James D. Blakemore

Nilles, C.K., Borkowski, A.K., Bartlett, E.R., Stalcup. M.A., Lee, H.-J., Leonard, K.C., Subramaniam, B., Thompson, W.H., and Blakemore, J.D. Mechanistic Basis of Conductivity in Carbon Dioxide-Expanded Electrolytes: A Joint Experimental-Theoretical Study. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, 146, 2398-2410. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c08145

Balduf, T., Blakemore, J.D., and Caricato, M. Computational Insights into the Influence of Ligands on Hydrogen Generation with [Cp*Rh] Hydrides. J. Phys. Chem. A 2023, 127, 6020-031. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c02550

Dopp, C.M., Golwankar, R.R., Kelsey, S.R., Douglas, J.T., Erickson, A.N., Oliver, A.G., Day, C.S., Day, V.W., and Blakemore, J.D. Vanadyl as a Spectroscopic Probe of Tunable Ligand Donor Strength in Bimetallic Complexes. Inorg. Chem. 2023, 62, 25, 9827-9843.  DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c00724

Mikeska, E.R., and Blakemore, J.D., Evidence for Reactivity of Decamethylcobaltocene with Dichloromethane. Organometallics 2023 Article ASAP. DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.3c00176

Henke, W.C., Peng, Y., Meier, A.A., Fujita, E., Grills, D.C., Polyansky, D.E., and Blakemore, J.D. Mechanistic roles of metal- and ligand-protonated species in hydrogen evolution with [Cp*Rh] complexes. PNAS 120 (21) e2217189120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2217189120

Golwankar, R.R., Curry II, T.D., Paranjothi, C.J., and Blakemore, J.D. Molecular Influences on the Quantification of Lewis Acidity with Phosphine Oxide Probes. Inorg. Chem. 2023, 62, 25, 9765-9780. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c00084

Stalcup, M.A., Nilles, C.K., Subramaniam, B., Blakemore, J.D., and Leonard, K.C. Distinguishing the mechanism of electrochemical carboxylation in CO2 eXpanded Electrolytes. Chem. Commun., 2023, 59, 5713. DOI:10.1039/d2cc06560f

Henke, W.C., Stiel, J.P., Day, V.W., and Blakemore, J.D.* Evidence for Charge Delocalization in Diazafluorene Ligands Supporting Low-Valent [Cp*Rh] Complexes, Chem. – Chem. Eur. J.  2022, 28, e202103970, doi: 10.1002/chem.202103970

Comadoll, C.G., Henke, W.C., Hopkins Leseberg, J.A., Douglas, J.T., Oliver, A.G., Day, V.W., and Blakemore, J.D.* Examining the Modular Synthesis of [Cp*Rh] Monohydrides Supported by Chelating Diphosphine Ligands, Organometallics 2021, 40, 3808–3818, doi: 10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00525

Kumar, A., Barr, J.L., Cruz, C.A., and Blakemore, J.D.,* Heterobimetallic [Ti,Al] Complexes: Divergent Synthesis, Redox Properties, and Ethylene Polymerization Catalysis, Organometallics 2021, 40, 2139-2148, doi: 10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00282

Kelsey, S.R., Kumar, A., Oliver, A.G., Day, V.W., and Blakemore, J.D.* Promotion and Tuning of the Electrochemical Reduction of Hetero- and Homobimetallic Zinc Complexes, ChemElectroChem 2021, 8, 2792-2802, doi: 10.1002/celc.202100358

Hopkins Leseberg, J.A., Lionetti, D., Day, V.W., and Blakemore, J.D.* Electrochemical Kinetic Study of [Cp*Rh] Complexes Supported by Bis(2-pyridyl)methane Ligands, Organometallics 2021, 40, 266-277, doi: 10.1021/acs.organomet.0c00747

Kumar, A. and Blakemore, J.D.* On the Use of Aqueous Metal-Aqua pKa Values as a Descriptor of Lewis Acidity, Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60, 1107-1115 doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c03239

Sconyers, D.J., Shaughnessy, C.I., Lee, H.-J., Subramaniam, B.,* Leonard, K.C.,* and Blakemore, J.D.* Enhancing Molecular Electrocatalysis of CO2 Reduction with Pressure-Tunable CO2-Expanded Electrolytes ChemSusChem 2020, 13, 6338-6345, doi: 10.1002/cssc.202000390

Kumar, A., Lionetti, D., Day, V.W., and Blakemore, J.D.*Redox-Inactive Metal Cations Modulate the Reduction Potential of the Uranyl Ion in Macrocyclic Complexes, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 3032-3041, doi: 10.1021/jacs.9b11903

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