52. An Organometallic Erbium Bismuth Cluster Complex Comprising a Bi66– Zintl Ion Benner, F.; Pugliese, E. R.; Marsden, R. Q.; Staples, R. J.; Chilton, N. F.*; Demir, S.* Inorg. Chem. 2024, 63, 20250–20256. DOI:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c02636.
Among Inorganic Chemistry’s top 20 most downloaded articles after publication date.
This article has been published as Open Access!
Invited Article for the Special Issue on “Dialogue on Zintl Chemistry”
51. Introducing dibenzocyclooctatetraene into actinide chemistry: isolation of rare trivalent uranium sandwich complexes Castellanos, E.; Su, W.; Demir, S.* Inorg. Chem. Front. 2025, 12, 118–130. DOI:10.1039/D4QI02102A.
This article has been published as Open Access!
This article is part of the themed collection: Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers 10th Anniversary Collection
Highlighted on the Outside Front cover Castellanos, E.; Su, W.; Demir, S.* Inorg. Chem. Front. 2025, 12, 1–1. See here!
50. Stabilization of the Compressed Planar Benzene Dianion in Inverse-Sandwich Rare Earth Metal Complexes Delano IV, F.; Demir, S.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024. Accepted Article. DOI:10.1002/anie.202417217.
This article has been published as Open Access!
This article is part of the themed collection: Hot Topic: Magnetic Materials
49. Isolation of Elusive Fluoflavine Radicals in Two Differing Oxidation States Benner, F.; Demir, S.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 26008–26023. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c05267.
This article has been published as Open Access!
48. Implementation of 2,2′-azobispyridine radical mono- and dianions in dinuclear rare earth metal complexes Delano IV, F.; Demir, S.* Chem. Commun. 2024, 60, 11702–11705. DOI: 10.1039/D4CC03222E.
This article has been published as Open Access!
47. Construction of intermolecular σ-hole interactions in rare earth metallocene complexes using a 2,3,4,5-tetraiodopyrrolyl anion Delano IV, F.; Benner, F.; Jang, S.; Greer, S. M.; Demir, S.* Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 13389–13404. DOI: 10.1039/D4SC03786C.
This article has been published as Open Access!
46. Modulation of Fe–Fe distance and spin in diiron complexes using tetradentate ligands with different flanking donors
Spielvogel, K. D.; Campbell, E. J.; Chowdhury S.; Benner, F.; Demir, S.; Hatzis, G. P.; Petras, H. R.; Sembukuttiarachchige, D.; Shepherd, J. J.; Thomas, C. M.; Vlaisavljevich, B.; Daly, S. R.* Chem. Commun. 2024, 60, 8399-8402. DOI: 10.1039/D4CC02522A.
This article has been published as Open Access!
In collaboration with the Daly Research Group at the University of Iowa!
45. Introducing the Bis(mesitoyl)phosphide Ligand into Dinuclear Trivalent Rare Earth Metal Chemistry Deshapriya, S.; Delano IV, F.; Demir, S.* ChemPlusChem 2024, 89, e202400311. DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202400311.
This article has been published as Free Access!
This article is part of the themed collection: ChemPlusTalents – Celebrating Early Career Researchers
Highlighted on the Outside Front cover Deshapriya, S.; Delano IV, F.; Demir, S.* ChemPlusChem 2024, 89, e202481201. DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202481201 See here!
44. Polymorphism of a Planar Neutral Radical: Magnetic and Optical Implications Borg, G. C.; Young, H. K. S.; Mills, M.; Mastrandrea, J. W.; Benner, F.; Demir, S.; Lough, A. J.; Boyle, P. D.; Preuss, K. E.* Can. J. Chem. 2024. 102, 745–752. DOI: 10.1139/cjc-2024-0051.
In collaboration with the Preuss Research Group at the University of Guelph!
43. Linear, Electron-Rich Erbium Single-Molecule Magnet with Dibenzocyclooctatetraene Ligands Castellanos, E.; Benner, F.; Demir, S.* Inorg. Chem. 2024, 63, 9888–9898. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c00731.
Among Inorganic Chemistry’s top 20 most downloaded articles after publication date.
This article has been published as Open Access!
