Publications sorted by research area

Borane- and Alane-Containing Late Transition Metal Complexes
(Fe, Rh, Ni, Pd, Pt)

58) K. M. Paskaruk, B. E. Cowie, D. J. H. Emslie, Coordination Chemistry of Lewis Acidic Ligands, Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry III, Eds. E. C. Constable, G. Parkin, L. Que Jr., Vol. 1, Elsevier, 2021; pp 717–805. DOI. PDF (password protected).

48) B. E. Cowie, D. J. H. Emslie,* Reactivity of a Borane Appended 1,1'-Bisphosphinoferrocene Ligand: Transition Metal and Lewis Acid Coordination, Cyclopentadienyl Ring Borylation, and Boronium Cation Generation, Organometallics, 2018, 37, 1007-1016. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI. // Supporting Information // Pre-Publication File

47) B. E. Cowie, D. J. H. Emslie,* M–H–BR₃ and M–Br–BR₃ Interactions in Rhodium and Nickel Complexes of an Ambiphilic Phosphine-Thioether-Borane Ligand, Can. J. Chem., 2018, 96(5), 484-491. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI. // Supporting Information // Pre-Publication File

39) B. E. Cowie and D. J. H. Emslie* Nickel and Palladium Complexes of Ferrocene-Backbone Bisphosphine-Borane and Trisphosphine Ligands,
Organometallics, 2015, 34, 4093-4101. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI // Pre-Publication File



37) B. E. Cowie and D. J. H. Emslie* Bis-Hydrocarbyl Platinum(II) Ambiphilic Ligand Complexes: Alkyl–Aryl Exchange Between Platinum and Boron,
Organometallics, 2015, 34, 2737-2746. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI // Pre-Publication File

36) B. E. Cowie, F.-A. Tsao and D. J. H. Emslie* Synthesis and Platinum Complexes of an Alane-Appended 1,1'-Bis(phosphino)ferrocene Ligand,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 2165-2169. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI // Pre-Publication File

33) B. E. Cowie and D. J. H. Emslie,* Bridging Rh–Fe Borataaminocarbyne Complexes Formed by Intramolecular Isonitrile–Borane Coordination,
Organometallics,2013, 32, 7297-7305. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI // Pre-Publication File

27) D. J. H. Emslie,* B. E. Cowie, S. R. Oakley, N. L. Huk, H. A. Jenkins,^† L. E. Harrington,^† J. F. Britten,^† A Study of M–X–BR₃ (M = Pt, Pd or Rh; X = Cl or I) Interactions in Square Planar Ambiphilic Ligand Complexes: Structural, Spectroscopic, Electrochemical and Computational Comparisons with Borane-Free Analogues, Dalton Trans. 2012, 41 (12), 3523-3535. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI // Pre-Publication File

26) D. J. H. Emslie,* B. E. Cowie, K. B. Kolpin, Acyclic Boron-Containing p-Ligand Complexes: h2- and h3-Coordination Modes, Dalton Trans. 2012, 41 (4), 1101-1117. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI (Invited Perspective) // Pre-Publication File * Invited Review. Awarded the front cover for this issue of Dalton Trans.

21) K. B. Kolpin, D. J. H. Emslie,* h³-Vinylborane Complexes of Platinum and Nickel: Borataallyl- and Alkyl/Borataalkene-Like Coordination Modes,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 2716-2719. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI // Pre-Publication File

20) B. E. Cowie, D. J. H. Emslie,* H. A. Jenkins,^† J. F. Britten,^† Diversity of Metal-Ligand Interactions in Halide (X = I, Br, Cl, F) and Halide-Free Ambiphilic LIgand Rhodium Complexes, Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49, 4060-4072. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI // Pre-Publication File

18) D. J. H. Emslie,* L. E. Harrington,^† H. A. Jenkins,^† C. M. Robertson,^† J. F. Britten,^† Group 10 Transition Metal Complexes of an Ambiphilic PSB-Ligand: Investigations into h³(BCC)-Triarylborane Coordination, Organometallics 2008, 27, 5317-5325. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI // Pre-Publication File

