Selected Papers and Reviews


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 FeIV-Oxo Complex with Protons and Oxidants” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138 (40), pp 13143–13146


Gupta, R.; Taguchi, T.; Kaiser-Lassalle, B.; Yano, J.; Hendrich, M. P.; Borovik, A. S. "High Spin Mn–Oxo Complexes and their Relevance to the Oxygen Complex within Photosystem II," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci USA 2015, 112 (17), 5265–5266.


Taguchi, T.; Gupta, R.; Lassalle-Kaiser, B.; Boyce, D. W.; Yachandra, V. K.; Tolman, W. B.; Yano, J.; Hendrich, M.; Borovik, A. S. “Preparation and Properties of a Monomeric High-Spin MnV-Oxo Complex,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 1996–1999.

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 MnIII-(μ-ΟΗ)-CaII Core,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 9258–9261.

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, 5810–5817.

MacBeth, C. E.; Golombek, A. P.; Young, V. G. Jr.; Yang, C.; Kuczera, K.; Hendrich, M. P.; Borovik, A. S. “O2 activation by nonheme iron complexes: a monomeric Fe(III)-oxo complex derived from O2,” Science, 2000, 289, 938–941.

Hammes, B. S.; Young, V. G. Jr.; Borovik, A. S. “Hydrogen-Bonding Cavities about Metal Ions: A Redox Pair of Coordinatively Unsaturated Paramagnetic Co-OH Complexes,” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1999, 38, 666–669.

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.

Borovik, A. S. “Role of metal-oxo complexes in the cleavage of C-H bonds,” Chem. Soc. Rev. 2011, 40, 1870–1874.

Shook, R. L.; Borovik, A. S. “Role of the Secondary Coordination Sphere in Metal-Mediated Dioxygen Activation,” Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49, 3646–3660.

Shook, R.; Borovik, A. S. “The effects of hydrogen bonds on metal-mediated O2 activation and related processes,” Chem. Commun. 2008, 6095–6107.

Borovik, A. S. “Bioinspired Hydrogen Bond Motifs in Ligand Design: The Role of Noncovalent Interactions in Metal Ion Mediated Activation of Dioxygen,” Acc. Chem. Res. 2005, 38, 54–61.



Publications

2021

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, 13759–13783.


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. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 2021, 118, e2108648118.


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, 11197-11205.


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, 8111-8119.


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,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 2384-2393.


2020

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 Non-covalent Interactions on High-spin Fe(IV)-oxido Complexes,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 11804-11817.


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, 6000-6009.


2019

Biswas, S.; Lau, N.; Borovik, A. S.; Hendrich, M. P.; Bominaar, E. L. “Analysis of the Puzzling Exchange-Coupling Constant in a Series of Heterobimetallic Complexes,” Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 9150-9160.


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, 11142-11150.


Brazzolotto, D.; Bogart, J. A.; Ross. D. L.; Ziller, J. W.; Borovik, A. S.  “Stabilizing a NiII-aqua complex via intramolecular hydrogen bonds: Synthesis, structure, and redox properties,” Inorganica Chimica Acta 2019, 495, 118960.


2018

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 via 57Fe nuclear resonance vibrational spectroscopy,” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 16010-16014.


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, 13341-13350.


Lau, N.; Sano, Y.; Ziller, J. W.; Borovik, A. S. “Modular Bimetallic Complexes with a Sulfonamido-based Ligand,” Dalton Trans. 2018, 47, 12362-12372.


Cook, S. A.; Bogart, J. A.; Levi, N.; Weitz, A.; Moore, C. E.; Rheingold, A. L.; Ziller, J. W.; Hendrich, M. P.; Borovik, A. S. “Mononuclear Complexes of a Tridentate Redox-Active Ligand with Sulfonamide Groups: Structure, Properties, and Reactivity,” Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 6540-6547.


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, 4413–4416.


Olshansky, L.; Huerta-Lavorie, R.; Nguyen, A. I.; Vallapurackal, J.; Furst, A.; Tilley, T. D.; Borovik, A. S. “Artificial Metalloproteins Containing Co4O4 Active Sites,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140 (8), 2739–2742.


2017

Mann, S. I.; Heinisch, T.; Ward, T. R.; Borovik, A. S. “Peroxide Activation Regulated by Hydrogen Bonds within Artificial Cu Proteins,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139 (48), 17289–17292.


Sano, Y.; Lau, N.; Weitz, A. C.; Ziller, J. W.; Hendrich, M. P.; Borovik, A. S. “Models for Unsymmetrical Active Sites in Metalloproteins: Structural, Redox, and Magnetic Properties of Bimetallic Complexes with MII-(μ-OH)-FeIII Cores,” Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56 (22), 14118–14128.


