75. Maar, R.R.; Catingan, S.D.; Staroverov, V.N.;  Gilroy, J.B.* Formazanate Complexes of Hypervalent Group-14 Elements as Precursors to Electronically Stabilized Radicals. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 9870-9874link
 
 
103. Dhindsa, J.S.; Cotterill, E.; Buguis, F.; Anghel, M.; Boyle, P.D.;  Gilroy, J.B.* Blending the Optical and Redox Properties of Oligoynes and Boron Difluoride Formazanates. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202208502link
 
 
*Invited Concept Article.
 
 
74. Dhindsa, J.S.; Maar, R.R.; Barbon, S.M.; Olivia Aviles, M.; Powell, Z.K.; Lagugne-Labarthet, F.;  Gilroy, J.B.* A pi-Conjugated Inorganic Polymer Contructed from Boron Difluoride Formazanates and Platinum(II) Diynes. Chem. Commun. 2018,54, 6899-6902link
 
 

Publications

Recent Publications

 
2019
65. Barbon, S.M.; Novoa, S.; Bender, D.; Groom, H.; Luyt, L.G.*; Gilroy, J.B.* Copper-Assisted Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition Chemistry as a Tool for the Production of Emissive Boron Difluoride 3-Cyanoformazanates. Org. Chem. Front. 2017, 4, 178-190link
 
 
64. Colomba, A.; Biesinger, M.C.; Divigalpitiya, R.; Brandys, F.A.; Gilroy, J.B.* Dye Rejection Membranes Prepared from Oxidized Graphite Particles. Can. J. Chem. 2017, 95, 1103-1109link
 
 
*Invited contribution to special issue in honour of the career of Prof. T.K. Sham.
 
 
66. Paquette, J.A.; Rabiee Kenaree, A.; Gilroy, J.B.* Metal-Containing Polymers Bearing Pendant Nickel(II) Complexes of Goedken's Macrocycle. Polym. Chem. 2017, 8, 2164-2172link
 
 
67. Rabiee Kenaree, A.; Gilroy, J.B.* A Phosphine-Based Heterotrimetallic (M = Fe, Ru, W) Homopolymer. Organometallics 2017,36, 2483-2486link
 
 
*Invited contribution to special issue: Tailoring the Optoelectronic Properties of Organometallic Compounds with Main Group Elements.
 
 
71. Barbon, S.M.; Staroverov, V.N.; Gilroy, J.B.* Structurally Diverse Boron-Nitrogen Heterocycles from an (N2O2)3- Formazanate Ligand. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 8173-8177link
 
 
68. Novoa, S.; Gilroy, J.B.* (Co)polymers Containing Boron Difluoride 3-Cyanoformazanate Complexes: Emission Enhancement via Random Copolymerization. Polym. Chem. 2017, 8, 5388-5395link
 
 
69. Barbon, S.M.; Buddingh, J.V.; Maar, R.R.; Gilroy, J.B.* Boron Difluoride Adducts of a Flexidentate Pyridine-Substituted Formazanate Ligand: Property Modulation via Protonation and Coordination Chemistry. Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56, 12003-12011link
 
 
70. Maar, R.R.; Rabiee Kenaree, A.; Zhang, R.; Tao, Y.; Katzman, B. D.; Staroverov, V.N.; Ding, Z.; Gilroy, J.B.* Aluminum Complexes of (N2O2)3- Formazanate Ligands Supported by Phosphine Oxide Donors. Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56, 12436-12447link
 
 
2017
72. Hesari, M.; Barbon, S.M.; Mendes, R.B.; Staroverov, V.N.; Ding, Z.*; Gilroy, J.B.* Structural Tuning of Boron Difluoride Formazanate Electrochemiluminescence Mediated by Tri-n-propylamine. J. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122, 1258-1266link
 
 
73. Maar, R.R.; Gilroy, J.B.* Group 13 Complexes of Chelating (N2O2)n- Ligands as Hybrid Molecular Materials. Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 12449-12457link
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
*Invited contribution to Emerging Investigators Issue 2018
76. Charlton, G.D.; Barbon, S.M.; Gilroy, J.B.*; Dyker, C.A.* A Bipolar Verdazyl Radical for a Symmetric All-Organic Redox Flow-Type Battery. J. Energy Chem. 2019, 34, 52-56link
 
