Selected Publications

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Ross, D. L.; Biswas, S.; Bominaar, E. L.; Hendrich, M. P.; Borovik, A.S. “Tuning the Electronic Structure of Mononuclear Cu-Aqua and -Imine Complexes at Two Oxidation Levels via Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonds” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024146, 1, 500-513. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c09983.

 Lee, J. L.; Biswas, S.; Ziller,J.W.; Bominaar, E. L.; Hendrich,M. P.; Borovik, A.S. “Accessing a Synthetic FeIIIMnIV Core to Model Biological Heterobimetallic Active Sites,” Chem. Sci.2024, 15, 2817-2826. (https://doi.org/10.1039/d3sc04900k).

Braun,A.; Gee, L. B.; Mara, M. W.; Hill, E. A.; Kroll, T.; Nordlund, D.; Sokaras, D.; Glatzel, P.; Britt Hedman, B.;  Hodgson, K. O.; Borovik, A.S.; Baker, M. L.; Solomon, E. I. “X-ray spectroscopic study of the electronic structure of a trigonal high spin Fe(IV)=O complex related to enzyme intermediates and their reactivity,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 18977-18991. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c0618

Follmer, A. H.; Borovik, A.S. “The role of basicity in selective C–H bond activation by transition metal-oxidos,” invited Frontier Article in Dalton Transactions, Dalton Trans. 2023, 53, 11005–11016. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3dt01781h

Kerns, S. A.; Biswas, A.; Minnetian, N. M.; Borovik, A. S. Artificial Metalloproteins: At the Interface between Biology and Chemistry. JACS Au 2022, 2 (6), 1252–1265. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.2c00102.

Lee, J. L.; Biswas, S.; Sun, C.; Ziller, J. W.; Hendrich, M. P.; Borovik, A. S. Bioinspired Di-Fe Complexes: Correlating Structure and Proton Transfer over Four Oxidation States. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144 (10), 4559–4571. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c12888.

Lee, J. L.; Ross, D. L.; Barman, S. K.; Ziller, J. W.; Borovik, A. S. C–H Bond Cleavage by Bioinspired Nonheme Metal Complexes. Inorg. Chem.2021, 60 (18), 13759–13783. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01754.

Barman, S. K.; Yang, M.-Y.; Parsell, T. H.; Green, M. T.; Borovik, A. S. Semiempirical Method for Examining Asynchronicity in Metal–Oxido-Mediated C–H Bond Activation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.2021, 118 (36), e2108648118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2108648118.

Miller, K. R.; Biswas, S.; Jasniewski, A.; Follmer, A. H.; Biswas, A.; Albert, T.; Sabuncu, S.; Bominaar, E. L.; Hendrich, M. P.; Moënne-Loccoz, P.; Borovik, A. S. Artificial Metalloproteins with Dinuclear Iron–Hydroxido Centers. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143 (5), 2384–2393. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c12564.

Sun, C.; Oswald, V. F.; Hill, E. A.; Ziller, J. W.; Borovik, A. S. Investigation of Iron–Ammine and Amido Complexes within a C3 -Symmetrical Phosphinic Amido Tripodal Ligand. Dalton Trans. 2021, 50 (32), 11197–11205. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1DT01032H.

Lee, J. L.; Oswald, V. F.; Biswas, S.; Hill, E. A.; Ziller, J. W.; Hendrich, M. P.; Borovik, A. S. Stepwise Assembly of Heterobimetallic Complexes: Synthesis, Structure, and Physical Properties. Dalton Trans.2021, 50 (23), 8111–8119. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1DT01021B.

Oswald, V. F.; Lee, J. L.; Biswas, S.; Weitz, A. C.; Mittra, K.; Fan, R.; Li, J.; Zhao, J.; Hu, M. Y.; Alp, E. E.; Bominaar, E. L.; Guo, Y.; Green, M. T.; Hendrich, M. P.; Borovik, A. S. Effects of Noncovalent Interactions on High-Spin Fe(IV)–Oxido Complexes. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2020, 142 (27), 11804–11817. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c03085.

Miller, K. R.; Paretsky, J. D.; Follmer, A. H.; Heinisch, T.; Mittra, K.; Gul, S.; Kim, I.-S.; Fuller, F. D.; Batyuk, A.; Sutherlin, K. D.; Brewster, A. S.; Bhowmick, A.; Sauter, N. K.; Kern, J.; Yano, J.; Green, M. T.; Ward, T. R.; Borovik, A. S. Artificial Iron Proteins: Modeling the Active Sites in Non-Heme Dioxygenases. Inorg. Chem.2020, 59 (9), 6000–6009. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b03791.

