Publications

Processive Polyethylene HydrogenolysisSadow Group Publications are also available at the Iowa State Digital Repository, including open-access manuscripts.

2026

120. Wang, Y.-Y.; Cui, R.; Kim, C. A.; Meng, C.; Bello, M.; Fetters, E. L.; Waltz, E. G.; Qi, L.; Heyden, A.; Peters, B.; et al. A Semi-Flow Reactor Design Diverts Catalytic Hydrogenolysis of Polyolefins to Metastable Kinetic Products. Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy 2026, 388, 126558. DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2026.126558

119. Byron, C.; McCullough, K.; Hall, J. N.; Ammal, S. C.; Heyden, A.; Bryant, J.; Wang, Y.-Y.; Tonk, K.; Wen, J.; Kropf, A. J.; et al. Data-Driven Discovery of Bimetallic Nanoparticles Catalysts for the Hydrogenolysis of Polyethylene. ACS Catal. 2026, 16, 431-445. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5c06514

2025

118. Banerjee, S.; Rodriguez, J.; Mais, M.; Perras, F. A.; Sadow, A. D. Surface Protected Organozirconium Catalyzes C–H Alumination of Saturated Hydrocarbons. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, e202511893. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202511893

117. Perras, F. A.; Jena, R.; Sultana, S.; Rahman, M. M.; Sun, S.; Banerjee, S.; Southern, S. A.; Sadow, A. D.; Huang, W.; Odom, A. L. Ultra-Confined Environments May Restrict the Possible Configurations of Supported Metal Complexes. Inorg. Chem. 2025, 64, 14577-14585. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c02067

116. Li, Y.; Kobayashi, T.; Meira, D. M.; An, L.; Qi, L.; Sadow, A. D. Trimethylaluminum Activates Zeolite-Confined Lanthanum Borohydrides to Enhance Catalytic C–H Borylation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 12574-12586. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c18569

115. Chen, Z.; Kim, C. A.; Wang, Y.-Y.; Sadow, A. D.; LaPointe, A. M.; Peters, B. Polymer Molecular Weight Distributions: A Tutorial on Transformations between Number Density, Mass Density, and Linear/Logarithmic Axes. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2025, 64, 3695-3703. DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.4c04233

114. Lamahewage, S. N. S.; Li, Y.; Sadow, A. D.; Rossini, A. J. Indirect detection of wideline magic angle spinning solid-state NMR spectra of spin-5/2, −7/2, and −9/2 half-integer quadrupolar nuclei. Solid State Nucl. Magn. Reson. 2025, 139, 102032. DOI: 10.1016/j.ssnmr.2025.102032

2024

113. Zhang, Y.; Qi, L.; Li, Y.; Yang, T.; Meira, D. M.; Dun, C.; Hu, H.; Chen, H.; Xu, S.; Urban, J. J.; Sadow, A. D.; Kobayashi, T.; Qi, L.; Tian, P.; Bell, A. T. "Mechanism and Kinetics of Ethanol–Acetaldehyde Conversion to 1,3-Butadiene over Isolated Lewis Acid La Sites in Silanol Nests in Dealuminated Beta Zeolite" ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 15204-15220. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.4c03935

112. Southern, S. A.; Thompson, A.; Sadow, A. D.; Perras, F. A. "Size matters: altering the metal-surface coordination in micropores via structural confinement effects" Inorg. Chem. Front. 2024, 11, 6862-6873. DOI: 10.1039/D4QI01261E 

111. Southern, Scott; Li, Yuting; Sadow, Aaron D.; Qi, Long; Perras, Frederic A. "Enhanced Activity from Coordinatively Unsaturated and Dynamic Zeolite-Bound Organoscandium Species" ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 9440-9451. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.4c00678 

110. Chen, Ziqiu; Sadow, Aaron; Peters, Baron "A microkinetic model for isomerizing ethenolysis" ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 6339-6348. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.4c00465 

109. Wendy Shaw, Tom Autrey, Simon Bare, Elizabeth Biddinger, Shannon Boettcher, Phillip Britt, Robert Brown, R. Morris Bullock, Jingguang Chen, Claus Daniel, Massimiliano Delferro, Peter Dorhout, Kelly Gaffney, Laura Gagliardi, Aaron Harper, David Heldebrant, Michelle Kidder, Oana Luca, Maxim Lyubovsky, Jonathan Male, Daniel Miller, James Morris, Tanya Prozorov, Robert Rallo, Robert Rioux, Aaron Sadow, Joshua Schaidle, Lisa Schulte, Sanjaya Senanayake, David Sholl, William Tarpeh, Francesca Maria Toma, Dionisios Vlachos, Bryan Vogt, Jenny Yang, Elke Arenholz, Brett Helms, Wenyu Huang, James Jordahl, Canan Karakaya, Kourosh Kian, Jotheeswari Kothandaraman, Johannes Lercher, Ping Liu, Deepika Malhotra, Karl Mueller, Casey O'Brien, Robert Palomino, Long Qi, Jose Rodriguez, Roger Rousseau, Jake Russell, Michele Sarazen, Emily Smith, Michaela Burke Stevens, Yogesh Surendranath, Christopher Tassone, Ba Tran, William Tumas, and Krista Walton, "A US Perspective on Closing the Carbon Cycle to Defossilize Difficult-to-electrify Segments of our Economy. Nat. Rev. Chem. 2024, 8, 376-400. DOI: 10.1038/s41570-024-00587-1