15) S. R. Oakley, K. D. Parker, D. J. H. Emslie,* I. Vargas-Baca, C. M. Robertson,^† L. E. Harrington,^† J. F. Britten,^† Synthesis of a Heterobimetallic Rhodium-Iron Complex Containing an h³-Interaction Between Rhodium and the B-C_ipso-C_ortho Unit of a Triarylborane, Organometallics, 2006, 25, 5035-5038. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI

14) D. J. H. Emslie,* J. M. Blackwell, J. F. Britten,^† L. E. Harrington,^† A Zwitterionic Palladium(II) h³-Boratoxypentadienyl Complex: Cooperative Activation of Dibenzylideneacetone between Palladium and a Phosphine/Thioether/Borane Ligand, Organometallics, 2006, 25, 2412-2414. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI

† McMaster Analytical X-Ray Diffraction Facility

Electropositive Metal Chemistry (Th, U, Y, Lu, La, Zr, Mg and K), primarily focused on Rigid Non-Carbocyclic Ligand Complexes

61) D. J. H. Emslie, N. R. Andreychuk, C. A. Cruz, Chapter 7: Organoactinide Chemistry, in The Lanthanides and Actinides: Synthesis, Reactivity, Properties and Applications, Eds. S. T. Liddle, D. P. Mills, L. S. Natrajan, World Scientific Publishing, 2022; pp 311-440. DOI. PDF (password protected).

53) A. Vasanthakumar, David J. H. Emslie,* J. F. Britten, Alkyl Yttrium Complexes of Doubly Cyclometallated Xanthene- and Naphthalene-Backbone Bis(phosphinimine) Ligands, J. Organomet. Chem., 2019, accepted. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI // Supporting Information PDF.

51) D. J. H. Emslie,* Actinides: Amido Complexes, Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry, 'The Heaviest Metals: Science and Technology of the Actinides and Beyond’, 2018. DOI. (PDF: password protected)

49) N. R. Andreychuk, T. Dickie, D. J. H. Emslie,* H.A. Jenkins, Thorium(IV) Alkyl and Allyl Complexes of a Rigid NON-Donor Pincer Ligand with Flanking 1-Adamantyl Substituents, Dalton Transactions, 2018, 47, 4866-4876. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI. // Supporting Information.

46) N. R. Andreychuk, D. J. H. Emslie,* H. A. Jenkins,^† and J. F. Britten,^† Cyclometallation Following Coordination of Anionic and Neutral Lewis Bases to a Uranium(IV) Dialkyl Complex, J. Organomet. Chem., 2018, 857, 16-24. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI. // Supporting Information // Pre-Publication File

* Invited paper for a special issue on "Organometallic Lanthanide and Actinide Complexes" dedicated to Prof. William J. Evans on the occasion of his 70th birthday.

45) K. S. A. Motolko, J. S. Price, D. J. H. Emslie,* H. A. Jenkins,^† and J. F. Britten,^† Zirconium Complexes of a Rigid, Dianionic Pincer Ligand: Alkyl Cations, Arene Coordination, and Ethylene Polymerization, Organometallics, 2017, 36, 3084-3093. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI. // Supporting Information // Pre-Publication File

44) K. S. A. Motolko, D. J. H. Emslie,* H. A. Jenkins,^† J. F. Britten,^† Potassium and Yttrium Complexes of a Rigid Bis‑Phosphido POP-Donor Ligand,
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2017, 2920-2927. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI. Supporting Information // Pre-Publication File

43) K. S. A. Motolko, D. J. H. Emslie,* J. F. Britten,^† Rigid NON-Donor Pincer Ligand Complexes of Lutetium and Lanthanum: Synthesis and Hydroamination Catalysis, RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 27938-27945. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI // Pre-Publication File

41) K. S. A. Motolko, D. J. H. Emslie,* H. A. Jenkins,^† Yttrium and Aluminum Alkyl Complexes of a Rigid Bis-Anilido NON-Donor Ligand: Synthesis and Hydroamination Catalysis, Organometallics, 2017, 36, 1601-1608. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI // Pre-Publication File

