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Arene Complexes of the Group 4 Metals

In: Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry IV

Gomez-Torres, A.; Saucedo, C.; Fortier, S.*
Eds: Meyer, K.; O'Hare, D.; Parkin, G. · Elsevier, Ltd. · 2022, pp. 502–549

Amidinates, Formamidinates, and Guanidinates

In: Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry III

Gomez-Torres, A.; Sengupta, D.; Fortier, S.*
Eds: Constable, E. C.; Parkin, G.; Que, L. · Elsevier, Ltd. · 2021, pp. 366–405

Actinides: Pentavalent Organometallics

In: Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry

Murillo, J.; Fortier, S.*
Eds: Evans, W. J.; Hanusa, T. P. · John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. · 2018

Pentavalent actinide organometallic figure

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Detecting and Separating Rare Earth Metal Mixtures. Luna, J. R.; Fortier, S.; Provisional Patent Submission 08/2023, Application No. 63/578,871.

Synthesis and Isolation of Crystalline Alkali Metal Arene Radical Anions. Castillo, M.; Fortier, S.; U.S. Patent Number 9,981,991 – Issued 05/29/2018.

59. MacGregor, F.; Baca, A. I.; Metta-Magana, A.; Fortier, S.* Interception of a Uranium Alkyl-Carbene Complex Utilizing a Bulky Phosphaylide. Inorg. Chem. 2025, 64, 24357–24361. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c04450 TOC graphic for publication 59

58. Oehlsen, O.; MacGregor, F.; Jones, M. J. F.; Gomez-Torres, A.; Moreau, L. M.; Wright, J.; Ma, L.; Fortier, S.* A simple and practical wax-encapsulation method for air-sensitive XAS samples. Inorg. Chem. Front. 2025, 13, 12–19. doi: 10.1039/D5QI01913C

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57. Bernal, I.; Lalancette, R. A.;* Fortier, S.; Saucedo-Canas, M.; Kucheryavy, P. Crystal and Molecular Structure of Guaiazulene and Its Potassium Crown Ether Salt: A Conglomerate. Cryst. Growth Des., 2025, 12, 4178–4184. doi: 10.1021/acs.cgd.4c01760

56. Nguyen, T. H.; Ausman, S. F.; MacGregor, F.; Wu, G.; Fortier, S.; Hayton, T. W.* The Curious Case of [AnH(NR₂)₃] (An = Th, U; R = SiMe₃): Two Monomeric Actinide Hydrides Revisited. Organometallics, 2025, 44, 105–114. doi: 10.1021/acs.organomet.4c00375

55. MacGregor, F.; Tarula-Marin, J. L.; Metta-Magana, A.; Fortier, S.* A Metallocene cis-Bis(phosphoranocarbene) of Uranium and a Probe of Its Reactivity with Alcohols. Inorg. Chem., 2024, 63, 9648–9658. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c04565

Invited Manuscript: Ligand-Metal Complementarity in Rare Earth and Actinide Chemistry Special Issue

54. Mena, A.; Luna, J. R.; MacGregor, F.; Noriega-Landa, E.; Metta-Magana, A.; Lee, W.-Y.; Fortier, S.* Photoinduced Cleavage of a Strained N–C Bond in an Iron Complex Supported by Super Bulky Amidinate and Guanidinate Ligands. Inorg. Chem., 2024, 63, 5351–5364. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c03953 TOC graphic for publication 54

53. MacGregor, F.; Metta-Magana, A.; Fortier, S.* Synthesis and characterization of a series of U(IV) trans-bis(phosphaylide) UX₄ (X = Cl, Br, I) adducts. Polyhedron, 2024, 250, 116821. doi: 10.1016/j.poly.2023.116821

Invited Manuscript: Emerging Investigators in Inorganic Chemistry Special Issue

52. Yao, Y.-R.; Zhao, J.; Meng, Q.; Hu, H.-S.; Guo, M.; Yan, Y.; Zhuang, J.; Yang, S.; Fortier, S.; Echegoyen, L.; Schwarz, W. H. E.; Li, J.; Chen, N. Synthesis and Characterization of U≡C Triple Bonds in Fullerene Compounds. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 25440–25449. doi: 10.1021/jacs.3c10042

