synthetic inorganic chemistry
for energy and catalysis
Saouma Group
At the U:
(
undergrad authors in green
)
in preparation:
32.
C.
T.
Saouma.
“DEI
discussion
in
undergraduate
inorganic
chemistry
enhances
equity
and
inclusivity.”
31.
C.
L.
Mathis,
L.
A.
Gilbert
,
A.
Larkin
,
G.
C.
Perea
,
and
C.
T.
Saouma
.
“Different
Effects
of
Temperature on the Effective Hydricity of Two (De)hydrogenation Catalysts
30.
S.
Kurup,
K.
Schlenker,
R.
T.
VanderLinden
and
C.
T.
Saouma
.
“Effect
of
sterics
and
metal
on
the
mechanism of CO
2
hydrogenation to formate”
published:
29.
K.
Schlenker,
L.
K.
Casselman
,
R.
T.
VanderLinden,
C.
T.
Saouma
.
C
atal.
Sci.
Technol
.,
2023
,
13
,
1358-1368.
“Large
Changes
in
Hydricity
as
a
Function
of
Charge
and
Not
Metal
in
(PNP)M-H
(De)hydrogenation
Catalysts That Undergo Metal-Ligand Cooperativity.” (
link
)
28.
A.
T.
Cannon
,
C.
T.
Saouma
.
Polyhedron
,
2021
,
207
,
115375.
“Ru
catalyzed
hydrogenation
of
CO
2
to
formate
under
basic
an
d
acidic
conditions.”
(
link
)
Undergraduate
Research
In
Inorganic
Chemistry 2021 Special Issue
27.
K.
Schlenker,
E.
G.
Christensen,
A.
A.
Zhanserkeev,
G.
R.
McDonald,
E.
L.
Yang
,
K.
T.
Lutz,
R.
P.
Steele,
R.
T.
VanderLinden,
C.
T.
Saouma
.
ACS
Catal
.,
2021
,
11
,
8358-8369.
“Role
of
Ligand-
Bound CO
2
in the H
ydrogenation of CO
2
to Formate with a (PNP)Mn Catalyst.”(
link
)
26.
F.
Wang,
A.
T.
Cannon
,
M.
Bhattacharya,
R.
Baumgarten,
R.
T.
VanderLinden,
C.
T.
Saouma
.
Chem
Commun.
,
2020
,
56
,
12142-12145.
“Hydrogenation
and
electrocatalytic
reduction
of
carbon
dioxide to forma
te with a single Co catalyst.” (
link
)
Chem Commun. 2020 Emerging Investigators
25.
M.
Bhattacharya,
S.
Sepghati
,
R.
T.
VanderLinden,
C.
T.
Saouma
.
J.
Am.
Chem.
Soc
.,
2021
,
142
,
41,
17589-17597.
“Toward
Combined
Catbon
Capture
and
Recycling:
Addition
of
an
Amine
Alters
Product
Selectivity
fro
m
CO
to
Formic
Acid
in
Manganese
Catalyzed
Reduction
of
CO
2
.”
(
link
)
Selected to be part of the JACS Early Career Investigators Virtual Issue
24.
M.
Bhattacharya,
K.
J.
Chandler
,
J.
Geary
,
C.
T.
Saouma
.
Dalton
Trans
.,
2020
,
49
,
4751-4757.
“The
role
of
leached
Zr
in
the
photocatalytic
reduction
of
CO
2
to
formate
by
UiO-66
metal
organic
frameworks.” (
lin
k
)
23.
M.
Bhattacharya,
S.
Sebghati
,
Y.
M.
Vercella
,
C.
T.
Saouma
.
Journal
of
the
Electrochemical
Society
,
2020
,
167
,
086507.
“Electrochemical
Reduction
of
Carbamates
and
Carbamic
Acids:
Implications for Combined Carbon Capture and Electrochemical CO
2
Recycling.” (
link
)
22.
C.
L.
Mathis,
C.
T.
Saouma
.
Polyhedron,
2020
,
179
,
114377.
