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68. Formation of Fully Stoichiometric, Oxidation-State Pure Neptunium and Plutonium Dioxides from Molecular Precursors

Appie Peterson, Sheridon N. Kelly, Trevor Arino, S. Olivia Gunther, Erik T. Ouellette, Jennifer N. Wacker, Joshua J. Woods, Simon J. Teat, Wayne W. Lukens, John Arnold, Rebecca J. Abergel* and Stefan G. Minasian* 

Inorg. Chem., 2024, ASAP Article. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c02099

67. The Counterintuitive Relationship between Orbital Energy, Orbital Overlap, and Bond Covalency in CeF62– and CeCl62–

Jacob A. Branson, Patrick W. Smith, Dumitru-Claudiu Sergentu, Dominic R. Russo, Himanshu Gupta, Corwin H. Booth, John Arnold, Eric J. Schelter, Jochen Autschbach*, and Stefan G. Minasian*

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, ASAP Article. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c07459

66. Analyzing the Intensities of K-Edge Transitions in X2 Molecules (X = F, Cl, Br) for Use in Ligand K-Edge X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy

Jacob A. Branson*, Patrick W. Smith, John Arnold, and Stefan G. Minasian

Inorg. Chem., 2024, 63, 34, 15557-15562. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c01666

65. Formation of Uranium Disulfide from a Uranium Thioamidate Single-Source Precursor

Sheridon N. Kelly, Dominic R. Russo, Erik T. Ouellette, Debashree Roy, Andrew J. Swift, Michael A. Boreen, Patrick W. Smith, Liane M. Moreau*, John Arnold*, and Stefan G. Minasian*

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 13325-13332. DOI: 10.1039/D4SC03422h

64. Berkelium–Carbon Bonding in a Tetravalent Berkelocene

Dominic R. Russo†, Alyssa N. Gaiser†, Amy N. Price†, Dumitru-Claudiu Sergentu†, Jennifer N. Wacker, Nicholas Katzer, Appie Peterson, Jacob A. Branson, Xiaojuan Yu, Sheridon N. Kelly, Erik T. Ouellette, John Arnold, Jeffrey R. Long, Wayne W. Lukens, Simon J. Teat, Rebecca J. Abergel*, Polly L. Arnold*, Jochen Autschbach*, and Stefan G. Minasian*

Preprint on ChemRxiv: DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-h7njh

† These authors contributed equally

63. Actinium Chelation and Crystallization in a Macromolecular Scaffold

Jennifer N. Wacker, Joshua J. Woods, Peter B. Rupert, Appie Peterson, Marc Allaire, Wayne W. Lukens, Alyssa N. Gaiser, Stefan G. Minasian, Rodney K. Strong*, Rebecca J. Abergel* 

Nat. Commun., 2024, 15, 5741. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50017-5

62. 4f-Orbital Mixing Increases the Magnetic Susceptibility of Cp′3Eu

S. Olivia Gunther, Yusen Qiao, Patrick W. Smith, Sierra R. Ciccone, Alex S. Ditter, Daniel N. Huh, Liane M. Moreau, David K. Shuh, Taoxiang Sun, Polly L. Arnold, Corwin H. Booth, Wibe A. de Jong, William J. Evans, Wayne W. Lukens and Stefan G. Minasian*

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 12667-12675 DOI: 10.1039/D4SC01300J

→ Featured on the front cover of Chemical Science Issue 32

61. Realization of Organocerium-Based Fullerene Molecular Materials Showing Mott Insulator-Type Behavior

Pragati Pandey, Xiaoyu Wang, Himanshu Gupta, Patrick W.Smith, Ekaterina Lapsheva, Patrick J. Carroll, Alexandra M. Bacon, Corwin H. Booth, Stefan G. Minasian*, Jochen Autschbach*, Eva Zurek*, Eric J. Schelter*

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces., 2024, 16, 14, 17857-17869. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c18766

60. Identification of an X-Band Clock Transition in Cp′3Pr– Enabled by a 4f25d1 Configuration

Patrick W. Smith, Jakub Hrubý, William J. Evans, Stephen Hill*, and Stefan G. Minasian*