38) E. W. Y. Wong and D. J. H. Emslie* Cyclometalation and Coupling of a Rigid 4,5-Bis(imino)acridanide Pincer Ligand on Yttrium,
Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 11601-11612. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI // Pre-Publication File

31) N. R. Andreychuk, S. Ilango, B. Vidjayacoumar, D. J. H. Emslie,* H. A. Jenkins,^† Uranium(IV) Alkyl Complexes of a Rigid Dianionic NON-Donor Ligand: Synthesis and Quantitative Alkyl Exchange Reactions with Alkyllithium Reagents, Organometallics, 2013, 32, 1466−1474. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI // Pre-Publication File

* Invited paper for a special issue entitled “Recent Advances in Organo-f-Element Chemistry”.

30) N. R. Andreychuk, D. J. H. Emslie,* Potassium–Alkane Interactions within a Rigid Hydrophobic Pocket,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 52, 1696-1699. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI // Pre-Publication File

28) B. Vidjayacoumar, S. Ilango, M. J. Ray, T. Chu, K. B. Kolpin, N. R. Andreychuk, C. A. Cruz, D. J. H. Emslie,* H. A. Jenkins,^† J. F. Britten,^†
Rigid NON‑ and NSN-Ligand Complexes of Tetravalent and Trivalent Uranium: Comparison of U–OAr₂ and U–SAr₂ Bonding,
Dalton Trans., 2012, 41, 8175-8189. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI // Pre-Publication File

* Invited paper for a special issue entitled “New Talent: the Americas”.

* This article was selected as a Dalton Transactions Hot Article and was featured on the Dalton Transactions Blog.

25) C. A. Cruz, T. Chu, D. J. H. Emslie,* H. A. Jenkins,^† L. E. Harrington,^† J. F. Britten,^† Divergent reactivity of [(k³-L)ThCl₂(dme)] with Grignard reagents: alkylation, ancillary ligand transfer to magnesium, and halide-exchange caught in the act, J. Organomet. Chem. 2010, 695, 2798-2803. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI // Pre-Publication File

* Invited paper for a special issue on Organo-f Element Chemistry in memory of Prof. Herbert Schumann.

22) C. A. Cruz, D. J. H. Emslie,* H. A. Jenkins,^† J. F. Britten,^† A thermally robust di-n-butyl thorium complex with an unstable dimethyl analogue,
Dalton Trans. 2010, 39, 6626-6628. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI // Pre-Publication File

* Invited paper for a themed issue: New horizons in organo-f-block chemistry.

19) C. A. Cruz, D. J. H. Emslie,* C. M. Robertson,^† L. E. Harrington,^† H. A. Jenkins,^† J. F. Britten,^† Cationic Thorium Alkyl Complexes of Rigid NON- and NNN-Donor Ligands: p-Arene Coordination as a Persistent Structural Motif, Organometallics, 2009, 28, 1891-1899. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI // Pre-Publication File

17) C. A. Cruz, D. J. H. Emslie,* L. E. Harrington,^† J. F. Britten,^† Single and Double Alkyl Abstraction from a Bis(anilido)xanthene Thorium(IV) Dibenzyl Complex: Isolation of an Organothorium Cation and a Thorium Dication, Organometallics, 2008, 27, 15-17.
DOI or MacLibaccessDOI // Pre-Publication File

16) C. A. Cruz, D. J. H. Emslie,* L. E. Harrington,^† J. F. Britten,^† C. M. Robertson,^† Extremely Stable Thorium(IV) Dialkyl Complexes Supported by Rigid Tridentate 4,5-Bis(anilido)xanthene and 2,6-Bis(anilidomethyl)pyridine Ligands, Organometallics, 2007, 26, 692-701. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI // Pre-Publication File

Development of New Organometallic Precursors and Reactivity for Metal Film Deposition [Solution Deposition, Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) and Pulsed-CVD]

62) M. Al Hareri, D. J. H. Emslie,* Room-Temperature Atomic Layer Deposition of Elemental Antimony, Chem. Mater., 2022, asap. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI // Supporting Information PDF.

