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2024

81. Anti-Friedel-Crafts alkylation via electron donor-acceptor photoinitiated autocatalysis

Vahey, D. M.; Mu, M.; Bonke, S. A.; Sommer, T.; Vangal, P.; Mallia, C.; *García-Melchor, M.; Reisner, E. ChemRxiv, 2024.
DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-g31v9.

 
 

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80. Electrochemical CO2 reduction: A comprehensive review of commercial innovations and prospects

Varhade, S.; Guruji, A.; Singh, C.; Cicero, G.; García-Melchor, M.; *Helsen, J.; *Pant, D. ChemElectroChem, 2024, Accepted.

 
 

79. DART: Unlocking coordination chemistry beyond the Cambridge structural database

Clarke, C.; Sommer, T.; Kleuker, F.; *García-Melchor, M. ChemRxiv, 2024.
DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-tljj9. (Equal contribution).

 
 

78. Identity of the silyl ligand in an iron-silyl complex influences olefin hydrogenation: An experimental and computational study

Najera, D. C.; *Peñas-Defrutos, M. N; *García-Melchor, M.; *Fout, A. R. Inorg. Chem. 2024, 63, 17706–17713.

 
 

77. Alkene isomerisation catalysed by a superbasic sodium amide

Tortajada, A.; Righetti, G. L.; McGinley, A.; Mu, M.; *García-Melchor, M.; *Hevia, E. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202407262.

 
 

76. Efficient mapping of CO adsorption on Cu1−xMx bimetallic alloys via machine learning

*Salomone, M.; Fiorentin, M. R.; Risplendi, F.; Raffone, F.; Sommer, T.; *García-Melchor, M.; *Cicero, G. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12, 14148-14158.

 
 

75. Unlocking the metalation applications of TMP-powered Fe and Co(II) bis(amides): Synthesis, structure and mechanistic insights

Logallo, A.; Maddock, L. C. H.; Mu, M.; Gravogl, L.; Jin, N.; Peñas-Defrutos, M. N.; Meyer, K.; *García-Melchor, M.; *Hevia, E. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202402907.

 
 

74. Challenges in the computational modelling of bimetallic C–H activation processes

Mu, Manting; *Peñas-Defrutos, M. N.; *García-Melchor, M. Adv. Organomet. Chem. 2024, 81, 329-348.

 
 

73. Sustainable electrosynthesis of cyclohexanone oxime through nitrate reduction on a Zn-Cu alloy catalyst

Sharp, J.; Ciotti, A.; Andrews, H.; Udayasurian, S. R.; *García-Melchor, M.; *Li, T. ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 3287-3297.

 
 

72. Solvent effects in the electrochemical reduction of hydrogen cyanide for ambient ammonia production on a Ni cathode

Brennan, K.; Watson, G. W.; *García-Melchor, M. Catal. Sci. & Tech. 2024, 14, 1043-1051.

 
 

71. Insights on the palladium(II)-catalyzed Wacker-type oxidation of styrene with hydrogen peroxide and tert-butyl hydroperoxide

Mu, M.; Walker, K. L.; Sánchez-Sanz, G.; *Waymouth, R. M.; *Trujillo, C.; *Muldoon; M. J.; *García-Melchor, M. ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 1567-1574.

 
 

2023

70. The importance of surface coverages in the rational design of electrocatalysts

Ciotti, A.; *García-Melchor, M. Current. Opin. Electrochem. 2023, 42, 101402.

 
 

69. Size-dependent activity of carbon dots for photocatalytic H2 generation

Casadevall, C.; Lage, A.; Mu, M.; Greer, H. F.; Antón-García, D.; Butt, J.; Jeuken, L. J. C.; Watson, G. W.; *García-Melchor, M.; *Reisner, E. Nanoscale, 2023, 15, 15775-15784.

 
 

68. Redox-couple assisted CO2 capture on solid-electrolyte reactor

Chang, B; Feng, C.; García-Melchor, M.; *Zhang, H. Chem. 2023, 9, 2733-2735.

 
 

67. Interaction and energy decomposition analyses to predict stability of tetraaryl square planar cobalt complexes

Mu, M.; Logallo, A.; *Hevia, E.; *García-Melchor, M. ChemCatChem, 2023, 15, e202300769.

