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Recent Publications
Muon Spin Resonance Spectroscopy
Organosilicon compounds meet subatomic physics: Muon spin resonance
R. West,
P. W. Percival
Dalton Trans. 2010, 39,
9209. DOI:10.1039/c0dt00188k
A Silyl Radical formed
by Muonium Addition to a Silylene
A. Mitra, J.-C. Brodovitch, C. Krempner, P. W. Percival, P. Vyas,
R. West
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 2893. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201000166
Silylenes and Germylenes
Inorganic chemistry: Two-armed
silicon
R. West
Nature 2012, 485, 49.
DOI: 10.1038/485049a
Synthesis and characterization
of three new thermally stable N-heterocyclic germylenes
A. C. Tomasik, N. J. Hill, R. West
J. Organomet. Chem. 2009, 694, 2122. DOI:10.1016/j.jorganchem.2008.12.042
Synthesis and Reactivity of
Three New N-Heterocyclic Silylenes
A. C. Tomasik, A. Mitra,
R. West
Organometallics 2009, 28, 378. DOI:10.1021/om8006147
The Surprising Reactions of 1,3-Di-tert-butyl-2,2-dichloro-1,3-diaza-2-germa-4-cyclopentene
R. West, D. F. Moser, I. A. Guzei, G.-H.
Lee, A. Naka, W. Li, A. V. Zabula, S. S. Bukalov,
L. A. Leites
Organometallics 2006, 25, 2709. DOI:10.1021/om050860u
[Bis(trimethylsilyl)amido-κN]{tert-butyl[(E)-2-(tert-butylimino)ethyl]amido-κ2N,N'}tin(II),
a key intermediate in the synthesis of
1,3-di-tert-butyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-1,3,2-diazastannole
I. A. Guzei, V. I. Timokhin,
R. West
Acta Crystallogr.
2006, C62, m90-m92. DOI:10.1107/S0108270106001697
Formation
of Disilanes in the Reaction of Stable Silylenes with Halocarbons
D. F. Moser, A. Naka, I. A. Guzei, T. Müller, R. West
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127,
14730. DOI: 10.1021/ja052584g
Reactions of Stable Silylenes with Organic Azides
N. J. Hill, D. F. Moser, I. A. Guzei, R. West
Organometallics 2005, 24, 3346. DOI: 10.1021/om0502483
Recent
developments in the chemistry of stable silylenes
N. J. Hill, R. West
J. Organomet. Chem. 2004, 689, 4165. DOI:10.1016/j.jorganchem.2004.09.012
Radical Reactions of a Stable
N-Heterocyclic Silylene: EPR Study and DFT
Calculations
B. Tumanskii, P. Pine, Y. Apeloig,
N. J. Hill, R. West
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126,
7786. DOI: 10.1021/ja049114r
The Raman Spectrum and Aromatic Stabilization in a
Cyclic Germylene
L. A. Leites, S. S. Bukalov, A. V.
Zabula, I. A. Garbuzova, D. F. Moser, R. West
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 4114. DOI: 10.1021/ja0317877
Bis[bis(trimethylsilyl)amino]silylene, an Unstable Divalent Silicon Compound
G-H. Lee, R. West, T. Müller
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 8114. DOI: 10.1021/ja035374h
Evaluation of a Silylene Divalent Lanthanide Interaction in the
Metallocene Complex (C5Me5)2Sm[SiNtBuCHCHNtBu]
W. J. Evans, J. M. Perotti, J. W. Ziller, D. F. Moser, R. West
Organometallics 2003, 22, 1160. DOI: 10.1021/om0208422
Halophilic Reactions of a Stable Silylene with Chloro and Bromocarbons
D. F.
Moser, T. Bosse, J. Olson, J. L Moser, I. A. Guzei, R. West,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 4186. DOI: 10.1021/ja012389b
Electronic
and Steric Properties of Stable Silylene Ligands in Metal(0) Carbonyl Complexes
M. Haaf, T. A. Schmedake, B.J.
Paradise, A. Millevolte, D. R. Powell, R. West,
J. Organomet.
Chem. 2001, 636, 17. DOI:10.1016/S0022-328X(01)00765-3
Stable
Silylenes,
M. Haaf, T. A. Schmedake,
R. West,
Acc. Chem. Res. 2000, 33, 704. DOI: 10.1021/ar950192g
Siloles, Germoles, Silafluorenes and Germafluorenes
The
Nature of the Silicon-Oxygen Bond
F. Weinhold, R. West
Organometallics 2011, 21, 5815. DOI: 10.1021/om200675d
Silylene and germylene intermediates in the
reactions of silole and germole
dianions with N,N'-di-tert-butylethylenediimine
I. S. Toulokhonova,
V. I. Timokhin, D. N. Bunck,
I. Guzei, R. West,T.
Muller
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem.
