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2012

C.L.B. Macdonald, R. Bandyopadhyay, B.F.T. Cooper, W.W. Friedl, A.J. Rossini, R.W. Schurko, S.H. Eichhorn, and R.H. Herber, "Experimental and computational insights into the stabilization of lowvalent main group elements using crown ethers and related ligands," J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2012) accepted. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja211135s

2011

R.W. Schurko, "Acquisition of Wideline Solid-State NMR Spectra of Quadrupolar Nuclei", Encyclopedia of Magnetic Resonance, Wiley (2011). http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470034590.emrstm1199

B.E.G. Lucier, A.R. Reidel, R.W. Schurko, "Multinuclear solid-state NMR of square-planar platinum complexes — Cisplatin and related systems," Canadian Journal of Chemistry 89 (2011) 919-937. (Special Issue) http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/v11-033

P.B. Chatterjee, O. Goncharov-Zapata, L.L. Quinn, G. Hou, H. Hamaed, R.W. Schurko, T. Polenova, and D.C. Crans, "Characterization of Noninnocent Metal Complexes Using Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy: o-Dioxolene Vanadium Complexes," Inorg. Chem. 50 (2011) 9794–9803. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ic200046k

B.F.T. Cooper, H. Hamaed, W.W. Friedl, M.R. Stinchcombe, R.W. Schurko, and C.L.B. Macdonald, " “Crowned” Univalent Indium Complexes as Donors? Experimental and Computational Insights on the Valence Isomers of EE’X4 Species," Chemistry - A European Journal 17 (2011) 6148-6161. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201002946

Z.M. Hudson, C. Sun, K.J. Harris, B.E.G. Lucier, R.W. Schurko, and
S. Wang, "Probing the Structural Origins of Vapochromism of a Triarylboron-Functionalized Platinum(II) Acetylide by Optical and Multinuclear Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy," Inorganic Chemistry 50 (2011) 3447-3457. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ic102349h

L.A. O’Dell, R.W. Schurko, K.J. Harris, J. Autschbach, and C.I. Ratcliffe, "Interaction Tensors and Local Dynamics in Common Structural Motifs of Nitrogen: A Solid-state 14N NMR and DFT Study," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133 (2011) 527–546. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja108181y

A.W. MacGregor, L.A. O’Dell, R.W. Schurko, "New Methods for the Acquisition of Ultra-Wideline Solid-State NMR Spectra of Spin-1/2 Nuclides," Journal of Magnetic Resonance 208 (2011) 103-113. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmr.2010.10.011

2010

A.J. Rossini, I. Hung, S.A. Johnson, C. Slebodnick, M. Mensch, P.A. Deck, and R.W. Schurko, "Solid-State 91Zr NMR Spectroscopy Studies of Zirconocene Olefin Polymerization Catalyst Precursors," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132 (2010) 18301–18317. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja107749b

A.J. Rossini, I. Hung and R.W. Schurko, "Solid-State 47/49Ti NMR of Titanocene Chlorides," J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 1 (2010) 2989–2998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jz1012017

A.J. Rossini, H. Hamaed, R.W. Schurko, "The Application of Frequency Swept Pulses for the Acquisition of Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance Spectra," Journal of Magnetic Resonance 206 (2010) 32-40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmr.2010.05.018

J. Autschbach, S. Zheng, R.W. Schurko, "Analysis of electric field gradient tensors at quadrupolar nuclei in common structural motifs," Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part A 36A (2010) 84-126. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cmr.a.20155

B.E.G. Lucier, J.A. Tang, R.W. Schurko, G.A. Bowmaker, P.C. Healy and J.V. Hanna, "Solid-State 65Cu and 31P NMR Spectroscopy of Bis(triphenylphosphine) Copper Species," J. Phys. Chem. C 114 (2010) 7949–7962. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp907477m

R. Bandyopadhyay, B.F.T. Cooper, A.J. Rossini, R.W. Schurko and C.L.B. Macdonald, "Crown ether complexes of tin(II) trifluoromethanesulfonate," J. Organomet. Chem. 695 (2010) 1012–1018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2009.12.023

G.M. Crippen, A. Rousaki, M. Revington, Y. Zhang and E.R.P. Zuiderweg, "SAGA: rapid automatic mainchain NMR assignment for large proteins," Journal of Biomolecular NMR 46 (2010) 281-298.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10858-010-9403-2

