Publications – Dr. Samuel A. Johnson

2019

[54]F Matthew R. Elsby, Junyang Liu, Sha Zhu, Lingfei Hu, Genping Huang*, and

Samuel A. Johnson* “Influence of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Steric Bulk on Selectivity

in Nickel Catalyzed C–H Bond Silylation, Germylation and Stannylation”,

Organometallics ASAP. 2019.

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.organomet.8b00786

2018

[53]F Shoshani, Manar M.; Semeniuchenko, Volodymyr; Samuel A. Johnson

“Dismantling of Vinyl Ethers by Pentanuclear [(iPr3P)Ni]5H6: Facile Cooperative CO,

CC and CH Activation Pathways” Chemistry-A European Journal, 2018, 24, 14282-

14289. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201803451

[52]F Shoshani, Manar M.; Liu, Junyang; Johnson, Samuel A. “Mechanistic Insight

into H/D Exchange by a Pentanuclear Ni-H Cluster and Synthesis and Characterization

of Structural Analogues of Potential Intermediates” Organometallics 2018, 37(1),

116-126.

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00763

[51]F Shoshani, Manar M.; Beck, Robert; Wang, Xiaoping; McLaughlin, Matthew J.;

Johnson, Samuel A. “Synthesis of Surface-Analogue Square-Planar Tetranuclear

Nickel Hydride Clusters and Bonding to μ4-NR, -O and -BH Ligands” Inorganic

Chemistry 2018, 57(5), 2438-2446. (Invited “Skeeball” cover)

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b02546

2017

[50]F Shoshani, Manar M.; Johnson, Samuel A. “Cooperative carbon-atom

abstraction from alkenes in the core of a pentanuclear nickel cluster” Nature

Chemistry 2017, 9(12), 1282-1285.

https://www.nature.com/articles/nchem.2840.pdf

[49]F Elsby, Matthew R.; Johnson, Samuel A. “Nickel-Catalyzed C-H Silylation of

Arenes with Vinylsilanes: Rapid and Reversible β-Si Elimination” Journal of the

American Chemical Society 2017, 139(27), 9401-9407. Also featured in 2018 JACS

Young Investigators Virtual Issue: https://pubs.acs.org/page/jacsat/vi/young-

investigator2018.html

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.7b05574

[48]F Zhu, Sha; Shoshani, Manar M.; Johnson, Samuel A. “Versatile (η6-arene)

Ni(PCy3) nickel monophosphine precursors Chemical Communications 2017, 53(98),

13176-13179.

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2017/cc/c7cc08416a

[47]F Baird, Drake A.; Jamal, S.; Johnson, Samuel A. “Influence of the

Transmetalating Agent in Difficult Coupling Reactions: Control in the Selectivity of C-

F Bond Activation by Ni(0) Complexes in the Presence of AlMe3” Organometallics

2017, 36(7), 1436-1446.

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00165

2015

[46]R Johnson, S. A. “Nickel complexes for catalytic C-H bond functionalization”

2015 Dalton Trans., 44(24), 10905-10913.

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2015/dt/c5dt00032g

[45]F Shoshani, Manar M.; Johnson, Samuel A. “Facile Deep and Ultradeep

Hydrodesulfurization by the [(iPr3P)Ni]5H6 Cluster Compared to Mononuclear Ni

Sources” 2015 Inorg. Chem. , 54(24), 11977-11985.

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b02383

[44]F Hatnean, Jillian A.; Johnson, Samuel A. “Diamagnetic molybdenum nitride

complexes supported by diligating tripodal triamido-phosphine ligands as

precursors to paramagnetic phosphine donors” Dalton Transactions 2015,

44(33), 14925-14936.

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2015/dt/c5dt01415h

2014

[43]F Hatnean, Jillian A.; Shoshani, Manar; Johnson, Samuel A. “Mechanistic

insight into carbon-fluorine cleavage with a (iPr3P)2Ni source: Characterization

of (iPr3P)2NiC6F5 as a significant Ni(I) byproduct in the activation of C6F6” 2014

Inorg.Chim. Acta , 422, 86-94. Special issue in honour of T. Don Tilley.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020169314004319

2013

[42]F Doster, M.E.; Johnson, S. A.* "Carbon-hydrogen Bond Stannylation and Alkylation by

Nitrogen-Donor-Supported Nickel Complexes: Intermediates with Ni-Sn Bonds and

Catalytic Carbostannylation of Ethylene with Organostannanes" Organometallics, 2013,

32(10), 2944-2951.

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/om4003889

[41]F Beck, R.; Johnson, S. A.* "Dinuclear Ni(I)-Ni(I) Complexes with Syn-Facial Bridging

Ligands from Ni(I) Precursors or Ni(II)/Ni(0) Comproportionation" Organometallics, 2013,

32(10), 2944-2951.

