Publications

This list of publications below range from 1989 - Present. With the most recent publications being listed at the top, and oldest at the bottom.

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2025

169. J. Kaur, G. Asadiankouhidehkordi, V. Singh, A. C. Liberati, A. Diraki, S. Bendahmane, M. D. Aloisio, P. Patel, J. Henderson, F. B. Ettouil, C. M. Crudden*, M. Biesinger*, A. Levasseur*, C. Moreau*, J. Mauzeroll* "N-heterocyclic Carbene-Promoted Copper Powder Conditioning for Thermal Spray Applications", 2025, Advanced Materials, advance article.

168. R. Ohkura, Y. Tahara-Tezuka, D. Yokogawa, C.M. Crudden*, M. Nambo*, "Desulfonylative Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling of Unactivated Aryl Sulfones through Ni Catalysis", 2025, ACS Catalysis, 15, 9909–9918.

167. E. Goodwin, M. Davies, M. Bakiro, E. Desroche, F. Tumino, M. D. Aloisio, C.M. Crudden*, P.J. Ragogna*, M. Karttunen*, and S.T. Barry* "Atomic layer restructuring of gold surfaces by N-heterocyclic carbenes over large surface areas", 2025, ACS Nano, 19, 15617–15626.

166. A. Chandran, N. L. Dominique, G. Kaur, V. Clark, P. Nalaoh, L. Chinenye Ekowo, I. M. Jensen, M. Aloisio, C.M. Crudden, N. Arroyo Currás, D.M. Jenkins,* J.P. Camden*, “Forming N-Heterocyclic Carbene Monolayers: Not All Deposition Methods are the Same”, 2025, Nanoscale, 17, 5413-5428.

165. A.I. Sullivan, E. Steele, S. Takano, E. Zeinizade, J. Chen, S. Malola, K. Siddhant, H. Häkkinen*, K. Stamplecoskie*, T. Tsukuda*, G. Zheng,* Crudden, C.M.*, "Diving into Unknown Waters: Water-soluble, Clickable Au13 Nanoclusters protected with N-Heterocyclic Carbenes for Bio-Medical Applications", 2025, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147, 4230–4238.

164. V.K. Kulkarni, E.L. Albright, J. Chen, E. Steele, L. Ding, E. Zeinizade, S. Malola, S. Takano, K. Harrington, T.I. Levchenko, M. Nambo*, T. Tsukuda*, H. Häkkinen*, K. Stamplecoskie*, G. Zheng*, and C. M. Crudden*, "Impact of Ligand Structure on Biological Activity and Photo-Physical Properties of NHC-Protected Au13 Nanoclusters", 2025, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147, 4017–4025.

163. D.A.R. Nanan, J.T. Lomax, J. Bentley, L. Misener, A.J. Veinot, W.-T. Shiu, L. Liu, P.J. Ragogna*, C.M. Crudden*, "Self-Assembled Monolayers of Triazolylidenes on Gold and Mixed Gold/Dielectric Substrates", 2025, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147, 5624–5631.

162. J.S.G. Selva, Y. Li, J. Kaur, A. Juneau, A. Diraki, S. Bendahmane, J.D. Henderson, M.D. Aloisio, A. Messina, A. Nezamzadeh, C.J.V. Perez, M.C. Biesinger, Annie Levasseur, Cathleen M. Crudden, J. Mauzeroll, "N‑Heterocyclic Carbene Deposition on a Copper Powder Surface Using Mechanochemistry" 2025, ACS Advanced Materials and Interfaces, 17, 10004-10013.

161. L. Laundry-Mottiar, T. Suduwella, W. Senanayake, M. Turnbull, A. Juneau, E. Kaur, M. Aloisio, T.M. Guimaraes Selva, J. Henderson, H.-Y. Nie, M. Biesinger, J. Noel, Y. Hedberg, C.M. Crudden, J. Mauzeroll, "N-Heterocyclic Carbene Overlayers on Mild Steel", 2025, Chemistry of Materials, 37, 76-86.

2024

160. J. F. DeJesus, S. I. Jacob, Q. M. Phung, Y. Aramaki, T. Ooi*, M. Nambo*, C. M. Crudden*, "If the Crown Fits: Sterically Demanding N-Heterocyclic Carbene Promotes the Formation of Au8Pt Nanoclusters", 2024, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146, 23806–23813.

159. L. Qi, R.M. Mayall, D.S. Lee, C.A. Smith, A. Woods, M.R. Narouz, A.S. Hyla, H. Bhattacharjee, Z. She*, C.M. Crudden*, V.I. Birss*, "Energetics and Redox Kinetics of Pure Ferrocene-terminated N-Heterocyclic Carbene Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold", 2024, Langmuir, 40, 17367–17277.

158. M. Nambo, T. Nishiwaki-Ohkawa, A. Ito, Z. T. Ariki, Y. Ito, Y. Kato, M. Yar, J. C.-H. Yim, E. Kim, E. Sherkey, K. Kano, E. Mishiro-Sato, K. Okimura, M. Maruyama, W. Ota, Y. Furukawa, T. Nakayama, M. Kobayashi, F. Horio, A. Sato*, C. M. Crudden*, T. Yoshimura* "Design and synthesis of ZTA-261: a selective beta-subtype agonist of thyroid hormone receptor with low toxicity" 2024, Communications Medicine (Nature), 4, article number 152.

157. Z.T. Ariki, R. Nolla-Saltiel, S. Schiele, J. Alpin, Y. Tahara, M. Nambo,* and C. M. Crudden*, "Enantiospecific Cross-coupling of Cyclic Alkyl Sulfones", 2024, Nature Chemistry, 16, 1445.

