Publications
116. Riley, R. D.; Dickie, D. A.; Land, M. A.; Kemp, R. A.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Werner-Zwanziger, U.; Robertson, K. N.; Clyburne, J. A. C. Heavy metals make a chain: a catenated bismuth compound, Chemistry – A European Journal, 2020, 26, 7711-7719. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202001295
115. Murphy, M. C.; Trofimova, A.; LaFortune, J. H. W.; Vogels, C. M.; Geier, S. J.; Binder, J. F.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Stephan, D. W.; Westcott, S. A. The Phosphinoboration of Acyl Chlorides, Dalton Transactions, 2020, 49, 5092-5099. DOI: 10.1039/d0dt00579g
114. Beland, V. A.; Wang, Z.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Sham, T. K.; Ragogna, P. J. A comprehensive investigation of a zwitterionic Ge(I) dimer with a 1,2-dicationic core, Chemistry – A European Journal, 2019, 25, 14790-14800. doi.org/10.1002/chem.201903683
113. Swidan, A.; St Onge, P. B. J.; Binder, J. F.; Suter, R.; Burford, N.; Macdonald, C. L. B. 2,6-Bis(benzimidazol-2-yl)pyridine as More Electron-Rich and Sterically Accessible Alternatives to 2,6-bis(imino)pyridine for Group 13 Coordination Chemistry, Dalton Transactions, 2019, 48, 7835-7843. DOI: 10.1039/c9dt00995g
112. Suter, R.; Swidan, A.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Burford, N.; Ferguson, M. J. Halogen and Sulfur Oxidation of Germanium and Tin Dications, Inorganic Chemistry, 2019, 58, 6238-6245. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b00419
111. Swidan, A.; Binder, J. F.; St Onge, P. B. J.; Suter, R.; Burford, N.; Macdonald, C. L. B. 2,6-Bis(benzimidazol-2-yl)pyridine as More Electron-Rich and Sterically Accessible Alternatives to 2,6-bis(imino)pyridine for Group 13 Coordination Chemistry, Dalton Transactions, 2019, 48, 1284-1291. DOI: 10.1039/C8DT04276D
110. Kosnik, S. C.; Binder, J. F.; Nascimento, M. C.; Swidan, A; Macdonald, C. L. B. Diphosphoniodiphosphene formation by transition metal insertion into a triphosphenium zwitterion, Chemistry – A European Journal, 2019, 25, 1208-1211. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201805711
109. Kindervater, M. B. ; Binder, J. F.; Baird, S. R.; Vogels, C. M.; Geier, S. J.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Westcott, S. A. The phosphinoboration of 2-diphenylphosphinobenzaldehyde and related aldimines, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2019, 880, 378-385. DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2018.11.001 *Invited for the special issue for R. J. Puddephatt*
108. Omahen, E. H.; Binder, J. F; Jacobs, B. F.; Swidan, A.; Macdonald, C. L. B. Phosphonium-Templated Iodoplumbates, ACS Omega, 2018, 3, 17077-17082. DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b02240
107. Suter, R.; Swidan, A.; Zijlstra, H.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; McIndoe, J. S.; Burford, N.
Synthesis, characterization and mass-spectrometric analysis of [LSn(VI)F4-x]x+ salts [L = tris((1-ethyl-benzoimidazol-2-yl)methyl)amine, x = 1-4], Dalton Transactions, 2018, 47, 16729-16736. DOI: 10.1039/c8dt03908a
106. Binder, J. F.; Kosnik, S. C.; St Onge, P. B. J.; Macdonald, C. L. B. Synthesis of heavy dicyanamide homologues from air-stable precursors, Chemistry – A European Journal, 2018, 24, 14644-14648. DOI: chem.201803941
105. Binder, J. F.; Swidan, A; Macdonald, C. L. B. On the Synthesis of Heteroleptic Phosphorus(I) Cations by P+ Transfer, Inorganic Chemistry , 2018, 57, 11717-11725. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b01822
104. Swidan, A; Suter, R.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Burford, N. Tris(benzoimidazol)amine (L) complexes of pnictogen(III) and pnictogen(V) cations and the [LP]3+/[LPF2]3+ redox couple, Chemical Science, 2018, 9, 5837-5841. DOI: 10.1039/c8sc01682h
103. Secara, A. M.; Binder, J. F.; Swidan, A; Macdonald, C. L. B. Synthesis and Structural Characterization of New Polyether Complexes of Germanium(II) and Tin(II), Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 2018, 96, 570-577. DOI: 10.1139/cjc-2017-0763 *Invited*