Barman, S. K.; Jones, J. R.; Sun, C.; Hill, E. A.; Ziller, J. W.; Borovik, A. S. Regulating the Basicity of Metal–Oxido Complexes with a Single Hydrogen Bond and Its Effect on C–H Bond Cleavage. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2019, 141 (28), 11142–11150. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b03688.

Biswas, S.; Lau, N.; Borovik, A. S.; Hendrich, M. P.; Bominaar, E. L. Analysis of the Puzzling Exchange-Coupling Constants in a Series of Heterobimetallic Complexes. Inorg. Chem.2019, 58 (14), 9150–9160. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b00757.

Weitz, A. C.; Hill, E. A.; Oswald, V. F.; Bominaar, E. L.; Borovik, A. S.; Hendrich, M. P.; Guo, Y. Probing Hydrogen Bonding Interactions to Iron‐Oxido/Hydroxido Units by 57 Fe Nuclear Resonance Vibrational Spectroscopy. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57 (49), 16010–16014. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201810227.

Oswald, V. F.; Weitz, A. C.; Biswas, S.; Ziller, J. W.; Hendrich, M. P.; Borovik, A. S. Manganese–Hydroxido Complexes Supported by a Urea/Phosphinic Amide Tripodal Ligand. Inorg. Chem. 2018, 57 (21), 13341–13350. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b01886.

Olshansky, L.; Huerta-Lavorie, R.; Nguyen, A. I.; Vallapurackal, J.; Furst, A.; Tilley, T. D.; Borovik, A. S. Artificial Metalloproteins Containing Co 4 O 4 Cubane Active Sites. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2018, 140 (8), 2739–2742. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b13052.

Mann, S. I.; Heinisch, T.; Ward, T. R.; Borovik, A. S. Coordination Chemistry within a Protein Host: Regulation of the Secondary Coordination Sphere. Chem. Commun.2018, 54 (35), 4413–4416. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CC01931B.

Cook, S. A.; Bogart, J. A.; Levi, N.; Weitz, A. C.; Moore, C.; Rheingold, A. L.; Ziller, J. W.; Hendrich, M. P.; Borovik, A. S. Mononuclear Complexes of a Tridentate Redox-Active Ligand with Sulfonamido Groups: Structure, Properties, and Reactivity. Chem. Sci.2018, 9 (31), 6540–6547. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7SC05445A.

Jones, J. R.; Ziller, J. W.; Borovik, A. S. Modulating the Primary and Secondary Coordination Spheres within a Series of Co II —OH Complexes. Inorg. Chem.2017, 56 (3), 1112–1120. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01956.

Hill, E. A.; Weitz, A. C.; Onderko, E.; Romero-Rivera, A.; Guo, Y.; Swart, M.; Bominaar, E. L.; Green, M. T.; Hendrich, M. P.; Lacy, D. C.; Borovik, A. S. Reactivity of an Fe IV -Oxo Complex with Protons and Oxidants. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2016, 138 (40), 13143–13146. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b07633.

Mann, S. I.; Heinisch, T.; Weitz, A. C.; Hendrich, M. P.; Ward, T. R.; Borovik, A. S. Modular Artificial Cupredoxins. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2016, 138 (29), 9073–9076. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b05428.

Cook, S. A.; Borovik, A. S. Molecular Designs for Controlling the Local Environments around Metal Ions. Acc. Chem. Res.2015, 48 (8), 2407–2414. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.5b00212.

Cook, S. A.; Hill, E. A.; Borovik, A. S. Lessons from Nature: A Bio-Inspired Approach to Molecular Design. Biochemistry2015, 54 (27), 4167–4180. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00249.

Gupta, R.; Taguchi, T.; Lassalle-Kaiser, B.; Bominaar, E. L.; Yano, J.; Hendrich, M. P.; Borovik, A. S. High-Spin Mn–Oxo Complexes and Their Relevance to the Oxygen-Evolving Complex within Photosystem II. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.2015, 112 (17), 5319–5324. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1422800112.

Cook, S. A.; Ziller, J. W.; Borovik, A. S. Iron(II) Complexes Supported by Sulfonamido Tripodal Ligands: Endogenous versus Exogenous Substrate Oxidation. Inorg. Chem.2014, 53 (20), 11029–11035. https://doi.org/10.1021/ic501531g.

Taguchi, T.; Stone, K. L.; Gupta, R.; Kaiser-Lassalle, B.; Yano, J.; Hendrich, M. P.; Borovik, A. S. Preparation and Properties of an Mn IV –Hydroxide Complex: Proton and Electron Transfer at a Mononuclear Manganese Site and Its Relationship to the Oxygen Evolving Complex within Photosystem II. Chem. Sci.2014, 5 (8), 3064–3071. https://doi.org/10.1039/C4SC00453A.