Highlighted in Nature Chemistry, "Sulfone cross-coupling outcompetes proton transfer", Wong and Jarvo, 2024, 16,1392–1393

156. M. Ohtsuka, K. Ghosh, J.C.-H. Yim, H. Sotome, T. Okamoto, K. Suda, Y. Kobori, D. Yokogawa, H. Miyasaka, C. M. Crudden*, M. Nambo*, "Visible-light-induced Direct C–H Alkylation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons with Alkylsulfones." 2024, Chemical Science, 15, 10592-10599.

155. J.T. Lomax, E. Goodwin, A.J. Veinot, I. Singh, W.-T. Shiu, J. Bentley, M. Aloisio, J.F. DeJesus, P.G. Gordon, L. Liu, S.T. Barry,* C.M. Crudden,* P.J. Ragogna* "Deposition of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes on Reactive Metal Substrates–Applications in Area-Selective Atomic Layer Deposition." 2024, Chemistry of Materials, 36, 5500–5507.

154. D.S. Lee, M.P. Zarabadi, H. Bhattacharjee, L. Qi, J.F. McLeod, K. Saeedfar, I. Singh, A. Woods, A. Messina, V.I. Birss,* C.M. Crudden,*, Z. She* "Toll like Receptor-based Electrochemical Sensors via N–Heterocyclic Carbene-modified Surfaces: Towards Improved Sensing of DNA Molecules." 2024, Materials Advances, 5, 6063-6069.

153. T.I. Levchenko, H. Yi, M. D. Aloisio, D.-T.K. Ngoc, G. Gao, S. Sharma, C.-T. Dinh, C. M. Crudden* "Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction with atomically precise Au13 nanoclusters: Effect of ligand shell on catalytic performance" 2024, ACS Catalysis,14, 4155-4163.

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152. E.L. Albright, T.I. Levchenko, V.K. Kulkarni, A. I. Sullivan, J.F. DeJesus, S. Malola, S. Takano, M. Nambo*, K. Stamplecoskie*, H. Häkkinen*, T. Tsukuda*, and C.M. Crudden "N-Heterocyclic carbene-stabilized atomically precise metal nanoclusters", 2024, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146, 5759-5780.

151. T. Zhang, S.B. Khomane, I. Singh, C. M. Crudden* and P.H. McBreen, "N-heterocyclic carbene adsorption states on Pt(111) and Ru(0001)" 2024, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 26, 4083-4090.

150. E.L. Albright, S. Malola, S.I. Jacob, H. Yi, S. Takano, K. Mimura, T. Tsukuda, H. Häkkinen, M. Nambo, C.M. Crudden "Enantiopure Chiral Au13 Nanoclusters Stabilized by Ditopic N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Synthesis, Characterization, and Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2", 2024, Chemistry of Materials, 36, 1279–1289.

149. D.S. Lee, I. Singh, A.J. Veinot, M.D. Aloisio, J.T. Lomax, P.J. Ragogna, C.M. Crudden*, "Mesoionic Carbene-based Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold", 2024, Chemical Science, 15, 2480-2485.

2023

148. J. Liu; Y. Sato, V.K. Kulkarni, A.I. Sullivan, W. Zhang, C.M. Crudden*, J.E. Hein,* "Insights into the Synthesis of NHC-Stabilized Au Nanoclusters Through Real-Time Reaction Monitoring" 2023, Chemical Science, 14, 10500-10507.

Chosen as most popular materials chemistry articles

147. A. Sullivan, J. DeJesus, S. Malola, S. Takano, T. Tsukuda, H. Häkkinen, C.M. Crudden, "Synthesis and Characterization of a Monodentate N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Protected Au11-Nanocluster via Reduction with KC8” 2023, Chemistry of Materials, 35, 2790-2796.

146. R. Okura, M. Ohtsuka, J.C.H. Yim, M. Nambo, C.M. Crudden, "Photocatalytic Desulfonylative Homocoupling of Benzylic Sulfone Derivatives", 2023, Synlett, 34, 81-85.

2022

145. A.J. Veinot, M.B.E. Griffiths, I. Singh, J.A. Zurakowski, P.A. Lummis, S.T. Barry*, C.M. Crudden*, "Evaluating the Thermal Behaviour of Benzimidazolylidene Sources for Thin-film Applications", 2022, Materials Advances, 3, 6446-6450.

144. M. Nambo, C.M. Crudden, "Sequential Transformations of Organosulfones on the Basis of Properties of Sulfonyl Groups" 2022, Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry of Japan, 80, 222-231.

143. Y. Choi, C.S. Park, H.V. Tran, C.H. Li, C.M. Crudden, T.R. Lee* "Functionalized N-Heterocyclic Carbene Monolayers on Gold for Surface-Initiated Polymerizations," 2022, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 14, 44969-44980.

142. T. Zhang, S.B. Khomane, I. Singh, C.M. Crudden, P.H. McBreen* "Functionalization of Metal-Supported Graphene by an N-Heterocyclic Carbene," 2022, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 126, 14430-14440.

141. M. Nambo, K. Ghosh, J.C.H. Yim, Y. Tahara, N. Inai, T. Yanai, C.M. Crudden. "Desulfonylative Coupling of Alkylsulfones with gem-Difluoroalkenes by Visible-Light Photoredox Catalysis" 2022, ACS Catalysis, 12, 9526-9532.

140. V.K. Kulkarni, B. Nourmohammadi Khiarak, S.Takano, S. Malola, E.L. Albright, T.I. Levchenko, M.D. Aloisio, C.-T. Dinh, T. Tsukuda, H. Häkkinen, C.M. Crudden, "NHC-Stabilized Hydrido Au24 Nanoclusters: Synthesis, Structure, and Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2," 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144, 9000-9006.

