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Publications
At Rice
Advances of Well-Defined Alkali Metal Complexes in Organic Synthesis
Martinez-Fair, K.†; Rodriguez, D. N.†; Bui, K.; Dua, A.; Yruegas, S.
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2026, DOI: 10.1039/D5OB01668A
Themed Collection: New Talent 2025
Flash Communication: Synthesis and Isolation of Neutral Pyridine Bis(carbene) Calcium Complexes
Rodriguez, D. N.; Yruegas, S.
Organometallics, 2026, DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00367
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Manipulation of Solvent Donor Effects to Overcome the Calcium Schlenk Equilibrium
Birkhoff, K. M.; Lin, I.; Yruegas, S.
Inorg. Chem. 2025, 64, 8185-8197
Synthesis and Characterization of Well-Defined s-Block Bis(Carbene) Complexes
Bhandari, M.; Yruegas, S.
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2025, 28, e202400560
Invited Issue: EurJIC Talents
Synthesis and characterization of NiAl-hydride heterometallics: pertubing electron density within Al-H-Ni subunits
Gonzalez, A. G.; Gonzalez, F.; De Leon, E.; Birkhoff, K. M.; Yruegas, S.; Chen, H.; Shoshani, M. M.
Dalton Trans. 2024, 53, 18932-18945.
Themed collection: New Talent: Americas
Prior to Rice
Scrutinizing Formally NiIV Centers through the Lenses of Core Spectroscopy, Molecular Orbital Theory, and Valence Bond Theory.
DiMucci, I.; Titus, C.; Nordlund, D.; Bour, J.; Chong, E.; Kosobokov, M.; Martin, C.; Nebra, N.; Vicic, D.; Yruegas, S.; MacMillan, S.; Shearer, J.; Lancaster, K.
Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 6915-6929.
Nickel-Catalyzed Dimerization of Di- and Trisubstituted Olefins. Organometallics. 2022, 15, 2059–2066
Yruegas, S.; Paccagnini, M.; Ho, S. C.; Sattler, A.; Chirik, P. J.
Organometallics. 2022, 15, 2059–2066.
(PNP)Cobalt-Catalyzed Olefination of Diazoalkanes
Yruegas, S.; Semproni, S. P.; Chirik, P. J.
Organometallics. 2022, 41, 3138–3144.
Nickel–Borolide Complexes and Their Complex Electronic Structure
Yruegas, S.; Tang, H.; Bornovski, G. Z.; Su, X.; Sung, S.; Hall, M. B.; Nippe, M.; Martin, C. D.
Inorg. Chem. 2021, 21, 16160–16167.
9-Borafluorenes: Synthesis, Properties, and Reactivity
Su, X.; Bartholome, T. A.; Tidwell, J. R.; Pujol, A.; Yruegas, S.; Martinez, J. J.; Martin, C. D.
Chem. Rev. 2021, 121, 4147-4192.
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.
Total Synthesis of (±)-Phyllantidine: Development and Mechanistic Evaluation of a Novel Ring Expansion for Installation of Embedded Nitrogen-Oxygen Bonds
Lambert, K. M.; Cox, J. B.; Liu, L.; Jackson, A. C.; Yruegas, S.; Wiberg, K. B.; Wood, J. L.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 9757-9766.
Synthesis of 9-Borafluorene Analogues Featuring a Three-Dimensional 1,1’-Bis(o-carborane) Backbone
Yruegas, S.; Axtell, J. C.; Kirlikovali, K. O.; Spokoyny, A. M.; Martin, C. D.
Featured on the Front Cover
Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 2892-2895.
Investigating the Reactivity of 9-Phenyl-9-Borafluorene with N-H, O-H, P-H, and S-H Bonds.
Laperriere, L. E.; Yruegas, S.; Martin, C. D.
Special Issue on Frustrated Lewis Acids and Organoboranes
Tetrahedron. 2019, 75, 937-943.
Coordination and Ring Expansion of 1,2-Dipolar Molecules with 9-Phenyl-9-borafluorene.
Bluer, K. R.; Laperriere, L. E.; Pujol, A.; Yruegas, S.; Adiraju, V. A. K.; Martin, C. D.
Organometallics. 2018, 37, 2917-2927.