51. Murillo, J.; Gomez-Torres, A.; Yao, Y.-R.; Oey, Y.; Wright, J.; Sesahdri, R.; Echegoyen, L.; Chen, N.; Fortier, S.* Examining the Electronic Structures of Monouranium Endohedral Metallofullerenes: Solution versus Solid-State Effects in U@C₈₂. Unpublished. ChemRxiv preprint: doi: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-gxbps

50. Murillo, J.; Goodwin, C. A. P.; Stevens, L.; Fortier, S.;* Gaunt, A. J.;* Scott, B. L. Synthesis and comparison of iso-structural f-block metal complexes (Ce, U, Np, Pu) featuring η⁶-arene interactions. Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 7438–7446. doi: 10.1039/D3SC02194G

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49. Gomez-Torres, A.; Metta-Magana, A. J.; Fortier, S.* Synthesis of an Arenide-Masked Scandium Complex Accompanied by Reductively Induced C–H Activation. Organometallics, 2022, 41, 2891–2896. doi: 10.1021/acs.organomet.2c00409 TOC graphic for publication 49

48. Gomez-Torres, A.; Mavragani, N.; Metta-Magana, A. J.; Murugesu, M.; Fortier, S.* Molecular Capacitors: Accessible 6- and 8-Electron Redox Chemistry from Dimeric "Ti(I)" and "Ti(0)" Synthons Supported by Imidazolin-2-Iminato Ligands. Inorg. Chem., 2022, 61, 16856–16873. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c02881 TOC graphic for publication 48

47. Murillo, J.; Bhowmick, R.; Harriman, K. L. M.; Gomez-Torres, A.; Wright, J.; Miro, P.; Metta-Magana, A. J.; Murugesu, M.; Vlaisavljevich, B.;* Fortier, S.* Actinide Arene-Metalate: 2. A Neutral Uranium Bis(Anthracenide) Complex and Elucidation of its Electronic Structure. Chem. Comm., 2022, 58, 9112–9115. doi: 10.1039/D2CC03238D TOC graphic for publication 47

46. Murillo, J.; Panda, D.; Chakrabarti, S.; Hattori, A.; Griego, L.; Chava, V. S. N.; Sreenivasan, S. T.; Ramana, C. V.; Fortier, S.* Room temperature synthesis of UO₂₊ₓ nanocrystals and thin films via hydrolysis of uranium(IV) complexes. Inorg. Chem. Front., 2022, 9, 678–685. doi: 10.1039/D1QI01248G TOC graphic for publication 46

45. Murillo, J.; Bhowmick, R.; Harriman, K. L. M.; Gomez-Torres, A.; Wright, J.; Meulenberg, R. W.; Miro, P.; Metta-Magana, A. J.; Murugesu, M.; Vlaisavljevich, B.;* Fortier, S.* Actinide Arene-Metalates: Ion Pairing Effects on the Electronic Structure of the First Unsupported Uranium-Arene Sandwich Complexes. Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 13360–13372. doi: 10.1039/D1SC03275E TOC graphic for publication 45

44. Fortier, S.;* Gomez-Torres, A. Review: Redox Chemistry of Discrete Low Valent Titanium Complexes and Low Valent Titanium Synthons. Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 10292–10316. doi: 10.1039/D1CC02772G

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43. Staun, S. L.; Kent, G. T.; Gomez-Torres, A.; Wu, G.; Fortier, S.; Hayton, T. W.* Reductive Coupling of Xylyl Isocyanide Mediated by Low-Valent Uranium. Organometallics, 2021, 40, 2934–2938. doi: 10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00365

42. Vishnoi, P.; Zuo, J. L.; Cooley, J. A.; Kautzsch, L.; Gomez-Torres, A.; Murrillo, J.; Fortier, S.; Willson, S. D.; Seshadri, R.; Cheetham, A. K. Chemical Control of Spin-Orbit Coupling and Charge Transfer in Vacancy-Ordered Ruthenium(IV) Halide Perovskites. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 60, 5184–5188. doi: 10.1002/anie.202013383

41. Harriman, K. L. M.; Murillo, J.; Suturina, E. A.; Fortier, S.;* Murugesu, M.* Relaxation Dynamics in See-saw Shaped Dy(III) Single-Molecule Magnets. Inorg. Chem. Front., 2020, 7, 4805–4812. doi: 10.1039/D0QI01007C