Jones, J. R.; Ziller, J. W.; Borovik, A. S. “Modulating the Primary and Secondary Coordination Spheres within a Series of CoII—OH Complexes,” Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56 (3), 1112–1120.


Lau, N.; Sano, Y.; Ziller, J. W.; Borovik, A. S. “Terminal NiII−OH/−OH2 complexes in trigonal bipyramidal geometries derived from H2O,” Polyhedron 2017, 125, 179–185.


2016

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 FeIV-Oxo Complex with Protons and Oxidants,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138 (40), 13143–13146.


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.


2015

Cook, S. A.; Borovik, A. S. “Molecular Designs for Controlling the Local Environments around Metal Ions,” Acc. Chem. Res. 2015, 48 (8), 2407–2414.


Cook, S. A.; Hill, E. A.; Borovik, A. S. "Lessons from Nature: A Bio-Inspired Approach to Molecular Design," Biochemistry 2015, 54 (27), 4167–4180.

[Invited Review]


Gupta, R.; Taguchi, T.; Kaiser-Lassalle, B.; Yano, J.; Hendrich, M. P.; Borovik, A. S. "High Spin Mn–Oxo Complexes and their Relevance to the Oxygen Complex within Photosystem II," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci USA 2015, 112 (17), 5319–5324. 


Lau, N.; Ziller, J. W.; Borovik, A. S. “Sulfonamido Tripods: Tuning Redox Potentials via Ligand Modifications,” Polyhedron 2015, 84, 777–782.


2014

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, 11029-11035.


Taguchi, T.; Stone, K.; Gupta, R.; Kaiser-Lassalle, B.; Yano, J.; Hendrich, M. P.; Borovik, A. S. “Preparation and Properties of an MnIV–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, 3064-3071.


Sickerman, N. S.; Peterson, S. M.; Ziller, J. W.; Borovik, A. S. "Synthesis, structure, and reactivity of FeII/III –NH3 complexes bearing a tripodal sulfonamido ligand," Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 2515–2517.  [invited Communication for thematic issue on Small Molecule Activation]


2013

Rolf Mitzner, Jens Rehanek, Jan Kern, Sheraz Gul, Johan Hattne, Taketo Taguchi, Roberto Alonso-Mori, Rosalie Tran, Christian Weniger, Henning Schröder, Wilson Quevedo, Hartawan Laksmono, Raymond G. Sierra, Guangye Han, Benedikt Lassalle-Kaiser, Sergey Koroidov, Katharina Kubicek, Simon Schreck, Kristjan Kunnus, Maria Brzhezinskaya, Alexander Firsov, Michael P. Minitti, Joshua J. Turner, Stefan Moeller, Nicholas K. Sauter, Michael J. Bogan, Dennis Nordlund, William F. Schlotter, Johannes Messinger, A. S. Borovik, Simone Techert, Frank M. F. de Groot, Alexander Föhlisch, Alexei Erko, Uwe Bergmann, Vittal K. Yachandra, Philippe Wernet, Junko Yano "Mn L-edge X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Dilute Systems Relevant to Photosystem II Using a X-ray Free Electron Laser," J. Phys. Chem. Let. 2013, 4, 3641-3647.


Marsh, D. A.; Yan, W.; Liu, Y.; Hemminger, J. C.; Penner, R. M.; Borovik, A. S. "Water Oxidation using a Cobalt Monolayer Prepared by Underpotential Deposition," Langmuir 2013, 29, 14728–14732.


Gupta, R.; Taguchi, T.; Borovik, A.S.; Hendrich, M. P. "Characterization of Monomeric MnII/III/IV Complexes from X- and Q-band Dual Mode EPR Spectroscopy," Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 12568-12575.


Usharani, D.; Lacy, D. C; Borovik, A. S; Shaik, S. "Dichotomous Hydrogen Atom Transfer vs. Proton Coupled Electron Transfer During Activation of X–H Bonds (X = N, O, C) by Non-Heme Iron-Oxo Complexes of Variable Basicity," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 17090–17104.


Sano, Y.; Weitz, A. C.; Ziller, J. W.; Hendrich, M. P.; Borovik, A. S. “Unsymmetrical Bimetallic Complexes with MII–(μ-OH)–MIII Cores (MIIMIII = FeIIFeIII, MnIIFeIII, MnIIMnIII): Structural, Magnetic, and Redox Properties,” Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 10229-10231.


