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2012
79. Laura C. Pavelka, Kim M. Baines, 2012, "Facile synthesis of luminescent benzo-1,2-dihydrophosphines from a phosphaalkene", Dalton Transactions In Press DOI:10.1039/C2DT11690A
78. Julie A. Hardwick, Laura C. Pavelka, Kim M. Baines, 2012, "The Addition of amides to group 14 (di)-metallenes", Dalton Transactions, 41, 609-621. ;
2011
77. Krysten L. Hurni, Kim M. Baines, 2011, "Addition of a cyclopropyl alkyne to tetramesityldigermene: evidence for a biradical intermediate", Chemical Communications, 47, 8382-8384.
76. Christopher J. Allan, Crispin R. W. Reinhold, Laura C. Pavelka, Kim M. Baines, 2011, "Addition of Aldehydes to Germenes: The Influence of Solvent", Organometallics, 30, 3010-3017. ;
75. Julie A. Hardwick, Kim M. Baines, 2011, "Addition of Nitriles to Two Brook Silenes", Organometallics, 30, 2831-2837. ;
74. Yun Yang, Cheng Lu, Eva A. Dias, Robert H. Lipson, Kim M. Baines, 2011, "Direct patterning of polysilane and polygermanes using interference lithography", Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 25, 665-668. ;
73. Laura C. Pavelka, Kim M. Baines, 2011, "Reactivity of a Germene toward Terminal Alkynes: Competition between Cycloaddition, Ene-Addition and CH-Insertion", Organometallics, 30, 2261-2271. ;
2010
72. Kaarina K. Milnes, Laura C. Pavelka, Kim M. Baines, 2010, "Reactivity of a Polar Silene toward Terminal Alkynes: Preference for C-H Insertion over Cycloaddition", Organometallics, 29, 5972-5981. ;
71. Paul A. Rupar, Viktor N. Staroverov, Kim M. Baines, 2010, "Reactivity Studies of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes of Germanium(II)", Organometallics, 29, 4871-4881. ;
70. M.J. Ward, P.A. Rupar, M.W. Murphy, Y.-M. Yiu, K.M. Baines, and T.K. Sham, 2010, "Ionic Nature of Ge(II)-Centered Dications: A Germanium K-edge X-ray Absorption Near Edge Structures Study", Chem.Commun., 46, 7016-7018. ;
69. Adam J. Ruddy, Paul A. Rupar, Kamila J. Bladek, Christopher J. Allan, Jessica C. Avery, Kim M. Baines, 2010, "On the Bonding in N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes of Germanium(II)", Organometallics, 29, 1362-1367. ;
68. Andre Sutrisno, Margaret A. Hanson, Paul A. Rupar, Victor V. Tersikh, Kim M. Baines, Yining Huang "Exploring the Limits of 73Ge Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy at Ultrahigh Magnetic Fields" Chem. Commun. 2010, 2817-2819 ;
67. Julie A. Hardwick, Kim M. Baines "Probing the Mechanism of Aldehyde Addtions to a Disilene and Two Silenes: Solvent Effects" Organometallics, 2010, 29 (5), 1305-1308 ;
2009
66. Kaarina K. Milnes, Kim M. Baines, 2009, "A Mechanistic Study of the Addition of Alkynes to Brook Silenes", Can. J. Chem., 87, 307-313 (Special issue dedicated to R.J. Puddephatt). ;
65. Paul A. Rupar, Rajoshree Bandyopadhyay, Benjamin F. T. Cooper, Michael R. Stinchcombe, Paul J. Ragogna, Charles L. B. Macdonald, Kim M. Baines "Cationic Crown Ether Complexes of Germanium (II)" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48 (28), 5155-5158. VIP Article ;
2008
64. Paul A. Rupar, Viktor N. Staroverov, Kim M. Baines "Cryptand Encapsulated Germanium(II) Dication" Science, 2008, 2346-2348. ;
63. Paul A. Rupar, Michael C. Jennings and Kim M. Baines "Synthesis and Structure of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes of Germanium(II)" Organometallics, 2008, 27 (19), 5043–5051
62. L.C. Pavelka, K.M. Milnes, K.M. Baines, "Addition Polymerization of 1,1-Dimesitylneopentylsilene: Synthesis of Polysilene", Chem. Mater. 2008, 20, 5948-5950.

