligands: synthesis, solid-state structures and reactivity.
Dalton Trans. 2017, 46, 5571-5586.

K. Yu. MONAKHOV, J. van LEUSEN, P. KÖGERLER, E.-L. ZINS, M. E. ALIKHANI, M. TROMP, A. A. DANOPOULOS, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Linear, Trinuclear Cobalt Complexes with o-Phenylene-bis-Silylamido Ligands.
Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 6504-6508.

P. AI, K. Yu. MONAKHOV, J. van LEUSEN, P. KÖGERLER, C. GOURLAOUEN, M. TROMP, R. WELTER, A. A. DANOPOULOS, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Linear Cu^I₂Pd⁰, Cu^IPd⁰₂ and Ag^I₂Pd⁰ Metal Chains Supported by Rigid N,N’-Diphosphanyl NHC Ligands and Metallophilic Interactions.
Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 8787−8796 (front cover).

P. AI, M. MAURO, A. A. DANOPOULOS, A. MUÑOZ-CASTRO, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Dual Emission of a Cyclic Hexanuclear Gold(I) Complex. Interplay between Au₃ and Au₂ Ligand-Supported Luminophores.
J. Phys. Chem. C 2019, 123, 915−921.

C.-Y. LIU, X.-R. WEI, Y. CHEN, H.-F. WANG, J.-F. GE, Y.-J. XU, Z.-G. REN, P. BRAUNSTEIN, J.-P. LANG
Tetradecanuclear and Octadecanuclear Gold(I) Sulfido Clusters: Synthesis, Structures, and Luminescent Selective Tracking of Lysosomes in Living Cells.
Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 3690−3697.

N. NAILI, S. KAHLAL, B. ZOUCHOUNE, J.-Y. SAILLARD, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Carbonylmetallates as versatile 2-, 4- or 6-Electron Donor Metalloligands in Transition-Metal Complexes and Clusters: A Global Approach
Chem. Eur. J. 2023, 29, e202203557.

H.-M. YU, M.-HAO DU, J. SHU, Y.-H. DENG, Z.-M. XU, Z.-W. HUANG, Z. ZHANG, B. CHEN, P. BRAUNSTEIN,J.-P. LANG
Self-Assembly of Cluster-Mediated 3D Catenanes with Size-Specific Recognition Behavior.
J. Am. Chem. Soc 2023, 145, 25103−25108.

2) Functional Ligands, Hemilability, Metal Complexes and Applications.

Reviews

R. S. H. KHOO, H.-K. LUO, P. BRAUNSTEIN, T. S. A. HOR, Transformation of CO₂ to Value-Added Materials
Mol. Eng. Mater. 2015, 3, 1540007(1-12).

T. FLIEDEL, A. GHISOLFI, P. BRAUNSTEIN, Functional Short-Bite Ligands: Synthesis, Coordination Chemistry, and Applications of N-Functionalized Bis(diaryl/dialkylphosphino) amine-type Ligands.
Chem. Rev. 2016, 116, 9237-9304.

S.-J. BAO, C.-Y. LIU, M. ZHANG, X.-R. CHEN, H. YU, H.-X. LI, P. BRAUNSTEIN, J.-P. LANG
Metal complexes with the zwitterion 4-(trimethylammonio)benzenethiolate: Synthesis, structures and applications.
Coord. Chem. Rev. 2019, 397, 28-53.

J.-Y. XUE, C. LI, F.-L. LI, H.-W. GU, P. BRAUNSTEIN, J.-P. LANG
Recent advances in pristine tri-metallic metal–organic frameworks toward the oxygen evolution reaction.
Nanoscale, 2020, 12, 4816-4825.

P. BRAUNSTEIN
Hybrid Ligands for Metal Complexes, Catalysts and Nanomaterials
in “Celebration of The Periodic Table of The Elements at the Academy of Sciences of Lisbon. A Chemistry Symposium”, A. J. L. Pombeiro, Academia das Ciências de Lisboa (Ed.) (ISBN 978-972-623-394-7), 2020, p 26-39.

Q. ZHANG, Y. WANG, P. BRAUNSTEIN, J.-P. LANG
Construction of olefinic coordination polymer single crystal platforms: precise organic synthesis, in situ exploration of reaction mechanisms and beyond.
Chem. Soc. Rev. 2024, 53, 5227-5263.