108. Weinstein, Z. B.; Sadow, A. D. Copper(I) Iodide Catalyzed Redistribution of Aromatic Carboxylic Acids. J. Catal. 2024, 433, 115467. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115467

107. Luo, Z.; Li, L.; Nguyen, V. T.; Kanbur, U.; Li, Y.; Zhang, J.; Nie, R.; Biswas, A.; Bud’ko, S. L.; Oh, J.; Zhou, L.; Huang, W.; Sadow, A. D.; Wang, B.; Scott, S. L.; Qi, L.* "Catalytic Hydrogenolysis by Atomically-Dispersed Iron Sites Embedded in Chemically Non-Innocent N-Doped Carbon" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 8618-8629. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c00741 

106. Lamb, J. V.; Lee, Y.-H.; Sun, J.; Byron, C.; Uppuluri, R.; Kennedy, R. M.; Meng, C.; Behera, R. K.; Wang, Y.-Y.; Qi, L.; Sadow, A. D.; Huang, W.; Ferrandon, M. S.; Scott, S. L.; Poeppelmeier, K. R.; Abu-Omar, M. M.; Delferro, M. "Supported Platinum Nanoparticles Catalyzed Carbon–Carbon Bond Cleavage of Polyolefins: Role of the Oxide Support Acidity." ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2024, 16, 11361-11376. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c15350

105. Kim, C. A.; Sahasrabudhe, C. A.; Wang, Y.-Y.; Yappert, R.; Heyden, A.; Huang, W.; Sadow, A. D.; Peters, B. "Population Balance Equations for Reactive Separation in Polymer Upcycling". Langmuir 2024, 40, 4096-4107. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c03004

104. Wang, Y.-Y.; Tennakoon, A.; Wu, X.; Sahasrabudhe, C.; Qi, L.; Peters, B. G.; Sadow, A. D.; Huang, W. "Catalytic Hydrogenolysis of Polyethylene Under Reactive Separation" ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 2084-2094. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c04987

2023

103. Meirow, M.; Tennakoon, A.; Wu, X.; Willmon, J.; Howell, D.; Huang, W.; Sadow, A. D.; Luijten, E. "Influence of Pore Length on Hydrogenolysis of Polyolefins within a Mesoporous Support Architecture" J. Phys. Chem. C., 2023, 127, 23805-23813. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c04300

102. Tennakoon, A.; Wu, X.; Meirow, M.; Howell, D.; Willmon, J.; Yu, J.; Lamb, J. V.; Delferro, M.; Luijten, E.; Huang, W.;* Sadow A. D.*  "Two Mesoporous Domains Are Better than One for Catalytic Deconstruction of Polyolefins" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 17936-17944. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c05447

101. Chu, Y.-Y.; Alejo, A. G.; Bud'ko, S. L.; Boteju, K.; Patnaik, S.; Ellern, A.; García, M. P.; Sadow, A. D. "Structure and Magnetic Properties of Homoleptic Trivalent Tris(alkyl)lanthanides" Inorg. Chem., 2023, 62, 11751-11760. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c00435

100. Zhao, T. Y.; Meirow, M.; Tennakoon, A.; Wu, X.; Paterson, A. L.; Qi, L.; LaPointe, A. M.; Lamb, J. V.; Kobayashi, T.; Delferro, M.; Sadow, A. D.; Huang, W.; Luijten, E.; Perras, F. A., "Mechanistic Insights into Processive Polyethylene Hydrogenolysis through In Situ NMR" Macromolecules 2023, 56, 4287-4295. DOI: acs.macromol.3c00474 

99. Chen, S.; Tennakoon, A.; You, K.-E.; Paterson, A. L.; Yappert, R.; Alayoglu, S.; Fang, L.; Wu, X.; Zhao, T. Y.; Lapak, M. P.; Saravanan, M.; Hackler, R. A.; Wang, Y.-Y.; Qi, L.; Delferro, M.; Li, T.; Lee, B.; Peters, B. Poeppelmeier, K. R.; Ammal, S. C.; Bowers, C. R.; Perras, F. A.; Heyden, A.; Sadow, A. D.; Huang, W. "Ultrasmall Amorphous Zirconia Nanoparticles Catalyze Carbon-Carbon Bond Hydrogenolysis" Nat. Catal. 2023, 6, 161-173. DOI: 10.1038/s41929-023-00910-x

98. Kanbur, U.; Paterson, A. L.; Rodriguez, J.; Kocen, A. L.; Yappert, R.; Hackler, R. A.; Wang, Y.-Y.; Peters, B.; Delferro, M.;  LaPointe, A. M.; Coates, G. W.; Perras, F. A.; Sadow, A. D.* "Zirconium-Catalyzed C–H Alumination of Polyolefins, Paraffins, and Methane" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 2901-2910. "Zirconium-Catalyzed C–H Alumination of Polyolefins, Paraffins, and Methane" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 2901-2910. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c11056