40) J. S. Price, P. Chadha, D. J. H. Emslie,* Base-Free and Bisphosphine Ligand Dialkylmanganese(II) Complexes as Precursors for Manganese Metal Deposition,Organometallics, 2016, 35, 168-180. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI // Pre-Publication File

34) P. Chadha, D. J. H. Emslie,* H. A. Jenkins, Manganese(II) Alkyl / p-Allyl Complexes Resistant to Ligand Redistribution,
Organometallics, 2014, 33, 1467-1474. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI // Pre-Publication File

32) D. J. H. Emslie,* P. Chadha and J. S. Price, Metal ALD and pulsed-CVD: Fundamental reactions and links with solution chemistry,
Coord. Chem. Rev., 2013, 257, 3282-3296. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI // Pre-Publication File

* Invited Review for a Special Issue entitled "Chemical Vapor Deposition and Atomic Layer Deposition: Precursor Design and Application"

29) B. Vidjayacoumar, V. Ramalingam, D. J. H. Emslie,* J. M. Blackwell,^§ and S. B. Clendenning,^§ Solution Reactivity Studies for Identification of Promising New ALD and Pulsed‑CVD Reaction Chemistries, ECS Trans., 2013, 50 (13), 53-66. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI // Pre-Publication File

24) B. Vidjayacoumar, D. J. H. Emslie,* J. M. Blackwell,*^,§ S. B. Clendenning^§ and J. F. Britten,^† Solution Reactions of a Bis(pyrrolylaldiminate)copper(II) Complex with Peralkyl Zinc, Aluminum, and Boron Reagents: Investigation of the Pathways Responsible for Copper Metal Deposition, Chem. Mater., 2010, 22, 4854-4866. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI // Pre-Publication File

23) B. Vidjayacoumar, D. J. H. Emslie,* S. B. Clendenning,*^,§ J. M. Blackwell,^§ J. F. Britten and A. Rheingold, Investigation of AlMe₃, BEt₃, and ZnEt₂ as Co-Reagents for Low-Temperature Copper Metal ALD/Pulsed-CVD, Chem. Mater., 2010, 22, 4844-4853. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI // Pre-Publication File

Organomanganese Chemistry, Silylene and Silene Chemistry

59) J. S. Price, D. J. H. Emslie, Cyclic and Non-Cyclic Pi Complexes of Manganese, Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry IV, Eds. G. Parkin, K. Meyer, D. O'Hare, Elsevier, 2021, 169 pages, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-820206-7.00077-9

52) J. S. Price, David J. H. Emslie,* B. Berno, Manganese Silyl Dihydride Complexes: A Spectroscopic, Crystallographic and Computational Study of Nonclassical Silicate and Hydrosilane Hydride Isomers, Organometallics, 2019, 38, 2347-2362. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI // Supporting Information PDF.

50) J. S. Price, D. J. H. Emslie,* I. Vargas-Baca, J. F. Britten, [(dmpe)₂MnH(C₂H₄)] as a Source of a Low-Coordinate Ethyl Manganese(I) Species: Reactions with Primary Silanes, H₂, and Isonitriles, Organometallics, 2018, 37, 3010-3027. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI. // Supporting Information.

42) J. S. Price, D. J. H. Emslie,* J. F. Britten,† Manganese Silylene Hydride Complexes: Synthesis and Reactivity with Ethylene to afford Silene Hydride Complexes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 6223-6227. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI // Pre-Publication File * Invited paper for a special issue celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Canadian Society for Chemistry. * Selected as a Very Important Paper (VIP). * Awarded the front cover for the issue. See: DOI or MacLibaccessDOI