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40. Sengupta, D.; Sandoval-Pauker, C.; Schueller, E.; Encerrado-Manriquez, A. M.; Metta-Magana, A.; Lee, W.-Y.; Seshadri, R.; Pinter, B.;* Fortier, S.* Isolation of a Bimetallic Cobalt(III) Nitride and Examination of its Hydrogen Atom Abstraction Chemistry and Reactivity Towards H₂. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 8233–8242. doi: 10.1021/jacs.0c00291 TOC graphic for publication 40

39. Yadav, M.; Metta-Magana, A.; Fortier, S.* Intra- and Intermolecular Interception of a Photochemically Generated Terminal Uranium Nitride. Chem. Sci., 2020, 11, 2381–2387. doi: 10.1039/C9SC05992J TOC graphic for publication 39

38. Gomez-Torres, A.; Aguilar, J. R.; Saucedo, C.; Jordan, A.; Metta-Magana, A.; Pinter, B.;* Fortier, S.* Reversible Oxidative-Addition and Reductive-Elimination of Thiophene from a Titanium Complex and Its Thermally-Induced Hydrodesulfurization Chemistry. Chem. Comm., 2020, 56, 1545–1548. doi: 10.1039/C9CC09267F TOC graphic for publication 38

37. Aguilar-Calderon, J. R.; Murillo, J.; Gomez-Torres, A.; Saucedo, C.; Jordan, A.; Pink, M.; Metta-Magana, A. J.; Fortier, S.* Redox Character and Small Molecule Reactivity of a Masked Titanium(II) Synthon. Organometallics, 2020, 39, 295–311. doi: 10.1021/acs.organomet.9b00637

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36. Gomez-Torres, A.; Aguilar, J. R.; Encerrado-Manriquez, A. M.; Pink, M.; Metta-Magana, A.; Lee, W.-Y.; Fortier, S.* Titanium-Mediated Catalytic Hydrogenation of Monocyclic and Polycyclic Arenes. Chem. Eur. J., 2020, 26, 2803–2807. doi: 10.1002/chem.201905466 TOC graphic for publication 36

35. Kent, G. T.; Murillo, J.; Wu, G.; Fortier, S.; Hayton, T. W.* Coordination of Uranyl to the Redox-Active Calix[4]pyrrole Ligand. Inorg. Chem., 2020, 59, 8629–8634. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c01224

34. Riedhammer, J.; Aguilar, J. R.; Miehlich, M.; Halter, D. P.; Munz, D.; Heinemann, F. W.; Fortier, S.; Meyer, K.;* Mindiola, D. J.* Werner-type Complexes of U(III) and (IV). Inorg. Chem., 2020, 59, 2443–2449. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b03229

33. Zhang, X.; Li, W.-U.; Chen, X.; Hansen, A.; Grimme, S.; Fortier, S.; et al.; Chen, N. A Diuranium Carbide Cluster Stabilized Inside a C₈₀ Fullerene Cage. Nat. Commun. 2018, 9, 2753. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-05210-8

32. Maity, A. K.; Murillo, J.; Pinter, B.;* Fortier, S.* A Terminal Iron(IV) Nitride Supported by a Super Bulky Guanidinate Ligand and Examination of Its Electronic Structure and Reactivity. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 15691–15700. doi: 10.1021/jacs.7b06919 TOC graphic for publication 32

31. Fortier, S.;* Aguilar-Calderon, J. R.; Vlaisavljevich, B.;* Metta-Magana, A.; Goos, A. G.; Botez, C. E. An N-Tethered Uranium Arene Complex and the Synthesis of an Unsupported Uranium-Iron Bond. Organometallics 2017, 36, 4591–4599. doi: 10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00429

Invited Manuscript: Organometallic Actinide and Lanthanide Chemistry Special Issue

30. Cai, W.; Morales-Martinez, R.; Zhang, X.; Najera, D.; Romero, E.; Metta-Magana, A.; Rodriguez-Fortea, A.; Fortier, S.; Chen, N.; Poblet, J. M.; Echegoyen, L. Single Crystal Structures and Theoretical Calculations of Uranium Endohedral Metallofullerenes (U@C₂ₙ, 2n = 74, 82) Show Cage Isomer Dependent Oxidation States for U. Chem. Sci., 2017, 8, 5282–5290. doi: 10.1039/c7sc01711a

29. Bolotaulo, D.; Metta-Magana, A.; Fortier, S.* F-element metalated dipyrrins: Synthesis and characterization of a family of uranyl bis(dipyrrinate) complexes. Dalton Trans. 2017, 46, 3284–3294. doi: 10.1039/c7dt00150a TOC graphic for publication 29

