Publications

†Undergraduate coauthor. *Corresponding author. §These authors contributed equally.

At UCSB:

16. Reproducibility, Replicability, and Research Quality in Homogeneous Catalysis

Banerjee, S.; Blakemore, J. D.; Bonitatibus, P. J.; Brown, C. A.; Campbell, B. M.; Carsch, K. M.; Chambers, M. B.; Cueny, E.; Dempsey, J. L.; Diaconescu, P.; Dobereiner, G. E.; Duletski, O.; Finkingshelt, F. A.; Ghosh, A.; Gorden, A. E. V.; Gordon, J. C.; Gordon, J. B.; Hazari, N.; Heiden, Z. M.; Hokanson, S. K.; Javier-Jiménez, D. R.; Kannangara, P. D.; Klosin, J.; Laitar, D. S.; LaPointe, A. M.; Lee, S.; Léonard, N. G.; Liberman-Martin, A.; Machan, C. W.; Mane, E. L.; McCormick, T. M.; Mu, N.; Nett, A.; Olarinde, O.; Orzolek, B. J.; Pham, A.-T.; Phlodukin, A. Y.; Radlauer, M. R.; Raffman, E.; Roberts, C. C.; Sadow, A. D.; Sampson, J. R.; Stanley, G. G.; Strom, A. E.; Strong, C. S.; Tonzetich, Z. J.; Trovitch, R. J.; Yadav, V.; Warren, T. H.; Waterman, R.* ACS Catal. 2026.

DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6c05782

15. Electrochemical Behavior of Nickelalactones: On-Route to Identifying Relevant Intermediates to Electrochemical Carboxylation

Kim, C. Y.; Duzha, J.; Wu, G.; Léonard, N. G.* Polyhedron 2026, 298, 118347.

DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2026.118347

14. Ligand Non-Innocence Enables H-Atom Transfer from a Dinuclear Nickel PNNP Pincer Complex

Chavez, A. J.; Andryushkina, D.;† Zhang, H.; Wu, A.;† Wu, G.; Ford, P. C.; Abu-Omar, M.;* Léonard, N. G.* Dalton Trans. 2026, 55, 10959-10966.

DOI: 10.1039/d6dt01344a

13. Mixed-Valency in Multinuclear Nickel Complexes: From Fundamentals to Nickel Enzymes

Chavez, A. J.; Ford, P. C.; Léonard, N. G.; Abu-Omar, M. M.* J. Inorg. Biochem. 2026, 275, 113150.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2025.113150

12. Mixed-Valent Dinuclear Nickel Complexes Enabled by an Expanded PNNP Pincer Ligand

Chavez, A. J.; Buratto, W.; Phu, P. N.; Wu, A.†; Guang, G.; Ford, P. C.; Léonard, N. G.*; Abu-Omar, M. M.* Inorg. Chem. 2025, 64, 21859-21868.

DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c02836

11. Synthesis and Anion Binding Properties of (Thio)urea Functionalized Ni(II)-Salen Complexes

Payong, J. E. L.; Léonard, N. G.; Anderson-Sanchez, L. M.; Ziller, J. W.; Yang, J. Y.* Dalton Trans. 2025, 54, 934-941.

DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02683G

10. Charge and Solvent Effects on the Redox Behavior of Vanadyl Salen-Crown Complexes

Nguyen, H. M.;† Morgan, W. T.; Chantarojsiri, T.; Kerr, T. A.; Yang, J. Y.; Alexandrova, A. N.;* Léonard, N. G.* J. Phys. Chem. A 2023, 127, 5324-5334.

DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c00827

Prior to UCSB:

9. Cationic Effects on the Effective Hydrogen Atom Bond Dissociation Free Energy of High Valent Manganese Imido Complexes

Léonard, N. G.; Chantarojsiri, T.; Ziller, J. W.; Yang, J. Y.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 1503-1508.

DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c09583

8. Electric Fields in Catalysis: From Enzymes to Molecular Catalysts

Léonard, N. G.;§ Dhaoui, R.;§ Chantarojsiri, T.; Yang, J. Y.* ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 10923-10932.

DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c02084

7. Synthesis of Cationic, Dimeric α-Diimine Nickel Hydride Complexes and Relevance to the Polymerization of Olefins

Léonard, N. G.; Yruegas, S.; Ho, S. C.; Sattler, A.; Bezdek, M. J.; Chirik, P. J.* Organometallics 2020, 39, 2630-2635.

DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.0c00257

6. Remote, Diastereoselective Cobalt-Catalyzed Alkene Isomerization-Hydroboration: Access to Stereodefined 1,3-Difunctionalized Indanes

Léonard, N. G.; Palmer, W. N.; Friedfeld, M. R.; Bezdek, M. J.; Chirik, P. J.* ACS Catal. 2019, 9, 9034-9044.

DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.9b03444

5. Oxidative Addition of Dihydrogen, Boron Compounds, and Aryl Halides to a Cobalt(I) Cation Supported by a Strong-Field Pincer Ligand

Rummelt, S. M.; Zhong, H.; Léonard, N. G., Semproni, S. P.; Chirik, P. J.* Organometallics 2019, 38, 1081-1090.

DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.8b00870

4. Air-stable α-Diimine Nickel Precatalysts for the Hydrogenation of Hindered, Unactivated Alkenes

Léonard, N. G.; Chirik, P. J.* ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 342-348.

DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b03909

3. Cobalt-Catalyzed C(sp2)–H Borylation with an Air-Stable, Readily Prepared Terpyridine Cobalt(II) Bis(acetate) Precatalyst

Léonard, N. G.; Bezdek, M. J.; Chirik, P. J.* Organometallics 2017, 36, 142-150.

DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00630

2. Coordination Chemistry of Iridium Phosphine-Sulfonate Complexes

Léonard, N. G.; Parker, G. V.; Williard, P. G.; Bernskoetter, W. H.* J. Inorg. Organomet. Polym. 2014, 24, 157-163.

DOI: 10.1007/s10904-013-9966-y

1. Synthesis and Coordination Chemistry of Organoiridium Complexes Supported by an Anionic Tridentate Ligand

Léonard, N. G.; Williard, P. G.; Bernskoetter, W. H.* Dalton Trans. 2011, 40, 4300-4306.

DOI: 10.1039/C1DT10037H