61. L.C. Pavelka, S.J. Holder, K.M. Baines, 2008, “Addition Polymerization of 1,1-Dimesitylneopentylgermene: Synthesis of a Poly(germylenemethylene)”, Chem. Commun., 2346-2348.
2007
60. P. A. Rupar, V. N. Staroverov, P. J. Ragogna, K. M. Baines, 2007, "A Germanium(II)-Centered Dication", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 129, 15138-15139.
59. K. L. Hurni, P. A. Rupar, N. C. Payne, K. M. Baines, 2007, "On the Synthesis, Structure and Reactivity of Tetramesityldigermene", Organometallics, 26, 5569-5575.
58. K. L. Hurni, K. M. Baines, 2007, "Steady-state photolysis of dimesitylbis(trimethylsilyl)germane", Can. J. Chem, 85, 668-674.
57. P.A. Rupar, M.C. Jennings, P. J. Ragogna, K. M. Baines, 2007, "Stabilization of a Transient Diorganogermylene by an N-Heterocyclic Carbene" Organometallics, 26, 4109-4111.
56. K. K. Milnes, K. M. Baines, 2007, "Comparative Study of the Reactivity of Brook and Couret Silenes: Aldehyde Addition", Organometallics, 26, 2392-2401.
55. P. A. Rupar, M. C. Jennings, K. M. Baines, 2007, "The Reactivity of an Anionic Gallium N-Heterocyclic Carbene Analogue with a Solution Stable Digermene", Can. J. Chem., 85, 141-147.
2006
54. K. K. Milnes, M. C. Jennings and K. M. Baines, 2006, "The Addition of Cyclopropyl Alkynes to a Brook Silene: Definitive Evidence for a Biradical Intermediate", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 128, 2491-2501.
2005
53. S. E. Gottschling, M. C. Jennings and K. M. Baines, 2005, "The Addition of Alkynes to Tetrasilyldisilene: Evidence for a Biradical Intermediate", Can. J. Chem., 83, 1568-1576. (Special issue on Organic Reaction Mechanisms)
52. S. E. Gottschling, K. K. Milnes, M. C. Jennings and K. M. Baines, 2005, "Addition of a Cyclopropyl Alkyne to Tetramesityldisilene: Evidence for a Biradical Intermediate and Formation of a Stable 1,2-Disilacyclohepta-3,4-diene", Organometallics, 24, 3811-3814.
51. S. E. Gottschling, T. N. Grant, K. K. Milnes, M. C. Jennings and K. M. Baines, 2005, "Cyclopropyl Alkynes as Mechanistic Probes to Distinguish Between Vinyl Radical and Ionic Intermediates", J. Org. Chem., 2686-2695.
2004
50. K. K. Milnes, S. E. Gottschling, K. M. Baines, 2004, "Determination of the rate constant for ring opening of an a-cyclopropylvinyl radical", Org. Biomol. Chem., 3530-3534.
2003
49. M. S. Samuel and K. M. Baines, 2003, "Mechanistic Studies of the Addition of Carbonyl Compounds to Tetramesityldigermene", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 125, 12702-12703.
48. M. S. Samuel, H. A. Jenkins, D. W. Hughes and K. M. Baines, 2003, "Mechanistic Studies of the Addition of Carbonyl Compounds to Tetramesityldisilene and Tetramesitylgermasilene", Organometallics, 22, 1603-1611.
2002
47. ; N. J. Mosey, K. M. Baines, T. K. Woo, 2002, "The Mechanism of the Addition of Non-Enolizable Aldehydes and Ketones to (Di) metallenes (R2X=YR2, X=Si,Ge Y=C,Si,Ge): A Density Functional and Multiconfigurational Perturbation Theory Study", J. Am. Chem.Soc., 124, 13306-13321.
46. K. L. Fujdala, D. W. K. Gracey, E. F. Wong, K. M. Baines, 2002, "The Addition of Organometallic Reagents to Tetramesityldigermene", Can. J. Chem., 80, 1387-1392.
45. M. Sulkes, M. J. Fink, S. E. Gottschling, K. M. Baines, 2002, "Laser Ablation of Hexamesitylcyclotrigermane and Hexamesitylcyclosiladigermane in a Molecular Beam", Organometallics, 21, 2438-2443.
44. S. E. Gottschling, A. J. Guivernau Jacobs, M. C. Jennings and K.M. Baines, 2002 "Synthesis of a New Siladigermirane via an Intramolecular Reductive Cyclization", Silicon Chemistry, 1, 1-21.