 
 

66. FEFOS: A method to derive oxide formation energies from oxidation states

*Craig, M. J.; Kleuker, F.; *Bajdich, M.; *García-Melchor, M. Catal. Sci. & Tech. 2023, 13, 3427-3435. (Invited contribution to the themed collection ‘Emerging Investigator Series’).

 
 

65. Sodium mediated deprotonative borylation of arenes using sterically demanding B(CH2SiMe3)3: Unlocking polybasic behaviour and competing lateral borane sodiation

Tortajada, A.; Bole, L. J.; Mu, M.; Stanford, M.; Peñas-Defrutos, M. N.; *García-Melchor, M.; *Hevia, E. Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 6538-6545.

 
 

64. Enabling heterogeneous catalysis to achieve carbon neutrality: Directional catalytic conversion of CO2 into carboxylic acids

Zhang, X.; Kobayashi, Y.; Yu, L.; García-Melchor, M.; *Zhang, H. Carbon Energy, 2023, e362.

 
 

63. Demonstrating the source of inherent instability in NiFe LDH-based OER electrocatalysts

Tyndall, D.; Craig, M. J.; Gannonb, L.; McGuinness, C.; McEvoy, N.; Royd, A.; García-Melchor, M.; Browne, M. P.; *Nicolosi, V. J. Mat. Chem. A, 2023, 11, 4067-4077.

 
 

62. Problematic ArF-Alkynyl coupling with fluorinated aryls. From partial success with alkynyl stannanes to efficient solutions via mechanistic understanding of the hidden complexity

Marcos-Ayuso, G.; Peñas-Defrutos, M. N.; Gallego, A. M.; García-Melchor, M.; Martínez-Ilarduya, J. M.; *Espinet, P. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 527-536.

 
 

2022

61. Building square planar cobalt(II) complexes via sodium mediated cobaltation of fluoroarenes

Logallo, L.; Mu, M.; *García-Melchor, M.; *Hevia, E. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202213246.

 
 

60. Interrogating the oxygen evolution reaction mechanism at the atomic scale

*Zhang, H; *García-Melchor, M. Chem. Catal. 2022, 2, 1835-1837

 
 

59. Rational design of water oxidation catalysts informed by computational and experimental investigations

*García-Melchor, M.; *Zhang, H. Chem. Catal. 2022, 2, 1838-1840

 
 

58. γ-Agostic interactions in (MesCCC)Fe-Mes(L) complexes

Najera, D. C.; Peñas-Defrutos, M. N.; *García-Melchor, M.; *Fout , A. R. Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 9626-9629.

 
 

57. Reaction descriptors for the oxygen evolution reaction: Recent advances, challenges and opportunities

Craig, M. J.; *García-Melchor, M. Curr. Opin. Electrochem. 2022, 35, 101044.

 
 

56. Secondary coordination sphere influences the formation of Fe(III)-O or Fe(III)-OH complexes in nitrite reduction: A synthetic and computational study

Park, Y. J.; Peñas-DeFrutos, M. N.; Drummond, M. J.; Gordon, Z.; Kelly, O. R.; *García-Melchor, M.; *Fout, A. R. Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 8182-8192.

 
 

55. Tuning the local chemical environment of ZnSe quantum dots with dithiols towards photocatalytic CO2 reduction

Sahm, C. D.; Ciotti, A.; Mates-Torres, E.; Badiani, V.; Sokołowski, K.; Neri, G.; Cowan, A. J.; *García-Melchor, M.; *Reisner, E. Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 5988-5998.

 
 

2021

54. Chiroptically active 1D ultrathin AuAg nanostructures

Kehoe, D.; Mates-Torres, E.; Samokhvalov, P.; *García-Melchor, M.; *Gun’ko, Y. K. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2021, 126, 434-443.

 
 

53. Investigations of the effect of H2 in CO oxidation over ceria catalysts

*Davó-Quiñonero, A.; López-Rodríguez, S.; Chaparro-Garnica, C.; Martín-García, I.; Bailón-García, E.; Lozano-Castelló, D.; Bueno-López, A.; *García-Melchor, M. Catalysts, 2021, 11, 1556.

 
 

52. Elucidating the role of the metal catalyst and oxide support in Ru/CeO2 catalysed CO2 methanation

López-Rodríguez, S.; *Davó-Quiñonero, A.; Bailón-García, E.; Lozano-Castelló, D.; Herrera, F. C.; Pellegrin, E.; Escudero, C.; *García-Melchor, M.; *Bueno-López, A. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2021, 125, 25533-25544.