102. Taing, H; Rothera, J. G.; Binder, J. F.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Eichhorn, S. H. 1,3,5-Triazine(trithiophenecarboxylate) Esters Form Metastable Monotropic Nematic Discotic Liquid Crystal Phases, Liquid Crystals, 2018, 45, 1147-1154. DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2017.1417506
101. Binder, J. F.; Kosnik, S. C.; Macdonald, C. L. B. Assessing the Ligand Properties of NHC-Stabilized Phosphorus(I) Cations, Chemistry - A European Journal, in press. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201705224
100. Graham, C. M. E.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Power, P. P.; Brown, Z. D.; Ragogna, P. J. Addressing the Nature of Phosphinidene Sulfides via the Synthesis of P-S Heterocycles, Chemistry - A European Journal, 2018, 24, 743-749.. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201705198
99. Taing, H; Rothera, J. G.; Binder, J. F.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Eichhorn, S. H. 1,3,5-Triazine(trithiophenecarboxylate) Esters Form Metastable Monotropic Nematic Discotic Liquid Crystal Phases, Liquid Crystals, in press. DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2017.1417506
98. Kosnik, S. C.; Nascimento, M. C.; Binder, J. F.; Macdonald, C. L. B. Accessing Multimetallic Complexes with a Phosphorus(I) Zwitterion, Dalton Transactions, 2017, 46, 17080-17092. DOI: 10.1039/c7dt03844e *Invited*
97. Geier, S.J.; LaFortune, J. H. W.; Zhu, D.; Kosnik, S. C.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Stephan, D. W.; Westcott, S. A. The Phosphinoboration of Carbodiimides, Isocyanates, Isothiocyanates and CO2, Dalton Transactions, 2017, 46, 10876-10885. DOI: 10.1039/c7dt02305g
96. Graham, C. M. E.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Power, P. P.; Brown, Z. D.; Ragogna, P. J. Transition Metal Functionalization of P4 using a Diarylgermylene Anchor, Inorganic Chemistry, 2017, 56, 9111-9119. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01138
95. Kosnik, S. C.; Nascimento, M. C.; Rawson, J. M.; Macdonald, C. L. B. Synthesis of Bis(trithio)phosphines by Oxidative Transfer of Phosphorus(I), Dalton Transactions, 2017, 46, 9769-9776. DOI: 10.1039/c7dt01345k *Invited* *Invited to supply Cover Art for the issue*
94. Kosnik, S. C.; Binder, J. F.; Nascimento, M. C.; Macdonald, C. L. B. Preparation and reactivity of a triphosphenium bromide salt: a convenient and stable source of phosphorus(I), Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2016, http://www.jove.com/video/55021 DOI: 10.3791/55021 *Invited*
93. Elnajjar, F.; Binder, J. F.; Kosnik, S. C.; Macdonald, C. L. B. 1,2,4-Triazol-5-ylidenes Versus Imidazol-2-ylidenes for the Stabilization of Phosphorus(I) Cations, Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 2016, 642, 1251-1258. DOI: 10.1002/zaac.201600270 *Invited*
92. Macdonald, C. L. B.; Binder, J. F.; Swidan, A.; Nguyen, J. H.; Kosnik, S. C.; Ellis, B. D. Convenient preparation and detailed analysis of series of NHC stabilized phosphorus(I) dyes and their derivatives, Inorganic Chemistry, 2016, 55, 7152–7166 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01163
91. Swidan, A.; Macdonald, C. L. B. Polyether Complexes of Groups 13 and 14, Chemical Society Reviews, 2016, 45, 3883-3915. DOI: 10.1039/c5cs00934k *Invited*
90. Kosnik, S. C.; Macdonald, C. L. B. A Zwitterionic Triphosphenium Compound as a Tunable Multifunctional Donor, Dalton Transactions, 2016, 45, 6251-6258. DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03915K *Invited*
89. Binder J. F.; Corrente, A.M.; Macdonald, C. L. B. A Simple Route to Phosphamethine Cyanines from S,N-Heterocyclic Carbenes, Dalton Transactions, 2016, 45, 2138-2147. DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03019F *Invited*
88. Binder, J. F.; Swidan, A.; Tang, M.; Nguyen, J. H.; Macdonald, C. L. B. Remarkably Stable Chelating Bis-N-Heterocyclic Carbene Adducts of Phosphorus(I) Cations, Chemical Communications, 2015, 51, 7741-7744. DOI: 10.1039/C5CC00331H
87. Kosnik, S. C.; Farrar, G. J.; Norton, E. L.; Cooper, B. F. T.; Ellis, B. D.; Macdonald, C. L. B. Low Valent Chemistry: An Alternative Approach to Phosphorus-Containing Oligomers, Inorganic Chemistry, 2014, 53, 13061-13069. DOI: 10.1021/ic502229w