97. McCullough, K. E.; Peczak, I. L.; Kennedy, R.; Wang, Y.-Y.; Lin, J.; Wu, X.; Paterson, A. L.; Perras, F. A.; Hall, J.; Kropf, A. J.; Hackler, R. A.; Shin, Y.; Niklas, J.; Poluektov, O. G.; Wen, J.; Huang, W.; Sadow, A. D.; Poeppelmeier, K. R.; Delferro, M.; Ferrandon, M. S. "Synthesis of Platinum Nanoparticles on Strontium Titanate Nanocuboids via Surface Organometallic Grafting for the Catalytic Hydrogenolysis of Plastic Waste" J. Mater. Chem. A 2023, 11, 1216-1231. DOI:10.1039/D2TA08133D

2022

96. Dorn, R. W.;  Paterson, A. L.;  Hung, I.;  Gor’kov, P. L.;  Thompson, A. J.;  Sadow, A. D.;  Gan, Z.; Rossini, A. J. Dipolar Heteronuclear Correlation Solid-State NMR Experiments between Half-Integer Quadrupolar Nuclei: The Case of 11B–17O. J. Phys. Chem. C 2022, 126, 11652-11666. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c02737

95. Hackler, R.; Lamb, J.; Peczak, I.; Kennedy, R.; Kanbur, U.; LaPointe, A.; Poeppelmeier, K. R.; Sadow, A. D.; Delferro, M. "The Effect of the Macro- and Microstructure on Catalytic Hydrogenolysis of Polyolefins" Macromolecules, 2022, 55, 6801-6810. DOI: 0.1021/acs.macromol.2c00805

94. Wu, X.;  Tennakoon, A.;  Yappert, R.;  Esveld, M.;  Ferrandon, M. S.;  Hackler, R. A.;  LaPointe, A. M.;  Heyden, A.;  Delferro, M.;  Peters, B.;  Sadow, A. D.; Huang, W., Size-Controlled Nanoparticles Embedded in a Mesoporous Architecture Leading to Efficient and Selective Hydrogenolysis of Polyolefins. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 5323-5334. DOI:10.1021/jacs.1c11694

93. Li, Y.; Kanbur, U.; Cui, J.; Wang, G.; Kobayashi, T.; Sadow, A. D.; Qi, L. "Supported Lanthanum Borohydride Catalyzes CH Borylation Inside Zeolite Micropores" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202117394. DOI:10.1002/anie.202117394

92. Chu, Y.-Y.; Lolinco, A.; Eedugurala, N.; Ellern, A.; Windus, T. W.; Sadow, A. D. "Reversible Ligand Protonation in Non-innocent Constrained-Geometry-like Group 4 Complexes" Organometallics, 2022, 41, 141-154. DOI:10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00612

91. Chatterjee, P.;  Wang, H.;  Manzano, J. S.;  Kanbur, U.;  Sadow, A. D.; Slowing, I. I.*, Surface ligands enhance the catalytic activity of supported Au nanoparticles for the aerobic α-oxidation of amines to amides. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2022, 12, 1922-1933. DOI:10.1039/D1CY02121D

90. Perras, F. A.;* Kanbur, U.; Paterson, A. L.; Chatterjee, P.; Slowing, I. I. Sadow, A. D. "Determining the Three-Dimensional Structures of Silica-Supported Metal Complexes from the Ground Up" Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 1067-1078. DOI:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03200

89. Basemann, K.; Schmidt, B. M.; Sadow, A. D. "Substituent-enhanced Intermolecular Catalytic Ene-yne Metathesis for Efficient 1,3-Diene Synthesis" ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 226-235. DOI:10.1021/acscatal.1c04074

2021

88. Hackler, R. A;. Vyavhare, K.; Kennedy, R. M.; Celik, G.; Kanbur, U.; Griffin, P. J.; Sadow, A. D.; Zang, G.; Elgowainy, A.; Sun, P. Poeppelmeier, K. R.; Erdemir, A.; Delferro, M.*, “Synthetic Lubricants Derived from Plastic Waste and their Tribological Performance.” ChemSusChem 2021, 14, 4181-4189. DOI:10.1002/cssc.202100912

87. Patnaik, S.; Kanbur, U.; Ellern, A.; Sadow, A. D., “Hydrosilane σ-Adduct Intermediates in Mechanistically Rich Zinc-Catalyzed Cross-Dehydrocoupling of Silanes and Alcohols.” Chem. Eur. J. 202127, 10428-10436. DOI:10.1002/chem.202101146

86. Kanbur, U.; Zang, G.; Paterson, A. L.; Chatterjee, P.; Hackler, R. A.; Delferro, M.; Slowing, I. I.; Perras, F. A.; Sun, P.; Sadow A. D., “Catalytic Carbon-Carbon Bond Cleavage and Carbon-Element Bond Formation Gives New Life for Polyolefins as Biodegradable Surfactants.” Chem 20217, 1347-1362. DOI:10.1016/j.chempr.2021.03.007

85. Boteju, K.; Venkatesh, A.; Wan, S.; Ellern, A.; Rossini, A. J.; Sadow, A. D. "Ancillary Steric Effects on the Activation of SiH Bonds in Arylsilazido Rare Earth Compounds" Organometallics, 2021, 40, 1654-1669. DOI:10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00162

84. Eedugurala, N.; Wang, Z.; Kanbur, U.; Ellern, A.; Pruski, M.; Sadow, A. D., “Synthesis and Characterization of Tris(oxazolinyl)borato Copper(II) and Copper(I) Complexes.” Helv. Chim. Acta 2021104, e2000209. DOI:10.1002/hlca.202000209