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/om4001633

[40]F Beck, R.; Shoshani, M.; Krasinckiewicz, J.; Johnson, S. A.* "Synthesis and Chemistry of

Bis(triisopropylphosphine)nickel(I) and nickel(0) precursors" Dalton Trans., 2013, 42(5),

14611475.

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2013/dt/c2dt32008h

2012

[39]C Beck, R.; Shoshani, M.; Johnson, S. A.* "Catalytic H/D Exchange of

Unactivated C-H Bonds by A Pentanuclear Electron-Deficient Nickel Hydride Cluster"

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51(47), 11753-11756.

38) Johnson, Samuel A; Doster, Meghan E.; Matthews, Jacob; Shoshani, Manar;

Thibodeau, Michelle; Labadie, Amanda; Hatnean, Jillian A. “Mechanistic Investigation

of Carbon-Hydrogen Bond Stannylation: Synthesis and Characterization of Nickel

Catalysts”, 2012, Dalton Trans. 41(26), 8135-8143. Invited article for special issue

“New Talent: The Americas.

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2012/DT/c2dt30310h

37) Beck, Robert; Johnson, Samuel A. “Structural Similarities in Dinuclear, Tetranuclear, and Pentanuclear Nickel Silyl and Silylene Complexes Obtained via Si-

H and Si-C Activation", Organometallics 2012, 31(9), 3599-3609. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/om300120x

36)Hatnean, Jillian A.; Johnson, Samuel A.*; Experimental Study of the Reaction of

a Ni(PEt3)2 Synthon with Polyfluorinated Pyridines: Concerted, Phosphine-Assisted,

or Radical C-F Bond Activation Mechanisms?"Organometallics 2012, 31(4), 1361-

1373. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/om200990g

35) Johnson, Samuel A.; Hatnean, Jillian A.; Doster M.; Editor: Karlin, K.D..

"Functionalization of Fluorinated Aromatics by Nickel-Mediated C-H and C-F Bond

Oxidative Addition: Prospects for the Synthesis of Fluorine-Containing

Pharmaceuticals" Prog. Inorg. Chem., l 2012, 57 pg 255-352.

2011

34) Beck, Robert Johnson, Samuel A.*. “Mechanistic Implications of an

asymmetric dinuclear intermediate in catalytic C–C coupling by a dinuclear nickel complex” Chem. Comm. 2011, 47(32), 9233-9235.

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2011/cc/c1cc12657a

33) Feng, J.; Green, J.R.; Johnson, S. A.; Wang, Jichang “CO2 production in the

bromate-1,4-cyclohexanedione oscillatory reaction” J. Phys. Org. Chem. 2011,

24(6), 507-512.

32) Johnson, Samuel A.*; Mroz, Natalia M.; Valdizon, Rene; Murray, Scott.

“Characterization of Intermediates in the C-F Activation of Tetrafluorobenzenes using

a Reactive Ni(PEt3)2 Synthon: Combined Computational and Experimental

Investigation” Organometallics 2011, 30(3), 441-457.

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/om100699d

2010

31) Doster, Meghan E.; Hatnean, Jillian A.; Jeftic, Tamara; Modi, Sunjay; Johnson,

Samuel A.* “Catalytic C-H Bond Stannylation: A New Regioselective Pathway to C-

Sn Bonds via C-H Bond Functionalization” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132(34), 11923-

11925. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja105588v

30) Hatnean, Jillian A.; Beck, Robert; Borrelli, Jenna D.; Johnson, Samuel A.*

“Carbon-Hydrogen Bond Oxidative Addition of Partially Fluorinated Aromatics to a

Ni(P-i-Pr3)2 Synthon: The Influence of Steric Bulk on the Thermodynamics and

Kinetics of C-H Bond Activation” Organometallics 2010, 29(22), 6077-6091.

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/om1008499

29) Rossini, Aaron J.; Hung, Ivan; Johnson, Samuel A.; Slebodnick, Carla; Mensch,

Mike; Deck, Paul A.; Schurko, Robert W. “Solid-State 91Zr NMR Spectroscopy Studies

of Zirconocene Olefin Polymerization Catalyst Precursors” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010,

132(51), 18301-18317.

2009

28)Meghan E. Doster, and Samuel A. Johnson* “Selective C-F Activation of

Tetrafluorobenzenes by Ni(0) with a Nitrogen Donor Analogous to N-Heterocyclic

Carbenes” Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 2185-2187.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/anie.200806048

27) Johnson, Samuel A.*; Taylor, Erin T.; Cruise, Sean J. "A Combined Experimental

and Computational Study of Unexpected C-F Bond Activation Intermediates and

Selectivity in the Reaction of Pentafluorobenzene with a (PEt3)2Ni Synthon"

Organometallics 2009, 28(13), 3842-3855.