86. Dube, J. W.; Graham, C. M. E.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Brown, Z. D.; Power, P. P.; Ragogna, P. J. Reversible Activation of White Phosphorus by Low Coordinate Main Group Compounds, Chemistry – A European Journal, 2014, 20, 6739-6744. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201402031
85. Ellis, B. D.; Morasset, E. V.; Macdonald, C. L. B. 1,1,1-tris(dimethylamino)-2-[tris(dimethylamino)phosphoranylidene]diphosphinium tetraphenylborate tetrahydrofuran solvate, Acta Crystallographica, 2014, E70, o691-o691. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536814011258
84. Hamaed H.; Johnson, K. E.; Cooper, B. F. T.; Terskikh, V. V.; Ye, E.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Arnold, D. C.; Schurko, R. W. A 115In Solid-State NMR Study of Low Oxidation-State Indium Complexes, Chemical Science, 2014, 5, 982-995. DOI: 10.1039/c3sc52809j
83. San Juan, R. R.; Allan, C. J.; Iqbal, M.; Eichhorn, S. H.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Carmichael, T. B. New Dihexadecyldithiophosphate SAMs on Gold Provide Insight into the Unusual Dependence of Adsorbate Chelation on Substrate Morphology in SAMs of Dialkyldithiophosphinic Acids, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2013, 135,15784-15793. DOI: 10.1021/ja404798q
82. Allan, C. J.; Cooper, B. F. T.; Cowley, H. J.; Rawson, J. M.; Macdonald, C. L. B. Non-Innocent Ligand Effects on Low Oxidation State Indium Complexes, Chemistry – A European Journal, 2013, 19, 14470-14483. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201301881 *highlighted in Wiley-VCH Chemistry Views*
81. Dube, J. W.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Ellis, B. D.; Ragogna, P. J. The Synthesis of Zwitterionic Triphosphenium Transition Metal Complexes; A Boron Atom Makes The Difference, Inorganic Chemistry, 2013, 52, 11438−11449. DOI: 10.1021/ic401766j
80. Bandyopadhyay, R.; Nguyen, J. H.; Swidan, A.; Macdonald, C. L. B. Water and ammonia complexes of Ge(II) dications, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2013, 52, 3469-3472. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201209067 and 10.1002/ange.201209067
79. Muthu Tamizh, M.; Cooper, B. F. T.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Karvembu, R. Theoretical and Experimental Studies on the Structure and Spectroscopic Properties of Ni(II) Complexes of the Type [Ni(L)(PPh3)] [H2L = 5-Methyl-N-(2-mercaptophenyl)salicylideneimine and 5-Chloro-N-(2-mercaptophenyl) salicylideneimine], Journal of Molecular Structure, 2013, 1037, 367-375. DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2013.01.008
78. Muthu Tamizh, M.; Cooper, B. F. T.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Karvembu, R. Palladium(II) complexes with salicylideneimine based tridentate ligand and triphenylphosphine: Synthesis, structure and catalytic activity in Suzuki-Miyaura cross coupling reaction, Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2013, 394, 391-400. DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2012.08.024
77. Dube, J. W.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Ragogna, P. J. Accessing the Coordination Chemistry of Phosphorus(I) Zwitterions, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2012, 51, 13026-13030. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201205744
76. Macdonald, C. L. B.; Bandyopadhyay, R.; Cooper, B. F. T.; Friedl, W.W.; Rossini, A. J.; Schurko, R. W.; Eichhorn, S. H.; Herber, R. H. Experimental and computational insights into the stabilization of low-valent main group elements using crown ethers and related ligands, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2012, 134, 4332-4345. DOI: 10.1021/ja211135s
75. Cooper, B. F. T.; Hamaed H.; Friedl, W.W.; Stinchcombe, M. R.; Schurko, R. W.; Macdonald, C. L. B. "Crowned" univalent indium complexes as donors? Experimental and computational insights on the valence isomers of EE'X4 species, Chemistry – A European Journal, 2011, 17, 6148-6161. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201002946
74. Cooper, B. F. T.; Macdonald, C. L. B. (1,4,7,10,13,16-Hexaoxacyclooctadecane)dimethylindium(III) trifluoromethanesulfonate, Acta Crystallographica, 2011, E67, m233-m234. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536811001899