 
 

51. Applying active learning to the screening of molecular oxygen evolution catalysts

*Craig, M. J.; *García-Melchor, M. Molecules, 2021, 26, 6362.

 
 

50. A computational study of the electrochemical cyanide reduction
for ambient ammonia production on a nickel cathode

Brennan, K.; *Watson, G. W.; *García-Melchor, M. Catal. Sci. & Tech. 2021, 11, 5633-5640.

 
 

49. High-throughput screening and rational design to drive discovery in molecular water oxidation catalysis

Craig, M. J.; *García-Melchor, M. Cell Rep. Phys. Sci. 2021, 2, 100492.
Highlighted in: Future-Sciences News; TechXplore; University Times; La Repubblica Newspaper; The Independent Newspaper; ScienceDaily; The World News; Trinity News. Highlighted in: Journal Cover; Influential Papers 2021.

 
 

48. Imidazolium-modification enhances photocatalytic CO2 reduction on ZnSe quantum dots

Sahm, C.; Mates-Torres, E.; Eliasson, N.; Sokolowski, K.; Wagner, A.; Dalle, K.; Huang, Z.; Scherman, O.; *Hammarström, L.; *García-Melchor, M.; *Reisner, E. Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 9078-9087.

 
 

47. Facilitating ferration of aromatic substrates through intramolecular sodium mediation

Maddock, L. C. H.; Mu, M.; Kennedy, A. R.; *García-Melchor, M.; *Hevia, E. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 15296-15301.

 
 

46. Fundamental insights and rational design of low-cost polyoxometalates for the oxygen evolution reaction

Craig, M. J.; Barda-Chatain, R.; *García-Melchor, M. J. Catal. 2021, 393, 202-206.

 
 

2020

45. Faster hydrogen production in alkaline media

Craig, M. J.; *García-Melchor, M. Nat. Catal. 2020, 3, 967-968.

 
 

44. Synthetic approaches to metallo-supramolecular Co(II) polygons and potential use for H2O oxidation

Ako, A. M.; Kathalikkattil, A. C.; Elliott, R.; Soriano-López, J.; McKeogh, I. M.; Zubair, M.; Twamley, B.; Zhu, N.; García-Melchor, M.; Kruger, P. E.; Schmitt, W. Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 14432-14438.

 
 

43. Cobalt-catalyzed ammonia borane dehydrogenation: Mechanistic insight and isolation of a cobalt hydride-amidoborane complex

Nugent, J. W.; *García-Melchor, M.; *Fout, A. R. Organometallics, 2020, 39, 2917-2927.

 
 

42. Discerning activity and inactivity in earth-abundant molecular oxygen evolution catalysts

Craig, M. J.; *García-Melchor, M. ChemCatChem, 2020, 12, 4775-4779.

 
 

41. Insights into the oxygen vacancy filling mechanism in CuO/CeO2 catalysts: A key step toward high selectivity in preferential CO oxidation

*Davó-Quiñonero, A.; Bailón-García, E.; López-Rodríguez, S.; Juan-Juan, J.; Lozano-Castelló, D.; García-Melchor, M.; Herrera, F. C.; Pellegrin, E.; Escudero, C.; *Bueno-López, A. ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 6532-6545.

 
 

2019

40. Effect of chiral ligand concentration and binding mode on chiroptical activity of CdSe/CdS quantum dots

*Kuznetsova, V.; Mates-Torres, E.; Prochukhan, N.; Marcastel, M.; Purcell-Milton, F.; O’Brien, J.; Visheratina, Anastasia; Martínez-Carmona, M.; Gromova, Y.; *García-Melchor, M.; *Gun’ko, Y. K. ACS Nano, 2019, 13, 13560-13572.

 
 

39. Universal scaling relations for the rational design of molecular water oxidation catalysts with near-zero overpotential

Craig, M. J.; Coulter, G. O.; Dolan, E. T.; Soriano-López, J.; Mates-Torres, E.; Schmitt, W.; *García-Melchor, M. Nat. Commun. 2019, 10, 4993. Highlighted in: Phys.org; Trinity News; Silicon Republic; Nat. Commun. Editors’ Highlights; Inverse; Hydrogen Fuel News; Nature World News; Chemistry World; Azo Clean Tech.