83. Paterson, A. L.; Liu, D.-J.; Kanbur, U.; Sadow, A. D.; Perras, F. A.*, “Observing the three-dimensional dynamics of supported metal complexes.” Inorg. Chem. Front. 20213, 893-901. DOI:10.1039/D0QI01241F

2020

82. Tennakoon, A.; Wu, X.; Paterson, A. L.; Patnaik, S.; Pei, Y.; LaPointe, A. M.; Ammal, S. C.; Hackler, R. A.; Heyden, A.; Slowing, I. I.; Coates, G. W.; Delferro, M.; Peters, B.; Huang, W.; Sadow, A. D.; Perras, F. A., “Catalytic Upcycling of High-Density Polyethylene Via a Processive Mechanism.” Nature Catalysis 20203, 893-901. DOI:10.1038/s41929-020-00519-4

81. Zhou, H.; Wang, H.; Perras, F. A.; Naik, P.; Pruski, M.; Sadow, A. D.; Slowing, I. I., “Two-step conversion of Kraft lignin to nylon precursors under mild conditions.” Green Chem. 202022, 4676-4682. DOI:10.1039/D0GC01220C

80. Luo, Z.; Nie, R.; Nguyen, V. T.; Biswas, A.; Behera, R. K.; Wu, X.; Kobayashi, T.; Sadow, A.; Wang, B.; Huang, W.; Qi, L.*, “Transition metal-like carbocatalyst.” Nature Communications 202011, 4091. DOI:10.1038/s41467-020-17909-8

79. Zhou, H.; Wang, H.; Sadow, A. D.; Slowing, I. I., “Toward Hydrogen Economy: Selective Guaiacol Hydrogenolysis under Ambient Hydrogen Pressure.” Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2020270, 118890-118899. DOI:10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.118890

78. Sadow, A. D., “Alkali and Alkaline Earth Element-Catalyzed Hydroboration Reactions.” In Early Main Group Metal Catalysis 2020, pp. 201-224. DOI:10.1002/9783527818020.ch8

77. Kanbur, U.; Sadow, A. D., “Rare Earth Catalyzed C–H Bond Alumination of Terminal Alkynes.” Chem. Eur. J. 202026, 5479-5493. DOI:10.1002/chem.202000325

76. Wang, Z.; Patnaik, S.; Eedugurala, N.; Manzano, J. S.; Slowing, I. I.; Kobayashi, T.; Sadow, A. D.; Pruski, M., “Silica-supported Organolanthanum Catalysts for C–O Bond Cleavage in Epoxides.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020142, 2935-2947. DOI:10.1021/jacs.9b11606

2019

75. Celik, G.; Kennedy, R. M.; Hackler, R. A.; Ferrandon, M.; Tennakoon, A.; Patnaik, S.; LaPointe, A. M.; Ammal, S. C.; Heyden, A.; Perras, F. A.; Pruski, M.; Scott, S. L.; Poeppelmeier, K. R.; Sadow, A. D.; Delferro, M., “Upcycling Single-Use Polyethylene into High-Quality Liquid Products.” ACS Central Science 20195, 1795-1803. DOI:10.1021/acscentsci.9b00722

74. Reinig, R. R.; Ellern, A.; Sadow, A. D., “Heteroleptic Four-Coordinate Tris(oxazolinyl)borato Iron(II) Compounds.” Inorg. Chem. 201958, 6044-6051. DOI:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b00359

73. Biswas, A.; Ellern, A.; Sadow, A. D. “CO Displacement in an Oxidative Addition of Primary Silanes to Rhodium(I)” Inorg. Chem. 201958, 3815-3824. DOI:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b03425

72. Patnaik, S; Sadow, A. D. “Interconverting Lanthanum Hydride and Borohydride Catalysts for C=O Reduction and C−O Bond Cleavage” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 201958, 2505-2509. DOI:10.1002/anie.201813305

71. Schmidt, B. S.; Pindwal, A.; Venkatesh, A.; Ellern, A.; Rossini, A. R.; Sadow, A. D. “Zwitterionic Trivalent (Alkyl)Lanthanoid Complexes in Ziegler-type Butadiene Polymerization” ACS Catal. 20199, 827-838. DOI:10.1021/acscatal.8b04025

2018

70. Duchimaza Heredia, J. J.; Sadow, Aaron D.; Gordon, M. S. “A Quasi-Atomic Analysis of Three-Center Two-Electron Zr–H–Si Interactions” J. Phys. Chem. A 2018122, 9653-9669. DOI:10.1021/acs.jpca.8b09530

69. Sadow, A. D.; Kwag, G.; Lee, H.; Pindwal, A.; Schmidt, B.S. “Polymerization catalysts” US Patent No.: 9,856,337 B2. Jan 2, 2018.