42. Guanidinate Yttrium Complexes Containing Bipyridyl and Bis(benzimidazolyl) Radicals Delano IV, F.†; Deshapriya, S.†; Demir, S.* Inorg. Chem. 2024, 63, 9659–9669. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c00006.
†Authors contributed equally.
Among Inorganic Chemistry’s top 20 most downloaded articles after publication date.
This article has been published as Open Access!
This article is part of the themed collection: Ligand-Metal Complementarity in Rare Earth and Actinide Chemistry
41. Unprecedented Pyrazine-Bridged Guanidinate Rare Earth Complexes through a Bridge Splitting Reaction Path Delano IV, F.; Demir, S.* Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2024, 27, e202300797. DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202300797.
This article is part of the themed collection: Chemistry and Applications of the f-Block Elements.
This article has been published as Open Access!
Cover Feature Delano IV, F.; Demir, S.* Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2024, 27, e202400267. DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202400267. See here!
40. A multifunctional pseudo-[6]oxocarbon molecule innate to six accessible oxidation states Pakulski, P.*; Magott, M.; Chorazy, S.; Sarewicz, M.; Srebro-Hooper, M.; Tabor, D.; Łapok, Ł.; Szczepanik, D.; Demir, S.; Pinkowicz, D.* Chem 2024, 10, 971–997. DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2023.12.024.
This article has been published as Open Access!
A simple triangular multi-redox pseudo-[6]oxocarbon capable of accepting up to six electrons Pakulski, P.*; Magott, M.; Chorazy, S.; Sarewicz, M.; Srebro-Hooper, M.; Tabor, D.; Łapok, Ł.; Szczepanik, D.; Demir, S.; Pinkowicz, D.* ChemRxiv 2023. DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-06xkc-v2.
39. Magnetic and Spectroscopic Properties of Chloride-Bridged Guanidinate Dilanthanide Complexes Delano, F., Deshapriya, S., Demir, S.* Polyhedron 2024, 249, 116785. DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2023.116785.
This article is part of the themed collection: Emerging Investigators in Inorganic Chemistry.
38. Isolation of an Organometallic Yttrium Bismuth Cluster and Elucidation of its Electronic Structure Pugliese, E. R.; Benner, F.; Demir, S.* Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 14791–14794. DOI: 10.1039/D3CC04520J.
This article is part of the themed collections: 2023 Emerging Investigators.
Highlighted on the Front cover Pugliese, E. R.; Benner, F.; Demir, S.* Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 14729–14729. DOI: 10.1039/D3CC90404K. See here!
37. From an Isolable Bismolyl Anion to an Yttrium–Bismolyl Complex with μ-Bridging Bismuth(I) Centers and Polar Covalent Y–Bi Bonds Pugliese, E. R.; Benner, F.; Demir, S.* Chem. Eur. J. 2023, 29, e202302687. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202302687.
This article has been published as Open Access!
Cover profile Pugliese, E. R.; Benner, F.; Demir, S.* Chem. Eur. J. 2023, 29, e202303562. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202303562.
Highlighted on the Front cover Pugliese, E. R.; Benner, F.; Demir, S.* Chem. Eur. J. 2023, 29, e202303561. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202303561. See here!
36. Pyrrolyl-Bridged Metallocene Complexes: From Synthesis, Electronic Structure, to Single-Molecule Magnetism Delano IV, F.; Benner, F.; Jang, S.; Demir, S.* Inorg. Chem. 2023, 62, 14604–14614. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c01724.
35. From unprecedented 2,2′-bisimidazole-bridged rare earth organometallics to magnetic hysteresis in the dysprosium congener Benner, F.; Demir, S.* Inorg. Chem. Front. 2023, 10, 4981–4992. DOI: 10.1039/D3QI00546A.
This article is part of the themed collections: Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers Emerging Investigator Series and 2023 Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers HOT articles
Highlighted on the Front cover Benner, F.; Demir, S.* Inorg. Chem. Front. 2023, 10, 4891–4891. DOI: 10.1039/D3QI90074F. See here!
34. Magnetic hysteresis and large coercivity in bisbenzimidazole radical-bridged dilanthanide complexes Benner, F.; La Droitte, L.; Cador, O.; Le Guennic, B.; Demir, S.* Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 5577–5592. DOI: 10.1039/D3SC01562A.
Selected and included as Chemical Science’s most popular 2023 inorganic chemistry articles!
This article has been published as Open Access!
