Group Publications
2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 |Prior to 2000
Student co-authors in boldface
D. C. Magri and M. S. Workentin* “ A radical-anion chain mechanism following dissociative electron transfer reduction of the model prostaglandin endoperoxide, 1,4-diphenyl-2,3-dioxabicyclo[2.2.1]heptanes” o Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry 2008 B809356C, Accepted June 19, 2008
Hossein Ismaili , Abdolhamid Alizadeh, Mark S. Workentin. “Remarkable High Yielding Chemical Modification of Monolayer Protected Gold Nanoparticles Using Click Chemistry and Hyperbaric Conditions” Can. J. Chem.
Jun Zhu , Brandon Lines, Michael Ganton, Michael Kerr and Mark S. Workentin* “Efficient Synthesis of Isoxazolidines Tethered Monolayer-Protected Gold Nanoparticles (MPGNs) via 1,3 Dipolar Cycloadditions under High-Pressure Conditions” J. Org. Chem.2008, 73, 1099-1105.
D. C. Magri § and M. S. Workentin* “Bicyclic Diphenyl-Substituted Endoperoxides as Radical Clocks for the Heterogeneous Electron Transfer to Distonic Radical Anions”Chem. Eur. J., 2008, 14, 1698-1709.
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J. J. Tindale , H. Holm, M. S. Workentin, O. A. Semeninkhin“Electrochemistry and Photoelectrochemistry of Two Donor-Acceptor Polythiophene Polymers with Acceptor Moieties in the Main Chain”J. Electroanalytical Chem. 2008, 612, 219-230.
M. Shamsipur, S. H. Kazemi, A. Alizadeh, M. F. Mousavi and M. S. Workentin, “Self-assembled monolayers of a hydroquinone-terminated alkanethiol onto gold surface. Interfacial electrochemistry and Michael-addition reaction with glutathione.” J. Electroanalytial Chem. 2007 , 610, 218-226.
J. Zhu , M. Ganton, M. A. Kerr, M. S. Workentin* “Chemical Modifications of Monolayer-Protected Gold Nanoparticles Using High Pressure” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129 , 4904-4905.
A. Belèn Meneses , S. Antonello, M. C. Arévalo*, C. C. Gonzáles,J. Sharma, A. N. Wallette, M. S. Workentin* and F. Maran* “Electron Transfer to Sulfides and Disulfides: Substituent Effects, Intrinsic Barriers, and Relationship between Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Electron Transfers” Chem. Eur. J. 2007, 7, 7983-7995.
F. Najjar , C. Andres-Barres, M. Baltas, C. Lacaze-Dufaure, D. C. Magri, M. S. Workentin, T. Tzedakis, “Electrochemical reduction of G3-factor Endoperoxide and its Methyl Ether: Evidence for a Competition between Concerted and Stepwise Dissociative Electron Transfer” Chem. Eur. J., 2007, 13, 1174-1179.
O. A. Semenikhin, M. M.D. Hossain and M. S. Workentin, “Photochemistry of Conducting Polymers Modified with Electron Acceptor Moities” J. Phys. Chem. B; 2006, 110, 20189-20196.
J. Zhu, A. J. Kell and M. S. Workentin*, “A Retro-Diels Alder Reaction as an Alternative Route to Uncovering Maleimide-Modified Surfaces on Monolayer Protected Nanoparticles” Organic Letters, 2006 8, 4993-4996.
D. Nematollahi, M.S. Workentin and E. Tammari, “Electrochemical oxidation of catechol in the presence of cyclopentadiene. Investigation of electrochemically induced Diels–Alder reactions” Chem. Commun., 2006, 1631-1633.
Arnold J. Kell, Abdolhamid Alizadeh, Li Yang, Mark S. Workentin* "Monolayer-Protected Gold Nanoparticle Coalescence Induced by Photogenerated Radicals" Langmuir 2005 21(21); 9741-9746.
Donald L. B. Stringle and Mark S. Workentin* "Regioselective S-O versus C-O Bond Cleavage in Sulfenate Ester Radical Anions" Can. J. Chem. 2005 83(9) 1473-1482. (Special Issue on Mechanistic Organic Chemistry).
Arnold J. Kell, Robert L. Donkers and Mark S. Workentin* “Core Size Effects on the Reactivity of Organic Substrates as Monolayers on Gold Nanoparticles” Langmuir, 2005, 21 (
D. L. B. Stringle and Mark S. Workentin “Electron Transfer Reduction of Sulfenic Acid Esters: Evidence for Selective C-O bond Cleavage” In Proceedings for Organic and Bioorganic Electrochemistry Division, Electrochemical Society, 2004.
Jeff L. Sheppard, Arnold J. Kell, Emily Chung, Chad W. Sinclair, Mark S. Workentin, Dan Bizzotto, “Selective Reduction Desorption of a SAM Coated Gold Electrode Revealed Using Fluorescence Microscopy” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 8329-8335.
Brian Gorodetsky, Hema D. Samachetty, Robert L. Donkers, Mark S. Workentin* and Neil R. Branda*, “Reductive Electrochemical Ring-Closing of a Photochromic 1,2-Dithienylcyclopentene Dication” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 2812-2815.
Robert L. Donkers and Mark S. Workentin* “Elucidation of the Electron Transfer Reduction Mechanism Anthracene Endoperoxides” J. Am. Chem. Soc . 2004, 126, 1688-1698.
David C. Magri and Mark S. Workentin*, “Model Dialkyl Peroxides of the Fenton Chemistry Mechanistic Probe 2-Methyl-1-Phenyl-2-Propyl Hydroperoxide: Kinetic Probes for Dissociative Electron Transfer” Org. Biomol. Chem., 2003, 1, 3418-3429.