Cook, S.; Borovik, A. S. “Inorganic chemistry: Deconstructing water oxidation,” Nature Chem. 2013, 5, 259–260.  [Invited Contribution]


Park, Y. J.; Cook, S.; Sickerman, N. S.; Sano, Y.; Ziller, J. W.; Borovik, A. S. “Heterobimetallic Complexes with MIII–(μ-OH)–MII Cores (MIII = Fe, Ga, Mn; MII = Ca, Sr and Ba): Structural, Kinetic, and Redox Properties,” Chem. Sci. 2013, 4, 717–726.


Lacy, D. C.; Mukherjee, J.; Lucas, R. L.; Powell, D. R.; Day, V. W.; Borovik, A. S. “Complexes with Varying Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding Networks,” Polyhedron 2013, 44, 261–267.  [Invited Article in Honor of the 100 Year Anniversary Alfred Werner’s Noble Prize]


Sickerman, N. S.; Henry, R. M.; Ziller, J. W.; Borovik, A. S. “Preparation and Structural Properties of InIII–OH Complexes,” Polyhedron 2013, 58, 65–70.  [Invited Article in Honor of Michelle Millar]


2012

Lacy, D. C.; Park, Y. J.; Ziller, J. W.; Yano, J.; Borovik, A. S. “Assembly and Properties of Heterobimetallic CoII/III/CaII Complexes with Aquo and Hydroxo Ligands,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 17526–17535.  [Highlighted in “Editorial for the Virtual Issue on Models of Metalloenzymes” Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 7307–7310, by Tolman, W. B.]


Marsh, D. A.; Szyndler, M. W.; Corn, R. M.; Borovik, A. S. “Preparation of monolithic superparamagnetic nanoparticle–polymer composites using a polymerizable acetylacetonate and magnetite nanoparticles,” Polym. Chem. 2012, 3, 2852–2856.


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 FeIV-Oxo Complex,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 9775–9784.


Sickerman, N. S.; Park, Y. J.; Ng, G. K.-Y.; Bates, J. E.; H. Mark; Ziller, J. W.; Borovik, A. S. “Synthesis, structure, and physical properties for a series of trigonal bipyramidal MII–Cl complexes with intramolecular hydrogen bonds,” Dalton Trans. 2012, 41, 4358–4364.


Ng, G. K.-Y.; Ziller, J. W.; Borovik, A. S. “Preparation and structures of dinuclear complexes containing MII-OH centers,” Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 2546–2548.


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 MnV-Oxo Complex,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 1996–1999.


2011

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, 7922–7924.


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 MnIII–(μ-ΟΗ)–CaII Core,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 9258–9261.


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, 5810–5817.


Borovik, A. S. “Role of metal-oxo complexes in the cleavage of C–H bonds,” Chem. Soc. Rev. 2011, 40, 1870–1874.


2010

Powell-Jia, D. A.; Pham, M. T.-N.; Ziller, J. W.; Borovik, A. S. “Nickel(II) complexes stabilized by bis[N-(6-pivalamido-2-pyridylmethyl)]benzylamine: Synthesis and characterization of complexes stabilized by a hydrogen bonding network,” Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2010, 363, 2728–2733.


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 FeIV-Oxo Species Derived from Either an FeIII-Oxo or FeIII-OH Complex,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 12188–12190.


Shook, R. L.; Borovik, A. S. “Role of the Secondary Coordination Sphere in Metal-Mediated Dioxygen Activation,” Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49, 3646–3660.


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, 2584–2586.


2009

Powell-Jia, D. A.; Ziller, J. W.; Di Pasquale, A. G.; Rheingold, A. L.; Borovik, A. S. “A structure and reactivity analysis of monomeric Ni(II)-hydroxo complexes prepared from water,” Dalton. Trans. 2009, 2986–2992.


Johnson, C.; Ottiger, S.; Pini, R.; Gorman, E. M.; Nguyen, J. G.; Munson, E. J.; Mazzotti, M.; Borovik, A. S.; Subramaniam, B. “Near-stoichiometric O2 binding on metal centers in Co(salen) nanoparticles” AIChE Journal, 2009, 55, 1040–1045.


Parsell, T. H.; Yang, M.-Y.; Borovik, A. S. “C-H Bond Cleavage with Reductants: Re-Investigating the Reactivity of Monomeric MnIII/IV-Oxo Complexes and the Role of Oxo Ligand Basicity,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 2762–2763.


Stone, K. L.; Borovik, A. S. “Lessons from nature: unraveling biological CH bond activation,” Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol. 2009, 13, 114–118.