Articles

A.GHISOLFI, F. CONDELLO, C. FLIEDEL, V. ROSA, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Facile and Room-Temperature Activation of C_sp3−Cl Bonds by Cheap and Air-Stable Nickel(II) Complexes of (N‐Thioether)DPPA-Type Ligands.
Organometallics, 2015, 34, 2255-2260.

X. LIU, M. BOUCHER, P. de FRÉMONT, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Room temperature C-H activation of the phosphino-ketone Ph₂PCH₂C(O)Ph leading to an iridium complex with a hybridphosphino-enolate ligand.
R. Chimie 2015, 18, 790-796.

T. SIMLER, A. A. DANOPOULOS, P. BRAUNSTEIN
N-Heterocyclic carbene-phosphino-picolines as precursors of anionic ‘pincer’ ligands with de-aromatised pyridine backbones;transmetallation from potassium to chromium.
Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 10699 – 10702.

P. AI, A. A. DANOPOULOS, P. BRAUNSTEIN
N-Phosphanyl- and N,N’-Diphosphanyl-N-Heterocyclic Carbene Chromium Complexes: Synthesis, Structures and Catalytic Ethylene Oligomerization.
Organometallics, 2015, 34, 4109-4116.

H.-W. CHEN, T. S. A. HOR, R. PATTACINI, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Unexpected Synthesis of an Au₂In₂ Tetrametallatricyclic Complex from a-Aminophosphines and Formation of Au-In-P and Ag-In-P Nanomaterials.
Dalton Trans. 2015, 44, 16242-16246.

T. SIMLER, A. A. DANOPOULOS, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Relative Lability and Chemoselective Transmetallation Aptitude of NHC in Hybrid Phosphine–NHC Ligands; Access to Heterometallic Complexes.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 13691-13695.

AI, C. GOURLAOUEN, A. A. DANOPOULOS, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Novel Di- and Tri-nuclear Palladium Complexes Supported by N,N’-Diphosphanyl NHC Ligands and N,N’-Diphosphanylimidazolium Palladium, Gold, and Mixed-Metal Copper-Gold Complexes.
Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55, 1219−1229.

AI, M. MAURO, L. DE COLA, A. A. DANOPOULOS, P. BRAUNSTEIN
A Bis(diphosphanyl)-N-Heterocyclic Carbene Au Complex as Synthon for Rigid AuAg₂ Arrays and Au₅ and Cu₆ Luminescent Double Arrays.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 3338-3341.

T. SIMLER, G. FRISON, P. BRAUNSTEIN, A. A. DANOPOULOS
Direct Synthesis of Doubly Deprotonated, Dearomatised Lutidine PNP Cr and Zr Pincer Complexes Based on Isolated K and Li Ligand Transfer Reagents.
Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 2800 − 2804.

T. SIMLER, P. BRAUNSTEIN, A. A. DANOPOULOS
Cobalt PNC^NHC ‘pincers’: ligand dearomatisation, formation of dinuclear and N₂ complexes and promotion of C-H activation.
Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 2717-2720.

T. SIMLER, P. BRAUNSTEIN, A. A. DANOPOULOS
Coinage Metal Complexes with Bridging Hybrid Phosphine-NHC Ligands: Synthesis of Di- and Tetra-nuclear Complexes.
Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 5122-5139.

P. AI, A. A. DANOPOULOS, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Transition metal (Rh and Fe) complexes and main-group (Se and B) adducts with N,N’-Diphosphanyl NHC Ligands: a study of stereoelectronic properties.
Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 4771-4779.

T. SIMLER, L. KARMAZIN, C. BAILLY, P. BRAUNSTEIN, A. A. DANOPOULOS
Potassium and Lithium Complexes with Mono-deprotonated, Dearomatized PNP and PNC^NHC Pincer-type Ligands.
Organometallics, 2016, 35, 903-912.

P.AI, M. MAURO, C. GOURLAOUEN, S. CARRARA, L. DE COLA, Y. TOBON, U. GIOVANELLA, C. BOTTA, A. A. DANOPOULOS, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Bonding, Luminescence, Metallophilicity in Linear Au₃ and Au₂Ag Chains Stabilized by Rigid Diphosphanyl NHC Ligands.
Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55, 8527−8542.