Boraphosphaalkene Synthesis via Phosphaalkyne Insertion into 9-Borafluorene.
Yruegas, S.; Barnard, J. H.; Al-Furaiji, K.; Dutton, J. L; Wilson, D. J. D; Martin, C. D.
Organometallics. 2018, 37, 1515-1518.
Iron(II)-Catalyzed Azidotrifluoromethylation of Olefins and N-Heterocycles for Expedient Vicinal Trifluoromethyl Amine Synthesis.
Zhu, C.-L.; Wang, C.; Qin, Q.-X.; Yruegas, S.; Martin, C. D.; Xu, H.
ACS Catal. 2018, 5032–5037.
Intermolecular Insertion Reactions of Azides Into 9-Borafluorenes to Generate 9,10-B,N-Phenanthrenes.
Yruegas, S.; Martinez, J. J.; Martin, C. D.
Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 6808-6811.
Ring Opening of Epoxides Induced by Pentaphenylborole.
Yruegas, S.; Wilson, C.; Dutton, J. L.; Martin, C. D.
Invited for Special Issue Entitled “Tailoring the Optoelectronic Properties of Organometallic Compounds with Main Group Elements”
Organometallics. 2017, 36, 2581-2587.
Expedient Synthesis of 1,2-Thiaborines by means of Sulfur Insertion into Boroles.
Yruegas, S.; Martin, C. D.
Selected as a Hot Paper
Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 18358-18361.
Ring expansion reactions of anti-aromatic boroles: a promising synthetic avenue to unsaturated boracycles.
Barnard, J. H.; Yruegas, S.; Huang, K.; Martin, C. D.
Featured on the Inside Cover
Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 9985-9991.
Oxygen insertion into boroles as a route to 1,2-oxaborines.
Yruegas, S.; Patterson, D. C.; Martin, C. D.
Featured on the Inside Cover
Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 6658-6661
Reactivity of a Phosphaalkyne with Pentaarylboroles.
Barnard, J. H.; Yruegas, S.; Couchman, S. A.; Wilson, D. J. D.; Dutton, J. L.; Martin, C. D.
Organometallics. 2016, 35, 929–931.
Probing the reactivity of pentaphenylborole with N-H, O-H, P-H, and S-H bonds.
Yruegas, S.; Huang, K.; Wilson, D. J. D.; Dutton, J. L.; Martin, C. D.
Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 9902-9911.
Publications
At Rice
Manipulation of Solvent Donor Effects to Overcome the Calcium Schlenk Equilibrium
Birkhoff, K. M.; Lin, I.; Yruegas, S.
Inorg. Chem. 2025, ASAP Article
Synthesis and Characterization of Well-Defined s-Block Bis(Carbene) Complexes
Bhandari, M.; Yruegas, S.
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2025, 28, e202400560
Synthesis and characterization of NiAl-hydride heterometallics: pertubing electron density within Al-H-Ni subunits
Gonzalez, A. G.; Gonzalez, F.; De Leon, E.; Birkhoff, K. M.; Yruegas, S.; Chen, H.; Shoshani, M. M.
Dalton Trans. 2024, 53, 18932-18945.
Prior to Rice
Scrutinizing Formally NiIV Centers through the Lenses of Core Spectroscopy, Molecular Orbital Theory, and Valence Bond Theory.
DiMucci, I.; Titus, C.; Nordlund, D.; Bour, J.; Chong, E.; Kosobokov, M.; Martin, C.; Nebra, N.; Vicic, D.; Yruegas, S.; MacMillan, S.; Shearer, J.; Lancaster, K.
Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 6915-6929.
Nickel-Catalyzed Dimerization of Di- and Trisubstituted Olefins. Organometallics. 2022, 15, 2059–2066
Yruegas, S.; Paccagnini, M.; Ho, S. C.; Sattler, A.; Chirik, P. J.
Organometallics. 2022, 15, 2059–2066.
(PNP)Cobalt-Catalyzed Olefination of Diazoalkanes
Yruegas, S.; Semproni, S. P.; Chirik, P. J.
Organometallics. 2022, 41, 3138–3144.