73. Cooper, B. F. T.; Macdonald, C. L. B. Alternative syntheses of univalent indium salts including a direct route from indium metal, New Journal of Chemistry, 2010, 34, 1551-1555. DOI: 10.1039/c0nj00036a *Invited for the special issue about Main Group Chemistry*
72. Cooper, B. F. T.; Macdonald, C. L. B. Potassium cation exchange with "crowned" indium(I) trifluoromethanesulfonate, Main Group Chemistry, 2010, 9, 141-152. DOI: 10.3233/MGC-2010-0011 *Invited for the special issue dedicated to Alan H. Cowley*
71. Bandyopadhyay, R.; Cooper, B. F. T.; Rossini, A. J.; Schurko, R. W.; Macdonald, C. L. B. Crown ether complexes of tin(II) trifluoromethanesulfonate, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2010, 695, 1012-1018. DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2009.12.023 (IRIS 12 conference special issue)
70. Dube, J. W.; Farrar, G. J.; Norton, E. L.; Szekely, K. L. S.; Cooper, B. F. T.; Macdonald, C. L. B. A Convenient Method for the Preparation of N-Heterocyclic Bromophosphines: Excellent Precursors to the Corresponding N-Heterocyclic Phosphenium Salts, Organometallics, 2009, 28, 4377-4384. DOI: 10.1021/om900420g
69. Rupar, P. A.; Bandyopadhyay, R.; Cooper, B. F. T.; Stinchcombe, M. R.; Ragogna, P. J.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Baines, K. M. Cationic Crown Ether Complexes of Germanium(II), Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2009, 48, 5155-5158. DOI: 10.1002/anie.200901351 *Very Important Paper*
68. Dhudshia, B.; Cooper, B. F. T.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Thadani, A. N. Asymmetric total synthesis of securinine, Chemical Communications, 2009, 463-465. DOI: 10.1039/b816576a
67. Cooper, B. F. T.; Macdonald, C. L. B. Synthesis and structure of an indium(I) "crown sandwich", Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2008, 693, 1707-1711. DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2007.10.040 and 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2008.04.024 *Invited for the special F.A. Cotton memorial issue*
66. Macdonald, C. L. B.; Gorden, J. D.; Voigt, A.; Filipponi, S.; Cowley, A. H. Group 13 Decamethylmetallocenium Cations, Dalton Transactions, 2008, 1161-1176. DOI: 10.1039/b716220k
65. Norton, E. L.; Szekely, K. L. S.; Dube, J. W.; Bomben, P. G.; Macdonald, C. L. B. A Convenient Preparative Method for Cyclic Triphosphenium Bromide and Chloride Salts, Inorganic Chemistry, 2008, 47, 1196-1203. DOI: 10.1021/ic701342u
64. Widdifield, C. M.; Tang, J. A.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Schurko, R. W. Investigation of Structure and Dynamics in the Sodium Metallocenes CpNa and CpNa·THF via Solid-State NMR, X-ray Diffraction and Computational Modelling, Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, 2007, 45, S116-S128. DOI: 10.1002/mrc.2124
63. Tang, J. A.; Ellis, B. D.; Warren, T. H.; Hanna, J. V.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Schurko, R. W. Solid-state 63Cu and 65Cu NMR Spectroscopy of Inorganic and Organometallic Copper(I) Complexes, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2007, 129, 13049-13065. DOI: 10.1021/ja073238x
62. Dhayal, V.; Sharma, N.; Sharma, V.; Bohra, R.; Drake, J. E.; Macdonald, C. L. B. Synthesis and characterization of some dimethylsilicon(IV) complexes with internally functionalized oximes: Crystal and molecular structure of [Me2Si{ON@C(H)C4H3O-2}2]. Formation of mesoporous materials by the hydrolytic study of [Me2Si{ON@C(CH3)C4H3O-2}2] in the presence of Al(OPri)3, Polyhedron, 2007, 26, 3168-3174. DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2007.02.025
61. Cooper, B. F. T.; Andrews, C. G.; Macdonald, C. L. B. The insertion reactions of "crowned" indium(I) trifluoromethanesulfonate into carbon-chlorine bonds, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2007, 692, 2843-2848. DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2006.12.006 (IRIS XI conference special issue) *I was also invited to supply the cover art for this special issue*
60. Ellis, B. D.; Macdonald, C. L. B. Stable Compounds Containing Heavier Group 15 Elements in the +1 Oxidation State, Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2007, 251, 936-973. DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2006.07.007 and DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2008.03.006 *Invited Review*