 
 

38. Selective high-temperature CO2 electrolysis enabled by oxidized carbon intermediates

Skafte, T. L.; Guan, Z.; Machala, M. L.; Gopal, C. B.; Monti, M.; Martinez, L.; Stamate, E.; Sanna, S.; Garrido Torres, J. A.; Crumlin, E. J.; García-Melchor, M.; *Bajdich, M.; *Chueh, W. C.; *Graves, C. Nat. Energ. 2019, 4, 846-855. Highlighted in: Sciencemag; Science Daily.

 
 

37. Untangling cooperative effects of pyridinic and graphitic nitrogen sites at metal-free N-doped carbon electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction

Behan, J. A.; Mates-Torres, E.; Stamatin, S. N.; Domínguez, C.; Iannaci, A.; Fleischer, K.; Hoque, Md. K.; Perova, T. S.; *García-Melchor, M.; *Colavita, P. E. Small, 2019, 15, 1902081. Highlighted in: Journal Front Cover.

 
 

36. Influence of carbon nanostructure and oxygen moieties on dopamine adsorption and charge transfer kinetics at glassy carbon surfaces

Behan, J. A.; Grajkowskia, F.; Jayasundara, D. R.; Vilella-Arribas, L.; *García-Melchor, M.; *Colavita, P. E. Electrochim. Acta, 2019, 304, 221-230.

 
 

35. RhIAr/AuIAr’ Transmetalation, a case of group exchange pivoting on formation of M-M’ bonds via oxidative insertion

Peñas-Defrutos, M. N.; *Bartolomé, C.; *García-Melchor, M.; *Espinet, P. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019. 131, 3539-3543.

 
 

2018

34. Experimental and computational study of dopamine as an electrochemical probe of the surface nanostructure of graphitized N-doped carbon

Behan, J. A.; Hoque, Md. K.; Stamatin, S.; Perova, T.; Vilella, L.; *García-Melchor, M.; *Colavita, P. E. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2018, 122, 20763-20773.

 
 

33. Copper silver thin films with metastable miscibility for oxygen reduction electrocatalysis in alkaline electrolytes

Higgins, D.; Wette, M.; Gibbons, B. M.; Siahrostami, S.; Hahn, C.; Escudero-Escribano, M.; García-Melchor, M.; Ulissi, Z.; Davis, R. C.; Mehta, A.; *Clemens, B. M.; *Nørskov, J. K.; *Jaramillo, T. F. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2018, 1, 1990-1999.

 
 

32. Mimicking class I b Mn2-ribonucleotide reductase: A MnII2 complex and its reaction with superoxide

Magherusan, A. M.; Zhou, A.; Farquhar, E. R.; García-Melchor, M.; Twamley, B.; Que Jr., L.; *McDonald, A. R. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 918-922.

 
 

31. Hidden aryl-exchange processes in stable 16e RhIII [RhCp*Ar2] complexes, and their unexpected transmetalation mechanism

Peñas-DeFrutos, M. N.; *Bartolomé, C.; *García-Melchor, M.; *Espinet, P. Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 984-987.

 
 

30. Computational modelling of water oxidation catalysts

Soriano-López, J.; Schmitt, W.; *García-Melchor, M. Curr. Opin. Electrochem. 2018, 7, 22-30.

 
 

2017

29. Equilibrium oxygen redox capacity of ultrathin CeO2-δ depends non-monotonically on large biaxial strain

Gopal, C. B.; García-Melchor, M.; Lee, S. C.; Shi, Y.; Monti, M.; Guan, Z.; Sinclair, R.; Bluhm, H.; *Vojvodic, A.; *Chueh, W. C. Nat. Commun. 2017, 8, 15360. Highlighted in: US Department of Energy; Silicon Republic; Newswise; Science Daily; Phys.org; Cemag.us.

 
 

28. Edge reactivity and water-assisted dissociation on cobalt oxide nanoislands

Fester, J.; García-Melchor, M.; Walton, A. S.; Bajdich, M.; Li, Z.; Lammich, L.; *Vojvodic, A.; *Lauritsen, J. V. Nat. Commun. 2017, 8, 14169.