Highlighted on the Outside Front cover Benner, F.; La Droitte, L.; Cador, O.; Le Guennic, B.; Demir, S.* Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 5531–5531. DOI: 10.1039/D3SC90099A. See here!
33. Taming Super-Reduced Bi23– Radicals with Rare Earth Cations Zhang, P.; Nabi, R.; Staab, J. K.; Chilton, N. F.*; Demir, S.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 9152–9163. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c01058.
This article has been published as Open Access!
32. A rare isocyanide derived from an unprecedented neutral yttrium(II) bis(amide) complex Jena, R.; Benner, F.; Delano IV, F., Holmes, D.; McCracken, J.*; Demir, S.*; Odom, A. L.* Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 4257–4264. DOI: 10.1039/D3SC00171G.
This article has been published as Open Access!
In collaboration with the Odom Research Group at MSU!
Highlighted on the cover Jena, R.; Benner, F.; Delano IV, F., Holmes, D.; McCracken, J.*; Demir, S.*; Odom, A. L.* Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 4196–4196. DOI: 10.1039/D3SC90071A. See here!
31. Guanidinate Rare-Earth Tetraphenylborate Complexes and Their Prospects in Single-Molecule Magnetism Delano IV, F., Demir, S.* Cryst. Growth Des. 2023, 23, 3134–3143. DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.2c01258.
Invited Article for the Virtual Special Issue on “Molecular Magnets and Switchable Magnetic Materials”
Highlighted on the Front Cover Delano IV, F., Demir, S.* Cryst. Growth Des. 2023, 23, 3134–3143. DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.2c01258. See here!
30. Linear, Electron-Rich, Homoleptic Rare Earth Metallocene and Its Redox Activity Castellanos, E.; Demir, S.* Inorg. Chem. 2023, 62, 2095–2104. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c03735.
Highlighted on the cover Castellanos, E.; Demir, S.* Inorg. Chem. 2023, 62, 2095–2104. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c03735. See here!
29. Isolation of the elusive bisbenzimidazole Bbim3–• radical anion and its employment in a metal complex Benner, F.; Demir, S.* Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 5818–5829. DOI: 10.1039/D1SC07245E.
From the themed collection: 2022 Chemical Science HOT Article Collection!
This article has been published as Open Access!
Highlighted on the Inside Front Cover Benner, F.; Demir, S.* Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 5778–5778. DOI: 10.1039/D2SC90104H. See here!
28. Pursuing the excision of carbon-centred hexanuclear scandium clusters {CSc6} from solid {CSc6}I12Sc Demir, S.*; Wieland T.; Schmitz, S.; Klein, A.*; Meyer, G. H.* Aust. J. Chem. 2022, 75, 523–531. DOI: 10.1071/CH21267.
Invited Article for the occasion of Prof. Glen Deacon’s 85th birthday.
27. Taming Salophen in Rare Earth Metallocene Chemistry Castellanos, E.; Benner, F.; Demir, S.* Inorg. Chem. Front. 2022, 9, 1325–1336. DOI: 10.1039/D1QI01331A.
Invited Article for the themed collection: Rare Earth Chemistry – In memory of Professor Xu Guangxian at his centenary
|Highlighted on the cover Castellanos, E.; Benner, F.; Demir, S.* Inorg. Chem. Front. 2022, 9, 1315–1315. DOI: 10.1039/D2QI90023H. See here!
26. Heteroleptic Rare-Earth Tris(metallocenes) Containing a Dibenzocyclooctatetraene Dianion Pugliese, E. R; Benner, F.; Castellanos, E.; Delano IV, F.; Demir, S.* Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 2444–2454. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03230.
Selected for the virtual issue of “Early-Career Researchers in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry“
Highlighted on the cover Pugliese, E. R; Benner, F.; Castellanos, E.; Delano IV, F.; Demir, S.* Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 2444–2454. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03230. See here!
25. Organometallic Lanthanide Bismuth Cluster Single-Molecule Magnets Zhang, P.; Benner, F.; Chilton, N. F.; Demir, S.* Chem 2022, 8, 717–730. DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2021.11.007.
Article among the most read papers in Chem within March/April 2022!
Highlighted on the cover of Chem Zhang, P.; Benner, F.; Chilton, N. F.; Demir, S.* Chem 2022, 8, 717–730. DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2022.02.018. See here!