59. Ellis, B. D.; Macdonald, C. L. B. Cycloaddition and Electron Transfer: On A Synthetically-Useful Aspect of Pnictogen(I) Reactivity, Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2007, 360, 329-344. DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2006.07.047 *Invited for the special “Inorganic Chemistry – The Next Generation” issue*
58. Ellis, B. D.; Macdonald, C. L. B. Phosphorus(I) Iodide: A Versatile Metathesis Reagent for the Synthesis of Low Oxidation State Phosphorus Compounds, Inorganic Chemistry, 2006, 45, 6864-6874. DOI: 10.1021/ic060186o
57. Ellis, B. D.; Macdonald, C. L. B. Redetermination of an acyclic triphosphenium tetrachloroaluminate salt at 173K, Acta Crystallographica, 2006, E62, m1869-m1870. DOI: 10.1107/S160053680602722X
56. Atwan, M. H.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Northwood, D. O.; Gyenge, E. L. Colloidal Au and Au-alloy catalysts for direct borohydride fuel cells: electrocatalysis and fuel cell performance, Journal of Power Sources, 2006, 158, 36-44. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2005.09.054
55. Ellis, B. D.; Macdonald, C. L. B. Redetermination of a cyclic triphosphenium hexachlorostannate salt at 173K, Acta Crystallographica, 2006, E62, m1235-m1236. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536806016345
54. Pietryga, J. M; Jones, J. N.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Moore, J. A.; Cowley, A. H. Titanium(IV) complexes with amidinate and/or hydrazido ligands, Polyhedron, 2006, 25, 259-265. DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2005.06.035
53. de Frémont, P. ; Scott, N. M.; Stevens, E. D.; Ramnial, D.; Lightbody, O. C.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Clyburne, J. A. C.; Nolan, S. P. Synthesis of Well-Defined N-Heterocyclic Carbene Silver(I) Complexes, Organometallics, 2005, 24, 6301-6309. DOI: 10.1021/om050735i
52. Andrews, C. G.; Macdonald, C. L. B. Crown Ether Ligation: An Approach to Low-Oxidation-State Indium Compounds, Angewandte Chemie, 2005, 117, 7619-7622; Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2005, 44, 7453-7456. DOI: 10.1002/anie.200502901 and DOI: 10.1002/ange.200502901
51. Burford, N.; Cameron, T. S.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Robertson, K. N.; Schurko, R. W.; Walsh, D. M.; McDonald, R.; Wasylishen, R. E. Dissociation of 2,4-bis(2,4,6-tri-t-butylphenyl)-cyclo-1,3-dipnicta-2,4-diazanes (pnict = P, As, Sb) imposed by substituent steric strain: A cyclobutane/olefin analogy, Inorganic Chemistry, 2005, 44, 8058-8064. DOI: 10.1021/ic050770h
50. Andrews, C. G.; Macdonald, C. L. B. Cobaltocenium trifluoromethanesulfonate, Acta Crystallographica, 2005, E61, m2103-m2105. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536805029879
49. Jones, J. N.; Moore, J. A.; Cowley, A. H.; Macdonald, C. L. B. Group 14 triple-decker cations, Dalton Transactions, 2005, 3846-3851. DOI: 10.1039/b510337a
48. Andrews, C. G.; Macdonald, C. L. B. The unusual reactions of indium(I) trifluoromethanesulfonate with some first row metallocenes and the structure of "indium(II) cyclopentadienide", Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2005, 690, 5090-5097. DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2005.03.028 *Invited for the special “Organometallic Chemistry: The Next Generation” issue*
47. Lo, A. Y. H.; Bitterwolf, T. E.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Schurko, R. W. Solid-state 93Nb and 13C NMR investigations of half-sandwich niobium (I) and niobium (V) cyclopentadienyl complexes, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2005, 109, 7073-7087. DOI: 10.1021/jp0521499
46. Drake, J. E.; MacDonald, C. L. B.; Kumar, A.; Pandey, S. K.; Ratnani, R. The triethyl ammonium salt of O,O'-bis(o-tolyl) dithiophosphate [Et3NH]+[(2-MeC6H4O)2PS2]-, Journal of Chemical Crystallography, 2005, 35, 447-450. DOI: 10.1007/s10870-005-2218-4
45. Kulcsar, M.; Silvestru, A.; Silvestru, C.; Drake, J. E.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Hursthouse, M. E.; Light, M. E. Organoselenium(II) and selenium(IV) compounds containing 2-(Me2NCH2)C6H4 moieties: solution behavior and solid state structure, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2005, 690, 3217-3228. DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2005.02.052