139. R.W.Y Man, H. Yi, S. Malola, S. Takano, T. Tsukuda, H. Häkkinen, M. Nambo, C.M. Crudden, "Synthesis and Characterization of Enantiopure Chiral Bis NHC-Stabilized Edge-Shared Au10 Nanocluster with Unique Prolate Shape" 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144, 2056-2061.

138. P. Lummis, K. Osten, T. Levchenko, M. Hazer, S. Malola, B. Owens-Baird, A. Veinot, E. Albright, G. Schatte, S. Takano, K. Kovnir, K. Stamplecoskie, T. Tsukuda, H. Häkkinen, M. Nambo, and C.M. Crudden*, "NHC-Stabilized Au10 Nanoclusters and their Conversion to Au25 Nanoclusters," 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society Au, 2, 875-885.

137. M. Nambo, Y. Maekawa, C. M. Crudden, “Desulfonylative Transformations of Sulfones by Transition Metal Catalysis, Photocatalysis and Organocatalysis,” 2022, ACS Catalysis, 12, 3013-3032.

136. E. Angove, F. Grillo, H. A. Früchtl, A. J. Veinot, I. Singh, J. H. Horton, C. M. Crudden, and C. J. Baddeley*, “Highly Ordered N‑Heterocyclic Carbene Monolayers on Cu(111),” 2022, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 13, 2051-2056.

2021

135. M. Nambo, C. M. Crudden, “Transition Metal-Catalyzed Cross-Couplings of Benzylic Sulfone Derivatives” 2021, Chemical Record, 21, 3978-3988.

134. I. Singh, D.S. Lee, S. Huang, H. Bhattacharjee, W. Xu, J.F. McLeod, C.M. Crudden* and Z. She*, "N-Heterocyclic carbenes meet toll-like receptors" 2021, Chemical Communications, 57, 8421-8424.

133. J.J. Clarke, Y. Maekawa, M. Nambo, C.M. Crudden, "Borenium-Catalyzed Reduction of Pyridines through the Combined Action of Hydrogen and Hydrosilane" 2021, Organic Letters, 23, 17, 6617–6621.

132. H. Yi, K.M. Osten, T.I. Levchenko, A.J. Veinot, Y. Aramaki, T. Ooi, M. Nambo, C.M. Crudden*, "Synthesis and enantioseparation of chiral Au13 nanoclusters protected by bis-N-heterocyclic carbene ligands," 2021, Chemical Science, 12, 10436-10440.

131. J.J. Clarke, K. Devaraj, B.P. Bestvater, R. Kojima, P. Eisenberger, J.F. DeJesus, C.M. Crudden*, "Hydrosilylation and Mukaiyama aldol-type reaction of quinolines and hydrosilylation of imines catalyzed by a mesoionic carbene-stabilized borenium ion," 2021, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 19, 6786-6791.

130. A. Inayeh, R.R.K. Groome, I. Singh, A.J. Veinot, F. Crasto de Lima, R.H. Miwa, C.M. Crudden* and A.B. McLean*, “Self-Assembly of N-heterocyclic Carbenes on Au(111)", 2021, Nature Communications, 12, 1-9.

129. M. Nambo, Y. Tahara, J.C.-H. Yim, D. Yokogawa, and C.M. Crudden "Synthesis of Quaternary Centres by Single Electron Reduction and Alkylation of Alkylsulfones," 2021, Chemical Science, 12, 4866-4871.

2020

128. C.M. Crudden*, Y. Maekawa, J.J. Clarke, T. Ida, Y. Fukumoto, N. Chatani*, S. Murai*, “Ru3(CO)12–Catalyzed Reaction of 1,6-Diynes, Carbon Monoxide and Water via the Reductive Coupling of Carbon Monoxide,” 2020, Organic Letters, 22, 8747-8751.

Among top five downloads in the year at Organic Letters

127. Y. Maekawa, M. Nambo, D. Yokogawa, C.M. Crudden, "Alkyltriflones in the Ramberg–Bäcklund Reaction: An Efficient and Modular Synthesis of gem–Difluoroalkenes", 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142, 15667-15672.

126. R. Mayall, C.A. Smith, A.S. Hyal, D.S. Lee, C.M. Crudden, V.I. Birss, "Ultra-sensitive and Label-free Detection of the Measles Virus Using an N-heterocyclic Carbene-based Electrochemical Biosensor", 2020, ACS Sensors, 5, 2747-2752.

125. A.J. Veinot, A. Al-Rashed, J.D. Padmos, M.R. Narouz, P.A. Lummis, C.J. Baddeley, C. M. Crudden,* J.H. Horton*, "N-Heterocyclic Carbenes Reduce and Functionalize Copper Oxide Surfaces in a Single Step", 2020, Chemistry a European Journal, 26, 11431-11434.

124. K. Salorinne, R.W. Y. Man, P.A. Lummis, M.S.A. Hazer, S. Malola, J.C.-H. Yim, A.J. Veinot, W. Zhou, H. Häkkinen*, M. Nambo*, and C.M. Crudden*, “Synthesis and Properties of an Au6 Cluster Supported by a Mixed N-heterocyclic Carbene–thiolate Ligand", Chemical Communications, 2020, 56, 6102-6105.

123. Z. She,* M.R. Narouz, C.A. Smith, A. MacLean, H.-P. Loock, H.-B Kraatz,* C.M. Crudden,* "N-heterocyclic Carbene and Thiol Micropatterns Enable the Selective Deposition and Transfer of Copper films" Chemical Communications, 2020, 56, 1275-1278.

