James H. Espenson

Transition Metal Catalysts: Mechanisms & Applications.

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Selected Publications

  1. Shan, X.; Espenson, J. H. "Kinetics and Mechanisms of Reactions of ReO(K2-edt)(K2-edtMe): Phosphane Displacement of the Thioether Group and Inversion of the Thioether Sulfur" Organometallics 2003, 22, 1250-1254.
  2. Shan, X.; Ellern, A.; Guzei, I. A.; Espenson, J. H. "Syntheses and Oxidation of Methyloxorhenium(V) Complexes with Tridentate Ligands" Inorg. Chem. 2003, 42, 2362-2367.
  3. Espenson, J. H.; Nabavizadeh, S. M. "Kinetic and Equilibrium Studies of Reactions of Nitrogen Heterocycles with Dimeric and Monomeric Oxorhenium(V) Complexes" Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2003, 1911-1916.
  4. Koshino, N.; Cai, Y.; Espenson, J. H. "Kinetic Study of the Phthalimide N-Oxyl (PINO) Radical in Acetic Acid. Hydrogen Abstraction from C-H Bonds and Evaluation of the O-H Bond Dissociation Energy of N-Hydroxyphthalimide" J. Phys. Chem. 2003, 107, 4262-4267.
  5. Bouh, A. O.; Espenson, J. H. "Epoxidation Reactions with Urea-Hydrogen Peroxide Catalyzed by Methyltrioxorhenium (VII) on Niobia" J. Molec. Catal. A: Chemical 2003, 200 43-47.
  6. Lente, G.; and Espenson, J. H. "Photoaccelerated Oxidation of Chlorinated Phenols" Chem. Comm. 2003, 1162-1163
  7. Espenson, J. H. "Kinetics of Catalyzed Reactions (Homogeneous)" Encyclopedia of Catalysis 2003, Chapter 4, 490-508.
  8. Wang, Y.; Lente, G.; Espenson, J. H. "Oxorhenium(V) Dithiolates Catalyze the Oxidation by tert-Butyl Hydroperoxide of Sulfoxides and Sulfides, including 4,6-Dimethyldibenzothiophene" Inorg. Chem. 2002, 41, 1272-1280.
  9. Wang, W.; Espenson, J. H. "Pairwise Exchanges of Oxo and Imido Groups in Rhenium(VII) Compounds" Inorg. Chem. 2002, 41, 1782-1787.
  10. Wang, Y.; Espenson, J. H. "Kinetics and Mechanism of Rhenium-Catalyzed Oxygen Atom Transfer from Pyridine N-Oxides to Phosphines" Inorg. Chem. 2002, 41, 2226-2274.
  11. Espenson, J. H.; Shan, X.; Wang, Y.; Huang, R.; Lahti, D. L.; Dixon, J.; Lente, G.; Ellern, A.; Guzei, I. A. "Synthesis and Characterization of Dimetallic Oxorhenium(V) and Dioxorhenium(VII) Compounds, and a Study of Stoichiometric and Catalytic Reactions" Inorg. Chem. 2002, 41, 2583-2591.
  12. Dixon, J.; Espenson, J. H. "Kinetics and Mechanism of Oxygen Atom Abstraction from a Dioxo-Rhenium(VII) Complex" Inorg. Chem. 2002, 41, 4727.
  13. Wang, W.; Guzei, I. A.; Espenson, J. H. "Kinetic and Mechanistic Studies of Sulfur-Transfer from Imidomethylrhenium Sulfides" Inorg. Chem. 2002, 41, 4780.
  14. Shan, X.; Ellern, A.; Espenson, J. H. "Methyl Transfer from Rhenium to Coordinated Thiolate Groups" Angew. Chem. Intl. Ed. 2002, 41, 3807-3809.
  15. Wang, W.; Ellern, A. Guzei, I. A. "Preparation, Properties and Reactions of Five-Coordinate Re(VII) Dioxo and Diimido Complexes" Organometallics 2002, 21, 5576-5582.
  16. Shan, X.; Ellern, A.; Espenson, J. H. "Methyloxorhenium(V) Complexes with Two Bidentate Ligands: Synthesis and Reactivity Studies" Inorg. Chem. 2002, 41, 7136-7142.
  17. "Epoxidation Reactions with Urea-Hydrogen Peroxide Catalyzed by Methyltrioxorhenium (VII) on Niobia" A. O. Bouh and J. H. Espenson, J. Molec. Catal. A: Chemical 2003, 200 43-47.
  18. "Photoaccelerated Oxidation of Chlorinated Phenols" G. Lente and J. H. Espenson, Chem. Comm. 2003, 1162-1163
  19. "Oxygen Transfer Reactions: Catalysis by Rhenium Compounds" J. H. Espenson Adv. Inorg. Chem. (book chapter) 2003, 54, 158-202.
  20. "Membership Rules for a Molecular Box: The Admission Process and Protection Provided to Guest Molecules" S. C. N. Hsu, M. Ramesh, J. H. Espenson, and T. B. Rauchfuss, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2003, 42, 2663-2666.
  21. Interconversion of MeReO(dithiolate)(NC5H4-X) and MeReO(dithiolate)(PAr3) Complexes: The Equilibrium Constants Follow the Hammett Equation but the Rate Constants Do Not" X. Shan and J. H. Espenson, Dalton Trans. 2003, 3612-3616.
  22. "Kinetics and Mechanism of Oxygen Atom Transfer from Methyl Phenyl Sulfoxide to Triarylphosphines Catalyzed by an Oxorhenium(V) Dimer" N. Koshino and J. H. Espenson, Inorg. Chem. 2003, 42, 5735-5742.
  23. "Kinetic Study of the Phthalimide N-Oxyl (PINO) Radical in Acetic Acid. Hydrogen Abstraction from Substituted Toluenes, Benzaldehydes and Benzyl Alcohols" N. Koshino, B. Saha and J. H. Espenson, J. Org. Chem. 2003, 68, 9364-9370.
  24. "A Non-Radical Chain Mechanism for Oxygen Atom Transfer with a Thiorhenium(V) Catalyst" K. sz and J. H. Espenson, Inorg. Chem. 2003, 42, 8122-8124.
  25. "Bromoanthracenes and Metal Co-Catalysts for the Autoxidation of para-Xylene" B. Saha and J. H. Espenson, J. Mol. Catal. A, 2004, 207, 121-127.
  26. "Kinetic Study of Epoxidations by Urea-Hydrogen Peroxide Catalyzed by Methyltrioxorhenium(VII) on Niobia" M. Li and J. H. Espenson, J. Mol. Catal. A, 2004, 208, 123-128.