Publications

Independent Publications

  1. Synthesis and Reduction of {(C5H4SiMe3)2Ln(u-OR)}2 (Ln = La, Ce) Complexes: Structural Effects of Bridging Alkoxides

    Brown, A. N.; Kelleher, J. N.; Brown, A. M.; Saghy, P.; Bohl, J. J.; Robinson, J. R.✱; Huh, D. N.✱ Dalton Trans. 2024, 53, 18856-18864.

    Invited Issue 2024 New Talent: Americas
    Invited Inside Front Cover

    DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02137A

Mentored Publications

  1. Ti-Catalyzed 1,2-Diamination of Alkynes using 1,1-Disubstituted Hydrazines.

    Sarathi Karmakar, P.; Kakiuchi, Y.; Kim, J.; Harris, M. R.; Huh, D. N.; Sell, A. G.; Copéret, C.; Tonks, I. A.✱ J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, accepted.

    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c15765

  1. Flash Communication: Ti-Catalyzed “Interrupted” Cascading Hydroamination of 1,6- and 1,7-En-yne.

    Rynders, K. J.; Huh, D. N.; Stuart, Z. E.; Vang, Z. P.; Tonks, I. A.✱ Organometallics 2024, 43, 1952-1955.

    DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.4c00354

  1. 4f-Orbital Mixing Increases the Magnetic Susceptibility of Cp′3Eu.

    Gunther, S. O.; Qiao, Y.; Smith, P. W.; Ciccone, S. R.; Ditter, A. S.; Huh, D. N.; Moreau, L. M.; Shuh, D. K.; Sun, T.; Arnold, P. L.; Booth, C. H.; de Jong, W. A.; Evans, W. J.; Lukens, W. W.; Minasian S. G.✱ Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 12667-12675.

    2024 HOT Article, 2024 ChemSci Pick of the Week
    2024 ChemSci Covers

    DOI: 10.1039/D4SC01300J

  1. Ligand Effects on the Spin Relaxation Dynamics and Coherent Manipulation of Organometallic La(II) Potential Qudits

    Nodaraki, L. E.; Ariciu, A. M.; Huh, D. N.; Liu, J.; Martins, D. O. T. A.; Ortu, F.; Winpenny, R. E. P.; Chilton, N. F.; McInnes, E. J. L.; Mills, D. P.✱; Evans, W. J.✱; Tuna, F.✱ J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 15000-15009.

    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c12827

  1. Mechanistic Study of Pyrazole Synthesis via Oxidation-Induced N-N Coupling of Diazatitanacyles

    Cheng, Y ; Huh, D. N.; Tonks, I. A.✱ Dalton Trans. 2024, 53, 9510-9515.

    DOI: 10.1039/D4DT01412J

  1. Reassessment of N2 Activation by Low-Valent Ti-Amide Complexes: A Remarkable Side-On Bridged bis-N2 Adduct is Actually an Arene Adduct.

    Huh, D. N. ; Koby, R. F.; Stuart, Z. E.; Dunscomb, R. J.; Schley, N. D.✱ ; Tonks, I. A.✱ Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 13330-13337.

    2022 HOT Article and 2022 ChemSci Pick of the Week

    DOI: 10.1039/D2SC04368H
  1. Synthesis of Ba(II) Analogs of Ln(II)-in-(2.2.2-Cryptand) and Layered Hexagonal Net Ln(II) Complexes, [(THF)Cs(μ-η5:η5C5H4SiMe3)3LnII]n.

    Huh, D. N. ; Ciccone, S. R.; Moore, W. N. G.; Ziller, J. W.; Evans, W. J.✱ Polyhedron , 2021 , 210 , 115493.

    Special Issue in Memory of Malcolm Green
    DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2021.115493
  1. High-Resolution X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Organometallic (C5H4SiMe3)3LnIII and [(C5H4SiMe3)3LnII]1-Complexes (Ln = Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb).

    Huh, D. N.†; Bruce, J. P.†; Balasubramani, S.; Ciccone, S. R.; Furche, F.✱; Hemminger, J. C.✱; Evans, W. J.✱ J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 16610-16620.