2019

122. M.R. Narouz, S. Takano, P.A. Lummis, T.I. Levchenko, A. Nazemi, S. Kaappa, S. Malola, S. Yousefalizadeh, L.A. Calhoun, K.G. Stamplecoskie*, H. Häkkinen*, T. Tsukuda* and C.M. Crudden*, “Robust, Highly Luminescent Au13 Superatoms Protected by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes,” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, 141, 14997-15002.

121. M. Nambo*, J.C.H. Yim, L.B.O. Freitas, Y. Tahara, Z.T. Ariki, Y. Maekawa, D. Yokogawa, C.M. Crudden* "Modular Synthesis of a-fluorinated Arylmethanes via Desulfonative Cross-Coupling," Nature Communications, 2019, 10, 4528.

120. D.-M. Yan, C.M. Crudden, J.-R. Chen, W.-J. Xiao, "A Career in Catalysis: Howard Alper," ACS Catalysis, 2019, 7, 6467-6483.

119. Y. Maekawa, Z.T. Ariki, M. Nambo, C.M. Crudden,* "Pyridine-catalyzed Desulfonative Borylation of Benzyl Sulfones," Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2019, 17, 7300-7303.

118. J.C.H. Yim, M. Nambo*, Y. Tahara, C.M. Crudden* "Copper-catalyzed Desulfonylative Cross-coupling of Benzhydryl Sulfones with Azoles", Chemistry Letters, 2019, 48, 975-977.

117. M.R. Narouz, K.M. Osten, P.J. Unsworth, R.W.Y. Man, K. Salorinne, S. Takano, R. Tomihara, S. Kaappa, S. Malola, C.-T. Dinh, J.D. Padmos, K. Ayoo, P.J. Garrett, M. Nambo, J.H. Horton, E.H. Sargent, H. Häkkinen*, T. Tsukuda*, C. M. Crudden* “N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Functionalized Magic Number Gold Nanoclusters.” Nature Chemistry, 2019, 11, 419-425.

116. C.A. Smith, M. Narouz, P.A. Lummis, I. Singh, A. Nazemi, C.-H. Li, C.M. Crudden*, “N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Materials Chemistry.” Chemical Reviews, 2019, 119, 4986-5056.

115. M. Nambo*, Y. Tahara, J.C.-H. Yim, C.M. Crudden* “Cu-Catalyzed Desulfonative Amination of Benzhydryl Sulfones.” Chemistry A European Journal, 2019, 25, 1923-1926.

114. H. Chen, J. Saunders, S. Borijan, X. Wu, C.M. Crudden, D.-X. Xu, H.-P. Loock* “Microresonators: Tetrasulfide‐Functionalized Mesoporous Silica on Nanowire Ring Resonators for Detection of Aqueous Lead, Pb(II)” Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2019, 3, 1800084.

113. O.L. Torres-Rocha, X. Wu, C.Y. Zhu, C.M. Crudden, M.F. Cunningham*, "Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly (PISA) of 1,5-Cyclooctadiene Using Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization" Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2019, 40, 1800326.

112. O.L. Torres-Rocha, X. Wu, C.Y. Zhu, C.M. Crudden, M.F. Cunningham*, "Synthesis of Diblock and Triblock Polymers from Cyclooctadiene and Norbornene via ROMP in Miniemulsion" Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2019, 40, 1900087.

2018

111. C.Y. Zhu, X. Wu, O. Zenkina, M.T. Zamora, K. Moffat, C.M. Crudden*, M.F. Cunningham*, "Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization in Miniemulsion Using a TEGylated Ruthenium-Based Metathesis Catalyst." Macromolecules, 2018, 51, 9088-9096.

110. Y. Zeng, T. Zhang, M. R. Narouz, C.M. Crudden*, P.H. McBreen*, “Generation and Conversion of an N-Heterocyclic Carbene on Pt(111).” Chemical Communications, 2018, 54, 12527-12530.

109. Z. Li, K. Munro, M.R. Narouz, A. Lau, H. Hao, C.M. Crudden, J.H. Horton* “Self-Assembled N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Based Carboxymethylated Dextran Monolayers on Gold as Tunable Platform for Designing Affinity-Capture Biosensor Surfaces.” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018, 10, 17560-17570.

108. L. Stephens, J. D. Padmos, M. Narouz, A. Al-Rashed, C.-H. Li, N. Payne, M.T. Zamora, C.M. Crudden*, J. Mauzeroll*, J.H. Horton*, “The Structural and Electrochemical Effects of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Monolayers on Magnesium.” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2018, 165, G139-G145.

107. Z.T. Ariki, Y. Maekawa, M. Nambo, C.M. Crudden*, “Preparation of Quaternary Centers via Nickel-Catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling of Tertiary Sulfones.” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2018, 140, 78-81.

106. R.W.Y. Man, C.-H. Li, M.W.A. MacLean, O.V. Zenkina, M.T. Zamora, L.N. Saunders, A. Rousina-Webb, M. Nambo and C.M. Crudden*, “Ultra Stable Gold Nanoparticles Modified by Bidentate N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands.” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2018, 140, 1576-1579.

105. J.J. Clarke, P. Eisenberger, S.S. Piotrkowski and C.M. Crudden. “Azaborines: Synthesis and Use in the Generation of Stabilized boron-substituted carbocations,” Dalton Transactions, 2018, 47, 1791-1795.

2017

104. Z. Li, M.R. Narouz, K. Munro, B. Hao, C.M. Crudden, J.H. Horton, H. Hao “Carboxymethylated Dextran-Modified N-Heterocyclic Carbene Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold for Use in Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensing.” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017, 9, 39223-39234.

103. J.P.G. Rygus, C.M. Crudden*, “Enantiospecific and Iterative Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Couplings.” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2017, 139, 18123.