44. Korotkikh, N. I.; Shvaika, O. P.; Rayenko, G. F.; Kiselyov, A. V.; Knishevitsky, A. V.; Cowley, A. H.; Jones, J. N.; Macdonald, C. L. B. Stable heteroaromatic carbenes of the benzimidazole and 1,2,4-triazole series, ARKIVOC, 2005, (viii), 10-43. ISSN 1424-6376
43. Gorden, J. D.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Cowley, A. H. Synthesis and Structure of (eta5-C5Me5)Ga-Al(C6F5)3. The First Example of a Gallium-Aluminum Bond, Main Group Chemistry, 2005, 4, 33-38. DOI: 10.1080/10241220500046018
42. Cowley, A. H.; Jones, J. N.; Macdonald, C. L. B. Triple-decker Tin and Lead Cations, Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 2005, 19, 578-582. DOI: 10.1002/aoc.827
41. Singh, G.; Bali, S.; Singh, A. K.; Drake, J. E.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Hursthouse, M. B.; Little, M. E. Reactions of hybrid organotellurium ligands 1-(4-methoxyphenyltelluro)-2-[3-(6-methyl-2-pyridyl) propoxy]ethane (L1) and 1-ethylthio-2-[2-thienyltelluro]ethane (L2) with mercury (II) bromide: formation of complexes and their decomposition, Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2005, 358, 912-918. DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2004.10.021
40. Ellis, B. D.; Dyker, C. A.; Decken, A.; Macdonald, C. L. B. The synthesis, characterisation and electronic structure of N-heterocyclic carbene adducts of P(I) cations, Chemical Communications, 2005, 1965-1967. DOI: 10.1039/b500692a
39. Hung, I.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Schurko, R. W. Structure and Dynamics of Homoleptic Beryllocenes: A Solid-State 9Be and 13C NMR Study, Chemistry – A European Journal, 2004, 10, 5923-5935. DOI: 10.1002/chem.200400404
38. Ellis. B. D.; Ragogna, P. J.; Macdonald, C. L. B. Computational Insights into the Acceptor Chemistry of Phosphenium Cations, Inorganic Chemistry, 2004, 43, 7857-7867. DOI: 10.1021/ic0488738
37. Ellis. B. D.; Macdonald, C. L. B. Stabilized Arsenic(I) Iodide: A Ready Source of Arsenic-Iodide Fragments and a Useful Reagent for the Generation of Clusters, Inorganic Chemistry, 2004, 43, 5981-5986. DOI: 10.1021/ic049281s
36. Choytun, D. D.; Langlois, L.D.; Johansson, T. P.; Macdonald, C. L. B.*; Leach, G. W.; Weinberg, N.; Clyburne, J. A. C.* Azines Possessing Extreme Push-Pull Donors/Acceptors, Chemical Communications, 2004, 1842-1843. DOI: 10.1039/b404129a
35. Ellis, B. D.; Macdonald, C. L. B. Low Oxidation State Group 15 Elements as Pnicta-Wittig Reagents Phosphorus, Sulfur, Silicon and Related Elements, 2004, 179, 775-778. DOI: 10.1080/10426500490427015 (IRIS X conference issue)
34. Macdonald, C. L. B.; Corrente, A. M.; Andrews, C. G.; Taylor, A.; Ellis, B. D. Indium (I) Trifluoromethanesulfonate and Other Soluble Salts for Univalent In Chemistry, Chemical Communications, 2004, 250-251. DOI: 10.1039/b312983g
33. Ellis, B. D.; Carlesimo, M.; Macdonald, C. L. B. Stabilised P(I) and As(I) Iodide: Readily-Synthesised Reagents for Low Oxidation State Main Group Chemistry, Chemical Communications, 2003, 1946-1947. DOI: 10.1039/b302292g
32. Korotkikh, N. I.; Rayenko, G. F.; Shvaika, O. P.; Cowley, A. H.; Jones, J. N.; Macdonald, C. L. B. Synthesis of 1,2,4-Triazol-5-ylidenes and their Interaction with Acetonitrile and Chalcogens, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2003, 68, 5762-5765. DOI: 10.1021/jo034234n
31. Wang. Z.; Abernethy, C. D.; Cowley, A. H.; Jones, J. N.; Jones, R. A.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Zhang, L. Synthesis and structures of 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)pyrazol derivatives of Rh(I), Ir(I), Pd(II) and Pt(II), Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2003, 666, 35-42. DOI: 10.1016/S0022-328X(02)02030-2
30. Jones, J. N.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Gorden, J. D.; Cowley, A. H. Use of a smaller counterion results in an ‘inverse sandwich’ diindium cation, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2003, 666, 3-5. DOI: 10.1016/S0022-328X(02)02034-X
29. Wiacek, R. J.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Jones, J. N.; Pietryga, J. M.; Cowley, A. H. The contrasting behaviour of bridged amido-cyclopentadienyl (constrained geometry) group 15 chlorides and cations derived therefrom, Chemical Communications, 2003, 430-431. DOI: 10.1039/b211591c