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, 146, 9, 5781-5785. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c12725

59. Strengths of covalent bonds in LnO₂ determined from O K-edge XANES spectra using a Hubbard model

W. W. Lukens*, S. G. Minasian, and C. H. Booth

Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 12784-12795. DOI: 10.1039/D3SC03304J

58. Macrocyclic 1,2-Hydroxypyridinone-Based Chelators as Potential Ligands for Thorium-227 and

Zirconium-89 Pradiopharmaceuticals

J. J. Woods, A. G. Cosby, J. N. Wacker, L. M. A. Quintana, A. Peterson, S. G. Minasian, and R. J. Abergel*

Inorg. Chem., 2023, 62, 20721-20732. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38431-7

57. Synthesis, Structure, and Theoretical Calculations on NpO₂Br4⁻⁻

Y. Yang, S. Wei, Z. Zhao, J. Chen, J. Wang, H. Hu, S. G. Minasian, and T. Sun*

Inorg. Chem., 2023, 62, 13953-13963. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38431-7

56. Chemical Design of Electronic and Magnetic Energy Scales in Tetravalent Praseodymium

Arun Ramanathan, Jensen Kaplan, Dumitru-Claudiu Sergentu, Jacob A. Branson, Mykhaylo Ozerov, Alexander I. Kolesnikov, Stefan G. Minasian, Jochen Autschbach, John W. Freeland, Zhigang Jiang, Martin Mourigal*, Henry S. La Pierre*

Nat. Commun., 2023, 3134. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38431-7

55. Synthesis and Characterization of a Bridging Cerium(IV) Nitride Complex

Henry H. Wilson, Xiaojuan Yu, Thibault Cheisson, Patrick W. Smith, Pragati Pandey, Patrick J. Carroll, Stefan G. Minasian*, Jochen Autschbach*, and Eric J. Schelter*

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 2, 781–786. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c12145

54. Modeling Heterogeneity in UO₂ Nanoparticles Using X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy

Shinhyo Bang, Dominic R. Russo, Ashley D. Knapp, Mark D. Straub, Kurt F. Smith, Corwin H. Booth, Stefan G. Minasian, and Liane M. Moreau*

Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2023, 26, e202200417. DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202200417

53. Chemical and elemental mapping of spent nuclear fuel sections by soft X-ray spectromicroscopy

Alex S. Ditter, Danil E. Smiles, Daniel Lussier, Alison B. Altman, Mukesh Bachhav, Linfeng He, Michael W. Mara, Claude Degueldre, Stefan G. Minasian, and David K Shuh*

J. Synchro. Rad., 2022, 29, 67-79. DOI: 10.1107/S1600577521012315 

52. Involvement of 5f Orbitals in the Covalent Bonding between the Uranyl Ion and Trialkyl Phosphine Oxide: Unraveled by Oxygen K-Edge X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy and Density Functional Theory

Yusheng Zhang, Wuhua Duan, Yuning Yang, Tian Jian, Yusen Qiao, Guoxi Ren, Nian Zhang, Lei Zheng, Wensheng Yan, Jianchen Wang, Jing Chen, Stefan G. Minasian, and Taoxiang Sun*

Inorg. Chem., 2022, 61, 1, 92–104. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem1c02236

51. A Uranium(II) Arene Complex That Acts as a Uranium(I) Synthon

Mark D. Straub, Erik T. Ouellette, Michael A. Boreen, R. David Britt, Khetpakorn Chakarawet, Iskander Douair, Colin A. Gould, Laurent Maron, Iker Del Rosal, David Villarreal, Stefan G. Minasian,* and John Arnold*

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021, 143, 47, 19748–19760. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c07854

50. Enhanced 5f-δ bonding in [U(C₇H₇)₂]⁻: Carbon K‑Edge X‑ray Spectroscopy, Magnetism and Electronic Structure Calculations

Yusen Qiao, Gaurab Ganguly, Corwin H. Booth, Jacob A. Branson, Alexander S. Ditter, Daniel J. Lussier, Liane M. Moreau, Dominic Russo, Dumitru-Claudiu Sergentu, David K. Shuh, Taoxiang Sun, Jochen Autschbach,* and Stefan G. Minasian*

Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 9562-9565. DOI: 10.1039/D1CC03414F

49. Thorium amidates function as single-source molecular precursors for thorium dioxide

M. D. Straub, E. T. Ouellette, M. A. Boreen, J. A. Branson, A. Ditter, A. L. D. Kilcoyne, T. D. Lohrey, M. A. Marcus, M. Paley, J. Ramirez, D. K. Shuh, S. G. Minasian*, J. Arnold*

Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 4954-4957. DOI: 10.1039/D1CC00867F438124

Correction: Chem. Commun. 2024, 40, 10414-10415. DOI: 10.1039/D4CC90297A

48. Amidinate Supporting Ligands Influence Molecularity in Formation of Uranium Nitrides

M. D. Straub, L. M. Moreau, Y. Qiao, Erik T. Ouellette, M. A. Boreen, T. D. Lohrey, N. S. Settineri, S. Holoch, C. H. Booth, S. G. Minasian*, John Arnold*

Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60, 9, 6672–6679. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c00471

47. Near-infrared C-term MCD spectroscopy of octahedral uranium(V) complexes

D. J. Curran, G. Ganguly, Y. N. Heit, N. J. Wolford, S. G. Minasian, M. W. Löble, S. K. Cary, S. A. Kozimor, J. Autschbach*, M. L. Neidig*

Dalton Trans. 2021, 50, 5483-5492. DOI: 10.1039/d1dt00513h

46. Gauging aromatic conjugation and charge delocalization in the aryl silanes Ph(n)SiH(4-n) (n = 0-4), with silicon K-edge XAS and TDDFT

N. A. Phillips, P. W. Smith, T. D. Tilley*, S. G. Minasian*

Dalton Trans. 2020, 49, 13176-13184. DOI: 10.1039/D0DT03153D

45. Structural properties of ultra-small thorium and uranium dioxide nanoparticles embedded in a covalent organic framework

L. M. Moreau†, A. Herve†, S. Alayoglu, A. Braun, Y. Liu, R. J. Abergel, John Arnold, G. J. P. Deblonde, L. Kovarik, T. D. Lohrey, D. Olive, J. A. Rees, D. R. Russo, D. K. Shuh, M. D. Straub, S. J. Teat, C. H. Booth,* Stefan G. Minasian*

Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 4648-4668. DOI: 10.1039/C9SC06117G

† These authors contributed equally

44. The duality of f-electron localization and covalency in lanthanide and actinide metallocenes

D. E. Smiles, E. R. Batista, C. H. Booth, D. L. Clark, J. M. Keith, S. A. Kozimor, R. L. Martin, S. G. Minasian*, D. K. Shuh, S. C. E. Stieber*, T. Tyliszczak

Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 2796-2809. DOI: 10.1039/C9SC06114B

43. Chemical Vapor Deposition of Phase-Pure Uranium Dioxide Thin Films from Uranium(IV) Amidate Precursors

M. D. Straub, J. Leduc, M. Frank, A. Rauuf, T. D. Lohrey, S. G. Minasian, S. Mathur*, J. Arnold*

Angew. Chem. Intl. Ed., 2019, 58, 5749-5753. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201901924

42. Evaluation of electronic state of Cs-adsorbed clay minerals based on NEXAFS analysis using DFT calculations

C. Suzuki*, T. Yaita, S. Suzuki, J. I. Pacold, A. B. Altman, S. G. Minasian, T. Tyliszczak, D. K. Shuh, H. Yoshida, and M. Osaka

J. Phys. Chem. Sol., 2019, 127, 169-177. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpcs.2018.11.011

41. Charge density wave and order-disorder in the antiferromagnetic metallic series Eu[Ga(1-x)Al(x)]₄

M. Stavinoha, J. A. Cooley, S. G. Minasian, T. M. McQueen, S. M. Kauzlarich, C.-L. Huang, and T. Morosan

Phys. Rev. B, 2018, 97, 195146. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.97.195146

40. Chemical Structure and Bonding in a Thorium(III)–Aluminum Heterobimetallic Complex

A. B. Altman, A. C. Brown, G. Rao, T. D. Lohrey, R. D. Britt, L. Maron, S. G. Minasian, D. K. Shuh, and J. Arnold*

Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 4317-4324. DOI: 10.1039/C8SC01260A