102. C.R. Larrea, C.J. Baddeley*, M.R. Narouz, N.J. Mosey, J.H. Horton*, C.M. Crudden*, “N-Heterocyclic Carbene Self-assembled Monolayers on Copper and Gold: Dramatic Effect of Wingtip Groups on Binding, Orientation and Assembly.” ChemPhysChem., 2017, 18, 3536-3539.

101. M.R. Narouz, C.-H. Li, A. Nazemi, C.M. Crudden, “Amphiphilic N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles and their Self-Assembly in Polar Solvents,” Langmuir, 2017, 33, 14211-14219.

100. Z. Li, K. Munro, I. Ebralidze, J.D. Padmos, M.R. Narouz, H. Hao, C.M. Crudden and J.H. Horton, “N-Heterocyclic Carbene Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold as Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensors,” Langmuir, 2017, 33, 13936-13944.

99. M. Nambo*, J. Yim, K. Fowler, C.M. Crudden*, “Synthesis of Tetraarylmethanes by the Triflic Acid-Promoted Formal Cross Dehydrogenative Coupling of Triarylmethanes with Arenes.” Synlett, 2017, 28, 2930-2940.

Chosen as top paper of the year

98. M. Nambo, J. Yim, C.M. Crudden, “Pd-Catalyzed Desulfonative Cross-Coupling of Benzylic Sulfone Derivatives with 1,3-Oxazole,” Organic Letters, 2017, 19, 3715-3718.

97. K. Salorinne, R.W.Y. Man, C.-H. Li, M. Taki, M. Nambo* and C.M. Crudden* “Water Soluble N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Protected Gold Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Stability and Optical Properties”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2017, 56, 6198-6202.

96. P. Eisenberger*, C.M. Crudden* “Borocation Catalysis”, Dalton Transactions, 2017, 46, 4874-4887.

95. M. Nambo*, E.C. Keske, J.P.G. Rygus, J. Yim, C.M. Crudden* "Development of Versatile Sulfone Electrophiles for Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reactions", ACS Catalysis, 2017, 7, 1108–1112.

2016

94. C.M. Crudden*, J.H. Horton*, M.R. Narouz, Z. Li, C.A. Smith, K. Munro, C.J. Baddeley, C.R. Larrea, B. Drevniok, B. Thanabalasingam, A.B. McLean, O.V. Zenkina, I.I. Ebralidze, Z. She, H.-B. Kraatz, N.J. Mosey, L.N. Saunders, A. Yagi, "Simple direct formation of self-assembled N-heterocyclic carbene monolayers on gold and their application in biosensing", Nature Communications, 2016, 7, 12654.

93. J. Lam, B.A.R. Günther, J.M. Farrell, P. Eisenberger,* B.P. Bestvater, P.D. Newman, R.L. Melen*, C.M. Crudden*, D.W. Stephan* "Chiral Carbene–Borane Adducts: Precursors for Borenium Catalysts for Asymmetric FLP Hydrogenations," Dalton Transactions, 2016, 45, 15303-15316.

92. L.M. Reid, C.M. Crudden*, "Installing Stable molecular chirality within the walls of periodic mesoporous organosilicas via chiral induction," Chemistry of Materials, 2016, 28, 7605–7612.

91. M. Nambo*, Z.T. Ariki, D. Canseco-Gonzalez, D. Beattie, C.M. Crudden* "Arylative Desulfonation of Diarylmethyl Phenyl Sulfones with Arenes Catalyzed by Scandium Triflate", Organic Letters, 2016, 18, 2339.

90. L.M. Reid, G. Wu, C.M. Crudden*, "Accessible bidentate diol functionality within highly ordered composite periodic mesoporous organosilicas", New Journal of Chemistry, 2016, 40, 6487-6497.

89. C.M. Crudden*, C.A. Ziebenhaus, J.P.G. Rygus, K. Ghozati, P.J. Unsworth, M. Nambo, S. Voth, M. Hutchinson, V. S. Laberge, Y. Maekawa, D. Imao, "Iterative, Protecting Group-free Cross-Coupling Leading to Chiral, Multiply Arylated Structures" Nature Communications, 2016, 7, 11065.

88. I.R. Nemitz, K. McEleney, C.M. Crudden, R.P. Lemieux, R.G. Petschek, C. Rosenblatt*, "Chiral Periodic Mesoporous Organosilica in a Smectic-A Liquid Crystal: Source of the Electrooptic Response" Liquid Crystals, 2016, 43, 497-504.

2015

87. M. Nambo*, C.M. Crudden*, "Recent Advances in the Synthesis of Triarylmethanes by Transition Metal Catalysis," ACS Catalysis, 2015, 5, 4734–4742.

86. M. Nambo*, M. Yar, J.D. Smith, C.M. Crudden*, "The Concise Synthesis of Unsymmetric Triarylacetonitriles via Pd-Catalyzed Sequential Arylation: A New Synthetic Approach to Tri-and Tetraarylmethanes", Organic Letters, 2015, 17, 50-53.

85. P. Eisenberger*, B.P. Bestvater, E.C. Keske, C.M. Crudden*, "Hydrogenations at Room Temperature and Atmospheric Pressure with Mesoionic Carbene-stabilized Borenium Catalysts" Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2015, 54, 2467-2471.

84. J.D. Webb, T. Seki, J.F. Goldston, M. Pruski*, C.M. Crudden*, "Selective Functionalization of the Mesopores of SBA-15" Microporous Mesoporous Materials, 2015, 203, 123-131.

2014

83. M.W.A. MacLean, T.K. Wood, G. Wu, R.P. Lemieux, C.M. Crudden*, "Chiral Periodic Mesoporous Organosilicas: Probing Chiral Induction in the Solid State", Chemistry of Materials, 2014, 26, 5852-5859.