28. Hair, G.S.; Cowley, A. H.; Gorden, J. D.; Jones, J. N.; Jones, R. A.; Macdonald, C. L. B. Novel supramolecular architectures in group 13 perfluoroaryl complexes. Synthesis and structures of [AlMe(C6F5)(µ-Me)]2 and GaMe(C6F5)2, Chemical Communications, 2003, 424-425. DOI: 10.1039/b210024j
27. Burford, N.; Cameron, T. S.; Conroy, K. D.; Ellis, B. D.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; McDonald, R.; Phillips, A. D.; Ragogna, P. J.; Schurko, R. W.; Walsh, D. M.; Wasylishen, R. E. Transformations between Monomeric, Dimeric and Trimeric Phosphazanes: Oligomerising NP Analogues of Olefins, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2002, 124, 14012-14013. DOI: 10.1021/ja027946o
26. Schurko, R.W.; Hung, I.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Cowley, A. H. Anisotropic NMR Interaction Tensors in the Decamethylaluminocenium Cation, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2002, 124, 13204-13214. DOI: 10.1021/ja020394p
25. Schurko, R.W.; Hung, I.; Schauff, S.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Cowley, A. H. Anisotropic NMR Interaction Tensors in Decamethylcyclopentadienyl Boron Complexes, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2002, 106, 10096-10107. DOI: 10.1021/jp020800r
24. Wiacek, R. J.; Jones, J. N.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Cowley, A. H. Structural Interrelationships Between the Bis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)arsenic(III) and Antimony(III) Cations and Their Precursor Chlorides, Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 2002, 80, 1518-1523. DOI: 10.1139/V02-075
23. Burford, N.; Cameron, T. S.; Conroy, K. D.; Ellis, B.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Ovans, R. Phillips, A. D.; Ragogna, P. J.; Walsh, D. Sequential Dehydrochloride Coupling of Trichlorophosphine with 2,6-Di-isopropylaniline: Aminophosphine Precursors to Phosphetidines, Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 2002, 80, 1404-1409. DOI: 10.1139/V02-161
22. Jones, J. N.; Cowley, A. H.; Macdonald, C. L. B. The crystal structure of the ‘pentamethylcyclopentadienyl cation’ is that of the pentamethylcyclopentenyl cation, Chemical Communications, 2002, 1520-1521. DOI: 10.1039/b205081a
21. Hannah, S.; Lynch, V. M.; Guildi, D. M.; Gerasimchuk, N.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Magda, D.; Sessler, J. L. Late First-Row Transition Metal Complexes of Texaphyrin, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2002, 124, 8416-8427. DOI: 10.1021/ja012747a
20. Gorden, J. D.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Cowley, A. H. The unusual reaction of Ga(C5Me5)3 with a nucleophilic carbene, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2002, 643-644, 487-489. DOI: 10.1016/S0022-328X(01)01243-8
19. Hardman, N. J.; Power, P. P.; Gorden, J. D.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Cowley, A. H. Gallium-Boron Donor-Acceptor Bonds, Chemical Communications, 2001, 1866-1867. DOI: 10.1039/b106599h
18. Hinchley, S. L.; Morrison, C. A.; Rankin, D. W. H.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Wiacek, R. J.; Voigt, A.; Cowley, A. H.; Lappert, M. F.; Gundersen, G.; Clyburne, J. A. C.; Power, P. P. Spontaneous Generation of Stable Pnictinyl Radicals from “Jack-in-the-Box” Dipnictines: A Solid-state, Gas-phase and Theoretical Investigation of the Origins of Steric Stabilization, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2001, 123, 9045-9053. DOI: 10.1021/ja010615b
17. Abernethy, C. D.; Cowley, A. H.; Jones, R. A.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Shukla, P.; Thompson, L. K. Nucleophilic Carbene Complexes of Manganocene, Organometallics, 2001, 20, 3629-3631. DOI: 10.1021/om0103916
16. Pietryga, J. M.; Gorden, J. D.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Voigt, A.; Wiacek, R. J.; Cowley, A. H. Main Group "Constrained Geometry" Complexes, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2001, 123, 7713-7714. DOI: 10.1021/ja011039m