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39. Ferromagnetic Quantum Critical Point in CePd₂P₂ with Pd → Ni Substitution

Y. Lai, S. E. Bone, S. G. Minasian, M. G. Ferrier, J. Lezama-Pacheco, V. Mocko, A. S. Ditter, S. A. Kozimor, G. T. Seidler, W. L. Nelson, Y.-C. Chiu, K. Huang, W. Potter, D. Graf, T. E. Albrecht-Schmitt, R. E. Baumbach*

Phys. Rev. B 2018, 97, 224406. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.97.224406

38. Development of small particle speciation for nuclear forensics by soft X-ray scanning transmission spectromicroscopy

J. I. Pacold, A. B. Altman, K. B. Knight, K. S. Holiday, M. J. Kristo, S. G. Minasian, T. Tyliszczak, C. H. Booth, and D. K. Shuh*

Analyst 2018, 143, 1349-1357. DOI: 10.1039/c7an01838j

37. Energy-Degeneracy-Driven Covalency in Actinide Bonding

J. Su, E. R. Batista*, S. E. Bone, K. S. Boland. J. A. Bradley, S. K. Cary, D. L. Clark*, S. D. Conradson, A. S. Ditter, J. M. Keith, A. Kerridge, M. W. Loeble, R. L. Martin, S. G. Minasian, V. Mocko, H. S. La Pierre, N. Kaltsoyannis, S. A. Kozimor*, M. P. Wilkerson, L. E. Wolfsberg, G. T. Seidler, D. K. Shuh, and P. Yang*

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 17977-17984. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b09436 

36. Homoleptic U(III) and U(IV) amidate complexes

M. D. Straub, S. Holoch, S. G. Minasian, and J. Arnold*

Dalton Trans. 2018, 47, 1772-1776. DOI: 10.1039/C7DT04813K

35. Dual roles of the f-electrons in mixing Al 3p character into the d-orbital conduction bands for lanthanide and actinide dialuminides

A. B. Altman, C. D. Pemmaraju, S. Alayoglu, J. Arnold, E. D. Bauer, C. H. Booth, Z. Fisk, J. I. Pacold, D. Prendergast, D. K. Shuh, T. Tyliszczak, J. Wang, and S. G. Minasian*

Phys. Rev. B 2018, 97, 045110. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.97.045110

34. Quantitative evidence for lanthanide–oxygen orbital mixing in CeO₂, PrO₂, and TbO₂

S. G. Minasian*, E. R. Batista, C. H. Booth, D. L. Clark, J. M. Keith, S. A. Kozimor, W. W. Lukens, R. L. Martin, D. K. Shuh, S.C.E. Stieber, T. Tylisczcak, and X.-D. Wen

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 18052-18064. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b10361

33. Chemical and morphological inhomogeneity of aluminum metal and oxides from soft X-ray spectromicroscopy

A. B. Altman, C. D. Pemmaraju, S. Alayoglu, J. Arnold, C. H. Booth, A. Braun, C. E. Bunker, A. Herve, S. G. Minasian*, D. Prendergast*, D. K. Shuh, T. Tyliszczak

Inorg. Chem., 2017, 56, 5710-5719. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b00280

32. Bonding in uranium(V) hexafluoride based on the experimental electron density distribution measured at 20K

C. G. Gianopoulous, V. V. Zhurov, S. G. Minasian, E. R. Batista, C. Jelsch, and A. A. Pinkerton*

Inorg. Chem., 2017, 56, 1775-1778. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b02971

31. A macrocyclic chelator that selectively binds Ln(4+) over Ln(3+) by a factor of 10^29

T. A. Pham, A. B. Altman, S. C. E. Stieber, C. H. Booth, S. A. Kozimor, W. W. Lukens, D. T. Olive, T. Tyliszczak, J. Wang, S. G. Minasian* and K. N. Raymond*

Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55, 9989-10002. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b00684

→ Invited contribution to themed issue: “New Trends & Applications for Lanthanides”