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/om900176v

26) Miller, Adam D.; Tannaci, John F.; Johnson, Samuel A.; Lee, Hyuk; McBee,

Jennifer L.; Tilley, T. Don. Mesityl Alkyne Substituents for Control of Regiochemistry

and Reversibility in Zirconocene Couplings: New Synthetic Strategies for

Unsymmetrical Zirconacyclopentadienes and Conjugated Polymers. J. Am. Chem.

Soc. 2009, 131(13), 4917-4927.

25) Miller, Adam D.; Johnson, Samuel A.; Tupper, Karl A.; McBee, Jennifer L.; Tilley,

T. Don. Unsymmetrical Zirconacyclopentadienes from Isolated Zirconacyclopropenes

with 1-Alkynylphosphine Ligands. Organometallics 2009, 28(4)

2008

24) Johnson, S. A.*; Huff, C. W.; Mustafa, F.; Saliba, M. “Unexpected Intermediates

and Products in the C-F Bond Activation of Tetrafluorobenzenes with a

Bis(triethylphosphine)Nickel Synthon: Direct Evidence of a Rapid and Reversible C-H

Bond Activation by Ni(0)” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130(51), 17278-17280.

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja8081395

23) Han, H; Johnson, S. A.* “Bridged Dinuclear Tripodal Tris(amido)phosphine Complexes of

Titanium and Zirconium as Diligating Building Blocks for Organometallic Polymers” Eur. J. Inorg.

Chem., 2008, 3, 471-482.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ejic.200701015

22) Ritu Raturi, Julie Lefebvre, Daniel B. Leznoff, Bruce R. McGarvey, and Samuel A.

Johnson* “A Phosphine-Mediated Through-Space Exchange Coupling Pathway for

Unpaired Electrons in a Heterobimetallic Lanthanide-Transition Metal Complex”

Chem.--Eur. J., 2008, 14(2), 721-730.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/chem.200700355

2007

21) Alana L. Keen, Meghan Doster, and Samuel A. Johnson* “1,4-Shifts in a

Dinuclear Ni(I) Biarylyl Complex: A Mechanistic Study of C-H Bond Activation by

Monovalent Nickel” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129, 810-819.

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja067112w

2006

20) Jillian A. Hatnean, Ritu Raturi, Julie Lefebvre, Daniel B. Leznoff, Gavin Lawes,

and Samuel A. Johnson*; “Assembly of Triangular Trimetallic Complexes by

Triamidophosphine Ligands: Spin-Frustrated Mn2+ Plaquettes and Diamagnetic Mg2+

Analogues with a Combined Through-Space Through-Bond Pathway for 31P-31P Spin-

Spin Coupling”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 14992-14999.

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja065597i

19) Han, H; Johnson, S. A.*, "Ligand Design for the Assembly of Polynuclear

Complexes: Syntheses and Structures of Trinuclear and Tetranuclear Aluminum Alkyl

Complexes Bearing Tripodal Diamidoselenophosphinito Ligands and a Comparison to

Related Tripodal Triamidophosphine Complexes" Organometallics 2006, 5594-5602.

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/om0607447

18) Han, H.; Elsmaili, M.; Johnson*, S. A. "A Diligating Tripodal Amido-Phosphine

Ligand: The Effect of a Proximal Antipodal Early Transition Metal on Phosphine Donor

Ability in a Building Block for Heterometallic Complexes" Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45,

7435-7445.

http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/article.cgi/inocaj/2006/45/i18/pdf/ic060692d.pdf

17) Keen, A. L.; Doster, M.; Han, H.; Johnson, S. A.*, "Facile Assembly of a Cu9 Amido Complex: A New Tripodal Ligand Design that Promotes Transition Metal

Cluster Formation" Chem. Commun. 2006, 1221-1223.

http://www.rsc.org/ej/CC/2006/b517531c.pdf

16) Keen, A. L.; Johnson, S. A.*, "Ni(0) Catalyzed Isomerization of an Aryne

Complex: Formation of a Dinuclear Ni(I) Complex via C-H Rather than C-F Bond

Activation" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 1806-1807.

http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/article.cgi/jacsat/2006/128/i06/pdf/ja0572553.pdf

1996-2005

15) Studt, Felix; MacKay, Bruce A.; Johnson, Samuel A.; Patrick, Brian O.; Fryzuk,

Michael D.; Tuczek, Felix. "Lewis adducts of the side-on end-on dinitrogen-bridged

complex [{(NPN)Ta}2(m -H)2(m -h 1:h 2-N2)] with AlMe3, GaMe3, and B(C6F5)3:

Synthesis, structure, and spectroscopic properties" Chem.--Eur. J., 2005, 11(2),

604-618.

