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.

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.

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).

Publications

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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)).