30. Evidence for 5d-σ and 5d-π covalency in lanthanide sesquioxides from oxygen K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy

A. B. Altman, J. I. Pacold, J. Wang, W. W. Lukens and S. G. Minasian*

Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 9948-9961. DOI: 10.1039/C6DT00358C

→ Invited contribution to themed issue: “New Talent: Americas”

29. Solubility of nanocrystalline cerium dioxide: Experimental data and thermodynamic modeling

T. V. Plakhova, A. Yu Romanchuk, S. N. Yakunin, T. Dumas, S. Demir, S. Wang, S. G. Minasian, D. K. Shuh, T. Tyliszczak, A. A. Shiryaev, A. V. Egorov, V. K. Ivanov, and S. N. Kalmykov*

J. Phys. Chem. C 2016, 120, 22615-22626. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b05650

28. How do radionuclides accumulate in marine organisms? A case study of europium with Aplysina cavernicola

M. Maloubier, D. K. Shuh, S. G. Minasian, J. I. Pacold, P.-L. Solari, H. Michel, F. R. Oberhaensli, Y. Bottein, M. Monfort, C. Moulin*, and C. Den Auwer*

Environ. Sci. Technol. 2016, 50, 10730-10738. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b01896

27. Extraction of lanthanide and actinide ions from aqueous mixtures using a carboxylic acid-functionalized porous aromatic framework

S. Demir, N. K. Brune, J. F. Van Humbeck, J. A. Mason, T. V. Plakhova, S. Wang, G. Tian, S. G. Minasian, T. Tyliszczak, T. Yaita, T. Kobayashi, S. N. Kalmykov, H. Shiwaku, D. K. Shuh and J. R. Long*

ACS Cent. Sci. 2016, 2, 253-265. DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.6b00066

26. Covalency in lanthanides. An X-ray absorption spectroscopy and density functional theory study of LnCl₆ˣ⁻ (x = 3, 2)

M. W. Löble, J. M. Keith, A. B. Altman, S. C. E. Stieber, E. R. Batista*, K. S. Boland, S. D. Conradson, D. L. Clark, J. Lezama Pacheco, S. A. Kozimor*, R. L. Martin*, S. G. Minasian, A. C. Olson, B. L. Scott, D. K. Shuh, T. Tyliszczak, M. P. Wilkerson and R. A. Zehnder

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 2506-2523. DOI: 10.1021/ja510067v

25. Theory and X-ray absorption spectroscopy for aluminum coordination complexes – Al K-edge studies of charge and bonding in (BDI)Al, (BDI)AlR2, and (BDI)AlX2 complexes

A. B. Altman, C. D. Pemmaraju, C. Camp, J. Arnold*, S. G. Minasian*, D. Prendergast*, D. K. Shuh* and T. Tyliszczak

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 10304-10316. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b05854

24. Electron localization in a mixed-valence diniobium benzene complex

T. L. Gianetti, G. Nocton, S. G. Minasian, N. Kaltsoyannis*, A. L. D. Kilcoyne, S. A. Kozimor, D. K. Shuh, T. Tyliszczak, R. G. Bergman* and J. Arnold*

Chem. Sci. 2015, 6, 993-1003. DOI: 10.1039/c4sc02705a

23. Synthesis and characterization of eight compounds of the MU8Q17 Family: ScU8S17, CoU8S17, NiU8S17, TiU8Se17, CrU8Se17, CoU8Se17, NiU8Se17

M. D. Ward, A. Mesbah, S. G. Minasian, D. K. Shuh, T. Tyliszczak, M. Lee, E. S. Choi, S. Lebegue and J. A. Ibers*

Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 6920-6927. DOI: 10.1021/ic500721d 

22. Electronic structure and O K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy of U3O8

X.-D. Wen, M. W. Löeble, E. R. Batista, E. Bauer, K. S. Boland, A. K. Burrell, S. D. Conradson, S. R. Daly, S. A. Kozimor*, S. G. Minasian, R. L. Martin, T. M. McCleskey, B. L. Scott, D. K. Shuh and T. Tyliszczak