2008

Shook, R.; Borovik, A. S. “The effects of hydrogen bonds on metal-mediated O2 activation and related processes,” Chem. Commun. 2008, 6095–6107.


Nguyen, J. G.; Johnson, C. A.; Subramaniam, B.; Borovik, A. S. “Nitric Oxide Disproportionation at Mild Temperatures by a Nanoparticulate Cobalt(II) Complex,” Chem. Mater. 2008, 20, 5939–5941.


Johnson C.; Long, B.; Nguyen, J. G.; Day, V. W.; Borovik, A. S.; Subramaniam, B.; Guzman, J. “Correlation between Active Center Structure and Enhanced Dioxygen Binding in Co(salen) Nanoparticles: Characterization by In Situ Infrared, Raman, and X-ray Absorption Spectroscopies,” J. Phys. Chem. C, 2008, 112, 12272–12281.


Shook, R. L.; Gunderson, W. A.; Greaves, J.; Ziller, J. W.; Hendrich, M. P.; Borovik, A. S. “A Monomeric MnIII-Peroxo Complex Derived Directly from Dioxygen,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 8888–8889.


Mukherjee, J.; Lucas, R. L.; Zart, M. K.; Powell, D. R.; Day, V. W.; Borovik, A. S. “Synthesis, Structure and Physical Properties for a Series of Monomeric Iron(III) Hydroxo Complexes with Varying Hydrogen-Bond Networks,” Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 5780–5786.


2007

Zinn, P. J.; Sorrell, T. N.; Powell, D. R.; Day, V. W.; Borovik, A. S. “Acetonitrile Hydration and Ethyl Acetate Hydrolysis by Pyrazolate-Bridged Cobalt(II) Dimers Containing,” Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 10120–10132.


Zart, M. K.; Powell, D.; Borovik, A. S. “Synthesis and structures of dimeric iron(III)-OXo and -imido complexes containing intramolecular hydrogen bonds,” Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2007, 360, 2397–2402.


Lucas, R.; Zart, M. K.; Mukherjee, J.; Sorrell, T. N.; Powell, D. R.; Borovik, A. S. “A Modular Approach toward Regulating the Secondary Coordination Sphere of Metal Ions: Differential Dioxygen Activation Assisted by Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonds [J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 15476–15489],” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 723.


2006

Lucas, R.; Zart, M. K.; Mukherjee, J.; Sorrell, T. N.; Powell, D. R.; Borovik, A. S. “A Modular Approach toward Regulating the Secondary Coordination Sphere of Metal Ions: Differential Dioxygen Activation Assisted by Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonds,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 15476–15489.


Sharma, S.; Kerler, B.; Subramaniam, B.; Borovik, A. S. “Immobilized metal complexes in porous hosts: catalytic oxidation of substituted phenols in CO2 media,” Green Chemistry, 2006, 8, 972–977.


Lieberman, R. L.; Kondapalli, K. C.; Shrestha, D. B.; Hakemian, A. S.; Smith, S. M.; Telser, J.; Kuzelka, J.; Gupta, R.; Borovik, A. S.; Lippard, S. J.; et al “Characterization of the particulate Methane Monooxygenase Metal Centers in Multiple Redox States by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy,” Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45, 8372–8381.


Dey, A.; Hocking, R. K.; Larsen, P.; Borovik, A. S.; Hodgson, K. O.; Hedman, B.; Solomon, D. I. “X-ray Absorption Spectorscopy and Density Functional Theory Studies of [(H3buea)FeIII-X]n– (X = S2–, O2–, OH): Comparison of Bonding and Hydrogen Bonding in Oxo and Sulfido Complexes,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 9825–9833.


Parsell, T. H.; Behan, R. K.; Green, M. T.; Hendrich, M. P.; Borovik, A. S. “Preparation and Properties of a Monomeric MnIV-Oxo Complex,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 8728–8729.


Michell-Koch, J. T.; Padden, K. M.; Borovik, A. S. “Modification of immobilized metal complexes toward the design and synthesis of functional materials for nitric oxide delivery,” J. Poly. Sci. Part A, 2006, 44, 2282–2292.


Zinn, P. J.; Powell, D. R.; Day, V. W.; Hendrich. M. P.; Sorrell, T. N.; Borovik, A. S. “Pyrazolate-Bridging Dinucleating Ligands Containing Hydrogen-Bond Doners: Synthesis and Structure of Their Cobalt Analogues,” Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45, 3484–3486.