2001
43. M. C. Godelie, M. C. Jennings and K. M. Baines, 2001 "The Synthesis and Characterization of the Cyclotrigermoxane (Ph4C4GeO)3", Main Group Metal Chem., 24, 823-828.
42. M. S. Samuel, M. C. Jennings and K. M. Baines, 2001, "Addition of Oxygen to Tetramesityldigermene", J. Organomet. Chem., 636, 130-137.
41. M. S. Samuel, M. C. Jennings and K. M. Baines, 2001, "Addition of Chloroform to Tetramesityldigermene", Organometallics, 20, 590-592.
2000
40. J. K. King, K. M. Baines, M. R. Netherton, V. Dave, 2000, "Bis(trimethylsilyl)methanesulfonyl and Tris(trimethylsilyl)methanesulfonyl Chlorides and Their Reactions by Way of Sulfenes", Can. J. Chem., 78, 1642-1646.
39. M. S. Samuel, K. M. Baines, D. W. Hughes, 2000, "The Addition of Methylmagnesium Iodide to Si,Si-di-tert-butyldimesitylgermasilene", Can. J. Chem., 78, 1474?1478.
1999
38. K. M. Baines, C. E. Dixon, M. S. Samuel, 1999, "Mechanistic Investigations of the Addition Reactions of Aldehydes to Disilenes and Germasilenes", Phosphorus, Sulfur, Silicon and the Related Elements, 150-151, 393-401.
37. K. M. Baines and J. F. King, Editors, 1999, Lectures Presented at the Fifth International Conference on Heteroatom Chemistry, London, Canada, July 5-10, 1998, Pure Appl. Chem., 71, 369-512.
36. K. M. Baines, C. E. Dixon, J. M. Langridge, H. W. Liu and F. Zhang, 1999, "Addition of Phenylacetylene to Germasilenes", Organometallics, 18, 2206-2209.
1998
35. C. E. Dixon, M. R. Netherton, and K. M. Baines, 1998, "The Addition of Methyl Grignard Reagents to Germasilenes and Digermenes: Unusual Ligand Exchange Reaction of the Resulting Germyl Grignard Reagents", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 120, 10365-10371.
34. C. E. Dixon, D. W. Hughes, and K. M. Baines, 1998, "Cycloaddition Reactions of Aldehydes to Tetramesityldisilene and Germasilene: Evidence for a Biradical Intermediate", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 120, 11049-11053.
1997
33. D. G. J. Sutherland, L. J. Terminello, J. A. Carlisle, I. Jiménez, F. J. Himpsel, K. M. Baines, D. K. Shuh and W. M. Tong, 1997, "The Chemisorption of H2C[Si(CH3)3]2 and Si6(CH3)12 on Si(100) Surfaces", J. Appl. Phys, 82, 3567-3571.
32. C. E. Dixon and K. M. Baines, 1997, "Cycloaddition Reactions of Group 14 Dimetallenes: Evidence for a Radical Pathway", Phosphorus, Sulfur, Silicon and the Related Elements, 124 & 125, 123-132.
31. C. E. Dixon, J. A. Cooke and K. M. Baines, 1997, "The Reaction of Group 14 Dimetallenes with Alkenes: Electron-Poor Alkenes", Organometallics, 16, 5437-5440.
1996
30. C. E. Dixon, H. W. Liu, C. M. Vander Kant and K. M. Baines, 1996, "The Reaction of Group 14 Dimetallenes with Alkenes: Electron-Rich Alkenes", Organometallics, 15, 5701-5705.
29. N. P. Toltl, W. J. Leigh, G. M. Kollegger, W. G. Stibbs and K. M. Baines, 1996, "Nanosecond Laser Flash Photolysis Studies of the Photochemistry of Dimesitylgermylene Precursors", Organometallics, 15, 3732-3736.
28. J. Z. Xiong, D. Jiang, C. E. Dixon, K. M. Baines and T. K. Sham, 1996, "Structure and Bonding of Organosilicon Compounds Containing Silicon-Silicon and Silicon-Germanium Bonds: An X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Study", Can. J. Chem., 74, 2229-2239.
27. G. M. Kollegger, W. G. Stibbs, J. J. Vittal and K. M. Baines, 1996, "Photochemical Dissociation of a Germasilene: Preparation and Photolysis of Si,Si-Di-tert-Butyltetra-mesitylsiladigermirane", Main Grp. Metal Chem., 19, 317-330.