“Protic
Media
Enhanced
Protodebor
onation for a Potential H
2
O
2
Sensing MRI Contrast Agent.” (
link
)
21.
T.
Elkin,
C.
T.
Saouma
*
.
“Photoreduction
and
cascade
reactions
of
nitroaromatics
by
Uio-66-Hf
and
Uio-66-Zr metal organic
frameworks.”
Inorganica Chimica Acta
,
2019
(
link
)
20.
C. L. Mathis, J. Geary, Y. Ardon, M. S. Reese, M. A. Philliber, R. T. VanderLinden, and C. T.
Saouma*. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 14317 - 14328. “Thermodynamic Analysis of Metal-
Ligand Cooperativity of PNP Ru Complexes: Implications for CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol and
Catalyst Inhibition.” (link)
Pre University of Utah:
19.
T.
Zerk,
C.
T.
Saouma
,
J.
M.
Mayer
*
,
and
W.
B.
Tolman
*
,
Inorg.
Chem.,
2019
,
58
,
14151
-
14158.
“Low
Reorganization
Energy
for
Electron
Self-Exchange
by
a
Formally
Copper(III,II)
Redox
Couple.”
18.
C.
T.
Saouma
,
C.-C.
Tsou,
S.
Richard,
R.
Ameloot,
F.
Vermoortele,
S.
Smolders,
B.
Bueken,
A.
G.
DiPasquale,
W.
Kaminsky,
C.
N.
Valdez,
D.
E.
De
Vos
*
,
and
J.
M.
Mayer
*
,
Chem.
Sci
.,
2019
,
10
,
1322
–
1331.
“Sodium-coupled
electron
transfer
reactivity
of
metal-organic
frameworks
containing
titanium clusters: the importance of cations in redox chemistry.”
17.
C.
T.
Saouma
*
,
S.
Richard,
S.
Smolders,
M.
F.
Delley,
R.
Ameloot,
F.
Vermoortele,
D.
E.
De
Vos
*
,
and
J.
M.
Mayer
*
,
J.
Am.
Chem.
Soc
.,
2018
,
140
,
16184
–
16189.
“Bulk-to-surface
proton-coupled
electron transfer reactivity in the metal-organic framework MIL-125.”
16.
C.
T.
Saouma
*
,
W.
D.
Morris,
J.
W.
Darcy,
and
J.
M.
Mayer
*
,
Chem.
Eur.
J.
,
2015
,
21
,
9256
-
9260.
“Protonation and Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer at S-Ligated [4Fe-4S] Clusters.”
15.
A.
Albers,
S.
Demeshko,
S.
Dechert,
C.
T.
Saouma
,
J.
M.
Mayer,
and
F.
Meyer,
J.
Am.
Chem.
Soc.,
2014
,
136
,
3946
-
3954.
“Fast
Proton-Coupled
Electron
Transfer
Observed
for
a
High
Fidelity
Structural and Functional [2Fe-2S] Rieske Model.”
14.
C.
T.
Saouma
,
Margaux
M.
Pinney,
and
J.
M.
Mayer,
Inorg.
Chem.,
2014
,
53
,
3153
-
3161.
“Electron
Transfer
and
Proton-Coupled
Electron
Transfer
Reactivity
and
Self-Exchange
of
Synthetic
[2Fe-2S] Complexes: Models for Rieske and mitoNEET Clusters.”
13.
C.
T.
Saouma
and
J.
M.
Mayer,
Chem.
Sci.
,
2014
,
5
,
21
-
31.
“Do
Spin
State
and
Spin
density
Affect Hydrogen Atom Transfer Reactivity?”
12.
C.
T.
Saouma
,
C.
C.
Lu,
M.
W.
Day,
and
J.
C.
Peters,
Chem.
Sci.
,
2013
,
4
,
4042
-
4051.
“CO
2
reduction by Fe(I): solvent control of C-O cleavage
versu
s C-C coupling.”
11.
C.
A.
Laskowski,
G.
R.
Morello,
C.
T.
Saouma
,
T.
R.
Cundari,
and
G.
L.