2005

Welbes L. L.; Borovik, A. S. “Confinement of metal Complexes within Porous Hosts: Development of Functional Materials for Gas Binding and Catalysis,” Acc. Chem. Res. 2005, 38, 765–774.


Lucas, R. L.; Powell, D. R.; Borovik, A. S. “Preparation of Iron Amido Complexes via Putative Fe(IV) imido Intermediates,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 11596–11597.


Johnson, C. A.; Sharma, S.; Subramaniam, B.; Borovik, A. S. “Nanoparticle Metal Complexes Prepared with Compressed Carbon Dioxide: Correlation of Particle Morphology with Precursor Structure,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 9698–9699.


Borovik, A. S. “Bioinspired Hydrogen Bond Motifs in Ligand Design: The Role of Noncovalent Interactions in Metal Ion Mediated Activation of Dioxygen,” Acc. Chem. Res. 2005, 38, 54–61.


2004

Seitz, M.; Kaiser, A.; Powell, D. R.; Borovik, A. S.; Reiser, O. “Predetermined Helical Chirality in Octahedral Complexes with a Novel Pentadentate C2-Symmetrical Chiral Bis(oxazoline) Ligand,” Adv. Synth. Catal. 2004, 346, 737–741.


Welbes, L. L.; Scarrow, R. C.; Borovik, A. S. “Development of porous materials for heterogeneous catalysis: kinetic resolution of epoxides,” Chem. Commun. 2004, 2544–2545.


Mitchell-Koch, J. T.; Reed, T. M.; Borovik, A. S. “Light-activated transfer of nitric oxide from a porous material,” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 2806–2809.


Larsen, P.; Gupta, R.; Powell, D. R.; Borovik, A. S. “Chalcogens as Terminal Ligands to Iron: Synthesis and Structure of Complexes with FeIII-S and FeIII-Se Motifs,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 6522–6523.


Subat, M.; Borovik, A. S.; König, B. “Synthetic Creatinine Receptor: Imprinting of a Lewis Acidic Zinc(II)cyclen Binding Site to Shape Its Molecular Recognition Selectivity,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 3185–3190.


Kerler, B.; Robinson, R. E.; Borovik, A. S.; Subramaniam, B. “Application of CO2-expanded solvents in heterogeneous catalysis: a case study,” Appl. Catal. B: Environmental, 2004, 49, 91–98.


Borovik, A. S. "A Bio-inspired Approach to Controlling the Primary and Secondary Coordination Sphere of Metal Ions Confined within Porous Materials." Proc. Indian Natn. Sci. Acad. 2004, 70, 2A, 355-366.

[Invited Review]


MacBeth, C. E.; Gupta, R.; Mitchell-Koch, K. R.; Young, V. G., Jr.; Lushington, G. H.; Thompson, W. H.; Hendrich, M. P.; Borovik, A. S. “Utilization of Hydrogen Bonds To Stabilize M-O(H) Units: Synthesis and Properties of Monomeric Iron and Manganese Complexes with Terminal Oxo and Hydroxo Ligands,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 2556–2567.


2003

Gupta, R.; Borovik, A. S. “Monomeric MnII/III and FeIII/II Complexes with Terminal Hydroxo and Oxo Ligands: Probing Reactivity via O-H Bond Dissociation Energies,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 13234–13242.


Mitchell-Koch, J. T.; Borovik, A. S. “Immobilization of a Europium Salen Complex within Porous Organic Hosts: Modulation of Luminescence Properties in Different Chemical Environments,” Chem. Mater. 2003, 3490–3495.


Zart, M. K.; Sorrell, T. N.; Powell, D.; Borovik, A. S. “Development of bio-inspired chelates with hydrogen bond donors: synthesis and structure of monomeric metal acetate complexes with intramolecular hydrogen bonds,” Dalton Trans. 2003, 1986–1992.

[Invited paper from a talk given at Dalton Discussion Session 5: Ligand Design]


Larsen, P. L.; Parolin, T. J.; Powell, D. R.; Hendrich, M. H.; Borovik, A. S. "Hydrogen Bonds Around M(µ-O)2M Rhombs: Stabilizing a {CoIII(µ-O)2CoIII} Complex at Room Temperature." Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2003, 42, 85-89.



2002

MacBeth, C. E.; Larsen, P. L.; Sorrell, T. N.; Powell, D.; Borovik, A. S. “A bidentate ligand with appended hydrogen bond donors: synthesis and structure of four-coordinate metal complexes with bis[(tert-butyl)aminocarbonyl]-1,2-diaminoethane,” Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2002, 341, 77–84.