28. Aguilar-Calderon, J. R.; Metta-Magana, A.; Noll, B.; Fortier, S.* C(sp³)–H Oxidative-Addition and Transfer Hydrogenation Chemistry of a Ti(II) Synthon – Mimicry of Late-Metal Type Reactivity. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 14101–14105. doi: 10.1002/ange.201607441 TOC graphic for publication 28

27. Castillo, M.; Barreda, O.; Maity, A. K.; Barraza, B.; Lu, J.; Metta-Magana, A.; Fortier, S.* Advances in Guanidine Ligand Design: Synthesis of an Imidazolin-2-Iminato Functionalized Guanidinate and Its Properties on Iron. J. Coord. Chem. 2016, 69, 2003–2014. doi: 10.1080/00958972.2016.1167198

Invited Manuscript: Emerging Leaders in Coordination Chemistry Special Issue

26. Castillo, M.; Metta-Magana, A.; Fortier, S.* Isolation of Gravimetrically Quantifiable Alkali Metal Arenides Using 18-crown-6. New J. Chem. 2016, 40, 1923–1926. doi: 10.1039/c5nj02841h TOC graphic for publication 26

25. Fortier, S.;* Veleta, Jose; Pialat, A.; Le Roy, J.; Ghiassi, K.; Olmstead, M. M.; Metta-Magana, A.; Murugesu, M.;* Villagran, D.* U(bipy)₄: A Mistaken Case of U(0)? Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 1931–1936. doi: 10.1002/chem.201504982 TOC graphic for publication 25

24. Maity, A. K.; Metta-Magana, A.; Fortier, S.* Donor Properties of a New Class of Guanidinate Ligands Possessing Ketimine Backbones: A Comparative Study. Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 10030–10041. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b01815 TOC graphic for publication 24

23. Pinter, B.; Smith, K. T.; Kamitani, M.; Zolnhofer, E. M.; Tran, B. L.; Fortier, S.; Pink, M.; Wu, G.; Manor, B. C.; Meyer, K.; Baik, M.-H.; Mindiola, D. J. Cyclo-P₃ Complexes of Vanadium: Redox Properties and Origin of the ³¹P NMR Chemical Shift. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 15247–15261. doi: 10.1021/jacs.5b09364

22. Wijeratne, G. B.; Zolnhofer, E. M.; Fortier, S.; Grant, L. N.; Carroll, P. J.; Chen, C.-H.; Meyer, K.; Kryzstek, J.; Ozarowski, A.; Jackson, T. A.; Mindiola, D. J.; Telser, J. Electronic Structure and Reactivity of a Well-Defined Mononuclear Complex of Ti(II). Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 10380–10397. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b01796

21. Maity, A. K.; Fortier, S.;* Griego, L.; Metta-Magana, A. Synthesis of a "Super Bulky" Guanidinate Possessing an Expandable Coordination Pocket. Inorg. Chem., 2014, 53, 8155–8164. doi: 10.1021/ic501088j TOC graphic for publication 21

20. Searles, K.; Fortier, S.;* Khusniyarov, M.; Chen, C.-H.; Pink, M.; Carroll, P. J.; Sutter, J.; Meyer, K.; Mindiola, D. J.; Caulton, K. G. A cis-Divacant Mononuclear Iron(IV) Imide. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 126, 14363–14367. doi: 10.1002/ange.201407156

19. Fortier, S.; Chen, C.-H.; Pink, M.; Le Roy, J. J.; Murugesu, M.; Mindiola, D. J.; Caulton, K. G. A Dinuclear Cobalt Complex Featuring Unprecedented Anodic and Cathodic Redox Switches for Single-Molecule Magnet Activity. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 14670–14678.

18. Lukens, W. W.; Edelstein, N. M.; Magnani, N.; Hayton, T. W.; Fortier, S.; Seaman, L. Quantifying the σ and π Interactions between U(V) f Orbitals and Halide, Alkyl, Alkoxide, Amide and Ketimide Ligands. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 10742–10754.

17. Brown, J.; Fortier, S.; Wu, G.; Kaltsoyannis, N.; Hayton, T. W. Synthesis, Spectroscopic and Computational Characterization of the Chalcogenido-Substituted Analogues of the Uranyl Ion [OUE]²⁺ (E = S, Se). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 5352–5354.

