• Relativistic Effects on a Metal-Metal Bond: Osmium Corrole Dimers 

      Alemayehu, Abraham; McCormick, Laura J; Vazquez Lima, Hugo; Ghosh, Abhik (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-07)
      A series of metal–metal bonded osmium corrole dimers, {Os[TpXPC]}2, were synthesized in reasonably good yields (35–46%) via the interaction of the corresponding free-base meso-tris(p-X-phenyl)corroles (H3[TpXPC], X = CF3, H, CH3, and OCH3), Os3(CO)12, and potassium carbonate in 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene under an inert atmosphere at 180 °C over several hours. The complexes are only the second class of ...
    • Stepwise Deoxygenation of Nitrite as a Route to Two Families of Ruthenium Corroles: Group 8 Periodic Trends and Relativistic Effects 

      Alemayehu, Abraham; Vazquez Lima, Hugo; Gagnon, Kevin J.; Ghosh, Abhik (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-04-19)
      Given the many applications of ruthenium porphyrins, the rarity of ruthenium corroles and the underdeveloped state of their chemistry are clearly indicative of an area ripe for significant breakthroughs. The tendency of ruthenium corroles to form unreactive metal–metal-bonded dimers has been recognized as a key impediment in this area. Herein, by exposing free-base meso-tris(p-X-phenyl)corroles, ...
    • Structure-sensitive marker bands of metallocorroles: A resonance Raman study of manganese and gold corrole derivatives 

      Terner, James; Kolle Ekaney, Thomas; Vazquez Lima, Hugo; Ghosh, Abhik (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-03-03)
      Soret-excited resonance Raman spectra (λ<sub>ex</sub> 413.1 nm) were acquired for manganese(III) and gold(III) tris(pentafluorophenyl)corrole, each as four different isotopomeric samples: natural abundance, fully pyrrole-<sup>15</sup>N-substituted, fully meso<sup>13</sup>C-substituted, and fully pyrrole-<sup>15</sup>N-meso<sup>13</sup>C-substituted. The spectra were modeled with density functional ...