68. Schmidt, B. S.; Ho, H-.A.; Basemann, K.; Ellern, A.; Windus, T. L.; Sadow, A. D. “Redox chemistry of bis(oxazolinyl)-cyclopentadienyl and -fluorenyl rhodium and iridium organometallic compounds” Organometallics 201837, 4055-4069. DOI:10.1021/acs.organomet.8b00626

67. Kanbur, U.; Ellern, A.; Sadow, A. D. “A zwitterionic neodymium(III) heterobimetallic catalyst for alkynylaluminum synthesis by alkane elimination” Organometallics 201837, 4409-4414. DOI:10.1021/acs.organomet.8b00374

66. Reinig, R. R.; Fought, E. L.; Ellern, A.; Windus, T. L.; Sadow, A. D. “Cobalt(II) acyl intermediates in carbon-carbon bond formation and oxygenation” Dalton Trans. 201847, 12147-12161. DOI:10.1039/C8DT02661K

65. Boteju, K. C.; Wan, S.; Venkatesh, A.; Ellern, A.; Rossini, A. J.; Sadow, A. D., “Rare earth arylsilazido compounds with inequivalent secondary interactions.” Chem. Commun. 201854, 7318-7321. DOI:10.1039/C8CC03186J

64. Venkatesh, A.; Ryan, M.; Biswas, A.; Boteju, K; Sadow, A. D.; Rossini, A. J., “Enhancing the Sensitivity of Solid-State NMR Experiments with Very Low Gyromagnetic Ratio Nuclei with Fast Magic Angle Spinning and Proton Detection” J. Phys.Chem. A2018122, 5635-5643. DOI:10.1021/acs.jpca.8b05107

63. Perras, F. A.; Boteju, K. C.; Slowing, I. I.; Sadow, A. D.; Pruski, M., “Direct 17O dynamic nuclear polarization of single-site heterogeneous catalysts.” Chem. Commun.201854, 3472-3475. DOI:10.1039/C8CC00293B

2017

62. Pindwal, A.; Yan, K.; Patnaik, S.; Schmidt, B. M.; Ellern, A.; Slowing, I. I.; Bae, C.; Sadow, A. D. “Homoleptic Trivalent Tris(Alkyl) Rare Earth Compounds” J. Am. Chem. Soc.2017139, 16862-16874. DOI:10.1021/jacs.7b09521

61. Reinig, R. R.; Fought, E. L.; Ellern, A.; Windus, T. L.; Sadow, A. D. “Rapid and ordered carbonylation and oxygenation of a cobalt(II) methyl complex” Chem. Commun.201753, 11020-11023. DOI:10.1039/C7CC06339C

60. Manzano, J. S.; Weinstein, Z. B.; Sadow, A. D.; Slowing, I. I. “Direct 3D Printing of Catalytically Active Structures” ACS Catalysis20177, 7567-7577. DOI:10.1021/acscatal.7b02111

59. Lampland, N. L.; Pindwal, A.; Yan, K.; Ellern, A.; Sadow, A. D. “Rare Earth and Main Group Metal Poly(hydrosilyl) Compounds” Organometallics201736, 4546-4557. DOI:10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00383

58. Kobayashi, T.; Perras, F. A.; Chaudhary, U.; Slowing, I. I.; Huang, W.; Sadow, A. D.; Pruski, M. “Improved strategies for DNP-enhanced 2D 1H-X heteronuclear correlation spectroscopy of surfaces” Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance201787(c), 38-44. DOI:10.1016/j.ssnmr.2017.08.002

57. Perras, F.; Sadow, A. D.; Pruski, M.; “In Silico Design of DNP Polarizing Agents: Can Current Dinitroxides be Improved?” ChemPhysChem201718, 2279-2287. DOI:10.1002/cphc.201700299

56. Eedugurala, N.; Wang, Z.; Yan, K.; Boteju, K. C.; Chaudhary, U.; Kobayashi, T.; Ellern, A.; Slowing, I. I.; Pruski, M.; Sadow, A. D. “β-SiH-Containing Tris(silazido) Rare-Earth Complexes as Homogeneous and Grafted Single-Site Catalyst Precursors for Hydroamination” Organometallics201736, 1142-1153. DOI:10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00956

55. Boteju, K. C.; Ellern, A.; Sadow, A. D. “Homoleptic organolanthanide compounds supported by the bis(dimethylsilyl)benzyl ligand” Chem. Commun. 201753, 716-719. DOI:10.1039/C6CC09304C

54. Pindwal, A.; Patnaik, S.; Everett, W. C.; Ellern, A.; Windus, T. L.; Sadow, A. D. “Cerium-catalyzed Hydrosilylation of Acrylates to α-Silyl Esters” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 201756, 628-631. DOI:10.1002/anie.201610263

2016

53. García, A.; Wang, J.; Windus, T. L.; Sadow, A. D.; Evans, J. W., “Catalytic conversion reactions in nanoporous systems with concentration-dependent selectivity: Statistical mechanical modeling” Phys. Rev. E201693, 052137. DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.93.052137

52. Pindwal, A.; Ellern, A.; Sadow, A. D. “Homoleptic Divalent Dialkyl Lanthanide-Catalyzed Cross-Dehydrocoupling of Silanes and Amines” Organometallics201635, 1674-1683. DOI:10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00138

51. Reinig, R. R.; Mukherjee, D.; Weinstein, Z. B.; Xie, W.; Albright, T.; Baird, B.; Gray, T. S.; Ellern, A.; Miller, G. J.; Winter, A. H.; Bud’ko, S. L.; Sadow, A. D.* “Synthesis and Oxidation Catalysis of Tris(oxazolinyl)borate Cobalt(II) Scorpionate” Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2016, 2486-2494. DOI:10.1002/ejic.201600237