16. Seaman, L.; Hrobarik, P.; Schettini, M. F.; Fortier, S.; Kaupp, M.; Hayton, T. W. A Rare Uranyl(VI)-Alkyl Ate Complex [Li(DME)₁.₅]₂[UO₂(CH₂SiMe₃)₄] and Its Comparison with a Homoleptic Uranium(VI) Hexaalkyl. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 3259–3263.

15. Crestani, M. G.; Pinter, B.; Olasz, A.; Bailey, B. C.; Fortier, S.; Gao, X.; Chen, C.-H.; Baik, M.-H.; Mindiola, D. J. Understanding Competitive Pathways Involving the Dehydroalkoxylation and Dehydrogenation of Ethers by Ti–C Multiple Bonds. Chem. Sci. 2013, 4, 2543–2550.

14. Fortier, S.; Gonzalez del Moral, O.; Chen, C.-H.; Pink, M.; Le Roy, J. J.; Murugesu, M.; Mindiola, D. J.; Caulton, K. G. Probing the redox non-innocence of dinuclear, three-coordinate Co(II) nindigo complexes: not simply β-diketiminate variants. Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 11082–11084.

13. Brown, J.; Fortier, S.; Lewis, R. A.; Wu, G.; Hayton, T. W. A Complete Family of Uranium Chalcogenides [U(E)(N{SiMe₃}₂)₃]⁻ (E = O, S, Se, Te). J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 15468–15475.

12. Fortier, S.; Kaltsoyannis, N.; Wu, G.; Hayton, T. W. Synthesis and Structure of U^V(O)[N(SiMe₃)₂]₃: A Case for Electronic versus Steric Control of Geometry in an Actinide Complex. Inorg. Chem., 2012, 51, 1625–1633.

11. Fortier, S.; Kaltsoyannis, N.; Wu, G.; Hayton, T. W. Probing the Reactivity and Electronic Structure of a Uranium(V) Terminal Oxo Complex. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, 14224–14227.

10. Fortier, S.; Walensky, J. R.; Wu, G.; Hayton, T. W. High Valent Uranium Alkyls: Evidence for the Formation of U^VI(CH₂SiMe₃)₆. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, 11732–11743.

9. Fortier, S.; Walensky, J. R.; Wu, G.; Hayton, T. W. Synthesis of a Phosphorano-Stabilized U(IV)-Carbene via One-Electron Oxidation of a U(III)-Ylide Adduct. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, 6894–6897.

8. Seaman, L. A.; Fortier, S.; Wu, G.; Hayton, T. W. Synthesis of Two Homoleptic Uranium(IV) Amides and a Comparison of Their Oxidation Chemistry. Inorg. Chem., 2011, 50, 636–646.

7. Fortier, S.; Wu, G.; Hayton, T. W. Synthesis of a Nitrido-Substituted Analogue of the Uranyl Ion, [N=U=O]⁺. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 6888–6889.

6. Fortier, S.; Zhang, Y.; Sharma, H. K.; Pannell, K. H. Formation of Silicon-Carbon Bonds by Photochemical Irradiation of (η⁵-C₅H₅)Fe(CO)₂SiR₃ and (η⁵-C₅H₅)Fe(CO)₂Me to Obtain R₃SiMe. Organometallics 2010, 29, 1041–1044.

5. Fortier, S.; Hayton, T. W. Oxo Ligand Functionalization in the Uranyl Ion (UO₂²⁺). Coord Chem. Rev. 2010, 254, 197–214.

4. Fortier, S.; Wu, G.; Hayton, T. W. U(IV) and U(V) azide complexes supported by amide or aryloxide ligands. Dalton Trans. 2010, 39, 352–544.

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3. Fortier, S.; Wu, G.; Hayton, T. W. Synthesis and Redox Chemistry of High-Valent Uranium Aryloxides. Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48, 3000–3011.

2. Fortier, S.; Wu, G.; Hayton, T. W. Synthesis and Characterization of Three Homoleptic Alkoxides of Uranium: [Li(THF)]₂[U^IV(OtBu)₆], [Li(Et₂O)][U^V(OtBu)₆], and U^VI(OtBu)₆. Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 4752–4761.

1. Fortier, S.; Melot, B.; Wu, G.; Hayton, T. W. Synthesis and Characterization of Several Homoleptic Uranium(IV) Alkyl Complexes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 15512–15521.

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