[Invited Paper for the Special Issue in Honor of Raymond, K. N.]


Gupta, R.; Zhang, Z. H.; Powell, D.; Hendrich, M. P.; Borovik, A. S. “Synthesis and Characterization of Completely Delocalized Mixed-Valent Dicopper Complexes,” Inorg. Chem. 2002, 5100–5106.


Shirin, Z.; Thompson, J.; Liable-Sands, L.; Yap, G. P. A.; Rheingold, A. L.; Borovik, A. S. “C2-Symmetric ligands containing hydrogen bond donors: synthesis and properties of Cu(II) complexes of 2,6-bis[N,N’-(2-carboxamidophenyl)carbamoyl]pyridine,” J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 2002, 1714–1720.


Borovik, A. S. “The use of non-covalent interaction in the assembly of metal/organic supramolecular arrays,” Comments on Inorganic Chemistry, 2002, 23, 45–78.

[Invited Review]


Lucas, R. L.; Powell, D. R.; Borovik, A. S. “Isolation of Monomeric MnIII/II-OH and MnIII-O Complexes from Water: Evaluation of O-H Bond Dissociation Energies,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 1136–1137.


2001

Padden, K. M.; Krebs, J. F.; Trafford, K. T.; Yap, Glenn, P. A.; Rheingold, A. H.; Borovik, A. S.; Scarrow, R. C. “Probing the Structure of Immobilized Metal Sites in Prrous Organic Hosts by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy,” Chem. Mater. 2001, 13, 4305–4313.


MacBeth, C. E.; Hammes, B. S.; Young, V. G. Jr.; Borovik, A. S. “Hydrogen-Bonding Cavities about Metal Ions: Synthesis, Structure, and Physical Properties for a Series of Monomeric M-OH Complexes Derived from Water,” Inorg. Chem. 2001, 4733–4741.


Sharma, A. C.; Joshi, V.; Borovik, A. S. “Surface grafting of cobalt complexes on polymeric supports: evidence for site isolation and applications to reversible dioxygen binding,” J. Poly. Sci., Part A, 2001, 39, 888–897.


Padden, K. M.; Krebs, J. F.; MacBeth, C. E.; Scarrow, R. C.; Borovik, A. S. “Immobilized Metal Complexes in Porous Organic Hosts: Development of a Material for the Selective and Reversible Binding of Nitric Oxide,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 1072–1079.


2000

Sharma, A. C.; Borovik, A. S. “Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of Templated Metal Sites in Porous Organic Hosts: Application to Reversible Dioxygen Binding,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 8946–8955.


MacBeth, C. E.; Golombek, A. P.; Young, V. G. Jr.; Yang, C.; Kuczera, K.; Hendrich, M. P.; Borovik, A. S. “O2 activation by nonheme iron complexes: a monomeric Fe(III)-oxo complex derived from O2,” Science, 2000, 289, 938–941.

[Highlighted at Perspective in “Harnessing the Power of Diatomics” Science, 2000, 289, 882–883, by Thorp, H. H.; at News in “Nature Spurs Design Of Iron-Oxo Complex” Chem. Eng. News, 2000, 78, 11, by Wilson, E.; at Condensation/Commentaries in Chemtrack-Inorganic Chemistry, 2000, 13, 763–769, by Rowland, J. M. and Mascharak, P. K.]


Shirin, Z.; Hammes, B. S.; Young, V. G.; Borovik, A. S. “Hydrogen Bonding in Metal Oxo Complexes: Synthesis and Structure of a Monomeric Manganese(III)-Oxo Complex and Its Hydroxo Analogue,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 1836–1837.

[Highlighted in “Organometallic Chemistry” Chemistry & Industry, 2000, 442, by Burgess, K.]


1999

Yu, Q.; Baroni, T. E.; Borovik, A. S.; Liable-Sands, L.; Yap, G. P. A.; Rheingold, A. L. “Hydrogen bonded antiparallel β-strand motifs promoted by 2,6-bis(carbamoylpeptide)pyridine,” Chem. Commun. 1999, 1467–1468.


Ray, M.; Golombek, A. P.; Hendrich, M. P.; Yap, G. P. A.; Liable-Sands, L. M.; Rheingold, A. L.; Borovik, A. S. “Structure and Magnetic Properties of Trigonal Bipyramidal Iron Nitrosyl Complexes,” Inorg. Chem. 1999, 38, 3110–3115.


Hammes, B. S.; Young, V. G.Jr.; Borovik, A. S. “Hydrogen-Bonding Cavities about Metal Ions: A Redox Pair of Coordinatively Unsaturated Paramagnetic Co-OH Complexes,” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1999, 38, 666–669.


