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Benjamin E Kucera

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Kucera B, Young Jr V, Brennessel W, Ellis J
Acta Crystallogr C Struct Chem . 2022 Mar; 78(Pt 3):148-163. PMID: 35245211
Reduction of bis(naphthalene)vanadium(0) by potassium naphthalene (KNp) in tetrahydrofuran (THF) provides a highly reactive, thermolabile, and so far unisolable brown substance, which affords the first reported derivatives of bis(naphthalene)vanadates. From...
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Kucera B, Roberts C, Young Jr V, Brennessel W, Ellis J
Acta Crystallogr C Struct Chem . 2019 Sep; 75(Pt 9):1259-1265. PMID: 31484814
Treatment of bis(mesitylene)niobium(0) with 6-7 equivalents of 2,6-dimethylphenyl isocyanide (CNXyl) affords two products with the empirical formula Nb(CNXyl) (n = 7 or 6), which have been shown to be the...
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Brennessel W, Kucera B, Young Jr V, Ellis J
Acta Crystallogr C Struct Chem . 2019 Aug; 75(Pt 8):1118-1127. PMID: 31380794
Structures and spectroscopic characterization of the divalent complexes cis-dibromidotetrakis(2,6-dimethylphenyl isocyanide)iron(II) dichloromethane 0.771-solvate, [FeBr(CHN)]·0.771CHCl or cis-FeBr(CNXyl)·0.771CHCl (Xyl = 2,6-dimethylphenyl), trans-dibromidotetrakis(2,6-dimethylphenyl isocyanide)iron(II), [FeBr(CHN)] or trans-FeBr(CNXyl), trans-dibromidotetrakis(2,6-dimethylphenyl isocyanide)cobalt(II), [CoBr(CHN)] or trans-CoBr(CNXyl), and trans-dibromidobis(2,6-dimethylphenyl...
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Woods M, Payne K, Valente E, Kucera B, Young Jr V
Chemistry . 2019 May; 25(42):9997-10005. PMID: 31121070
The crystal structures of chelates formed between each stable paramagnetic lanthanide ion and the octadentate polyamino carboxylate ligand DOTMA are described. A total of 23 individual chelates structures were obtained;...
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Kucera B, Jilek R, Brennessel W, Ellis J
Acta Crystallogr C Struct Chem . 2014 Aug; 70(Pt 8):749-53. PMID: 25093352
Reduction of VCl3(THF)3 (THF is tetrahydrofuran) and NbCl4(THF)2 by alkali metal pyrene radical anion salts in THF affords the paramagnetic sandwich complexes bis[(1,2,3,3a,10a,10b-η)-pyrene]vanadium(0), [V(C16H10)2], and bis[(1,2,3,3a,10a,10b-η)-pyrene]niobium(0), [Nb(C16H10)2]. Treatment of tris(naphthalene)titanate(2-)...
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Tircso G, Webber B, Kucera B, Young V, Woods M
Inorg Chem . 2011 Aug; 50(17):7966-79. PMID: 21819053
Controlling the water exchange kinetics of macrocyclic Gd(3+) chelates, a key parameter in the design of improved magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast media, may be facilitated by selecting the coordination...
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Aime S, Botta M, Garda Z, Kucera B, Tircso G, Young V, et al.
Inorg Chem . 2011 Aug; 50(17):7955-65. PMID: 21819052
The chemistry of polyamino carboxylates and their use as ligands for Ln(3+) ions is of considerable interest from the point of view of the development of new imaging agents. Of...
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Pawlak P, Panda M, Loloee R, Kucera B, Costes J, Tuchagues J, et al.
Dalton Trans . 2011 Feb; 40(12):2926-31. PMID: 21321733
Two new binuclear metal complexes supported by 1,4,8-triazacycloundecane (tacud) are reported. [Fe(2)(tacud)(2)(μ-Cl)(2)Cl(2)] (1) and [Mn(2)(tacud)(2)(μ-Cl)(2)Cl(2)] (2) are isomorphs consisting of bis(μ-chloro) bridged metal centers along with terminal chloro groups and...
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Friese S, Kucera B, Young Jr V, Que Jr L, Tolman W
Inorg Chem . 2008 Jan; 47(4):1324-31. PMID: 18217706
Reaction of the sterically hindered alpha-ketocarboxylate 2,6-di(mesityl)benzoylformate (MesBF) with the iron(II) complexes LFeCl 2 [L = N, N, N', N'-tetramethylpropylenediamine (Me 4pda) or 6,6'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine (dmby)] yielded LFe(Cl)(MesBF) ( 1 or...
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Brown E, Johnson B, Palavicini S, Kucera B, Casella L, Tolman W
Dalton Trans . 2007 Jul; (28):3035-42. PMID: 17622421
A general method for the preparation of multidentate ligands comprised of a multi-imine platform derived from 1,1,1-tris(aminomethyl)ethane or tris(aminoethyl)amine connected to bi- and tridentate N-donor chelates has been developed. The...