26. J. A. Cooke, C. E. Dixon, M. R. Netherton, G. M. Kollegger and K. M. Baines, 1996, "Improved Synthesis of 1,2-Dichlorotetramesityldigermane and Other Mesitylgermanes", Synth. React. Inorg. Met.-Org. Chem., 26, 1205-1217.
25. ; J. Z. Xiong, D. T. Jiang, Z. F. Liu, K. M. Baines, T. K. Sham, S. G. Urquhart, A. T. Wen, T. Tyliszczak, and A. P. Hitchcock, 1996, "Si Core-Level Excitation of Hexamethyldisilane Studied by Synchrotron Radiation and Multiple-Scattering X? Calculation", Chem. Phys., 203, 81-92.
1995
24. K. M. Baines, and W. G. Stibbs, 1995, "The Molecular Structure of Organogermanium Compounds", Coord. Chem. Rev., 145, 157-200 (invited review).
1994
23. J. Z. Xiong, D. T. Jiang, Z. F. Liu, K. M Baines, T. K. Sham, K. H. Tan, and X. H. Feng, 1994, "XANES of Organosilicon Clusters at the Si K -and L-edge", Physica B, 208&209, 451-452.
22. S. G. Urquhart, J. Z. Xiong, A. T. Wen, T. K. Sham, K. M. Baines, G. G. B. de Souza, and A. P. Hitchcock, 1994, "Inner-shell Spectroscopy of Compounds Containing Si-Si Bonds: Is there a Localized, Low-energy Si-Si Resonance?", Chem. Phys., 189, 757-768.
21. D. G. J. Sutherland , J. Z. Xiong, Z. Liu, T. K. Sham, G. M. Bancroft, K. M. Baines, and K. H. Tan, 1994, "Photoelectron Spectra of Organometallic Compounds Containing Silicon-Silicon and Silicon-Germanium Bonds: Valence Band Studies", Organometallics, 13, 3671-3678.
20. K. M. Baines, J. A. Cooke, and J. J. Vittal, 1994, "The Addition of Carbonyl Compounds to Tetramesitylgermasilene and Dimesitylgermylene", Heteroatom Chemistry, 5, 293-303.
1993
19. K. M. Baines, J. A. Cooke, C. E. Dixon, H. W. Liu and M. R. Netherton, 1993, "Thermolysis of Hexamesitylsiladigermirane and Hexamesitylcyclotrigermane in the Presence of 2,3-Dimethylbutadiene", Organometallics, 13, 631-634.
18. A. G. Brook, M. Hesse, K. M. Baines, R. Kumarathasan and A.J. Lough, 1993, "Complex Rearrangements of Polylsilylacylsilanes from Treatment with TiCl4", Organometallics, 12, 4259-4261.
1992
17. A. P. Hitchcock, T. Tyliszczak, P. Aebi, J. Z. Xiong, T. K. Sham, K. M. Baines, K. A. Mueller, X. H. Feng, J. M. Chen, B. X. Yang, Z. H. Lu, J. M. Baribeau, and T. E. Jackman, 1992 "Si K?edge and Ge K-edge X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of [(Si)m(Ge)n]p Atomic Layer Superlattices and Model Compounds", Surface Science, 291, 349-369.
16. K. M. Baines and J. A. Cooke, 1992, "Tetramesitylgermasilene: The First Relatively Stable Germasilene and its Rearrangement to a Silylgermylene", Organometallics, 11, 3487-3488.
15. K. M. Baines, K. A. Mueller, and T. K. Sham, 1992, "Tetrakis(trimethylgermyl)silane and Tris(trimethylgermyl)silyllithium", Can. J. Chem., 70, 2884-2886.
14. K. M. Baines, J. A. Cooke, J. J. Vittal, 1992, "A Facile Digermene-to-Germylgermylene Rearrangement; Bulky Germylene Insertion into the Si-H Bond", J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Comm., 1484-1485.
13. K. M. Baines, R. J. Groh, B. Joseph and U. R. Parshotam, 1992, "The Reaction Between (Chlorodimesitylsilyl)Diarylgermanes and Tert-Butyllithium in THF: The Formation of New Germyllithium Compounds", Organometallics, 11, 2176-2180.
12. K. M. Baines, J. A. Cooke, N. C. Payne and J. J. Vittal, 1992, "Molecular Structures of a Siladigermirane and a Cyclotrigermane" Organometallics, 11, 1408-1411.
