
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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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.

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.

C.M. Crudden, "Gender Equity in Funding," 2022, Nature Reviews Chemistry, 6, 233-234.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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,” Organic Letters, 2020, 22, 8747-8751.

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”, ACS Sensors, 2020, 5, 9, 2747–2752

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”, Chemistry a European Journal, 2020, 26, 11431-11434.

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

Y. Maekawa, Z. T. Ariki, M. Nambo*, C. M. Crudden*, “Pyridine-catalyzed desulfonative borylation of benzyl sulfones.” Org. & Biomol. Chem., 2019, 17, 7300-7303.

J. C.-H. Yim, M. Nambo*, Y. Tahara, C. M. Crudden*, “Copper-Catalyzed Desulfonative Cross-Coupling of Benzhydryl Sulfones with Azoles.” Chem. Lett., 2019, 48, 975-977.

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.

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.

D. -M. Yan, C. M. Crudden*, J. -R. Chen*, W. -J. Xiao*, “A Career In Catalysis: Howard Alper.” ACS Catal., 2019, 9, 6467 – 6483.

O. L. Torres-Rocha, X. Wu, C. Zhu, C. M. Crudden*, M. F. Cunningham*, “Synthesis of Diblock and Triblock Polymers from Cyclooctadiene and Norbornene Via ROMP in Miniemulsion.” Macromolecular Rapid Comm, 2019, 40, 1900087.

M.R. Narouz, P.J. Unsworth, 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.

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 (11), 4986 – 5056.

M. Nambo, Y. Tahara, J.C-H. Yim, C.M. Crudden, “Cu-Catalyzed Desulfonative Amination of Benzhydryl Sulfones,” Chemistry A European Journal, 2019, 25 (8), 1923-1926.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.
*Highlighted in Synfacts

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.
*Highlighted in Chemical & Engineering News.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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
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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.
*Highlighted on "Chemistry views" website

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.

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
*Highlighted in Synfacts