 
2018
77. Wang, Z.; Paquette, J.A.; Staroverov, V.N.; Gilroy, J.B.*; Sham, T.-K.* X-Ray Absorption Near-Edge Structure Spectroscopy of a Stable 6-Oxoverdazyl Radical and Its Diamagnetic Precursor. J. Phys. Chem. A 2019, 123, 323-328link
 
 
79. Farhadpour, B.; Guo, J.; Hairsine, D.W.; Gilroy, J.B.; Baines, K.M.* On the Primary Structure of Polysilenes and Polygermenes. Polym. Chem. 2019, 10, 4887-4894link
 
 
82. Maar, R.R.; Zhang, R.; Stephens, D.G.; Ding, Z.*; Gilroy, J.B.* Near-Infrared Photoluminescence and Electrochemiluminescence from a Remarkably Simple Boron Difluoride Formazante Dye. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 1052-1056link
 
 
80. Cappello, D.; Therien, D.A.B.; Staroverov, V.N.; Lagugne-Labarthet, F.; Gilroy, J.B.* Optoelectronic, Aggregation, and Redox Properties of Double-Rotor Boron Difluoride Hydrazone Dyes. Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 5994-6006link
 
 
*Featured as an Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. spotlight article.
81. Maar, R.R.; Hoffman, N.A.; Staroverov, V.N.; Gilroy, J.B.* Oxoborane Formation Turns on Formazanate-Based Photoluminescence. Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 11015-11019link
 
 
78. Van Belois, A.; Maar, R.R.; Workentin, M.S.*; Gilroy, J.B.* Dialkynylborane Complexes of Formazanate Ligands: Synthesis, Electronic Properties, and Reactivity. Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 834-843link
 
 
83. Melenbacher, A.; Dhindsa, J.S.; Gilroy, J.B.*; Stillman, M.J.* Unveiling the Hidden, Dark, and Short Lifetime of a Vibronic State in a Boron Difluoride Formazanate Dye. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 15339-15343link
 
 
2020
86. Dhindsa, J.S.; Melenbacher, A.; Barbon, S.M.; Stillman, M.J.; Gilroy, J.B.* Altering the Optoelectronic Properties of Boron Difluoride Formazanate Dyes via Conjugation with Platinum(II)-Acetylides. Dalton Trans. 2020, 49, 16133-16142link
 
 
*Invited contribution to special issue: New Talent: Americas 2020.
 
 
*Highlighted by Advances in Engineering.
85. Anghel, M.; Magnan, F.; Catingan, S.D.; McCready, M.A.; Aawani, E.; Wong, V.; Singh, D.; Fanchini, G.*; Gilroy, J.B.*Redox Polymers Incorporating Pendant 6-Oxoverdazyl and Nitronyl Nitroxide Radicals. J. Polym. Sci. 2020, 58, 309-313link
 
 
89. Gilroy, J.B.*; Otten, E.* Formazanate Coordination Compounds: Synthesis, Reactivity, and Applications. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2020, 49, 85-113link
 
 
*Invited review, featured on back cover.
88. Cappello, D.; Maar, R.R.; Staroverov, V.N.; Gilroy, J.B.* Optoelectronic Properties of Carbon-Bound Boron Difluoride Hydrazone Dimers. Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 5522-5529link
 
 
87. Koenig, J.D.B.; Farahat, M.E.; Dhindsa, J.S.; Gilroy, J.B.*; Welch, G.C.* Near-IR Absorption and Photocurrent Generation Using a First-of-its-Kind Boron Difluoride Formazanate Non-Fullerene Acceptor. Mater. Chem. Front. 2020, 4, 1643-1647link
 
 
*Featured in 'Organic Electronics' themed collection.
 