15. Callahan, R. P.; Herzog, A.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Lynch, V. M.; Hawthorne, M. F.; Lagow, R. J. A Perfluorinated Nanosphere: Synthesis and Structure of Perfluoro-deca-B-methyl-para-carborane, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2001, 40, 2121-2124. DOI: 10.1002/1521-3773(20010601)40:11<2121::AID-ANIE2121>3.0.CO;2-D and DOI: 10.1002/1521-3757(20010601)113:11<2179::AID-ANGE2179>3.0.CO;2-4
14. Burford, N.; Cameron, T. S.; Lam, K.–C.; LeBlanc, D. J.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Phillips, A. D.; Rheingold, A. L.; Stark, L. N.; Walsh, D. Synthesis and characterization of an homologous series of bis(amido)diazadipnictetidines (Pnict = P, As, Sb, Bi), Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 2001, 79, 342-348. DOI: 10.1139/cjc-79-3-342
13. Cowley, A. H.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Silverman, J. S.; Gorden, J. D.; Voigt, A. Triple Decker Main Group Cations, Chemical Communications, 2001, 175-176. DOI: 10.1039/b005425i
12. Gorden, J. D.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Cowley, A. H. A Valence Isomer of a Dialane, Chemical Communications, 2001, 75-76. DOI: 10.1039/b007341p
11. Abernethy, C. D.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Clyburne, J. A. C.; Cowley, A. H. A Persistent C-H•••C(pi) T-Stacked Cation, Chemical Communications, 2001, 61-62. DOI: 10.1039/b005450j
10. Macdonald, C. L. B.; Gorden, J. D.; Voigt, A.; Cowley, A. H. Synthesis and Characterization of the First Example of a Gallocenium Cation, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2000, 122, 11725-11726. DOI: 10.1021/ja002888x
9. Hinchley, S. L.; Morrison, C. A.; Rankin, D. W. H.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Wiacek, R. J.; Cowley, A. H.; Lappert, M. F.; Gundersen, G.; Clyburne, J. A. C.; Power, P. P. Persistent Phosphinyl Radicals from a Bulky Diphosphine: An Example of a Molecular Jack-in-the-Box, Chemical Communications, 2000, 2045-2046. DOI: 10.1039/b004889p
8. Voigt, A.; Filipponi, S.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Gorden, J. D.; Cowley, A. H. The structure of the decamethylborocenium cation: the most tightly-squeezed metallocene? Chemical Communications, 2000, 911-912. DOI: 10.1039/b001271h
7. Gorden, J. D.; Voigt, A.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Silverman, J. S.; Cowley, A. H. A Lewis Acid Adduct of an Alanediyl: An Aluminum(I)-Boron Donor-Acceptor Bond, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2000, 122, 950-951. DOI: 10.1021/ja993537p
6. Burford, N.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; LeBlanc, D. J.; Cameron, T. S. Synthesis and Characterization of Bis(2,4,6-tris(trifluoromethyl)phenyl) Derivatives of Arsenic and Antimony: X-ray Crystal Structures of As(Rf)2Cl, Sb(Rf)2Cl, and Sb(Rf)2OSO2CF3, Organometallics, 2000, 19, 152-155. DOI: 10.1021/om990768w
5. Macdonald, C. L. B.; Cowley, A. H. A Theoretical Study of Free and Fe(CO)4-Complexed Borylenes (Boranediyls) and Heavier Congeners: The Nature of the Iron-Group 13 Element Bonding, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1999, 121, 12113-12126. DOI: 10.1021/ja992573l
4. Boyd, R. J.; Burford, N.; Macdonald, C. L. B. Ab Initio Studies of the Contrasting Butadiene Cheletropic and Diels-Alder Cycloaddition Reactivities Observed for "Carbenic" Phosphorus (Phosphenium) and Arsenic (Arsenium) Cations, Organometallics, 1998, 17, 4014-4029. DOI: 10.1021/om980126t
3. Burford, N.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Robertson, K. N.; Cameron, T. S. Synthesis and Structures of Sb[N(H)(C6H2tBu3)]3 and Bi[N(H)(C6H2tBu3)]3: Implications for the Steric Limits of Supermesityl Substitution, Inorganic Chemistry, 1996, 35, 4013-4016. DOI: 10.1021/ic951532x
2. Burford, N.; Macdonald, C. L. B.; Parks, T. M.; Wu, G.; Borecka, B.; Kwiatkowski, W.; Cameron, T. S. Preparation and structure of 2-chloro-1,3-dimethyldiaza-2 arsenane, 1,3-dimethyldiaza-2 arsenanium tetrachlorogallate, and butadiene cycloadducts of diazarsenium cations, Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 1996, 74, 2209–2216. DOI: 10.1139/v96-248
1. Burford, N.; Losier, P.; Macdonald, C.; Kyrimis, V.; Bakshi, P.K.; Cameron, T. S. Anionic and Steric Factors Governing Coordinative Unsaturation at Carbenic Phosphenium Centers, Inorganic Chemistry 1994, 33, 1434-1439. DOI: 10.1021/ic00085a036