82. M.W.A. MacLean, L.M. Reid, X. Wu, C.M. Crudden*, "Chirality in Ordered Organosilica Hybrid Materials", Chemistry an Asian Journal (invited), 2014, 10, 70-82.

81. E.C. Keske, B.D. Moore, O.V. Zenkina, R. Wang, G. Schatte and C.M. Crudden*, “Highly Selective Directed Arylation Reactions via Back-to-Back Dehydrogenative C-H Borylation/Arylation Reactions,” Chemical Communications, 2014, 50, 9883-9886.

80. S.M. Matthew, B.W. Glasspoole, P. Eisenberger, C.M. Crudden, "Synthesis of Enantiomerically Enriched Triarylmethanes by Enantiospecific Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reactions" Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2014, 136, 5828-5831.

79. C.M. Crudden, J.H. Horton, I.I. Ebralidze, O.V. Zenkina, A.B. McLean, B. Drevniok, Z. She, H.-B. Kraatz, N.J. Mosey, T. Seki, E.C. Keske, J.D. Leake, A. Rousina-Webb, G. Wu, "Ultra Stable Self-Assembled Monolayers of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes on Gold" Nature Chemistry, 2014, 6, 409-414.

*Highlighted in Chemistry World (UK), Physics Today, Chemical & Engineering News (US), Canadian Chemical News and Science Media Centre Canada.

78. M. Nambo, C.M. Crudden, "Modular Synthesis of Triarylmethanes through Palladium-Catalyzed Sequential Arylation of Methyl Phenyl Sulfone", Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2014, 53, 742-746.

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2013

77. L.B.O. Freitas, P. Eisenberger and C.M. Crudden*, "Mesoionic carbene boranes", Organometallics, 2013, 32, 6635-6638.

76. L. Chausset-Boissarie, K. Ghozati, E. LaBine, J. L.-Y. Chen, V.K. Aggarwal* and C.M. Crudden*, "Enantiospecific, regioselective cross-coupling reactions of secondary allylic boronic esters" Chemistry a European Journal, 2013, 19, 17698-17701.

75. B.W. Glasspoole, M.S. Oderinde, B.D. Moore, A. Antoft-Finch, Cathleen M. Crudden* "Highly Chemoselective and Enantiospecific Suzuki-Miyaura Cross Couplings of Benzylic Organoboronic Esters" Synthesis, 2013, 45, 1759-1763.

74. E.C. Keske, O.V. Zenkina, A. Asadi, H. Sun, J.M. Praetorius, D.P. Allen, D. Covelli, B.O. Patrick, R. Wang, P. Kennepohl*, B.R. James* and C.M. Crudden* “Dioxygen Adducts of Rhodium N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes” Dalton Transactions, 2013, 42, 7414-7423.

73. O.V. Zenkina, E.C. Keske, G.S. Kochar, R. Wang, and C.M. Crudden*, “Heteroleptic NHC Rhodium Complexes with Pyridine-Derived Ligands: Synthetic Accessibility and Reactivity Towards Oxygen.” Dalton Transactions, 2013, 42, 2282-2293.

2012

72. P. Eisenberger, A.M. Bailey, C.M. Crudden*, “Taking the F out of FLP. Simple Lewis acid-base Pairs for Mild Reductions with Neutral Boranes via Borenium Ion Catalysis.” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2012, 134, 17384-17387.

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71. J. Cipot-Wechsler, D. Covelli, J.M. Praetorius, O.V. Zenkina, E.C. Keske, N. Hearns, P. Kennepohl*, C.M. Crudden*, “Synthesis and Characterization of Cationic Rhodium Peroxo Complexes,” Organometallics, 2012, 31, 7306-7315.

*Invited cover article

70. X. Wu, C.M. Crudden*, “Chiral Hybrid Mesoporous Silicas: Assembly of Uniform Hollow Nanospheres and Helical Nanotubes with Tunable Diameters” Chemistry of Materials, 2012, 24, 3839-3846.

69. E.C. Keske, O.V. Zenkina, R. Wang, C.M. Crudden*, “Synthesis and Structure of Pd-1,2,3 Triazol-5-ylidene Mesoionic Carbene PEPPSI Complexes and Their Catalytic Applications in the Mizoroki-Heck Reaction” Organometallics, 2012, 31, 6215-6221.

*Top downloaded article of the quarter

68. V. Jayalakshmi, T. Wood, R. Basu, J. Du, T. Blackburn, C. Rosenblatt, C.M. Crudden* and R.P. Lemieux*, “Probing the Pore Structure of a Chiral Periodic Mesoporous Organosilica Using Liquid Crystals,” Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012, 22, 15255-15261.

67. T. Seki, K. McEleney, C.M. Crudden* “Enantioselective Catalysis with a Chiral, phosphane-containing PMO Material” Chemical Communications, 2012, 48, 6369-6371.

66. I. Ebralidze, M. Hanif, R. Arjumand, A. Azmi, D. Dixon, N. Cann, C.M. Crudden, J.H. Horton*, "Solvent induced adhesion interactions between dichlorotriazine films" Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2012, 116, 4217-4223.

65. B. W. Glasspoole, K. Ghozati, J. Moir, C.M. Crudden*, “Suzuki-Miyaura Cross Couplings of Secondary Allylic Boronic Esters”, Chemical Communications, 2012, 48, 1230-1232.

64. E. Keske, O. V. Zenkina, R. Wang, C. Crudden*, “Synthesis and Structure of Silver and Rhodium 1,2,3 Triazol-5-ylidene Mesoionic Carbene Complexes" Organometallics, 2012, 31, 456-461.

2011

63. B.W. Glasspoole, C.M. Crudden* “Cross-Coupling, the Final Frontier” Nature Chemistry, News and Views (Invited), 2011, 3, 912-913.