T. SIMLER, P. BRAUNSTEIN, A. A. DANOPOULOS
Chromium(II) Pincer Complexes with Dearomatized PNP and PNC Ligands: A Comparative Study of their Catalytic Ethylene Oligomerization Activity.
Organometallics, 2016, 35, 4044-4049 (front cover).

A.GHISOLFI, C. FLIEDEL, P. DE FREMONT, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Mono- and polynuclear Ag(I) complexes of N-functionalized bis(diphenylphosphino)amine DPPA-type ligands: synthesis, solid-state structures and reactivity.
Dalton Trans. 2017, 46, 5571-5586.

B. BURCHER, K. J. SANDERS, L. BENDA, G. PINTACUDA, E. JEANNEAU, A. A. DANOPOULOS, P. BRAUNSTEIN, H. OLIVIER-BOURBIGOU, P.-A. R. BREUIL
A Straightforward Access to Stable, 16 Valence-electron Phosphine-Stabilized Fe⁰Olefin Complexes and their Reactivity.
Organometallics, 2017, 36, 605-613.

Q. HU, S. JIE, P. BRAUNSTEIN, B.-G. LI
Highly active tridentate amino-phenol zinc complexes for the catalytic ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone.
J. Organomet. Chem. 2019, 882, 1-9.

J.-Y. SIMA, H.-X.LI, D. J. YOUNG, P. BRAUNSTEIN, J.-P. LANG
Reversible dielectric switching behavior of a 1D coordination polymer induced by photo and thermal irradiation.
Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 3532-3535.

F.-L. LI, P. WANG, X. HUANG, D. J. YOUNG, H.-F. WANG, P. BRAUNSTEIN, J.-P. LANG
Large-Scale, Bottom-Up Synthesis of Binary Metal–Organic Framework Nanosheets for Efficient Water Oxidation.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 7051-7056; Angew. Chem. 2019, 131, 7125-7130.

Y.-X. SHI, W.-H. ZHANG, B. F. ABRAHAMS, P. BRAUNSTEIN, J.-P. LANG
Fabrication of Photoactuators: Macroscopic Photomechanical Responses of Metal-Organic Frameworks to Irradiation by UV Light.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 9453-9458; Angew. Chem. 2019, 131, 9553–9558.

B. GUO, T.-Q. YU, H.-X. LI, S.-Q. ZHANG, P. BRAUNSTEIN, D. J. YOUNG, H.-Y. LI, J.-P. LANG
Phosphine Ligand-Free Ruthenium Complexes as Efficient Catalysts for the Synthesis of Quinolines and Pyridines by Acceptorless Dehydrogenative Coupling Reactions.
ChemCatChem. 2019, 11, 2500-2510.

C.-Y. LIU, H.-F. WANG, Z.-G. REN, P. BRAUNSTEIN, J.-P. LANG
Fine-tuning of Luminescence through Changes in Au–S Bond Lengths as a Function of Temperature or Solvent.
Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 8533-8540.

J.-Y. XUE, F.-L. LI, Z.-Y. ZHAO, C. LI, C.-Y. NI, H.-W. GU, P. BRAUNSTEIN, X.-Q. HUANG, J.-P. LANG
A hierarchically assembled Fe-MoS₂/Ni₃S₂/nickel foam electrocatalyst for efficient water splitting.
Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 12186–12192.

R. FENG, S. JIE, P. BRAUNSTEIN, B-G. LI
Pyridyl-urea catalysts for the solvent-free ring-opening polymerization of lactones and trimethylene carbonate.
Eur. Polym. J. 2019, 121, 109293.

R. FENG, S. JIE, P. BRAUNSTEIN, B.-G. LI
High Molecular-Weight Cyclic Polyesters from Solvent-Free Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactones with a Pyridyl-Urea/MTBD.
Macromol. Chem. Phys. 2020, 2000075.

C.-Y. LIU, X.-R. CHEN, H.-X. CHEN, Z. NIU, H. HIRAO, P. BRAUNSTEIN, J.-P. LANG
Ultrafast Luminescent Light-Up Guest Detection Based on the Lock of the Host Molecular Vibration
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 6690–6697.