J. Elec. Spec. Rel. Phenom. 2014, 194, 81-87. DOI: 10.1016/j.elspec.2014.03.005

21. Influence of pyrazolate vs N-heterocyclic carbene ligands on the slow magnetic relaxation of homoleptic trischelate lanthanide(III) and uranium(III) Complexes

K. R. Meihaus, S. G. Minasian, W. W. Lukens, Jr., S. A. Kozimor, D. K. Shuh, T. Tyliszczak and J. R. Long*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 6056-6068. DOI: 10.1021/ja501569t

20. New evidence for 5f covalency in actinocenes determined from carbon K-edge XAS and electronic structure theory

S. G. Minasian, J. M. Keith, E. R. Batista*, K. S. Boland, D. L. Clark, S. A. Kozimor*, R. L. Martin*, D. K. Shuh* and T. Tyliszczak

Chem. Sci. 2014, 5, 351-359. DOI: 10.1039/c3sc52030g

→ Featured in Chemistry World: “Exotic Interactions Uncovered in Actinide Systems” [link]

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19. Vanadium bisimide bonding investigated by X-ray crystallography, 51V and 13C NMR, and V L3,2-Edge XANES

H. S. La Pierre, S. G. Minasian, M. Abubekerov, S. A. Kozimor, D. K. Shuh, T. Tyliszczak, J. Arnold*, R. G. Bergman* and F. D. Toste*

Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 11650-11660. DOI: 10.1021/ic4020543

18. Carbon K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy and time-dependent density functional theory examination of metal–carbon bonding in metallocene dichlorides

S. G. Minasian, J. M. Keith, E. R. Batista*, K. S. Boland, S. A. Kozimor*, R. L. Martin*, D. K. Shuh*, T. Tyliszczak and L. J. Vernon

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 14731-14740. DOI: 10.1021/ja405844j 

17. Diniobium inverted sandwich complexes with µ-η6:η6-arene ligands: Synthesis, kinetics of formation, and electronic structure

T. L. Gianetti, G. Nocton, S. G. Minasian, N. C. Tomson, A. L. D. Kilcoyne, S. A. Kozimor, D. K. Shuh, T. Tyliszczak, R. G. Bergman* and J. Arnold*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 3224-3236. DOI: 10.1021/ja311966h

16. Tetrahalide complexes of the [U(NR)2]2+ ion: Synthesis, theory, and Cl K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy

L. P. Spencer, P. Yang, S. G. Minasian, R. E. Jilek, E. R. Batista*, K. S. Boland, J. M. Boncella*, S. D. Conradson, D. L. Clark, T. W. Hayton, S. A. Kozimor*, R. L. Martin, M. M. MacInnes, A. C. Olson, B. L. Scott, D. K. Shuh and M. P. Wilkerson

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 2279-2290. DOI: 10.1021/ja310575j

15. Covalency in metal–oxygen multiple bonds evaluated using oxygen K-edge spectroscopy and DFT

S. G. Minasian, J. M. Keith, E. R. Batista*, K. S. Boland, J. A. Bradley, S. R. Daly, D. Sokaras, S. A. Kozimor*, W. W. Lukens, R. L. Martin*, D. Nordlund, G. T. Seidler, D. K. Shuh*, T. Tyliszczak, G. L. Wagner, T. C. Weng and P. Yang

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 1864-1871. DOI: 10.1021/ja310223b

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14. Impact of natural organic matter on uranium transport through saturated geologic materials: From molecular to column scale

Y. Yang*, J. E. Saiers, N. Xu, S. G. Minasian, T. Tyliszczak, S. A. Kozimor, D. K. Shuh and M. O. Barnett

Environ. Sci. Technol. 2012, 46, 5931-5938. DOI: 10.1021/es300155j

13. Synthesis and structure of (Ph4P)2MCl6 (M = Ti, Zr, Hf, Th, U, Np, Pu)

S. G. Minasian, K. S. Boland, R. K. Feller, A. J. Gaunt, S. A. Kozimor*, I. May, S. D. Reilly, B. L. Scott and D. K. Shuh

Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 5728-5736. DOI: 10.1021/ic300179d 

12. Determining relative f and d orbital contributions to M–Cl covalency in MCl62- (M = Ti, Zr, Hf, U) and UOCl51- using Cl K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy and time-dependent density functional theory