1998

Hammes, B. S.; Ramos-Maldonade, D.; Yap, G. P. A.; Rheingold, A. L.; Young, V. G.; Borovik, A. S. “The use of C3-symmetric tripodal ligands in crystal engineering,” Cood. Chem. Rev. 1998, 174, 241–253.


Yu, Q.; Baroni, T. E.; Liable-Sands, L.; Rheingold, A. L.; Borovik, A. S. “Synthesis and structure of chiral 2,6-bis[(2-carbamoylphenyl)carbamoyl]pyridine ligands,” Tetrahedron Lett. 1998, 39, 6831–6834.


Kawamoto, T.; Hammes, B. S.; Ostrander, R.; Rheingold, A. L.; Borovik, A. S. “Syntheses and Structures of Nickel(II) and Copper(II) Complexes of 2,6-Bis[(2-acetylphenyl)carbamoyl]pyridine: Effects of Molecular Structure on Crystal Lattice Architecture,” Inorg. Chem. 1998, 37, 3424–3427.


Krebs, J. F.; Borovik, A. S. “Dioxygen binding to immobilized Coll complexes in porous organic hosts: evidence for site isolation,” Chem. Commun. 1998, 553–554.


Ray, M.; Hammes, B.; Yap, G. P. A.; Rheingold, A. L.; Borovik, A. S. “Structure and Physical Properties of Trigonal Monopyramidal Iron(II), Cobalt(II), Nickel(II), and Zinc(II) Complexes,” Inorg. Chem. 1998, 37, 1527–1532.


1997

Shirin, Z.; Young, V. G. Jr.; Young, V. G.; Borovik, A. S. “Synthesis and structure of a MnIII(OH) complex generated from dioxygen,” Chem. Commun. 1997, 1967–1968.


Hammes, B. S.; Ramos-Maldonado, D.; Yap, G. P. A.; Liable-Sands, L.; Rheingold, A. L.; Young, V. G. Jr.; Borovik, A. S. “C3-Symmetric Chiral Amidate Complexes: Effects of Ligand Binding on Cavity Structure,” Inorg. Chem. 1997, 36, 3210–3211.


1996

Ray, M.; Golombek, A.; Hendrich, M. P.; Young, V. G. Jr.; Borovik, A. S. “Synthesis and Structure of a Trigonal Monopyramidal Fe(II) Complex and Its Paramagnetic Carbon Monoxide Derivative,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1996, 118, 6084–6085.


Kawamoto, T.; Hammes, B. S.; Haggerty, B.; Yap, G. P. A.; Rheingold, A. L.; Borovik, A. S. “Synthesis and Structure of Helical Supramolecular Arrays,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1996, 118, 285–286.


1995

Krebs, J. F.; Borovik, A. S. “Metallo-Network Polymers: Reversible CO Binding to an Immobilized Copper(I) Complex,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1995, 117, 10593–10594.


Ray, M.; Yap, G. P. A.; Rheingold, A. L.; Borovik, A. S. “Synthesis and characterization of a trigonal monopyramidal nickel(II) complex,” J.  Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1995, 1777–1778.


Kawamoto, T.; Prakash, O.; Ostrander, R.; Rheingold, A. L.; Borovik, A. S. “Metallohelices: Effects of Weak Interactions on Helical Morphology,” Inorg. Chem. 1995, 34, 4294–4295.


Pre-Independent Research Career

Borovik, A. S.; DuBois, J.; Raymond, K. N. "Metal Oxo Cation Receptors: Multi-Mode Coordination to the Dioxoosmium Cation," Angew.Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 1995, 34, 1359.


Borovik, A. S.; Dewey, T. N.; Raymond, K. N. "Amidate Ligands for the Oxovanadium Cation: Design, Synthesis, Structure, and Spectroscopic and Electrochemical Properties," Inorg. Chem. 1993, 32, 413.


Borovik, A. S.; Hendrich, M. P.; Holman, T. R.; Münck, E.; Papaefthymiou, V.; Que, L., Jr. "Models for Diferrous Forms of Iron-Oxo Proteins.  Structure and Properties of [Fe2BPMP(O2CR)2] BPh4 Complexes," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1990, 112, 6031.


Borovik, A. S.; Que, L., Jr.; Papaefthymiou, V.; Taylor, L.; Anderson, O. "Models for Iron-Oxo Proteins.  Structure and Properties of Fe(III)Fe(II), Fe(III)Zn(II); and Ga(III)Fe(II) Complexes with (µ-Phenoxo)Di(µ-Carboxylato)Dimetal Cores," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1989, 111, 6183.