C. LI, X.-J. LI, Z.-Y. ZHAO, F.-L. LI, J.-Y. XUE, Z. NIU, H.-W. GU, P. BRAUNSTEIN, J.-P. LANG
Iron-doped NiCo-MOF hollow nanospheres for enhanced electrocatalytic oxygen evolution.
Nanoscale, 2020, 12, 14004–14010.

S.-J. BAO, Z.-M. XU, Y. JU, Y.-L. SONG, H. WANG, Z. NIU, X. LI, P. BRAUNSTEIN, J.-P. LANG
The Covalent and Coordination Co-Driven Assembly of Supramolecular Octahedral Cages with Controllable Degree of Distortion.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 13356–13361.

C. JI, S. JIE, P. BRAUNSTEIN, B.-G. LI
Fast and controlled ring-opening polymerization of δ-valerolactone catalyzed by benzoheterocyclic urea/MTBD catalysts.
Catal. Sci.Technol. 2020, 10, 7555–7565.

C. FENG, S. ZHOU, D. WANG, Y. ZHAO, S. LIU, Z. LI, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Cooperativity in Highly Active Ethylene Dimerization by Dinuclear Nickel Complexes Bearing Bifunctional PN Ligand.
Organometallics, 2021, 40, 184−193 (Editor’s choice article and cover page).

F. L. GRASSET, R. WELTER, P. BRAUNSTEIN, H. OLIVIER‐BOURBIGOU, L. MAGNA
Titanium Complexes with Functional Alkoxido Ligands for Selective Ethylene
Dimerization – A High Throughput Experimentation Approach
ChemCatChem, 2021, 13, 2167–2178.

D. WANG, S. ZHOU, Y. LIU, X. KANG, S. LIU, Z. LI, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Controlling Polyethylene Molecular Weights and Distributions Using Chromium Complexes Supported by SNN-Tridentate Ligands.
Macromolecules, 2022, 55, 2433−2443.

Y. LI, K. PELZER, D. SECHET, G. CRESTE, D. MATT, P. BRAUNSTEIN, D. ARMSPACH
A cavity-shaped cis-chelating PN ligand for highly selective nickel-catalyzed ethylene dimerization.
Dalton Trans. 2022, 51, 11226–11230.

Z.-Y. YANG, X. SANG, D. LIU, Q.-Y. LI, F. LANG, B. F. ABRAHAMS, H. HOU, P. BRAUNSTEIN, J.-P. LANG
Photopolymerization-Driven Macroscopic Mechanical Motions of a Composite Film Containing a Vinyl Coordination Polymer.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202302429; Angew. Chem. 2023, 135, e202302429.

Z.-K. WANG, M.-H. DU, P. BRAUNSTEIN, J.-P. LANG
A Cut-to-Link Strategy for Cubane-Based Heterometallic Sulfide Clusters with Giant Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Response.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 9982−9987.

Y.-X. HONG, M.-F. WANG, Y. Ge, H. YU, C.-Y. NI, W.-Y. CHEN, P. BRAUNSTEIN, J.-P. LANG
Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Photochemical [2 + 2] Cycloaddition of a Coordination Polymer: Multiweek Inorganic−Organic Chemistry Experiments.
J. Chem. Educ. 2023, 100, 4430−4437.

M.-F. WANG, Y.-H. DENG, Y.-X. HONG, J.-H. GU, Y.-Y. CAO, Q. LIU, P. BRAUNSTEIN, J.-P. LANG
In situ observation of a stepwise [2 + 2] photocycloaddition process using fluorescence spectroscopy.
Nature Comm. 2023,14:7766.

J. TIAN, Z. GAO, Y. LIU, P. BRAUNSTEIN, S. LIU, Z. LI
Influence of the N–H functionality on activating O,N,N-titanium complexes and controlling polyethylene molecular weights and distributions.
Inorg. Chem. Front. 2024, 11, 613−623.

J. XIANG, J. ZHANG, S. LIU, P. BRAUNSTEIN, Z. LI
Aluminum Complexes Bearing AminoQuinoline Ligands with Different Pendant Donors: Remarkable Impact of Hemilability on the Ring-Opening Polymerization of ε-Caprolactone.
Macromolecules, 2024, 57, 3604–3613.