    †Authors contributed equally
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c06980
  1. Electronic Structure Analysis and Reactivity of the Bimetallic Bis-Titanocene Vinylcarboxylate Complex [(Cp2Ti)2(O2C3TMS2)].

    Huh, D. N.; Maity, A.; Van Trieste, G. P.; Schley, N. A.; Powers, D. C.✱; Tonks, I. A.✱ Polyhedron 2021, 207, 115368.

    Special Issue in Memory of Malcolm Green
    DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2021.115368
  1. Multicomponent Syntheses of 5- and 6-Membered Aromatic Heterocycles Using Group 4-8 Transition Metal Catalysts.

    Huh, D. N.; Cheng, Y.; Frye, C. W.; Egger, D. T.; Tonks, I. A.✱ Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 9574-9590.

    DOI: 10.1039/d1sc03037j
  1. Structural Variation in Cyclopentadienyl Uranium(III) Iodide Complexes.

    Wedal, J. C.; Windorff, C. J.; Huh, D. N.; Ryan, A. J.; Ziller, J. W.; Evans, W. J.✱ J. Coord. Chem. 2020, 74, 74-91.

    Special Issue in Honor of Jerry Atwood
    DOI: 10.1080/00958972.2020.1856824
  1. Stabilization of U(III) to Oxidation and Water by Encapsulation Using 2.2.2-Cryptand.


    Huh, D. N.†; Barlow, J. M.†; Ciccone, S. R.; Ziller, J. W.; Yang, J. Y.; Evans, W. J.✱ Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 17077-17083.

    †Authors contributed equally
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02286
  1. 2.2.2-Cryptand as a Bidentate Ligand in Rare-Earth Metal Chemistry.

    Chung, A. B.; Huh, D. N.; Ziller, J. W.; Evans, W. J.✱ Inorg. Chem. Front. 2020, 7, 4445-4451.

    Special Issue in Honor of Xu Guangxian
    DOI: 10.1039/d0qi00746c
  1. A Single Small-Scale Plutonium Redox Reaction System Yields Three Crystallographically-Characterizable Organoplutonium Complexes.

    Windorff, C. J.; Sperling, J. M.; Albrecht-Schmitt, T. E.✱; Bai, Z.; Evans, W. J.✱; Gaiser, A. N.; Gaunt, A. J.✱; Goodwin, C. A. P.; Hobart, D. E.; Huffman, Z. K.; Huh, D. N.; Klamm, B. E.; Poe, T. N.; Warzecha, E. Inorg. Chem., 2020, 59, 13301-13314.

    DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c01671
  1. X-ray Crystal Structure of the [(THF)Cs(μ-ƞ5:ƞ5-Cp′)3Yb]n Oligomer.

    Huh, D. N.; Ziller, J. W.; Evans, W. J.✱ Acta Cryst., 2020, E76, 1131-1135.

    DOI: 10.1107/S2056989020008051
  1. Synthesis of Ln(II)-in-Cryptand Complexes by Chemical Reduction of Ln(III)-in-Cryptand Precursors: Isolation of a Nd(II)-in-Cryptand Complex.

    Huh, D. N.†; Ciccone, S. R.†; Bekoe, S., Roy, S.; Ziller, J. W.; Furche, F.✱; Evans, W. J.✱ Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 16141–16146.

    †Authors contributed equally
    DOI: 10.1002/anie.202006393
  1. Isolation of a Square Planar Th(III) Complex: Synthesis and Structure of [Th(OC6H2tBu2-2,6-Me-4)4]1−.

    Huh, D. N.; Roy, S.; Ziller, J. W.; Furche, F.✱; Evans, W. J.✱ J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 12458-12463.

    Highlighted in ChemistryViews
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b04399
  1. Facile Encapsulation of Ln(II) Ions into Cryptate Complexes from LnI2(THF)2 Precursors (Ln = Sm, Eu, Yb).

    Huh, D. N.; Ziller, J. W.; Evans, W. J.✱ Inorg. Chem., 2019, 589, 9613-9617.

    DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01049
  1. Engineering electronic structure to prolong relaxation times in molecular qubits by minimising orbital angular momentum.