50. Perras, F. A.; Reinig, R. R.; Slowing, I. I.; Sadow, A. D.; Pruski, M., Effects of biradical deuteration on the performance of DNP: towards better performing polarizing agents. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 201618, 65-69. DOI:10.1039/c5cp06505d

2015

49. Zhang, L.; Wu, Z.; Nelson, N. C.; Sadow, A. D.; Slowing, I. I.; Overbury, S. H.,* “Role Of CO2 As a Soft Oxidant For Dehydrogenation of Ethylbenzene to Styrene over a High-Surface-Area Ceria Catalyst.” ACS Catal. 20155, 6426-6435. DOI:10.1021/acscatal.5b01519

48. Eedugurala, N.; Hovey, M.; Ho, H.-A.; Jana, B.; Lampland, N. L.; Ellern, A.; Sadow, A. D. “Cyclopentadienyl-bis(oxazoline) Magnesium and Zirconium Complexes in Aminoalkene Hydroaminations” Organometallics201534, 5566-5575. DOI:10.1021/acs.organomet.5b00771

47. Eedugurala, N.; Wang, Z.; Chaudhary, U.; Nelson, N. C.; Kandel, K.; Kobayashi, T.; Slowing, I. I.; Pruski, M.; Sadow, A. D. “Mesoporous Silica-supported Amidozirconium-Catalyzed Carbonyl Hydroboration.” ACS Catal. 20155, 7399-7414. DOI:10.1021/acscatal.5b01671

46. Kobayashi, T.; Perras, F. A.; Slowing, I. I.; Sadow, A. D.; Pruski, M.,* Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Solid-State NMR in Heterogeneous Catalysis Research. ACS Catal. 20155, 7055-7062. DOI:10.1021/acscatal.5b02039

45. Lampland, N. L.; Pindwal, A.; Neal, S. R.; Schauderaff, S.; Ellern, A.; Sadow, A. D. “Hydrosilylation of α,β-Unsaturated Esters Catalyzed by a Magnesium Hydridoborate.” Chem. Sci. 20156, 6901-6907. DOI:10.1039/c5sc02435h

44. Xu, S.; Boschen, J. S.; Kobayashi, T.; Pruski, M.; Windus, T. L.; Sadow, A. D. “Partial Deoxygenation of Esters Catalyzed by an Oxazoline-coordinated Rhodium Silylene.” Dalton Trans. 201544, 15897-15904. DOI:10.1039/c5dt02844b

43. Lampland, N. L.; Zhu, J.; Ellern, A.; Sadow, A. D. “Piano-stool Lutetium Amido and Imido Compounds Supported by a Bis(oxazoline)cyclopentadienyl Ligand.” Inorg. Chem. 201554, 6938-6946. DOI:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b00927

42. Lampland, N. L.; Hovey, M. L.; Mukherjee, D.; Sadow, A. D. “Magnesium-catalyzed Mild Reduction of Tertiary and Secondary Amides to Amines.” ACS Catal. 20155, 4219-4226. DOI:10.1021/acscatal.5b01038

41. Xu, S.; Magoon, Y.; Reinig, R. R.; Schmidt, B. M.; Ellern, A.; Sadow, A. D. “Organometallic Complexes of Bulky, Optically Active C3-Symmetric Tris(4S-isopropyl-5,5-dimethyl-2-oxazolinyl)phenylborate (ToP*).” Organometallics201534, 3508-3519. DOI:10.1021/acs.organomet.5b00225

40. Nelson, N.; Manzano, J.; Sadow, A.; Overbury, S.; Slowing, I. I.* “Selective Hydrogenation of Phenol Catalyzed by Palladium on High Surface Ceria at Room Temperature and Ambient Pressure.” ACS Catal. 20156, 2051-2061. DOI:10.1021/cs502000j

39. Manna, K.; Eedugurala, N.; Sadow, A. D. “Zirconium-catalyzed Desymmetrization of Aminodialkenes and Aminodialkynes through Enantioselective Hydroamination.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015137, 425-435. DOI:10.1021/ja511250m

2014

38. Xu, S.; Manna, K.; Ellern, A.; Sadow, A. D. “Mixed N-Heterocyclic Carbene-bis(oxazolinyl)borato Rhodium and Iridium Complexes in Photochemical and Thermal Oxidative Addition Reactions.” Organometallics201433, 6840-6860. DOI:10.1021/om500891h

37. Lampland, N. L.; Ellern, A.; Sadow, A. D. “β-SiH Rich Zinc Silyl Compounds: Reductive Elimination and β-SiH Abstraction.” Inorg. Chim. Acta2014422, 134-140. DOI:10.1016/j.ica.2014.07.003

36. Xu, S.; Everett, W. C.; Ellern, A.; Windus, T. L.; Sadow, A. D. “Oxygen Insertion Reactions of Mixed N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Oxazolinylborato Zinc Alkyl Complexes.” Dalton Trans. 201443, 14368-14376. DOI:10.1039/C4DT01011F

35. Yan, K.; Pindwal, A.; Ellern, A. Sadow, A. D. “Direct Hydrosilylation by a Zirconacycle with β-Hydrogen.” Dalton Trans. 201443, 8644-8653. DOI:10.1039/C4DT00658E