3) N-Heterocyclic Carbene Chemistry

Reviews

A. A. DANOPOULOS, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Ligand Control of the Metal Coordination Sphere: Structures, Reactivity and Catalysis Oil & Gas Science and Technology – Rev. IFP Energies nouvelles – Special Issue in Tribute to Yves Chauvin, 2016, 71(2), article 24.

S. HAMEURY, P. de FRÉMONT, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Metal Complexes with Oxygen-Functionalized NHC Ligands: Synthesis and Applications.
Chem. Soc. Rev. 2017, 46, 632-733.

V. CHARRA, P. de FRÉMONT, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Multidentate N-heterocyclic carbene complexes of the 3d metals: synthesis, structure, reactivity and catalysis.
Coord. Chem. Rev. 2017, 341, 53-176.

A. A. DANOPOULOS, T. SIMLER, P. BRAUNSTEIN
N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes of Copper, Nickel and Cobalt.
Chem. Rev. 2019, 119, 3730-3961.

A. A. DANOPOULOS, T. SIMLER, P. BRAUNSTEIN
N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes of Cobalt.
in “Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry IV” (COMC-IV), K. Meyer, D. O’Hare, G. Parkin (Editors-in-Chief); T. H. Warren (Section Editor), Elsevier, 2022, Vol. 7.11, pp 632–758.

I. LIGIELLI, A. A. DANOPOULOS, P. BRAUNSTEIN, T. SIMLER
N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes of Nickel.
in “Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry IV” (COMC-IV), K. Meyer, D. O’Hare, G. Parkin (Editors-in-Chief); T. H. Warren (Section Editor), Elsevier, 2022, Vol. 8.07, pp 427–574.

F. HE, K. P. ZOIS, D. TZELI, A. A. DANOPOULOS, P. BRAUNSTEIN
N-Heterocyclic Carbenes as Bridgehead Donors in Metal Pincer Complexes.
Coord. Chem. Rev. 2024, 514, 215757.

Articles

M. JAGENBREIN, A. A. DANOPOULOS, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Bis-N-heterocyclic carbene ‘pincer’ ligands and iridium complexes with CF₃-substituted phenylene backbone.
Organomet. Chem. 2015, 775, 169-172.

S. HAMEURY, P. de FRÉMONT, P.-A. R. BREUIL, H. OLIVIER-BOURBIGOU, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Bis(ether-functionalized NHC) Nickel(II) Complexes, Trans to Cis Isomerization Trigered by Water Coordination, and Catalytic Ethylene Oligomerization.
Organometallics, 2015, 34, 2183-2201.

F. HE, P. BRAUNSTEIN, M. WESOLEK, A. A. DANOPOULOS
Imine-functionalised protic NHC complexes of Ir: direct formation by C–H activation.
Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 2814-2817.

A. A. DANOPOULOS, P. BRAUNSTEIN, E. REZABAL, G. FRISON
Unprecedented directed lateral lithiations of tertiary carbons on NHC platforms.
Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 3049-3052.

A. MASSARD, P. BRAUNSTEIN, A. A. DANOPOULOS, S. CHOUA, P. RABU
Studies on Three-coordinate [Co{N(SiMe₃)₂}₂L] Complexes, L = N-heterocyclic Carbene.
Organometallics, 2015, 34, 2429-2438.

P. AI, A. A. DANOPOULOS, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Aurophilicity-Triggered Assembly of Novel Cyclic Penta- and Hexanuclear Gold(I) Complexes with Rigid Anionic NHC-Type Ligands.Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 3722-3724.

V. CHARRA, P. de FRÉMONT, P.-A. R. BREUIL, H. OLIVIER-BOURBIGOU, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Silver(I) and copper(I) complexes with bis-NHC ligands: Dinuclear complexes, cubanes and coordination polymers.
J. Organomet. Chem. (special issue), 2015, 795, 25-33.

M. JAGENBREIN, K. Yu. MONAKHOV, P. BRAUNSTEIN
A dinuclear Bi(III) complex of a 1,3-disubstituted imidazole-2-thione and its use as a transmetallation agent toward Pd(II).
J. Organomet. Chem. 2015, 796, 11-16.