S. G. Minasian, J. M. Keith, E. R. Batista*, K. S. Boland, D. L. Clark*, S. D. Conradson*, S. A. Kozimor*, R. L. Martin*, D. E. Schwarz, D. K. Shuh*, G. L. Wagner, M. P. Wilkerson, L. E. Wolfsberg and P. Yang

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 5586-5597. DOI: 10.1021/ja2105015 

11. Evaluating f-element bonding from structure and thermodynamics

S. G. Minasian*, J. L. Krinsky and J. Arnold*

Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 12234-12245. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201101447 

10. Pentavalent and tetravalent uranium selenides, Tl3Cu4USe6 and Tl2Ag2USe4: Synthesis, characterization, and structural comparison to other layered actinide chalcogenide compounds

D. E. Bugaris, E. S. Choi, R. Copping, P.-A. Glans, S. G. Minasian, T. Tyliszczak, S. A. Kozimor, D. K. Shuh and J. A. Ibers*

Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 6656-6666. DOI: 10.1021/ic200565n 

9. Covalent lanthanide chemistry near the limit of weak bonding: Observation of (CpSiMe3)3Ce−ECp* and a comprehensive DFT analysis of Cp3Ln−ECp (E = Al, Ga)

J. L. Krinsky, S. G. Minasian and J. Arnold*

Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 345-357. DOI: 10.1021/ic102028d 

8. cis,fac-Dichlorido{N-[3,5-di-tert-butyl-2-(trimethyl-silyloxy)benzyl]-N,N- bis(2-pyridylmethyl)amine}(dimethyl sulfoxide)ruthenium(II) dichloromethane disolvate

P. J. Fischer*, S. G. Minasian and J. Arnold

Acta Cryst. E 2009, 65, M1371-U1217. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536809041324 

7. A comparison of 4f vs. 5f metal–metal bonds in (CpSiMe3)3M–ECp* (M = Nd, U; E = Al, Ga; Cp* = C5Me5): Synthesis, thermodynamics, magnetism, and electronic structure

S. G. Minasian, J. L. Krinsky*, J. D. Rinehart, R. Copping, T. Tyliszczak, M. Janousch, D. K. Shuh* and J. Arnold*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 13767-13783. DOI: 10.1021/ja904565j 

6. Aluminium, zinc, gallium, and cadmium complexes supported by a monoanionic [N2P2] ligand

S. G. Minasian and J. Arnold*

Dalton Trans. 2009, 106-110. DOI: 10.1039/b815854a  

5. Synthesis and reactivity of bis-pentamethylcyclopentadienyl diiododialane (Cp*AlI)2: An aluminium(II) precursor to (Cp*Al)4

S. G. Minasian and J. Arnold*

Chem. Comm. 2008, 4043-4045. DOI: 10.1039/b806804f 

4. A heterobimetallic complex with an unsupported uranium(III)-aluminum(I) bond: (CpSiMe3)3U-AlCp* (Cp* = C5Me5)

S. G. Minasian, J. L. Krinsky, V. A. Williams and J. Arnold*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 10086-10087. DOI: 10.1021/ja8042382

→ Featured in Chemistry World: “Uncovering Uranium’s Unusual Bonding” [link]

→ Featured in Chemistry and Engineering News: “Uranium-Aluminum Bond A First” [link]

3. Synthesis and reactivity of metal complexes supported by the tetradentate monoanionic ligand bis(2-picolyl)(2-hydroxy-3,5-di-tert-butylbenzyl)amide (BPPA)

W. A. Chomitz, S. G. Minasian, A. D. Sutton and J. Arnold*

Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 7199-7209. DOI: 10.1021/ic700775k 

2. Bis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)[(trimethylsilyl)-methyl]scandium(III)

S. G. Minasian*, J. D. Rinehart, P. Bazinet and M. Seitz

Acta Cryst. E 2006, 62, M1823-M1824. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536806026602 

1. Stereoselective hydrogen abstraction by galactose oxidase

S. G. Minasian, M. M. Whittaker and J. W. Whittaker*

Biochemistry 2004, 43, 13683-13693. DOI: 10.1021/bi048554s