24. Cyclopentadienyls and Phospholyls of the Group 3 Metals and Lanthanides Benner, F.; Delano IV, F.; Pugliese, E. R.; Demir, S.* Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry IV 2022, 4, 98-184. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-820206-7.00064-0.
23. A Rare Earth Metallocene Containing a 2,2’-Azopyridyl Radical Anion Delano IV, F.; Castellanos, E.; McCracken, J.; Demir, S.* Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 15219–15228. DOI: 10.1039/D1SC04285H.
Featured on the Outside Front Cover Delano IV, F.; Castellanos, E.; McCracken, J.; Demir, S.* Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 15173–15173. DOI: 10.1039/D1SC90251B. See here!
This article has been published as Open Access!
22. Uncovering pseudo-doublet ground states innate to U(IV) complexes through magnetism Delano IV, F.; Demir, S.* Chem 2021, 7, 1686–1688. DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2021.06.015.
21. Slow Magnetic Relaxation in Mono- and Bimetallic Lanthanide Tetraimido-Sulfate S(NtBu)42‒ Complexes Jung, J.; Benner, F.; Herbst-Irmer, R.; Demir, S.*; Stalke, D.* Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 12310–12319. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202101076.
Cover profile Jung, J.; Benner, F.; Herbst-Irmer, R.; Demir, S.*; Stalke, D.* Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 24, 12236–12236. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202102289. See here!
Featured on the Outside Front Cover Jung, J.; Benner, F.; Herbst-Irmer, R.; Demir, S.*; Stalke, D.* Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 12232-12232. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202102288. See here!
20. Substituent Effects on Exchange Coupling and Magnetic Relaxation in 2,2′-Bipyrimidine Radical-Bridged Dilanthanide Complexes Gould, C. A.; Mu, E.; Vieru, V.; Darago, L. E.; Chakarawet, K.; Gonzalez, M. I.; Demir, S.; Long, J. R.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 50, 21197–21209. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c10612.
19. Trendbericht Anorganische Chemie: Bioanorganische und Koordinationschemie 2018 Daumann, L.*; Hohloch, S.*; Demir, S.* Nachr. Chem. 2019, 67, 65–80. DOI: 10.1002/nadc.20194082693.
18. Trendbericht Anorganische Chemie 2017: Koordinationschemie und Bioanorganik Apfel, U.-P.*; Demir, S.*; Berkefeld, A.* Nachr. Chem. 2018, 66, 230–239. DOI: 10.1002/nadc.20184071717.
17. Slow magnetic relaxation in a neodymium metallocene tetraphenylborate complex Demir, S.*; Meihaus, K. R.; Long, J. R.* J. Organomet. Chem. 2018, 857, 164–169. DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2017.10.035.
Invited Article for the Recent Advances in the Organometallic Chemistry of the Lanthanides and Actinides, dedicated to Professor William Evans.
16. Giant Coercivity and High Magnetic Blocking Temperatures for N23‒ Radical-Bridged Dilanthanide Complexes Upon Ligand Dissociation Demir, S.*; Gonzalez, M. I.; Darago, L. E.; Evans, W. J.; Long, J. R.* Nat. Commun. 2017, 8, 2144. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01553-w.
15. Slow Magnetic Relaxation in a Dysprosium Ammonia Metallocene Complex Demir, S.*; Boshart, M. D.; Corbey, J. F.; Woen, D. H.; Gonzalez, M. I.; Ziller, J. W.; Meihaus, K. R.; Long, J. R.*; Evans, W. J.* Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56, 15049–15056. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b02390.
14. Anorganische Chemie 2016: Koordinationschemie und Bioanorganik Apfel, U.-P.*; Berkefeld, A.*; Demir, S.* Nachr. Chem. 2017, 65, 245–254. DOI: 10.1002/nadc.20174059829.
13. A Trinuclear Radical-Bridged Lanthanide Single-Molecule Magnet Gould, C. A.; Darago, L. E.; Gonzalez, M. I.; Demir, S.; Long, J. R.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 10103–10107. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201612271.
12. Perspectives on Neutron Scattering in Lanthanide-Based Single-Molecule Magnets and a Case Study of the Tb2(μ-N2) System Prša, K.; Nehrkorn, J.; Corbey, J. F.; Evans, W. J.; Demir, S.; Long, J. R.; Guidi, T.; Waldmann, O.* Magnetochemistry 2016, 2, 45. DOI: 10.3390/magnetochemistry2040045.