T. SIMLER, A. A. DANOPOULOS, P. BRAUNSTEIN
N-Heterocyclic carbene-phosphino-picolines as precursors of anionic ‘pincer’ ligands with de-aromatised pyridine backbones; transmetallation from potassium to chromium.
Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 10699 – 10702.

P. HE, L. RUHLMANN, J.-P. GISSELBRECHT, S. CHOUA, M. WESOLEK, A. A. DANOPOULOS, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Dinuclear Iridium and Rhodium Complexes with Bridging Arylimidazolide-N³,C² Ligands: Synthetic, Structural, Reactivity, Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Studies.
Dalton Trans. 2015, 44, 17030-17044 (hot paper, cover illustration).

T. SIMLER, A. A. DANOPOULOS, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Relative Lability and Chemoselective Transmetallation Aptitude of NHC in Hybrid Phosphine–NHC Ligands; Access to Heterometallic Complexes.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 13691-13695.

H. IBRAHIM, P. de FRÉMONT, P. BRAUNSTEIN, V. THÉRY, L. NAUTON, F. CISNETTI, A. GAUTIER
Water-Soluble Gold N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes for the Catalytic Homogeneous Acid- and Silver-Free Hydration of Hydrophilic Alkynes.
Adv. Synth. Catal. 2015, 357, 3893 – 3900.

F. HE, A. A. DANOPOULOS, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Trifunctional pNHC, Imine, Pyridine Pincer-Type Iridium(III) Complexes: Synthetic, Structural and Reactivity Studies.
Organometallics, 2016, 35, 198-206.

T. SIMLER, P. BRAUNSTEIN, A. A. DANOPOULOS
Coinage Metal Complexes with Bridging Hybrid Phosphine-NHC Ligands: Synthesis of Di- and Tetra-nuclear Complexes.
Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 5122-5139.

P. AI, M. MAURO, C. GOURLAOUEN, S. CARRARA, L. DE COLA, Y. TOBON, U. GIOVANELLA, C. BOTTA, A. A. DANOPOULOS, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Bonding, Luminescence, Metallophilicity in Linear Au₃ and Au₂Ag Chains Stabilized by Rigid Diphosphanyl NHC Ligands.
Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55, 8527−8542.

A. A. DANOPOULOS, P. BRAUNSTEIN, K. YU. MONAKHOV, J. VAN LEUSEN, P. KÖGERLER, M. CLEMANCEY, J.-M. LATOUR, A. BENAYAD, M. TROMP, E. REZABALH, G. FRISON
Heteroleptic, Two-coordinate [M(NHC){N(SiMe₃)₂}] (M = Co, Fe) Complexes: Synthesis, Reactivity and Magnetism Rationalized by an Unexpected Metal Oxidation State.
Dalton Trans. 2017, 46, 1163-1171.

T. SIMLER, A. A. DANOPOULOS, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Non-symmetric, potentially redox non-innocent imino NHC pyridine ‘pincers’ via a zinc ion template-assisted synthesis.
Dalton Trans. 2017, 46, 5955-5964.

X. REN, C. GOURLAOUEN, M. WESOLEK, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Tritopic NHC Precursors: Unusual Nickel Reactivity and Ethylene Insertion into a Csp3-H Bond.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 12557-12560 ; Angew. Chem. 2017, 129, 12731-12734.

F. ZHANG, X.-M. CAO, M. SHI, P. BRAUNSTEIN, J. WANG, J. JIAO, Y. HUANG, J. ZHANG
A tritopic carbanionic N-heterocyclic dicarbene and its homo- and heterometallic coinage metal complexes
Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 5736−5739.

T. SIMLER, S. CHOUA, A. A. DANOPOULOS, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Reactivity of a dearomatised pincer Co^IIBr complex with PNC^NHC donors: alkylation and Si–H bond activation via metal–ligand cooperation.
Dalton Trans. 2018, 47, 7888−7895 (front cover).

X. REN, M. WESOLEK, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Nickel(II) Complexes with Tritopic N^imineC^NHCN^amine Pincer Ligands
Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 14794−14801.

A. A. DANOPOULOS,A. MASSARD, G. FRISON, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Iron and Cobalt Metallotropism in Remote-Substituted NHC Ligands, Metallation to Abnormal NHC Complexes or NHC Ring Opening.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 14550−14554; Angew. Chem. 2018, 130, 14758−14762.

