Publications
†Undergraduate coauthor. *Corresponding authors. §These authors contributed equally.
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.