11. Solubility of Nanocrystalline Cerium Dioxide: Experimental Data and Thermodynamic Modeling Plakhova, T. V.; Romanchuk, A.; Yakunin, S.; Dumas, T.; Demir, S.; Wang, S.; Minasian, S. G.; Shuh, D. K.; Tyliszczak, T.; Shiryaev, A.; Egorov, A.; Ivanov, V.; Kalmykov, S. N.* J. Phys. Chem. C 2016, 120, 22615–22626. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b05650.
10. Extraction of Lanthanide and Actinide Ions from Aqueous Mixtures Using a Carboxylic Acid-Functionalized Porous Aromatic Framework Demir, S.; Brune, N. K.; Van Humbeck, J. F.; Mason, J.A.; Plakhova, T. V.; Wang, S.; Tian, G.; Minasian, S.G.; Tyliszczak, T.; Yaita, T.; Kobayashi, T; Kalmykov, S. N.; Shiwaku, H.; Shuh, D. K.; Long, J. R.* ACS Cent. Sci. 2016, 2, 253–265. DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.6b00066.
This article has been published as Open Access!
9. Radical Ligand-Containing Single-Molecule Magnets Demir, S.; Jeon, I.-R.; Long, J. R.*; Harris, T. D.* Coord. Chem. Rev. 2015, 289–290, 149–176. DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2014.10.012
8. Exchange Coupling and Magnetic Blocking in Dilanthanide Complexes Bridged by the Multi-Electron Redox-Active Ligand 2,3,5,6-Tetra(2-pyridyl)pyrazine Demir, S.; Nippe, M.; Gonzalez, M. I; Long, J. R.* Chem. Sci. 2014, 5, 4701–4711. DOI: 10.1039/C4SC02154A.
7. Large Spin Relaxation Barriers for the Low-Symmetry Organolanthanide Complexes [Cp2Ln(BPh4)] (Cp = pentamethyl-cyclopentadienyl; Ln = Tb, Dy) Demir, S.; Zadrozny, J. M.; Long, J. R.* Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 31, 9524–9529. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201403751.
6. Exchange Coupling and Magnetic Blocking in Bipyrimidyl Radical-Bridged Dilanthanide Complexes Demir, S.; Zadrozny, J. M.; Nippe, M.; Long, J. R.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 18546–18549. DOI: 10.1021/ja308945d.
5. Scandium and Yttrium Metallocene Borohydride Complexes: Comparisons of (BH4)1− vs (BPh4)1− Coordination and Reactivity Demir, S.; Siladke, N. A.; Ziller, J. W.; Evans, W. J.* Dalton Trans. 2012, 41, 9659–9666. DOI: 10.1039/C2DT30861D.
4. σ Bond Metathesis Reactivity of Allyl Scandium Metallocenes with Diphenyldichalcogenides, PhEEPh (E = S, Se, Te) Demir, S.; Mueller, T. J.; Ziller, J. W.; Evans, W. J.* Organometallics 2011, 30, 515–518. DOI: 10.1021/om2001876.
3. Tris(polyalkylcyclopentadienyl) Complexes: The Elusive [(η5-C5R5)2M(η1-C5R5)] Structure and Trihapto Cyclopentadienyl Coordination Involving a Methyl Substituent Demir, S.; Mueller, T. J.; Ziller, J. W.; Evans, W. J.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 515–518. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201005898.
2. Facile Insertion of N2O into Metal-Carbon Bonds of Metallocene Allyl Complexes to Form (RN2O)1‒ Ligands Demir, S.; Montalvo, E; Ziller, J. W.; Meyer, G.; Evans, W. J.* Organometallics 2010, 29, 6608–6611. DOI: 10.1021/om100917w.
1. Synthesis, Structure and Density Functional Theory Analysis of a Scandium Dinitrogen Complex, [(C5Me4H)2Sc]2(μ–η2:η2-N2) Demir, S.; Lorenz, S. E.; Fang, M.; Furche, F.; Meyer, G.; Ziller, J. W.; Evans, W. J.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 11151–11158. DOI: 10.1021/ja102681w.