Gupta, R.; Taguchi, T.; Borovik, A. S.; Hendrich, M. P. Characterization of Monomeric Mn II/III/IV –Hydroxo Complexes from X- and Q-Band Dual Mode Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) Spectroscopy. Inorg. Chem.2013, 52 (21), 12568–12575. https://doi.org/10.1021/ic401681r.

Park, Y. J.; Cook, S. A.; Sickerman, N. S.; Sano, Y.; Ziller, J. W.; Borovik, A. S. Heterobimetallic Complexes with M III -(μ-OH)-M II Cores (M III = Fe, Mn, Ga; M II = Ca, Sr, and Ba): Structural, Kinetic, and Redox Properties. Chem. Sci.2013, 4 (2), 717–726. https://doi.org/10.1039/C2SC21400H.

Lacy, D. C.; Park, Y. J.; Ziller, J. W.; Yano, J.; Borovik, A. S. Assembly and Properties of Heterobimetallic Co II/III /Ca II Complexes with Aquo and Hydroxo Ligands. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2012, 134 (42), 17526–17535. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja304525n.

Gupta, R.; Lacy, D. C.; Bominaar, E. L.; Borovik, A. S.; Hendrich, M. P. Electron Paramagnetic Resonance and Mössbauer Spectroscopy and Density Functional Theory Analysis of a High-Spin Fe IV –Oxo Complex. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2012, 134 (23), 9775–9784. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja303224p.

Taguchi, T.; Gupta, R.; Lassalle-Kaiser, B.; Boyce, D. W.; Yachandra, V. K.; Tolman, W. B.; Yano, J.; Hendrich, M. P.; Borovik, A. S. Preparation and Properties of a Monomeric High-Spin Mn V –Oxo Complex. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2012, 134 (4), 1996–1999. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja210957u.

Ng, G. K.-Y.; Ziller, J. W.; Borovik, A. S. Structural Diversity in Metal Complexes with a Dinucleating Ligand Containing Carboxyamidopyridyl Groups. Inorg. Chem.2011, 50 (17), 7922–7924. https://doi.org/10.1021/ic200881t.

Park, Y. J.; Ziller, J. W.; Borovik, A. S. The Effects of Redox-Inactive Metal Ions on the Activation of Dioxygen: Isolation and Characterization of a Heterobimetallic Complex Containing a Mn III –(μ-OH)–Ca II Core. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2011, 133 (24), 9258–9261. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja203458d.

Shook, R. L.; Peterson, S. M.; Greaves, J.; Moore, C.; Rheingold, A. L.; Borovik, A. S. Catalytic Reduction of Dioxygen to Water with a Monomeric Manganese Complex at Room Temperature. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2011, 133 (15), 5810–5817. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja106564a.

Borovik, A. S. Role of Metal–Oxo Complexes in the Cleavage of C–H Bonds. Chem. Soc. Rev.2011, 40 (4), 1870. https://doi.org/10.1039/c0cs00165a.

Lacy, D. C.; Gupta, R.; Stone, K. L.; Greaves, J.; Ziller, J. W.; Hendrich, M. P.; Borovik, A. S. Formation, Structure, and EPR Detection of a High Spin Fe IV -Oxo Species Derived from Either an Fe III —Oxo or Fe III —OH Complex. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2010, 132 (35), 12188–12190. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja1047818.

Shook, R. L.; Borovik, A. S. Role of the Secondary Coordination Sphere in Metal-Mediated Dioxygen Activation. Inorg. Chem.2010, 49 (8), 3646–3660. https://doi.org/10.1021/ic901550k.

Park, Y. J.; Sickerman, N. S.; Ziller, J. W.; Borovik, A. S. Utilizing Tautomerization of 2-Amino-Oxazoline in Hydrogen Bonding Tripodal Ligands. Chem. Commun.2010, 46 (15), 2584. https://doi.org/10.1039/c000160k.

Parsell, T. H.; Yang, M.-Y.; Borovik, A. S. C−H Bond Cleavage with Reductants: Re-Investigating the Reactivity of Monomeric Mn III/IV −Oxo Complexes and the Role of Oxo Ligand Basicity. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2009, 131 (8), 2762–2763. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja8100825.

Stone, K. L.; Borovik, A. Lessons from Nature: Unraveling Biological CH Bond Activation. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology2009, 13 (1), 114–118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.02.008.

Shook, R. L.; Gunderson, W. A.; Greaves, J.; Ziller, J. W.; Hendrich, M. P.; Borovik, A. S. A Monomeric Mn III −Peroxo Complex Derived Directly from Dioxygen. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130 (28), 8888–8889. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja802775e.

Shook, R. L.; Borovik, A. S. The Effects of Hydrogen Bonds on Metal-Mediated O2 Activation and Related Processes. Chem. Commun. 2008, No. 46, 6095. https://doi.org/10.1039/b810957e.