2008, 14, 2344. DOI:10.1002/ejic.200800083
Novel
aromatic species containing group 14 atoms
R. West
Pure Appl. Chem. 2008, 80, 563. DOI:10.1351/pac200880030563
Unexpected
synthesis of a naphthylsilole
V. I. Timokhin, I. A. Guzei,
R. West
Silicon Chem. 2007, 3,
239. DOI:10.1007/s11201-006-9025-4
A
Stable, Highly Fluorescent Vinylogous β-Diketonate Silicon Complex
Y. Liu, S. A. Steiner III; C. W. Spahn, I. A. Guzei, R. West
Organometallics 2007, 26, 1306. DOI:10.1021/om061163k
An
unusual reaction of 1,1-dilithio-2,3,4,5-tetraphenyl-1-silacyclopentadiene
with diphenylcyclopropenone: synthesis of
1,4-Bis(trimethylsiloxy)-2,3,5,6-tetraphenylbenzene
V. I. Timokhin, I. A. Guzei,
R. West
Silicon Chem. 2006, 3,
75. DOI:10.1007/s11201-005-9004-1
Unusual
reaction of 1,1-dilithio-2,3,4,5-tetraphenylsilole with 1,3-dienes yielding
spirosilanes and elemental lithium
I. S. Toulokhonova, D. R. Friedrichsen,
N. J. Hill, T. Muller, R. West
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 2578. DOI: 10.1002/anie.200503362
Synthesis
and photophysical properties of novel fluorescent
silicones
I. Toulokhonova, B. Bjerke-Kroll,
R. West
J. Organomet.
Chem. 2003, 686, 101. DOI: 10.1016/S0022-328X(03)00672-7
A Disilapentalene and a Stable Diradical
from the Reaction of a Dilithiosilole with a Dichlorocyclopropene
I. Toulokhonova, T. C. Stringfellow,
S. A. Ivanov, A. Masunov
and R. West
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 5763. DOI:10.1021/ja020763h
Chemistry
of the Aromatic 9-Germafluorene Dianion and some Related Silicon and Carbon
Species
Y. Liu, D. Ballweg, T. Mueller, I. A. Guzei, R. W. Clark, R. West
J. Am Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 12174. DOI: 10.1021/ja020267t
Structure and Chemistry of 1-silafluorene Dianion,
its Derivatives and an Organosilicon Diradical Dianion
Y. Liu, T. C. Stringfellow, D. Ballweg, I. A. Guzei, R. West
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 49. DOI: 10.1021/ja011821m
Reductive Coupling of Carbonyl Compounds Using Silole Dianions
Y. Liu, D. M. Ballweg,
R. West
Organometallics
2001, 20, 5769. DOI:10.1021/om0106837
Multiple Bonds
A Bis(silaselenone) with Two
Donor-Stabilized Si:Se Bonds from an Unexpected Stereoconvergent Hydrolysis of a Diselenadisiletane
A. Mitra, J. P. Wojcik, D. Lecoanet, T. Muller,R. West
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 4069. DOI: 10.1002/anie.200806389
Synthesis of a Silene
from 1,1-Dilithiosilole and 2-Adamantanone
I. S. Toulokhonova, I. A. Guzei,
R. West
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126,
5336. DOI: 10.1021/ja0318176
Conformational polymorphism of solid tetramesityldisilene Mes2Si=SiMes2
(Raman, UV-vis, IR and fluorescence study)
L. A. Leites, S. S. Bukalov,
J. E. Mangette, T. A. Schmedake,
R. West
Spectrochim. Acta Part
A 2003, 59, 1975. DOI: 10.1016/S1386-1425(03)00004-0
Multiple Bonds to Silicon: Twenty Years
Later
R. West
Polyhedron, 2002, 21, 467. DOI: 10.1016/S0277-5387(01)01017-8
Chemical
Shielding Tensors for a Silicon-Carbon Double Bond
J. J. Buffy, R. West, M. Bendikov, Y. Apeloig
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 978. DOI: 10.1021/ja003389
Reduction of Terphenyltrifluorosilanes:C-C Insertion Products and Possible Formation of