62. O.V. Zenkina, E. C. Keske, R. Wang, C.M. Crudden*, “Dimeric Rhodium-ethylene NHC complexes as Reactive Intermediates for the Preparation of Tetra-heteroleptic NHC Complexes” Organometallics, 2011, 30, 6423-6432.

61. O.V. Zenkina, E.C. Keske, R. Wang, C.M. Crudden*, “Double Single-Crystal to Single-Crystal Transformations and Small Molecule Activation in Rhodium NHC Complexes” Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2011, 35, 8100-8104.

Very Important Paper status, highlighted in Chemical and Engineering News and more than 10 other news outlets

60. X. Wu, T. Blackburn, J. D. Webb, A. E. Garcia-Bennett, C.M. Crudden*, “The Synthesis of Chiral Periodic Organosilica Materials with Ultrasmall Mesopores,” Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2011, 35, 8095-8099.

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59. A. El Kadib, K. McEleney, T. Seki, T. K. Wood, C.M. Crudden*, “Cross-Coupling in the Preparation of Pharmaceutically Relevant Substrates using Palladium Supported on Functionalized Mesoporous Silicas,” ChemCatChem, 2011, 3, 1281-1285.

58. S. El Hankari, A. El Kadib, A. Finiels, A. Bouhaouss, J.J.E. Moreau, C.M. Crudden, D. Brunel, P. Hesemann*, “SBA-15-type Organosilica Bearing 4-mercapto-N,N-bis-(3-Si-Propyl)butanamide for Palladium Scavenging and Cross-Coupling Catalysis,” Chemistry a European Journal, 2011, 17, 8984-8994.

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2010

57. J. Du, J. Cipot-Wechsler, J. Barnes, J. Lobez, H.P. Loock*, C.M. Crudden*, “Chemically Modified Mesoporous Silicate Films as Key Elements in Fibre Optic Sensors for ppb Levels of Lead” Small, 2010, 6, 1168-1172.

56. J. D. Webb, V. Laberge, S. Geier, D. Stephan, C.M. Crudden* “Hydride transfer to boron: The Reactivity of Hantzsch Esters with B(C6F5)3” Chemistry a European Journal, 2010, 16, 4895-4902.

55. S.E. Dickson, C.M. Crudden* “Transformable periodic mesoporous organosilica materials,” Chemical Communications, 2010, 46, 2100-2102.

54. J.M. Praetorius, R. Wang, C.M. Crudden* “Benzimidazoles as the Protic Ligand in Ruthenium-Catalyzed Bifunctional Hydrogenation of Ketones,” Organometallics, 2010, 29, 554-561.

53. C.J. Lata, C.M. Crudden*, “Dramatic effect of Lewis acids on the Rhodium-catalyzed hydroboration of Olefins,” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010, 132, 131-137.

52. S. MacQuarrie, B. Nohair, J.H. Horton, S. Kaliaguine, C.M. Crudden* “Functionalized Mesostructured Silicas as Supports for Palladium Catalysts: Effect of Pore Structure and Collapse on Catalytic Activity in the Suzuki-Miyaura Reaction,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2010, 114, 57-64.

2009

51. J. Du, A. Shimojima, T. Suzuki, M. Sakurai, H. Miyata, C.M. Crudden and K. Kuroda* “Alignment Control of Self-Assembled Organosiloxane Films Derived from Alkyl-Oligosiloxane Amphiphiles,” Langmuir, 2009, 25, 13614-13618.

50. C.M. Crudden*, B.W. Glasspoole and C.J. Lata, “Expanding the scope of transformations of organoboronate esters: Carbon-carbon bond forming reactions with retention of configuration” Chemical Communications, 2009, 44, 6704-6716.

49. B.W. Glasspoole, J.D. Webb, C.M. Crudden*, “SCatalysis with chemically modified mesoporous silicas: Stability of the mesostructure under Suzuki–Miyaura reaction conditions,” Journal of Catalysis, 2009, 265, 148-154.

48. D. Imao, B.W. Glasspoole, V.S. Laberge, C.M. Crudden*, “Cross coupling reactions of chiral secondary organoboronates with retention of Configuration,” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2009, 131, 5024-5025.

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47. J.M. Praetorius, R. Wang, C.M. Crudden*, “Structure and Reactivity of Dinitrogen Rhodium Complexes Containing N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands,” European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2009, 13, 1746-1751.

Cover article

46. K. McEleney, C.M. Crudden and J. H Horton* “X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and the Auger parameter as tools for characterization of silica-supported Pd catalysts for the Suzuki-Miyaura Reaction,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2009, 113, 1901-1907.

2008

45. S.L. MacQuarrie, M.P. Thompson, A. Blanc, N.J. Mosey, R.P. Lemieux*, and C.M. Crudden* “Chiral Mesoporous Materials Based on Axial Chirality,” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2008, 130, 14099-14101.

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44. J. Barnes, S. Brown, C.M. Crudden, M. Dreher, K. Plett, H.P. Loock* “Chemical Sensor Based on Functionalized PDMS Coatings on Long-Period Fiber Gratings,” The Analyst, 2008, 133, 1541-1549.

Hot article

43. J. Praetorius, C.M. Crudden* “N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes of Rhodium: Structure, Stability and Reactivity,” Dalton Transactions, 2008, 0, 4079-4094.

42. J. Barnes, R.S. Brown, J. Cipot-Wechsler, C.M. Crudden, J. Du, H.P. Loock*, K. Plett, “Long-period Gratings in Chemical Sensing” Proceedings, SPIE, 2008, 7099, 70992C1.