 
 

27. Rhodium complexes promoting C–O bond formation in reactions with oxygen: The role of superoxo species

Vilella, L.; García-Melchor, M.; Balcells, D.; *Lledós, A.; López, J.; Sancho, S.; Villarroya, B.; del Río, M.; Ciriano, M.; *Tejel, C. Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 5232-5243. Featured as Frontispiece

 
 

26. Mechanistic insights into heterogeneous methane activation

Latimer, A. A.; Aljama, H.; Kakekhani, A.; Yoo, J. S.; Kulkarni, A.; Tsai, C.; García-Melchor, M.; Abild-Pedersen, F.; *Nørskov, J. K. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2017, 19, 3575-3581.

 
 

2016

25. Two-dimensional materials as catalysts for energy conversion

Siahrostami, S.; Tsai, C.; Karamad, M.; Koitz, R.; García-Melchor, M.; Bajdich, M.; Vojvodic, A.; Abild-Pedersen, F.; Nørskov, J. K.; *Studt, F. Catal. Lett. 2016, 146, 1917-1921.

 
 

24. Gold-supported cerium-doped NiOx catalysts for water oxidation

Desmond Ng, J. W.; García-Melchor, M.; Bajdich, M.; Kirk, C.; Chakthranont, P.; *Vojvodic, A.; *Jaramillo, T. F. Nat. Energ. 2016, 1, 16053. Hot Paper

 
 

23. Homogeneously dispersed multimetal oxygen-evolving catalysts

Zhang, B.; Zheng, X.; Voznyy, O.; Comin, R.; Bajdich, M.; García-Melchor, M.; Xu, J.; Liu, M.; Pelayo García de Arquer, F.; Thang Dinh, C.; Fan, F.; Yuan, M.; Yassitepe, E.; Janmohamed, A.; Chen, N.; Regier, T.; Han, L.; Xin, H. L.; Zheng, L.; Yang, H.; *Vojvodic, A.; *Sargent, E. H. Science, 2016, 352, 333-337. Hot Paper

 
 

22. Computationally probing the performance of hybrid, heterogeneous and homogeneous Ir-based catalysts for water oxidation

*García-Melchor, M.; Vilella, L.; López, N.; *Vojvodic, A. ChemCatChem, 2016, 8, 1792-1798. Highlighted in: Journal Front Cover

 
 

21. Dramatic mechanistic switch in Sn/AuI group exchanges: Transmetalation vs. oxidative addition

Carrasco, D.; *García-Melchor, M.; *Casares, J. A.; *Espinet, P. Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 4305-4308.

 
 

20. Understanding and tuning the intrinsic hydrophobicity of rare-earth oxides: A DFT+U study

Carchini, G.; García-Melchor, M.; Łodziana, Z.; *López, N. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2016, 8, 152-160.

 
 

2015

19. Enhancing catalytic CO oxidation over Co3O4 nanowires by substituting Co2+ with Cu2+

Zhou, M.; Cai, L.; Bajdich, M.; García-Melchor, M.; Li, H.; He, J.; Wilcox, J.; *Wu, W.; Vojvodic, A.; *Zheng, X. ACS Catal. 2015, 5, 4485-4491.

 
 

18. When the solvent locks the cage: Theoretical insight into the transmetalation of MOF-5 lattices and its kinetic limitations

Bellarosa, L.; Brozek, C.; García-Melchor, M.; Dinca, M.; López, N. Chem. Mater. 2015, 27, 3422-3429.

 
 

17. Unraveling the structure sensitivity in methanol conversion on CeO2: A DFT+U study

*Capdevila-Cortada, M.; García-Melchor, M.; *López, N. J. Catal. 2015, 327, 58-64.

 
 

16. Structure, activity, and deactivation mechanisms in double metal cyanide catalysts in the production of polyols

Almora-Barrios, N.; Pogodin, S.; Bellarosa, L.; García-Melchor, M.; Revilla-López, G.; García Rates, M.; Vázquez García, A. B.; Hernández Ariznavarreta, P.; *López, N. ChemCatChem, 2015, 7, 928-935.

 
 

2014

15. Unique reaction path in heterogeneous catalysis: The concerted semi-hydrogenation of propyne to propene on CeO2

*García-Melchor, M.; Bellarosa, L.: *López, N. ACS Catal. 2014, 4, 4015-4020.

 
 

14. Homolytic products from heterolytic paths in H2 dissociation on metal oxides: The example of CeO2

*García-Melchor, M.; *López, N. J. Phys. Chem. C. 2014, 118, 10921-10926.