1991
11. K.M. Baines and J.A. Cooke, 1991, "Thermolysis of a Siladigermirane: Evidence for the Formation of a Germasilene", Organometallics, 10, 3419-3421.
10. P. Aebi, T. Tyliszczak, A.P. Hitchcock, K.M. Baines, T.K. Sham, T.E. Jackman, J?M. Baribeau and D.J. Lockwood, 1992, "Simultaneous Analysis of Multiple Extended X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectra, Application to Studies of Buried Ge-Si Interfaces", Phys. Rev. B., 45, 13579-13590.
1990
9. R. S. Grev, H. F. Schaefer III and K. M. Baines, 1990, "Germasilene, H2Ge = SiH2, and its Isomers Silylgermylene and Germylsilylene: Bond Dissociation Energies, ? Bond Energies, and Predictions of Isomeric Stability", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 112, 9458-9467.
1989
8. K. M. Baines, A. G. Brook, R. R. Ford, P. D. Lickiss, A. K. Saxena, W. J. Chatterton, J. F. Sawyer and B. A. Behnam, 1989, "Photochemical Rearrangements of Stable Silenes", Organometallics, 8, 693-709.
7. K. M. Baines, A. G. Brook, P. D. Lickiss and J. F. Sawyer, 1989, "Crystal Structures of Four Sterically Crowded 1,3-Disilacyclobutanes", Organometallics, 8, 709-716.
6. W. P. Neumann, H. Hillgaertner, K. M. Baines, R. Dicke, K. Vorspohl, U. Kobs and U. Nussbeutel, 1989, "New Ways of Generating Organotin Reactive Intermediates for Organic Synthesis", Tetrahedron, 45, 951-960.
1987
5. K. M. Baines and A. G. Brook, 1987, "Photolysis of Acylpolysilanes Containing ?-Hydrogens. Formation of Linear Head-to-Head Silene Dimers", Organometallics, 6, 692-696.
1985
4. A. G. Brook, K. D. Safa, P. D. Lickiss and K. M. Baines, 1985, "Photoisomerization of a Highly Substituted Silene", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 107, 4338-4339.
1983
3. K. M. Baines, K. Vaughan, D. L. Hooper and L. F. Leveck, 1983, "Open-chain Nitrogen Compounds. Part IV. Synthesis of 5-Hydroxy-1,2,3-Triazoles from 1-Aryl-3-(Ethoxycarbonylmethyl)Triazenes: A New Route to ?-Diazo-N-Arylacetamides", Can. J. Chem., 61, 1549-1556.
1981
2. W. J. Leigh, D. R. Arnold and K. M. Baines, 1981, "The Two-Parameter Linear Free Energy Treatment of the Substituent Effects on the Half-Wave Reduction Potentials and n,p* Triplet Energies of Aromatic Ketones. A Test of the Validity of the Approach", Tetrahedron Lett., 22, 909-912.
1. K. M. Baines, T. W. Rourke, K. Vaughan and D. L. Hooper, 1981, "5-(Arylamino)-1,2,3-Triazoles and 5-Amino-1-Aryl-1,2,3-Triazoles from 3-(Cyanomethyl)triazenes", J. Org. Chem., 46, 856-859.

6. K. M. Baines and M. S. Samuel, 2002, "Silenes", In Science of Synthesis, I. Fleming Ed., Georg Thieme Verlag: Stuttgart, Vol. 4, 125-134. (invited review)
5. K. M. Baines and M. S. Samuel, 2002, "Disilenes", In Science of Synthesis, I. Fleming Ed., Georg Thieme Verlag: Stuttgart, Vol. 4, 117-124. (invited review)
4. K. M. Baines, and W. G. Stibbs, 1996, "Stable Doubly-Bonded Compounds of Germanium and Tin". Adv. Organomet. Chem., 39, 275-324. (invited review).
3. A. G. Brook and K. M. Baines, 1986, "Silenes", Adv. Organomet. Chem., 25, 1-44.
2. K. Baines, R. Dicke, W. P. Neumann and K. Vorspohl, 1989, "New Ways of Generating Stannyl Radicals for Organic Synthesis", in F. Minisci (ed.) NATO ASI Ser. C: Free Radicals in Synthesis and Biology, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Vol. 260, 107-114.
1. A. G. Brook, G. Gutekunst and K. M. Baines, 1988, "Tris(trimethylsilyl)silyl-lithium•3THF", Organometallic Syntheses, 4, 385-388.