Hillhouse,
Chem.
Sci.
,
2013
,
4
,
170
-
174.
“Single-Electron
Oxidation
of
N
-Heterocyclic
Carbene-Supported
Nickel
Amides
Yielding Benzylic C-H Activation.”
10.
C.
T.
Saouma
,
C.
C.
Lu,
and
J.
C.
Peters,
Inorg.
Chem.,
2012
,
51
,
10043
–
10054.
“Mononuclear
Five- and Six-Coordinate Iron Hydrazido and Hydrazine Species.”
9.
C.
T.
Saouma
,
W.
Kaminsky,
and
J.
M.
Mayer,
Polyhedron
,
2013
,
58
,
60
–
64.
“Decomposition
of
a
Mixed-Valence [2Fe-2S] Cluster to Linear Tetra-Ferric and Ferrous Clusters.”
Invited contribution to the Michelle Millar special issue.
8.
R.
A.
Kinney,
C.
T.
Saouma
,
J.
C.
Peters,
and
B.
M.
Hoffman,
J.
Am.
Chem.
Soc.
,
2012
,
134
,
12637
–
12647.
“Modeling
the
Signatures
of
Hydrides
in
Metalloenzymes:
ENDOR
Analysis
of
a
Di-
iron Fe(μ–NH)(μ–H)Fe Core.”
7.
C.
T.
Saouma
,
W.
Kaminsky,
and
J.
M.
Mayer,
J.
Am.
Chem.
Soc.
,
2012
,
134
,
7293
–
7296.
“Protonation
and
Concerted
Proton–Electron
Transfer
Reactivity
of
a
Bis-Benzimidazolate
Ligated
[2Fe–2S] Model for Rieske Clusters.”
6.
C.
T.
Saouma
,
C.
E.
Moore,
A.
L.
Rheingold,
and
J.
C.
Peters,
Inorg.
Chem.
,
2011
,
50
,
11285
–
11287.
“A
Five–Coordinate
Phosphino/Acetate
Iron(II)
Scaffold
That
Binds
N
2
,
N
2
H
2
,
N
2
H
4
,
and
NH
3
in the Sixth Site.”
5.
C.
T.
Saouma
,
and
J.
C.
Peters,
Coord.
Chem.
Rev.
,
2011
,
255
,
920
–
937.
“M≡E
and
M=E
Complexes of Iron and Cobalt that Emphasize Three-Fold Symmetry (E = O, N, NR).”
Invited contribution to the “A Celebration of Harry B. Gray's 75th Birthday” issue.
4.
C.
T.
Saouma
,
R.
A.
Kinney,
B.
M.
Hoffman,
and
J.
C.
Peters,
Angew.
Chem.
Int.
Ed.
,
2011
,
50
,
3446
–
3449.
“Transformation
of
an
[Fe(η
2
–N
2
H
3
)]
+
Species
to
π–Delocalized
[Fe
2
(μ–N
2
H
2
)]
2+/+
Complexes.”
Featured as an SSRL Science Highlight (Dec. 2011).
3.
C.
T.
Saouma
,
P.
Müller,
and
J.
C.
Peters,
J.
Am.
Chem.
Soc.,
2009,
131,
10358
–
10359.
“Characterization of Structurally Unusual Diiron NxHy Complexes.”
2.
J.–U.
Rhode,
T.
A.
Betley,
T.
A.
Jackson,
C.
T.
Saouma
,
J.
C.
Peters,
and
L.
Que
Jr.,
Inorg.
Chem.
,
2007
,
46
,
5720
–
5726.
“XAS
Characterization
of
a
Nitridoiron(IV)
Complex
with
a
Very
Short
Fe−N
Bond.”
1.
C.
C.
Lu,
C.
T.
Saouma
,
M.
W.
Day,
and
J.
C.
Peters,
J.
Am.
Chem.
Soc.
,
2007
,
129
,
4
–
5.
“Fe(I)-
Mediated Reductive Cleavage and Coupling of CO
2
: An Fe
II
(μ–O,μ–CO)Fe
II
Core.”