14) Shaver, Michael P.; Johnson, Samuel A.; Fryzuk, Michael D. "Activation and

cleavage of alkynes by the dinuclear tantalum complexes ([NPN]Ta)2(m -H)4 and

([NPN]Ta)2(m -h 1:h 2-N2)(m -H)2 (where NPN = PhP(CH2SiMe2NPh)2)" Can. J.

Chem. 2005, 83(6-7), 652-660.

13) MacKay, Bruce A.; Johnson, Samuel A.; Patrick, Brian O.; Fryzuk, Michael D.

"Functionalization and cleavage of coordinated dinitrogen via hydroboration using

primary and secondary boranes" Can. J. Chem. 2005, 83(4), 315-323.

12) Johnson, S. A.; Liu, F.-Q.; Suh, M. C.; Zürcher, S.; Haufe, M.; Tilley, T. D.

“Regioselective Coupling of Pentafluorophenyl Substituted Alkynes: Mechanistic

Insight into the Zirconocene Coupling of Alkynes and a Facile Route to Conjugated

Polymers Bearing Electron-Withdrawing Pentafluorophenyl Substituents” J. Am.

Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 4199-4211.

11) Fryzuk, M. D.; MacKay, B. A.; Johnson, S. A.; Patrick, B. O. “Hydroboration of

Coordinated Dinitrogen: A New Reaction of the N2 Ligand that Results in Its

Functionalization and Cleavage” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2002, 41, 3709-3712.

10) Fryzuk, M. D.; Johnson, S. A.; Patrick, B. O.; Albinati, A.; Mason, S. A.;

Koetzle, T. F. “New Mode of Coordination for the Dinitrogen Ligand: Formation,

Bonding, and Reactivity of a Tantalum Complex with a Bridging N2 Unit That Is Both

Side-on and End-on” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 3960-3973 link to journal

9) Fryzuk, M. D.; Johnson, S. A.; Rettig, S. J. “Synthesis of [P2N2]Ta(C2H4)Et, a

Neutral Species with a Beta-Agostic Ethyl Group in Equilibrium with an Alpha-

Agostic Ethyl Group in Solution ([P2N2] = PhP(CH2SiMe2NSiMe2CH2)2PPh)” J. Am.

Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 1602-1612 link to journal

8) Fryzuk, M. D.; Johnson, S. A. “The Continuing Story of Dinitrogen Activation”

Coord. Chem. Rev. 2000, 200-202, 379-409 link to journal

7) Fryzuk, M. D.; Johnson, S. A.; Rettig, S. J. “Synthesis and Bonding in the

Diamagnetic Dinuclear Tantalum(IV) Hydride Species ([P2N2]Ta)2(H)4 and the

Paramagnetic Cationic Dinuclear Hydride Species {([P2N2]Ta)2(H)4}+I- ([P2N2] =

PhP(CH2SiMe2NSiMe2CH2)2PPh): The Reducing Ability of a Metal-Metal Bond”

Organometallics 2000, 19, 3931-3941 link to journal

6) Fryzuk, M. D.; Johnson, S. A.; Rettig, S. J. “Synthesis and Structure of the

Tantalum Trimethyl Complex [P2N2]TaMe3 and Its Conversion to the Tantalum

Methylidene Species [P2N2]Ta=CH2(Me) ([P2N2] = PhP(CH2SiMe2NSiMe2CH2)2PPh)

Organometallics 1999, 18, 4059-4067 link to journal

5) Fryzuk, M. D.; Johnson, S. A.; Rettig, S. J. “New Mode of Coordination for the

Dinitrogen Ligand: A Dinuclear Tantalum Complex with a Bridging N2 Unit That Is

Both Side-On and End-On” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 11024-11025 link to

journal

4) Fryzuk, M. D.; Giesbrecht, G. R.; Johnson, S. A.; Kickham, J. E.; Love, J. B.

“Chelating Amides of Lithium. Synthesis, Structure and Coordination Chemistry”

Polyhedron 1998, 17, 947-952 link to journal

3) Gillespie, R. J.; Johnson, S. A. “ A Study of Bond Angles and Bond Lengths in

Disiloxane and Related Molecules in Terms of the Topology of the Electron Density

and its Laplacian” Inorg. Chem. 1997, 36, 3031-3039 link to journal

2) Robinson, R. A.; Johnson, S. A.; Tang, T-H; Gillespie, R. J. “Reinterpretation of

the Lengths of Bonds to Fluorine in Terms of an Ionic Model: A Criticism of the

Schomaker-Stevenson Equation and of the Back-Bonding Model” Inorg. Chem.

1997, 36, 3022-3030 link to journal

1) Bader, R. F. W.; Johnson, S. A.; Tang, T-H; Popelier, P. L. A. “ The Electron Pair”

J. Phys. Chem. 1996, 100, 15398-15415 link to journal