X. REN, M. WESOLEK, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Cu(I), Ag(I), Ni(II), Cr(III) and Ir(I) complexes with tritopic N^imineC^NHCN^amine pincer ligands and catalytic ethylene oligomerization.
Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 12895-12909.

X. REN, M. WESOLEK, C. BAILLY, L. KARMAZIN, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Silver(I) and Nickel(II) Complexes with Oxygen- or Nitrogen-Functionalized NHC Ditopic Ligands and Catalytic Ethylene Oligomerization.
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2020, 1073-1087.

A. A. DANOPOULOS, P. BRAUNSTEIN, J. SASSMANNSHAUSEN, D. C. PUGH, J. A. WRIGHT
‘Pincer’ Pyridine–Dicarbene–Iridium and -Ruthenium Complexes and Derivatives Thereof.
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2020, 3359–3369.

F. HE, C. GOURLAOUEN, H. PANG, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Imidazolium salts and [Pt(cod)₂]: from NHC hydrido complexes to the unprecedented olefinic tetrahedral cluster [Pt₄(µ-H)(cod)₄]BF₄Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 10039–10042.

F. HE, C. GOURLAOUEN, H. PANG, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Influence of the Flexibility of Nickel PCP-Pincer Complexes on C–H and P–C Bond Activation and Ethylene Reactivity: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Investigation.
Chem. Eur. J. 2022, 28, e202104234 (very important paper).

F. HE, C. GOURLAOUEN, H. PANG, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Experimental and Theoretical Study of the Ni(II)- and Pd(II)-Promoted Double Geminal C(sp³)–H Bond Activation Providing Facile Access to NHC Pincer Complexes: Isolated Intermediates and Mechanism.
Chem. Eur. J. 2022, 28, e202200507 (hot paper).

S. M. P. VANDEN BROECK, N. V. TZOURAS, M. SAAB, K. VAN HECKE, B. DERELI, I. RITACCO, L. CAVALLO, G. C. VOUGIOUKALAKIS, P. BRAUNSTEIN, S. P. NOLAN, A. A. DANOPOULOS, C. S. J. CAZIN
Gold complexes with remote-substituted amino N-heterocyclic carbenes.
Dalton Trans. 2023, 52, 9908−9912.

E. PAPANGELIS, K. PELZER, C. GOURLAOUEN, D. ARMSPACH, P. BRAUNSTEIN, A. A. DANOPOULOS, C. BAILLY, N. TSOUREAS, D. TRIANTAFYLLOS GEROKONSTANTIS
New Pyridine Dicarbene Ligand Designs with Ring Expanded NHCs and their Nickel and Chromium Complexes.
Chem. Asian J. 2024, e202400169.

4) Quinonoid Zwitterions: Synthesis, Coordination Chemistry, Deposition on Surfaces and Electronic Properties

Articles

D. A. KUNKEL, J. HOOPER, S. SIMPSON, D. P. MILLER, L. ROUTABOUL, P. BRAUNSTEIN, B. DOUDIN, S. BENIWAL, P. DOWBEN,R. SKOMSKI, E. ZUREK, A. ENDERS
Self-assembly of strongly dipolar molecules on metal surfaces.
J. Chem. Phys. 2015, 142, 101921/1-9.

T. KAUF, V. ROSA, C. FLIEDEL, R. PATTACINI, N. DEIBEL, T. AVILES, B. SARKAR, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Reactivity of TCNE and TCNQ derivatives of quinonoid zwitterions with Cu(I).
Dalton Trans. 2015, 44, 5441-5450.

M. YUAN, I. TANABE, J.-M. BERNARD-SCHAAF, Q.-Y. SHI, V. SCHLEGEL, R. SCHURHAMMER, P. A. DOWBEN, B. DOUDIN, L. ROUTABOUL, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Influence of steric hindrance on the molecular packing and the anchoring of quinonoid zwitterions on gold surfaces.
New J. Chem. 2016, 40, 5782-5796.