H. Hamaed, E. Ye, K. Udachin, R. Schurko, "Solid-State 137Ba NMR Spectroscopy: An Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of 137Ba Electric Field Gradient Tensors and Their Relation to Structure and Symmetry," J. Phys. Chem. B 114 (2010) 6014–6022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp102026m

J.V. Hanna, K.J. Pike, T. Charpentier, T.F. Kemp, M.E. Smith, B.E.G. Lucier, R.W. Schurko, L.S. Cahill, "A 93Nb Solid-State NMR and Density Functional Theory Study of Four- and Six-Coordinate Niobate Systems," Chemistry - A European Journal 16 (2010) 3222-3239. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.200901581

A. Bhattacharya, M. Revington, E.R.P. Zuiderweg, "Measurement and interpretation of 15N–1H residual dipolar couplings in larger proteins," Journal of Magnetic Resonance 230 (2010) 11-28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmr.2009.11.014

L.A. O’Dell, K.J. Harris, R.W. Schurko, "Optimized Excitation Pulses for the Acquisition of Static NMR Powder Patterns from Half-Integer Quadrupolar Nuclei," Journal of Magnetic Resonance 230 (2010) 156-166. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmr.2009.12.016

2009

A. Sutrisno, A.Y.H. Lo, J.A. Tang, J.L. Dutton, G.J. Farrar, P.J. Ragogna, S. Zheng, J. Autschbach, and R.W. Schurko, "Experimental and theoretical investigations of selenium nuclear magnetic shielding tensors in Se–N heterocycles," Can. J. Chem. 87 (2009) 1546–1564. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/V09-100

M.-H. Thibault, B.E.G. Lucier, R.W. Schurko and F.-G. Fontaine, "Synthesis and solid-state characterization of platinum complexes with hexadentate amino- and iminophosphine ligands," Dalton Transactions (2009) 7701–7716. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b907737e

L.A. O'Dell and R.W. Schurko, "Static solid-state 14N NMR and computational studies of nitrogen EFG tensors in some crystalline amino acids," Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 11 (2009) 7069-7077. (Invited Article, Themed Issue) http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b906114b

L.A. O’Dell and R.W. Schurko, "Fast and Simple Acquisition of Solid-State 14N NMR Spectra with Signal Enhancement via Population Transfer," Journal of the American Chemical Society 131 (2009) 6658–6659. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja901278q

H. Hamaed, M. Laschuk, V. Terskikh, R. Schurko, "Application of Solid-State 209Bi NMR to the Structural Characterization of Bismuth-Containing Materials," Journal of the American Chemical Society 131 (2009) 8271–8279. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja901347k

C.M. Widdifield, R.W. Schurko, "Understanding chemical shielding tensors using group theory, MO analysis, and modern density-functional theory," Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part A 34A (2009) 91-123.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cmr.a.20136

J.A. Tang, E. Kogut, D. Norton, A.J. Lough, B.R. McGarvey, U. Fekl and R.W. Schurko, "Impact of Reduction on the Properties of Metal Bisdithiolenes: Multinuclear Solid-State NMR and Structural Studies on Pt(tfd)2 and Its Reduced Forms," J. Phys. Chem. B 113 (2009) 3298–3313. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp807530d

A.J. Rossini, R.W. Mills, G.A. Briscoe, E.L. Norton, S.J. Geier, I. Hung, S. Zheng, J. Autschbach and R.W. Schurko, "Solid-State Chlorine NMR of Group IV Transition Metal Organometallic Complexes," Journal of the American Chemical Society 131 (2009) 3317–3330. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja808390a

L.A. O’Dell, A.J. Rossini, R.W. Schurko, "Acquisition of Ultra-Wideline NMR Spectra from Quadrupolar Nuclei by Frequency Stepped WURST-QCPMG," Chem. Phys. Lett. 468 (2009) 330-335. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2008.12.044

2008

J.A. Tang, L.A. O’Dell, P.M. Aguiar, B.E.G. Lucier, D. Sakellariou, R.W. Schurko, "Application of Static Microcoils and WURST Pulses for Solid-State Ultra-Wideline NMR Spectroscopy of Quadrupolar Nuclei," Chem. Phys. Lett. 466 (2008) 227-234. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2008.10.044

H. Hamaed, A.Y.H. Lo, L.J. May, J.M. Taylor, G.H. Shimizu and R.W. Schurko, "Investigation of Silver-Containing Layered Materials and Their Interactions with Primary Amines using Solid-State 109Ag and 15N NMR Spectroscopy and First Principles Calculations," Inorganic Chemistry 47 (2008) 11245–11256. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ic801549p