a Disilyne, R. Pietschnig
R. West, D. R. Powell
Organometallics
2000, 19, 2724. DOI: 10.1021/om990924z
Polysilanes and Polysiloxanes
Oligo(ethylene glycol)-functionalized disiloxanes
as electrolytes for lithium ion batteries
Z. Zhang, J. Dong, R.
West, K. Amine
J. Power Sources 2010, 195,
6062. DOI:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2009.12.067
Synthesis and characterization of alkylsilane
ethers with oligo(ethylene oxide) substituents for safe electrolytes in lithium-ion
batteries
L. Zhang, L.
Lyons, J. Newhouse, Z. Zhang, M. Straughan, Z. Chen,
K. Khalil, R. J. Hamers,
R. West
J. Materials Chem. 2010, 20, 8224. DOI:10.1039/c0jm01596b.
Silicon-containing carbonates-synthesis, characterization, and
additive effects for silicon-based polymer electrolytes
N. A. A. Rossi, Q.
Wang, K. Amine, R. West
Silicon 2010, 2,
201. DOI: 10.1007/s12633-010-9056-5.
Highly conductive trimethylsilyl oligo(ethylene oxide) electrolytes for energy storage
applications
L .Zhang, Z. Zhang, S. Harring, M. Straughan, R. Butorac, Z.
Chen, L. Lyons, K. Amine, R. West
J. Materials Chem. 2008, 18, 3713. DOI:10.1039/b806290k
Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanofibers
Coupled with Organosilicon Electrolytes:
Electrical Properties of a High-Stability Nanostructured
Electrochemical Interface
K. Y. Tse, L. Zhang, S. E. Baker, B. M. Nichols, R. West, R. J. Hamers
Chem. Mater. 2007, 19,
5734. DOI:10.1021/cm0714842
Synthesis and ionic conductivity of mixed
substituted polysiloxanes with oligoethyleneoxy and cyclic carbonate substituents
Z. Zhang, L. J. Lyons, R. West, K. Amine, R. West
Silicon Chem. 2007, 3,
259. DOI:10.1007/s11201-007-9028-9
Synthesis and Characterization of Tetra- and Trisiloxane-Containing
Oligo(ethylene glycol)s - Highly Conducting
Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries
N. A. A. Rossi, Z.
Zhang, Y. Schneider, K. Morcom, L. J. Lyons, Q.
Wang, K. Amine, Khalil, R. West
Chem. Mater. 2006, 18,
1289. DOI: 10.1021/cm051367b
Synthesis and Ionic Conductivity of Cyclosiloxanes
with Ethyleneoxy-Containing Substituents
Z. Zhang, L. J. Lyons, J. J. Jin, K. Amine, R. West
Chem. Mater. 2005, 17,
5646. DOI: 10.1021/cm050742x
Network-Type Ionic Conductors Based on Oligoethyleneoxy-Functionalized
Pentamethylcyclopentasiloxanes
Z. Zhang, L. J. Lyons,
K. Amine, R. West
Macromolecules 2005, 38, 5714.
DOI: 10.1021/ma050066k
Modification of polymethylhydrogensiloxane
by dehydrocoupling reactions catalyzed by
transition metal complexes: Evidence for the preservation of linear siloxane structure
R. Zhang, Z. Zhang, K.
Amine, R. West
Silicon Chem. 2005, 2,
271. DOI: 10.1007/s11201-005-4059-6
Ion conductive characteristics of cross-linked network polysiloxane-based solid polymer electrolytes
Z. C. Zhang, J. J. Jin, F. Bautista, L. J. Lyons, N. Shariatzadeh,
D. Sherlock, K. Amine, R. West
Solid State Ionics 2004, 170,
233. DOI:10.1016/j.ssi.2004.04.007
Cross-Linked Network Polymer Electrolytes Based on a Polysiloxane
Backbone with Oligo(oxyethylene) Side Chains:
Synthesis and Conductivity
Z. Zhang, D. Sherlock, R. West, R. West, K. J.
Lyons
Macromolecules 2003, 36, 9176. DOI: 10.1021/ma0349276
A New
Theory For Rotational Isomeric States: Polysilanes
Lead The Way
R. West
J. Organomet.
Chem. 2003, 685, 6.DOI:10.1016/S0022-328X(03)00645-4
Excitation dependence of Raman spectra of various polydialkylsilane conformations and sigma-sigma
conjugation
S. S. Bukalov, L. A. Leites, G. I. Magdanurov, R.
West
J. Organomet.
Chem. 2003, 685, 51. DOI: 10.1016/S0022-328X(03)00263-8
Novel Siloxane Polymers
as Solid Polymer Electrolytes for High Energy Density Lithium Batteries
R. Hooper, L. J. Lyons, D. A. Moline, R. West
Silicon Chemistry 2002, 1, 121
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