Nickel–Borolide Complexes and Their Complex Electronic Structure
Yruegas, S.; Tang, H.; Bornovski, G. Z.; Su, X.; Sung, S.; Hall, M. B.; Nippe, M.; Martin, C. D.
Inorg. Chem. 2021, 21, 16160–16167.
9-Borafluorenes: Synthesis, Properties, and Reactivity
Su, X.; Bartholome, T. A.; Tidwell, J. R.; Pujol, A.; Yruegas, S.; Martinez, J. J.; Martin, C. D.
Chem. Rev. 2021, 121, 4147-4192.
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.
Total Synthesis of (±)-Phyllantidine: Development and Mechanistic Evaluation of a Novel Ring Expansion for Installation of Embedded Nitrogen-Oxygen Bonds
Lambert, K. M.; Cox, J. B.; Liu, L.; Jackson, A. C.; Yruegas, S.; Wiberg, K. B.; Wood, J. L.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 9757-9766.
Synthesis of 9-Borafluorene Analogues Featuring a Three-Dimensional 1,1’-Bis(o-carborane) Backbone
Yruegas, S.; Axtell, J. C.; Kirlikovali, K. O.; Spokoyny, A. M.; Martin, C. D.
Featured on the Front Cover
Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 2892-2895.
Investigating the Reactivity of 9-Phenyl-9-Borafluorene with N-H, O-H, P-H, and S-H Bonds.
Laperriere, L. E.; Yruegas, S.; Martin, C. D.
Special Issue on Frustrated Lewis Acids and Organoboranes
Tetrahedron. 2019, 75, 937-943.
Coordination and Ring Expansion of 1,2-Dipolar Molecules with 9-Phenyl-9-borafluorene.
Bluer, K. R.; Laperriere, L. E.; Pujol, A.; Yruegas, S.; Adiraju, V. A. K.; Martin, C. D.
Organometallics. 2018, 37, 2917-2927.
Boraphosphaalkene Synthesis via Phosphaalkyne Insertion into 9-Borafluorene.
Yruegas, S.; Barnard, J. H.; Al-Furaiji, K.; Dutton, J. L; Wilson, D. J. D; Martin, C. D.
Organometallics. 2018, 37, 1515-1518.
Iron(II)-Catalyzed Azidotrifluoromethylation of Olefins and N-Heterocycles for Expedient Vicinal Trifluoromethyl Amine Synthesis.
Zhu, C.-L.; Wang, C.; Qin, Q.-X.; Yruegas, S.; Martin, C. D.; Xu, H.
ACS Catal. 2018, 5032–5037.
Intermolecular Insertion Reactions of Azides Into 9-Borafluorenes to Generate 9,10-B,N-Phenanthrenes.
Yruegas, S.; Martinez, J. J.; Martin, C. D.
Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 6808-6811.
Ring Opening of Epoxides Induced by Pentaphenylborole.
Yruegas, S.; Wilson, C.; Dutton, J. L.; Martin, C. D.
Invited for Special Issue Entitled “Tailoring the Optoelectronic Properties of Organometallic Compounds with Main Group Elements”
Organometallics. 2017, 36, 2581-2587.
Expedient Synthesis of 1,2-Thiaborines by means of Sulfur Insertion into Boroles.
Yruegas, S.; Martin, C. D.
Selected as a Hot Paper
Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 18358-18361.
Ring expansion reactions of anti-aromatic boroles: a promising synthetic avenue to unsaturated boracycles.
Barnard, J. H.; Yruegas, S.; Huang, K.; Martin, C. D.
Featured on the Inside Cover
Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 9985-9991.
Oxygen insertion into boroles as a route to 1,2-oxaborines.
Yruegas, S.; Patterson, D. C.; Martin, C. D.
Featured on the Inside Cover
Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 6658-6661
Reactivity of a Phosphaalkyne with Pentaarylboroles.
Barnard, J. H.; Yruegas, S.; Couchman, S. A.; Wilson, D. J. D.; Dutton, J. L.; Martin, C. D.
Organometallics. 2016, 35, 929–931.
Probing the reactivity of pentaphenylborole with N-H, O-H, P-H, and S-H bonds.
Yruegas, S.; Huang, K.; Wilson, D. J. D.; Dutton, J. L.; Martin, C. D.
Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 9902-9911.
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