PDF Research - 2,2'-Diborabiphenyl; A Lewis Acid Analogue of 2,2'-Bipyridine

13) C. A. Jaska, D. J. H. Emslie, M. J. D. Bosdet, W. E. Piers,* T. S. Sorensen, M. Parvez, Triphenylene Analogues with B₂N₂C₂ Cores: Synthesis,
Structure, Redox Behavior, and Photophysical Properties, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 10885-10896. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI

12) D. J. H. Emslie, W. E. Piers,* M. Parvez, 2,2'-Diborabiphenyl; A Lewis Acid Analogue of 2,2'-Bipyridine,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2003, 42, 1251-1255. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI

PDF Research - Non-Cyclopentadienyl Organoscandium and Yttrium Chemistry

11) D. J. H. Emslie, W. E. Piers,* M. Parvez, Synthesis and thermal reactivity of organoscandium and yttrium complexes of sterically less bulky salicylaldiminato ligands, Dalton Trans., 2003, 2615-2620. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI

10) P. G. Hayes, G. C. Welch, D. J. H. Emslie, C. L. Noack, W. E. Piers,* M. Parvez, A New Chelating Anilido-Imine Donor Related to b-Diketiminato Ligands for Stabilization of Organoyttrium Cations, Organometallics, 2003, 22, 1577-1579. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI

9) W. E. Piers, D. J. H. Emslie, Non-cyclopentadienyl ancillaries in organogroup 3 metal chemistry: a fine balance in ligand design,
Coord. Chem. Rev., 2002, 233-234, 131-155. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI

8) D. J. H. Emslie, W. E. Piers,* R. MacDonald, Organo-scandium and yttrium complexes supported by a salicylaldiminato ligand, J. Chem. Soc.,
Dalton Trans., 2002, 293-294. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI

7) D. J. H. Emslie, W. E. Piers,* M. Parvez, R. MacDonald, Organometallic complexes of scandium and yttrium supported by a bulky salicylaldimine ligand, Organometallics, 2002, 21, 4226-4240. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI

PhD Research - Rhodium HE(pz)3 (E = B or C) Complexes: Redox Chemistry and Reactivity

Note: Authors are in alphabetical order

6) C. J. Adams, N. G. Connelly,* D. J. H. Emslie, O. D. Hayward, T. Manson, A. G. Orpen, P. H. Rieger,* The substitution chemistry of the
tris(3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl)methanerhodium complex [Rh(CO)₂{HC(pz')₃}]⁺, Dalton Trans., 2003, 2835-2845. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI

5) W. E. Geiger,* N. C. Ohrenberg, B. Yeomans, N. G. Connelly,* D. J. H. Emslie, Reversible Sequence of Intramolecular Associative and Dissociative
Electron-Transfer Reactions in Hydrotris(Pyrazolylborate) Complexes of Rhodium, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125, 8680-8688. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI

4) N. G. Connelly,* D. J. H. Emslie, P. Klangsinsirikul, P. H. Rieger,* Analysis of EPR Spectra with Very Large Quadrupole Couplings,
J. Phys. Chem. A, 2002, 106, 12214-12220. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI

3) N. G. Connelly,* D. J. H. Emslie, O. D. Hayward, A. G. Orpen, M. J. Quayle, Redox-active catecholate complexes of rhodium hydrotris(pyrazoly)borates,
Dalton Trans., 2001, 875-880. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI

2) N. G. Connelly,* D. J. H. Emslie, W. E. Geiger,* O. D. Hayward, E. B. Linehan, A. G. Orpen, M. J. Quayle, P. H. Rieger,*
Redox-induced k2-k3 isomerisation in rhodium hydrotris(pyrazoly)boratorhodium complexes: structure and ESR spectroscopy of stabilised rhodium(II) species,
Dalton Trans., 2001, 670-683. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI

1) N. G. Connelly,* D. J. H. Emslie, B. Metz, A.G. Orpen, M. J. Quayle, Redox-induced k²-k³ isomerisation in rhodium hydrotris(3,5-dimethylpyrazoly)borate chemistry: the stabilisation of square pyramidal rhodium(II), Chem. Commun., 1996, 2289-2290. DOI or MacLibaccessDOI