34. Mukherjee, D.; Ellern, A.; Sadow, A. D. “Magnesium-catalyzed Hydroboration of Esters Via a New Zwitterionic Mechanism.” Chem. Sci. 20145, 959-964. DOI:10.1039/C3SC52793J

2013

33. Yan, K.; Duchimaza Heredia, J. J.; Ellern, A.; Gordon, M. S.; Sadow, A. D. “Lewis Base Mediated β-Elimination and Lewis Acid Mediated Insertion Reactions of Disilazido Zirconium Compounds.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013135, 15225-15227. DOI:10.1021/ja407950e

32. Yan, K.; Upton, B. M.; Zhu, J.; Ellern, A.; Sadow, A. D. “Nucleophilicity of Neutral Versus Cationic Magnesium Silyl Compounds.” Organometallics201332, 6834–6843. DOI:10.1021/om400447q

31. Manna, K.; Everett, W. S.; Schoendorff, G.; Ellern, A.; Windus, T. L.; Sadow, A. D. “Highly Enantioselective Zirconium Catalyzed Cyclization of Aminoalkenes.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013135, 7235-7250. DOI:10.1021/ja4000189

30. Sadow A.D. “Stereoselective C-N Bond Formation by Hydroamination of Olefins, Alkynes, Allenes, and Dienes.” J. Reedijk and K. Poeppelmeier, Eds. Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry II, Vol 6. Oxford: Elsevier; 2013. p. 487-520.

29. Yan, K.; Sadow, A. D. “C-H Bond Activation by a Zirconacycle.” Chem. Commun. 201349, 3212-3214. DOI:10.1039/c3cc40774h

28. Yan, K.; Schoendorff, G.; Upton, B. M.; Ellern, A.; Windus, T.; Sadow, A. D. “Intermolecular β-Hydrogen Abstractions in Ytterbium, Calcium, and Potassium Tris(dimethylsilyl)methyl Compounds.” Organometallics201332, 1300-1316. DOI:10.1021/om3010299

27. Mukherjee, D.; Lampland, N. L.; Yan, K.; Dunne, J. F.; Ellern, A.; Sadow, A. D. “Divergent Reaction Pathways of Tris(oxazolinyl)borato Zinc and Magnesium Silyl Compounds.” Chem. Commun. 201349, 4334-4336. DOI:10.1039/C2CC36953B

2012

26. Jana, B.; Hovey, M.; Ellern, A.; Pestovsky, O.; Sadow, A. D.; Bakac, A. “Unusual Structural Motif in a Zwitterionic Fe(II) Complex of a Tetradentate Phosphine.” Dalton Trans. 201241, 12781-12785. DOI:10.1039/C2DT31437A

25. Ho, H.-A.; Manna, K.; Sadow, A. D. “Acceptorless Photolytic Dehydrogenation for Alcohol Decarbonylation and Imine Synthesis.” Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 201251, 8607-8610. DOI:10.1002/anie.201203556

24. Mukherjee, D.; Ellern, A.; Sadow, A. D. “Remarkably Robust Monomeric Alkylperoxyzinc Compounds from Tris(oxazolinyl)boratozinc Alkyls and O2.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012134, 13018-13026. DOI:10.1021/ja303440n

23. Yan, K.; Ellern, A.; Sadow, A. D. “Non-classical β-Hydrogen Eliminations from Hydrosilazido Zirconium Compounds via Direct Hydrogen Transfer.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012134, 9154-9156. DOI:10.1021/ja302226c

22. Zhu, J.; Mukherjee, D.; Sadow, A. D. “Abstractions of β-Hydrogen vs. Alkyl Groups in Reactions of Dialkylzinc Compounds and Bis(oxazolinyl)borane.” Chem. Commun. 201248, 464-466. DOI:10.1039/C1CC16113J

2011

21. Manna, K.; Kruse, M. L.; Sadow, A. D. “Concerted C-N/C-H Bond Formation in Highly Enantioselective Yttrium(III)-Catalyzed Hydroamination.” ACS Catal. 20111, 1637-1642. DOI:10.1021/cs200511z

20. Chintareddy, V. R.; Ho, H.-A. Sadow, A. D.; Verkade,* J. G. “Polymer-mounted N3=P(MeNCH2CH2)3N: A Green, Efficient, and Recyclable Catalyst for Room-temperature Transesterifications and Amidations of Unactivated Esters.” Tetrahedron Lett. 201152, 6523-6529. DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2011.09.102

19. Dunne, J. F.; Neal, S. R.; Engelkemier, J.; Ellern, A.; Sadow, A. D. “Tris(oxazolinyl)boratomagnesium-catalyzed Cross-dehydrocoupling of Organosilanes with Amines, Hydrazine, and Ammonia.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011133, 16782-16785. DOI:10.1021/ja207641b

18. Wu, K.; Mukherjee, D.; Ellern, A.; Sadow, A. D.; Geiger, W. E. “Anodic Electrochemical Behavior of New Mn and Re Tricarbonyl Complexes of Tris(oxazolinyl)phenyl borate Ligands: Comparison to Analogous Tris(pyrazolyl) borate Complexes.” New J. of Chem. 201135, 2169-2178. DOI:10.1039/C1NJ20222G