Borovik, A. S.; Que, L., Jr. "Models for the Fe(II)Fe(III) and Fe(II)Fe(II) Forms of Iron-Oxo Proteins,"  J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1988, 110, 2345.


Borovik, A. S.; Que, L., Jr.; Papaefthymiou, V.; Münck, E.; Taylor, L.; Anderson, O. "Heterobimetallic Complexes with (µ-Phenoxo)Di(µ-Carboxylato) Cores," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1988, 110, 1986.


Borovik, A. S.; Murch, B. P.; Que, L., Jr.; Papaefthymiou., V.; Münck, E.; "Models for Iron-Oxo Proteins: A Mixed-Valence Iron(II)-Iron(III) Complex,"  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1987, 109, 7190


Sorrell, T. N; Borovik, A. S. "Synthesis, Structure, and Spectroscopic Properties of an Unusual Copper(I) Dimer Having Imidazole Ligands. A Model for the Carbonyl Derivative of Hemocyanin and Implications for the Structure of Deoxyhemocyanin," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1987, 109, 4255.


Sorrell, T. N; Borovik, A. S. "Absorption, Emission, and Photophysical Properties of Copper(I) Pyrazole Complexes and Their Carbonyl Adducts," Inorg. Chem. 1987, 26, 1957.


Sorrell, T. N; Borovik, A. S.; Caswell, D. S.; Grygon, C.; Spiro, T. G. "Ultraviolet Absorption and Resonance Raman Spectra of Copper(I) Complexes," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1986, 108, 5636.


Sorrell, T. N; Borovik, A. S. "Luminescence Behavior of Copper(I)-Imidazole Complexes. A Spectroscopic Model for the Carbonyl Derivative of Hemocyanin," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1986, 108, 2479.


Sorrell, T. N; Borovik, A. S.; Shen, C.-C. "Synthesis of New Tripod Ligands Providing a Phenolate Donor.  Structure of a Stable Monomeric Copper(I) Complex," Inorg. Chem. 1986, 25, 589.


Sorrell, T. N; Borovik, A. S. "Synthesis of a Phenoxy-Bridged Copper(I) Dimer and its Reaction with Dioxygen: Implications for the Reversible Binding of O2 by Hemocyanin," J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Comm. 1984, 1489.



Books

Cook, S. A.; Lacy, D. L.; Borovik, A. S. "Metal–Oxo Complexes in Unusual Spin States," Spin states in Biochemistry and Inorganic Chemistry: Influence on Structure and Reactivity; Swart, M.; Costas, M., Ed. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim. 2015, 000–000.


Nguyen, J. G.; Johnson, C. A.; Sharma, S.; Subramaniam, B.; Borovik, A. S. “Green Methods for Processing and Utilizing Metal Complexes,” ACS Symposium Series, Hutchenson, K. W., Ed., American Chemical Society, Washington, DC. Chapter 15, 2009, 1006, 274–289.


Borovik, A. S.; Zinn, P. J.; Zart, M. K. “Dioxygen Binding and Activation: Reactive Intermediates,” Activation of Small Molecules: Organometallic and Bioinorganic Perspectives, Tolman, W. B., Ed., Ailey Publishing, Indianapolis, IN. Chapter 6, 2006, 187–229.

[Invited book chapter]


Krebs, J. F.; Borovik, A. S. “Designing Metal Complexes in Porous Organic Hosts,” ACS Symposium Series, Hutchenson, K. W., Ed., American Chemical Society, Washington, DC. Chapter 11, 1998, 703, 159–169.


Borovik, A. S. "Characterizations of Metal Ions in Biological Systems.", Evolutionary Aspects of Heavy Metal Tolerance, Shaw, J. A., Ed., CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL. Chapter 1, 1990, 3-5.



Patents

Subramaniam, B.; Borovik, A. S.; Johnson, C. A. "Oxygen binding of nanoparticulate metal complexes." U.S. Pat. Appl. Publ. 2010, US 20100089236 A1 20100415.


Subramaniam, B.; Borovik, A. S.; Johnson, C.; Sharma, S. “Method for producing nanoparticulate metal complexes and altering nanoparticle morphology,” PCT Int. Appl. 2006, WO 2006133354 A2 20061214.


Borovik, A. S.; Sharma, A.; Krebs, J. "Metal complexes immobilized organic in porous organic hosts." U.S. Pat. Appl. Publ. 2002, US 6344492 B1 20020205.