    Ariciu, A-M.†; Woen, D. H.†; Huh, D. N.; Nodarki, L.; Kostopoulos, A. K.; Goodwin, C. A. P.; Chilton, N. F.; McInnes, E. J. L.; Winpenny, R. E. P.✱; Evans, W. J.✱; Tuna, F.✱ Nat. Commun., 2019, 10, 3330.

    †Authors contributed equally
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11309-3
  1. Isolation of Reactive Ln(II) Complexes with C5H4Me (CpMe) Ligands Using Inverse Sandwich Countercations: Synthesis and Structure of [(18-crown-6)K(μ-CpMe)K(18-crown-6)][CpMe3LnII] (Ln = Tb, Ho).

    Huh, D. N.; Ziller, J. W.; Evans, W. J.✱ Dalton Trans., 2018, 47, 17285-17290.

    Special Issue in Honor of Geoff Cloke
    DOI: 10.1039/C8DT03890B
  1. Synthesis of Uranium-in-Cryptand Complexes.

    Huh, D. N.; Windorff, C. J.; Ziller, J. W.; Evans, W. J.✱ Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 10272-10275.

    DOI: 10.1039/C8CC05341C
  1. Chelate-Free Synthesis of the U(II) Complex, [(C5H3(SiMe3)2)3U]1–, using Li and Cs Reductants and Comparative Studies of La(II) and Ce(II) Analogs.

    Huh, D. N.; Ziller, J. W.; Evans, W. J.✱ Inorg. Chem., 2018, 57, 11809-11814.

    DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b01966
  1. Reactivity of Ln(II) Complexes Supported by (C5H4Me)1− Ligands with PhSiH3 and THF: Isolation of Hydride, Silyl, and Ring-Opened, Bridging Alkoxyalkyl Products.

    Woen, D. H.; Huh, D. N.; Ziller, J. W.; Evans, W. J.✱ Organometallics, 2018, 37, 3055-3063.

    DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.8b00419
  1. Utility of Lithium in Rare-Earth Metal Reduction Reactions to Form Nontraditional Ln2+ Complexes and Unusual [Li(2.2.2-cryptand)]1+ Cations.

    Huh, D. N.; Darago, L. E.; Ziller, J. W.; Evans, W. J.✱ Inorg. Chem., 2018, 57, 2096-2102.

    DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b03000
  1. Synthesis of Rare-Earth-Metal-in-Cryptand Dications, [Ln(2.2.2-cryptand)]2+, from Sm2+, Eu2+, and Yb2+ Silyl Metallocenes (C5H4SiMe3)2Ln(THF)2.

    Huh, D. N.; Kotyk, C. M.; Gembicky, M.; Rheingold, A. L.; Ziller, J. W.; Evans, W. J.✱ Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 8664-8666.

    DOI: 10.1039/C7CC04396A
  1. Metal Nitrosyl Chemistry: Interesting Nitrosylation of Ligand Framework in a Diamidato-bis(phosphine) Ruthenium(II) Complex.

    Huh, D. N.; Czer, E. T.; Cordova, K. E.; Moore, C. E.; Rheingold, A. L.; Daley, C. J. A.✱ Inorg. Chim. Acta 2016, 450, 236-242.

    DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2016.06.001
  1. Organometallic Rhenium(III) Chalcogenide Clusters: Coordination of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes.

    Durham, J. L.; Wilson, W. B.; Huh, D. N.; McDonald, R.; Szczepura, L. F.✱ Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 10536.

    DOI: 10.1039/C5CC03215F
  1. Metal-amidato Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of a Diamidato-bis(phosphine) Nickel(II) Complex.

    Huh, D. N.; Gibbons, J. B.; Haywood, R. S.; Moore, C. E.; Rheingold, A. L.; Ferguson, M. J.; Daley, C. J. A.✱ Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2014, 434, 209-297.

    DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2014.08.033

Book Chapters

  1. Metal-Mediated Reductive C-C Coupling of π-Bonds

    Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry IV; Tonks, I.A., Ed.; In Press.

    Cheng, Y.; Butler, S. K.; Huh, D. N.; Tonks, I. A.✱

    DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-820206-7.00137-2