17. Mukherjee, D.; Thompson, R.; Ellern, A. Sadow, A. D. “A Coordinatively Saturated Tris(oxazolinyl)borato Zinc Hydride-Catalyzed Cross Dehydrocoupling of Silanes and Alcohols.” ACS Catal. 20111, 698-702. DOI:10.1021/cs2001016

16. Ho, H.-A.; Gray, T. S.; Baird, B.; Ellern, A.; Sadow, A. D. “Allylic C–H Bond Activation and Functionalization Mediated by Tris(oxazolinyl)borato Rhodium(I) and Iridium(I) Compounds.” Dalton Trans. 201140, 6500-6514. DOI:10.1039/C1DT10249D

15. Jana, B.; Ellern, A.; Pestovsky, O. Sadow, A. D. Bakac, A. “Synthesis of Monomeric Fe(II) and Ru(II) Complexes of Tetradentate Phosphines.” Inorg. Chem. 201150, 3010-3016. DOI:10.1021/ic102510c

14. Manna, K.; Xu, S.; Sadow, A. D. “A Highly Enantioselective Zirconium Catalyst for Intramolecular Alkene Hydroamination: Significant Isotope Effects on Rate and Stereoselectivity.” Angew. Chem Int. Ed. 201150, 1865-1868. DOI:10.1002/anie.201006163

13. Neal, S. R.; Ellern, A.; Sadow, A. D. “Optically Active, Bulky Tris(oxazolinyl)borato Magnesium and Calcium Compounds for Asymmetric Hydroamination/Cyclization.” J. Organomet. Chem. 2011696, 228-234. DOI:10.1016/j.jorganchem.2010.08.057

2010

12. Dunne, J. F.; Fulton, D. B.; Ellern, A.; Sadow, A. D. “Concerted C–N and C–H Bond Formation in a Magnesium-Catalyzed Hydroamination.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010132, 17680-17683. DOI:10.1021/ja108881s

11. Ho, H.-A.; Dunne, J. F.; Ellern, A.; Sadow, A. D. “Reactions of Tris(oxazolinyl)phenylborato Rhodium(I) with C-X (X = Cl, Br, OTf) Bonds: Stereoselective Intermolecular Oxidative Addition.” Organometallics201029, 4105-4114. DOI:10.1021/om100515u

10. Mukherjee, D.; Ellern, A. Sadow, A. D. “Conversion of a Zinc Disilazide to a Zinc Hydride Mediated by LiCl.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010132, 7582-7583. DOI:10.1021/ja102323g

9. Manna, K.; Ellern, A.; Sadow, A. D. “A Zwitterionic Zirconium Complex that Catalyzes Hydroamination at Room Temperature.” Chem. Commun. 201046, 339-441. DOI:10.1039/B918989K

8. Dunne, J. F.; Manna, K.; Wiench, J. W.; Ellern, A.; Pruski, M.; Sadow, A. D. “Bis(oxazolinyl)phenylborane: A Lewis Acid-containing Ligand for Methide Abstraction-based Coordination to Aluminum(III).” Dalton Trans. 201039, 641-653. DOI:10.1039/B911851A

7. Neal, S. R.; You, J.; Ellern, A.; Sadow, A. D. “Palladium and Rhodium Complexes Containing 1,3-Bis(oxazolinyl)propyl (Probox) Ligands: Macrocycles and Pincer Compounds.” Polyhedron201029, 544-554. DOI:10.1016/j.poly.2009.06.072

2009

6. Yan, K.; Upton, B.; Ellern, A.; Sadow, A. D. “Lewis Acid Mediated β-Hydride Abstraction Reactions of Divalent M(C(SiHMe2)3)2THF2 (M = Ca, Yb).” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009131, 15110-15111. DOI:10.1021/ja9070865

5. Pawlikowski, A. V.; Gray, T. S.; Schoendorff, G.; Baird, B.; Ellern, A.; Windus, T. L.; Sadow, A. D. “Structure, Bonding, and Ligand-based Reactions of Zwitterionic Boratoiridium(I) Complexes with Oxazoline-based Scorpionate Ligands.” Inorg. Chim. Acta2009362, 4517-4525. DOI:10.1016/j.ica.2009.06.017

4. Pawlikowski, A. V.; Ellern, A.; Sadow, A. D. “Ligand Exchange Reactions and Hydroamination with Tris(oxazolinyl)borato Yttrium Compounds.” Inorg. Chem. 200948, 8020-8029. DOI:10.1021/ic900689

3. Yan, K.; Pawlikowski, A. V.; Ebert, C.; Sadow, A. D. “A Tris(alkyl)yttrium Compound Containing Six β-Agostic Si–H Interactions.” Chem. Commun. 2009, 656-658. DOI:10.1039/b818630h

2008

2. Baird, B.; Pawlikowski, A. V.; Su, J.; Wiench, J. W.; Pruski, M.; Sadow, A. D. “Easily-prepared Chiral Scorpionates: Tris(2-oxazolinyl)borate Iridium(I) Compounds and their Interactions with MeOTf.” Inorg. Chem. 200847, 10208-10210. DOI:10.1021/ic801637s

1. Dunne, J. F.; Su, J.; Ellern, A.; Sadow, A. D., “A New Scorpionate Ligand: Tris(4,4-dimethyl-oxazolinyl)borate and Its Zirconium(IV) Complexes.” Organometallics200827, 2399-2401. DOI:10.1021/om800252p