 
 

2013

13. Promoted ceria: A structural, catalytic, and computational study

Farra, R.; García-Melchor, M.; Eichelbaum, M.; Hashagen, M.; Frandsen, W.; Allan, J.; Girgsdies, F.; Schlögl, R.; Szentmiklósi, L.; López, N.; *Teschner, D. ACS Catal. 2013, 3, 2256-2268.

 
 

12. How theoretical simulations can address the structure and activity of nanoparticles

Carchini, G.; Almora-Barrios, N.; Revilla-López, G.; Bellarosa, L.; García-Muelas, R.; García- Melchor, M.; Pogodin, S.; Bloński, P.; *López, N. Top. Catal. 2013, 56, 1262-1272.

 
 

11. Stille coupling involving bulky groups feasible with gold cocatalyst

delPozo, J.; Carrasco, D.; Pérez-Temprano, M. H.; García-Melchor, M.; Álvarez, R.; *Casares, J. A.; *Espinet, P. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 2189-2193.

 
 

10. Computational perspective on Pd-catalyzed C–C cross-coupling reaction mechanisms

García-Melchor, M.; Braga, A. A. C.; Lledós, A.; *Ujaque, G.; *Maseras, F. Acc. Chem. Res. 2013, 46, 2626-2634.

 
 

9. Book chapter: C–C bond formation

García-Melchor, M.; Solans-Monfort, X.; Ujaque, G. In “Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry II”, J. Reedijk, K. Poeppelmeier, Eds. Elsevier: 2013, Vol. 9, Chapter 9.28, pp. 767-805.

 
 

8. Book: A theoretical study on Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions

*García-Melchor, M. Springer Theses: 2013, pp. 136.

 
 

2012

7. Coordination chemistry of new chiral P,N ferrocenyl ligands with half-sandwich ruthenium(II), rhodium(III), and iridium(III) complexes

Wei, M.-M.; García-Melchor, M.; Daran, J.-C.; Audin, C.; Lledós, A.; Poli, R.; *Deydier, E.; *Manoury, E. Organometallics, 2012, 31, 6669-6680.

 
 

6. Mechanistic exploration of the Pd-catalyzed copper-free Sonogashira reaction

García-Melchor, M.; Pacheco, M. C.; *Nájera, C.; *Lledós, A.; *Ujaque, G. ACS Catal. 2012, 2, 135-144.

 
 

2011

5. Mechanistic analysis of iridium(III) catalyzed direct sp2 C-H arylation: A DFT study

García-Melchor, M.; *Gorelsky, S. I.; *Woo, T. K. Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 13847-13853.

 
 

4. Cationic intermediates in the Pd-catalyzed Negishi coupling. Kinetic and DFT study of alternative transmetalation pathways in the Me-Me coupling of ZnMe2 and trans-PdMeCl(PMePh2)2

García-Melchor, M.; Fuentes, B.; Lledós, A.; *Casares, J. A.; *Ujaque, G.; *Espinet, P. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 13519-13526.

 
 

3. Book chapter: Theoretical evaluation of phosphine effects in cross-coupling reactions

García-Melchor, M.; Ujaque, G.; Maseras, F.; Lledós, A. In “Phosphorus Compounds: Advanced Tools in Catalysis and Material Sciences”. Series: Catalysis by Metal Complexes (CMCO), M. Peruzzini, L. Gonsalvi, Eds.; Springer-Verlag: 2011, Vol. 37, Chapter 3, pp 57-84.

 
 

2010

2. Palladium roundtrip in the Negishi coupling of trans-[PdMeCl(PMePh2)2] with ZnMeCl: Experimental and DFT study of the transmetalation step

Fuentes, B.; García-Melchor, M.; Lledós, A.; Maseras, F.; *Casares, J. A.; *Ujaque, G.; *Espinet, P. Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 8596-8599.

 
 

2009

1. The C-C reductive elimination in palladium complexes, and the role of coupling additives. A DFT study supported by experiment

Pérez-Rodríguez, M.; Braga, A. A. C.; García-Melchor, M.; Pérez-Temprano, M. H.; Casares, J. A.; Ujaque, G.; de Lera, A. R.; *Álvarez, R.; *Maseras, F.; *Espinet, P. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 3650-3657.