L. ROUTABOUL, I. TANABE, J. COLON SANTANA, M. YUAN, A. GHISOLFI, W. SERRANO GARCIA, P. A. DOWBEN, B. DOUDIN, P. BRAUNSTEIN
Changes in molecular film metallicity with minor modifications of the constitutive quinonoid zwitterions.
RSC Adv. 2017, 7, 21906-21917.

X. ZHANG, P. S. COSTA, J. HOOPER, D. P. MILLER, A. T. N’DIAYE, S. BENIWAL, X. JIANG, Y. YIN, P. ROSA, L. ROUTABOUL, M. GONIDEC, L. POGGINI, P. BRAUNSTEIN, B. DOUDIN, X. XU, A. ENDERS, E. ZUREK, P. A. DOWBEN
Locking and Unlocking the Molecular Spin Crossover Transition.
Adv. Mater. 2017, 29, 1702257.

P. COSTA, G. HAO, A. T N’DIAYE, L. ROUTABOUL, P. BRAUNSTEIN, X. ZHANG, J. ZHANG, B. DOUDIN, A. ENDERS, P. A. DOWBEN
Perturbing the spin crossover transition activation energies in Fe[H₂B(pz)₂]₂(bipy) with zwitterionic additions.
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 2018, 30, 305503.

A. MAHMOOD, C.-S. YANG, S. JANG, L. ROUTABOUL, H. CHANG, A. GHISOLFI, P. BRAUNSTEIN, L. BERNARD, T. VERDUCI, J.-F. DAYEN, P. SAMORÌ, J.-O LEE, B. DOUDIN
Tuning graphene transistors through ad hoc electrostatics induced by a nanometer-thick molecular underlayer.
Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 19705-19712.

P. S. COSTA, G. HAO, A. T. N’DIAYE, L. ROUTABOUL, P. BRAUNSTEIN, X. ZHANG, J. ZHANG, T. EKANAYAKA, Q.-Y. SHI, V. SCHLEGEL, B. DOUDIN, A. ENDERS, P. A. DOWBEN
Manipulation of the molecular spin crossover transition of Fe[H₂B(pz)₂]₂(bipy) by addition of polar molecules.
Special Issue Article in J. Physics: Condensed Matter, 2020, 32, 034001.

A. MAHMOOD, C.-S. YANG, S. JANG, L. ROUTABOUL, H. CHANG, A. GHISOLFI, P. BRAUNSTEIN, L. BERNARD, T. VERDUCI, J.-F. DAYEN, P. SAMORI, J.-O LEE, B. DOUDIN
Tuning graphene transistors through ad hoc electrostatics induced by a nanometer-thick molecular underlayer.
Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 19705-19712.

5) Homogeneous Catalysis

Selected relevant aspects include:

* Isolation of rare monohapto-allyl Pd(II) complexes, with enhanced reactivity compared to the ubiquitous h³-allyl complexes, and of direct relevance to a number of catalytic transformations involving allyl intermediates (Organometallics 2001, 20, 2966; J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 2003, 507).

* Conversion of CO₂ into higher added value lactones by telomerization with butadiene, using a Pd(II) catalyst which was the first metal complex to allow reversible CO₂fixation under ambient conditions through C-C bond formation (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1981, 103, 5115; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1988, 110, 3207). See Chem. Rev. 1988, 88, 747.

* Alkane activation with phosphinoenolate Rh(I) complexes which are soluble in neat alkanes (Organometallics 1996, 15, 5551).

* Synthesis of very active Ru complexes for hydrogenation transfer of ketones using functional phosphinooxazoline ligands (J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 1999, 589).

* Synthesis of homogeneous Fe-Pd and Fe-Ni bimetallic catalysts which were the most active catalysts known for the dehydrogenative coupling of stannanes (see Chem. Rev. 2000, 100, 3541).

* Pd-promoted coupling of ethylene, CO and functional monomers (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2000, 39, 2867).

* Double C-Cl activation of CH₂Cl₂ leading to transfer of the CH₂ group to phosphorus (Chem. Commun. 2009, 890; Organometallics, 2015, 34, 2255).

* Ethylene oligomerization: a long-standing collaboration with the Institut Français du Pétrole (IFP Energies nouvelles), has focused on selective catalysts for the oligomerization of ethylene (Acc. Chem. Res. 2005, 38, 784; Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 1398-1407 (Feature article)).