 
84. Sharma, N.; Barbon, S.M.; Lalonde, T.; Maar, R.R.; Milne, M.; Gilroy, J.B.*; Luyt, L.G.  The Development of Peptide-Boron Difluoride Formazanate Conjugates as Fluorescence Imaging Agents. RSC Adv. 2020, 10, 18970-18977link
 
 
2021
96. Maar, R.R.; Katzman, B.D.; Boyle, P.D.; Staroverov, V.N.; Gilroy, J.B.* Cationic Boron Formazanate Dyes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 5152-5156link
 
 
90. Cappello, D.; Watson, A.E.R.; Gilroy, J.B.* A Boron Dichloride Hydrazone (BODIHY) Polymer Exhibits Aggregation-Induced Emission. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2021, 42, 20005533link
 
 
*Invited contribution to 2021 Young Talents in Polymer Science special issue.
94. Buguis, F.L.; Maar, R.R.; Staroverov, V.N.; Gilroy, J.B.* Near-Infrared Boron Difluoride Formazanate Dyes. Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 26, 2854-2860link
 
 
91. Magnan, F.; Dhindsa, J.S.; Anghel, M.; Bazylewski, P.; Fanchini, G.*; Gilroy, J.B.* A Divergent Strategy for the Synthesis of Redox-Active Verdazyl Radical Polymers. Polym. Chem. 2021, 12, 2786-2797link
 
 
92. Vasdev, R.; Luo, W.; Classen, K.; Anghel, M.; Novoa, S.; Workentin, M.S.*; Gilroy, J.B.* Strained alkyne polymers capable of SPAAC via ring-opening metathesis polymerization. Polym. Chem. 2021, 12, 5542-5547link
 
 
93. Dhindsa, J.S.; Buguis, F.L.; Anghel, M.; Gilroy, J.B.* Band Gap Engineering in Acceptor-Donor-Acceptor Boron Difluoride Formazanates. J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86, 12064-12074link
 
 
95. Katzman, B.D.; Maar, R.R.; Cappello, D.; Sattler, M.O.; Boyle, P.D.; Staroverov, V.N.; Gilroy, J.B.* A strongly Lewis-acidic and fluorescent borenium cation supported by a tridentate formazanate ligand. Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 9530-9533link
 
 
*Selected as Hot Article. **Invited contribution to Special Issue on Boron Chemistry in the 21st Century.
2022
100. Cappello, D.; Buguis, F.L.; Boyle, P.D.; Gilroy, J.B.* Dual Emission, Aggregation, and Redox Properties of Boron Dichloride Hydrazones Functionalized with Triphenylamines. ChemPhotoChem. 2022, 60, e2022131link
 
 
97. Lamberink, J.-W.; Boyle, P.D.; Gilroy, J.B.; Noel, J.J.; Blacquiere, J.M.*; Ragogna, P.J.* Reactivity of Primary Phosphines and Primary Phosphine Sulfides Towards Imines. Chem. Eur. J. 2022, 28, e202201565link
 
 
98. Singh, D.; Park, J.; Magnan, F.; Bazylewski, P.; Gilroy, J.B.*; Fanchini, G.* All in One Step from a Radical Monomer: Vacuum Synthesis of Electro-Switchable Radical Polymer Thin Films by Solvent-Free Surface Polymerization. Chem. Mater. 2022, 34, 4876-4883link
 
 
99. Buguis, F.L.; Boyle, P.D.; Gilroy, J.B.* Benzothiazole-Substituted Boron Difluoride Formazanate Dyes. Dyes Pigm. 2022,198, 110002link
 
 
*Selected as VIP Article.
 
 
101. Cappello, D.; Buguis, F.L.; Gilroy, J.B.* Donor-Acceptor and Acceptor-Donor-Acceptor Boron Difluoride Hydrazones. ACS Omega, 2022, 7, 32727-32739link
 
 
102. Watson, A.E.R.; Grant, M.J.; Boyle, P.D.; Ragogna, P.J.*; Gilroy, J.B.* Heterocyclic Phosphenium Cations and their Divergent Coordination Chemistry. Inorg. Chem., 2022, 61, 18719-18728link
 
 
105. Buguis, F.L.; Hsu, N.S.Y.; Sirohey, S.A.; Adam, M.C.; Goncharova, L.V.; Gilroy, J.B.* Dyads and Triads of Boron Difluoride Formazanate and Boron Difluoride Dipyrromethene Dyes. Chem. Eur. J., 2023, 28, e202302548link
 
 
2023
104. Lamebrain-llupeju, J.-W.; Willans, M.J.; Gilroy, J.B.; Noel, J.J.; Blacquiere, J.M.*; Ragogna, P.J.* Multicomponent Synthesis of Poly(alpha-aminophisphine chalcogenide)s and Subsequent Depolymerization. Inorg. Chem., 2023, 62, 15104-15109link