L.A. O'Dell and R.W. Schurko, "QCPMG Using Adiabatic Pulses for Faster Acquisition of Ultra-Wideline NMR Spectra," Chem. Phys. Lett. 464 (2008) 97-102. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2008.08.095

H. Hamaed, J.M. Pawlowski, B.F.T. Cooper, R. Fu, S.H. Eichhorn, and R.W. Schurko, "Application of Solid-State 35Cl NMR to the Structural Characterization of Hydrochloride Pharmaceuticals and their Polymorphs," Journal of the American Chemical Society 130 (2008) 11056–11065. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja802486q

J.L. Dutton, A. Sutrisno, R.W. Schurko and P.J. Ragogna, "Synthesis and characterization of cationic selenium–nitrogen heterocycles from tert-butyl-DAB (DAB = 1,4-di-tert-butyl-1,3-diazabutadiene) and SeX4 via the reductive elimination of X2 (X = Cl, Br): a distinct contrast with tellurium," Dalton Transactions (2008) 3470–3477. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b719779a

2007

A.Y.H. Lo, J.V. Hanna and R.W. Schurko, "A Theoretical Study of 51V Electric Field Gradient Tensors in Pyrovanadates and Metavanadates," Appl. Magn. Reson. 32 (2007) 691-708.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00723-007-0045-9

C.M. Widdifield, J.A. Tang, C.L.B. Macdonald, R.W. Schurko, "Investigation of structure and dynamics in the sodium metallocenes CpNa and CpNa·THF via solid-state NMR, X-ray diffraction and computational modelling," Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry 45 (2007) S116-S128. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrc.2124

G.G. Briand, A.D. Smith, G. Schatte, A.J. Rossini and R.W. Schurko, "Probing Lead(II) Bonding Environments in 4-Substituted Pyridine Adducts of (2,6-Me2C6H3S)2Pb: An X-ray Structural and Solid-State 207Pb NMR Study," Inorganic Chemistry 46 (2007) 8625-8637. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ic700738w

J.A. Tang, B.D. Ellis, T.H. Warren, J.V. Hanna, C.L.B. Macdonald, and R.W. Schurko, "Solid-State 63Cu and 65Cu NMR Spectroscopy of Inorganic and Organometallic Copper(I) Complexes," Journal of the American Chemical Society 129 (2007) 13049-13065. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja073238x

A.Y.H. Lo, V. Sudarsan, S.Sivakumar, F. van Veggel, and R.W. Schurko, "Multinuclear Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy of Doped Lanthanum Fluoride Nanoparticles," Journal of the American Chemical Society 129 (2007) 4687-4700. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja068604b

B.O. Skadtchenko, Y.K. Rao, T.F. Kemp, P. Bhattacharya, P.A. Thomas, M. Trudeau, M.E. Smith, D.M. Antonelli, "A Solid-State 17O NMR Study Of Local Order And Crystallinity In Amine-Templated Mesoporous Nb Oxide" Angewandte Chemie International Edition 46 (2007) 2635-2638. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.200604602

2006

E. Kogut, J.A. Tang, A.J. Lough, C.M. Widdifield, R.W. Schurko, U. Fekl, "Neutral High-Potential Nickel Triad Bisdithiolenes: Structure and Solid-State NMR Properties of Pt[S2C2(CF3)2]2," Inorganic Chemistry 45 (2006) 8850-8852. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ic0614972

H. Hamaed, A.Y.H. Lo, D.S. Lee, W.J. Evans, R.W. Schurko, "Solid-State 139La and 15N NMR Spectroscopy of Lanthanum-Containing Metallocenes," Journal of the American Chemical Society 128 (2006) 12638-12639. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja0645180

A.J. Rossini and R.W. Schurko, "Experimental and Theoretical Studies of 45Sc NMR Interactions in Solids," Journal of the American Chemical Society 128 (2006) 10391-10402. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja060477w

A.Y.H. Lo, R.W. Schurko, M.Vettraino, B.O. Skadtchenko, M. Trudeau, D.M. Antonelli, "Solid-state 23Na and 7Li NMR investigations of sodium- and lithium-reduced mesoporous titanium oxides," Inorganic Chemistry 45 (2006) 1828-1838. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ic051654h

J.A. Tang, J.D. Masuda, T.J. Boyle, R.W. Schurko, "Ultra-wideline 27Al NMR investigation of three- and five-coordinate aluminum environments," Chemphyschem 7 (2006) 117-130. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cphc.200500343