41. J.M. Praetorius, D.P. Allen, R. Wang, J.D. Webb, F. Grein, P. Kennepohl*, C.M. Crudden* “N-heterocyclic Carbene Complexes of Rh: Reaction with Dioxygen without Oxidation,” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2008, 130, 3724-3725.

40. S. MacQuarrie, J. Barnes, K. McEleney, J.H. Horton, H.P. Loock, C.M. Crudden* “Visual Observation of Redistribution and Dissolution of Palladium during the Suzuki–Miyaura Reaction,” Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2008, 47, 3279-3282.

39. B. Nohair, S. MacQuarrie, C.M. Crudden, S. Kaliaguine* “Functionalized SBA-16 and KiT-6 as supports for different palladium complexes (Pd(0) and Pd(II)): Synthesis and catalytic activity for the Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2008, 112, 6065-6072.

2007

38. D.R. Edwards*, P. Montoya-Pelaez, C.M. Crudden* “Experimental Investigation into the Mechanism of the Corey-Chaykovsky Epoxidation of Benzaldehyde with Dimethylsulfonium Benzylide,” Organic Letters, 2007, 9, 5481-5484.

37. D.R. Edwards, Y.B. Hleba, C.M. Crudden*, “Regioselectivity of the Rhodium Catalyzed Hydroboration of Vinyl Arenes: Electronic Twists and Mechanistic Shifts,” Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2007, 46, 7799-7802.

36. J.D. Webb, S. MacQuarrie, K. McEleney and C. M. Crudden* “Mesoporous silica-supported Pd catalysts: An investigation into structure, activity and leaching,” Journal of Catalysis, 2007, 252, 97-109.

35. D.R. Edwards*, J. Du, C.M. Crudden*, “Experimental Demonstration of Base-Catalyzed Interconversion of Isomeric Betaine Intermediates in the Corey-Chaykovsky Epoxidation,” Organic Letters, 2007, 9, 2397-2400.

34. J.M. Praetorius, M.W. Kotyk, J.D. Webb, R. Wang and C.M. Crudden*, “Rhodium N-Heterocyclic Carbene Carboxylato Complexes: Synthesis, Structure Determination and Catalytic Activity in the Hydroformylation of Alkenes,” Organometallics, 2007, 26, 1057-1061.

33. C.M. Crudden*, K. McEleney, S.L. MacQuarrie, A. Blanc, M. Sateesh, J.D. Webb, “Modified mesoporous materials as metal scavengers and catalyst supports,” Pure and Applied Chemistry, 2007, 79, 247-260.

2006

32. P.J. Montoya-Pelaez, Y.-S. Uh, C. Lata, M.P. Thompson, R.P. Lemieux and C.M. Crudden* “The synthesis and resolution of 2,2’, 4,4’, 6,6’-substitued chiral biphenyl derivatives for application in the preparation of chiral materials,” Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2006, 71, 5921-5929.

31. K. McEleney, D.P. Allen, A.E. Holliday and C.M. Crudden* “Functionalized mesoporous silicates for the removal of ruthenium from reaction mixtures,” Organic Letters, 2006, 8, 2663-2666.

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30. F. Grien*, A.C. Chen, D.R. Edwards, C.M. Crudden* “Theoretical and Experimental Studies on the Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation of Ketones,” Journal of Organic Chemistry 2006, 71, 861-872.

2005

29. C.M. Crudden*, M. Sateesh, R. Lewis, “Mercaptopropyl-modified mesoporous silica: An efficient scavenger for Pd resulting in a reusable, non-leaching catalyst for coupling reactions,” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2005, 127, 10045-10050.

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28. D. P. Allen, C.M. Crudden*, L.A. Calhoun, R. Wang, A. Decken “Rhodium N-heterocyclic carbene complexes: Synthesis, structure, phosphine exchange and catalytic activity,” Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2005, 690, 5736-5746.

27. A.C. Chen, D.P. Allen, C.M. Crudden*, A. Decken, “Synthesis, structure determination and hydroformylation activity of N-heterocyclic carbene complexes of rhodium,” Canadian Journal of Chemistry, Special issue dedicated to Howard Alper, 2005, 87, 943-975.

26. D.R. Edwards, C.M. Crudden*, K. Yam, “One-Pot Carbon Monoxide Free Hydroformylation of Internal Olefins to Terminal Aldehydes,” Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, 2005, 347, 50-54.

2004

25. C.M. Crudden*, Y.B. Hleba, A.C. Chen, “Regio and Enantiocontrol in the Room Temperature Hydroboration of Vinyl Arenes,” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2004, 126, 9200-9201.

24. D. Allen, C.M. Crudden*, L.A. Calhoun, R. Wang, “Irreversible cleavage of a carbene-rhodium bond in Rh N-heterocyclic carbene complexes: Implications for catalysis,” Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2004, 689, 3203-3209.

23. C.M. Crudden* and D. Allen, “Stability and Reactivity of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes” Coordination Chemistry Reviews, invited review 2004, 248, 2247-2273.

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22. L. Ren, A.C. Chen, A. Decken and C.M. Crudden* “Chiral Bidentate N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes of Rh and Pd,” Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 2004, 84, 1781-1787.

2003

21. C.M. Crudden* and D.R. Edwards, “Catalytic Asymmetric Hydroboration: Recent Advances and Applications in Carbon-Carbon Bond Forming Reactions,” European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2003, 2003, 4695-4712.

20. M. Fairgrieve, C.M. Crudden*, “Asymmetric Hydroboration-Homologation: Towards the Synthesis of Gliflumide,” In Catalysis of Organic Reactions, D.G. Morrell, Ed., Marcel Dekker, 2003, 40, 509.

2002

19. L. Ren and C.M. Crudden* “Directing abilities of alcohol-derived functional groups in the hydroformylation of olefins,” Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2002, 67, 1746-1750.