Terry P. Lebold, Donald L. B. Stringle, Mark S. Workentin, and John F. Corrigan* “Functionlaizing the Surface of II-VI Clusters: Redox Active Centres on the Adamantoid Complex
Donald L. B. Stringle, R. Nevin Campbell and Mark S. Workentin* “Radical Anion Chain Process Initiated by A Dissociative Electron Transfer a monocylic endoperoxide” Chem. Comm. 2003, 1246-1247.
Arnold J. Kell, Christopher Montcalm and Mark S. Workentin* “Photogeneration of a Diene Template for Surface Diels Alder Reactions: Photoenolisation of an ortho-Methyl Benzophenone Modified Au Cluster” Can. J. Chem, 2003, 81(6). Special issue in honor of Professor Donald Arnold..
Flavio Maran and Mark S. Workentin “ Dissociative Electron Transfer” Interface 2002, 11, 44-49.
Mark S. Workentin, Book Review on “Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry.” Edited by B. E. Conway and Ralph E. White Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York. Volume 35 ISBN: 0-306-46776-3. Appeared in Synthesis, 2002, 18, 2794
Donald L. B. Stringle and Mark S. Workentin*, “Electron Transfer to Endoperoxides. 3,3,6,6-tetraaryl-1,2-dioxanes as Mechanistic Probes” In Organic Electrochemistry: Manuel L. Baizer Award Symposium in Honor of Jean-Michel Saveant , M.S. Workentin, F. Maran and K. Chiba Eds., Electrochemical Society, 2002.
David C. Magri and Mark S. Workentin*, "Model Acyclic Peroxides of the Fenton Probe 2-methyl-1-phenyl-2-propyl hydroperoxide(MPPH): Kinetic Probes for Dissociative Electron Transfer" In Organic Electrochemistry: Manuel L. Baizer Award Symposium in Honor of Jean-Michel Saveant , M.S. Workentin, F. Maran and K. Chiba Eds.., Electrochemical Society, 2002.
Donald L. B. Stringle and Mark S. Workentin*"Radicals and Radical Ions" Annual Reports on the Progress of Chemistry, Section B 2002, 98.
Mark S. Workentin, Book Review on “Electron Transfer in Chemistry. Volume II: Organic, Organometallic, and Inorganic Molecules.” Edited by Vincenzo Balzani (Universita di Bologna). Wiley-VCH: Weinheim. 2001. Volume 2 of a 5-volume set. 4200 pp (for set). $1425.00 (for set). ISBN: 3-527-29912-2 (for set). Appeared in J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002
Vittorio A. Sauro and Mark S. Workentin* “ The Redox Properties of Ferrocenyl Substituted Azines" Can. J. Chem. 2002, 80, 250-262.
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Arnold J. Kell and Mark S. Workentin* “Aryl ketone Photochemistry on Monolayer Protected Clusters. Utilization of the Norrish Type II Reaction as a Probe of Conformational Mobility and for Selective Surface Modification” Langmuir 2001, 17, 7355-7363.
Robert L. Donkers, Donald L. B. Stringle and Mark S. Workentin*"Radicals and Radical Ions" Annual Reports on the Progress of Chemistry, Section B 2001, 97, 345-392.
Robert L. Donkers and Mark S. Workentin* "Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Dissociative Electron Transfer Reduction of Ascaridole and Dihydroascaridole-Model Bicyclic Endoperoxides of Systems of Biological Relevance." Chem. Eur. J. 2001, 7 4012-4020.
Marty W. Degroot, Michael W. Cockburb, Mark S. Workentin and John F. Corrigan* "Trialkylphosphine Stabilised Copper-Phenyltellurolate Complexes: From Small Molecules to Nanoclusters via Condensation Reactions" Inorg. Chem. 2001, 40, 4678-4685.
Robert L. Donkers and Mark S. Workentin*, “Dependence of the Mechanism of the Homogeneous Reduction of the Endoperoxide of 9,10-Diphenylanthracene on the Redox Properties of the Donor” In Conference Proceedings for Organic and Bioorganic Electrochemistry Division, Electrochemical Society, 2001.
Danial D. Wayner, Flavio Maran and Mark S. Workentin. “Kinetics and Mechanisms of Dissociative Reduction of C-X and X-X Bonds (X = O, S)” In Advances in Physical Organic Chemistry, Tidwell, T. T., Richard, J.P., Eds.Volume 36, 85-166; Academic Press, N.Y.
David C. Magri, Robert L. Donkers and Mark S. Workentin* "Kinetics of the Photoinduced Electron Transfer Dissociative Reduction of the Antimalarial Endoperoxide, Artemisinin" Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology. A. Chemistry. 2001, 138, 29-34.
Vittorio A. Sauro and Mark S. Workentin* "Evaluation of the Extent of Conjugation in Symmetric and Asymmetric Aryl-Substituted Acetophenone Azines by Electrochemical Methods." J. Org. Chem. 2001, 66, 831-838.
Mark S. Workentin* and Robert L. Donkers "Radicals and Radical Ions" Annual Reports on the Progress of Chemistry, Section B 2000, 96, 399-443.
Vittorio A. Sauro, Jason L. Pitters, and Mark S. Workentin*“Cathodic Reduction of Aryl Azines: Evidence for Lack of Conjugation” In Organic Electrochemistry: Manuel L. Baizer Award Symposium in Honor of J. Simonet and J. W. P. Utley (4th) , A. Fry, E. Steckhan, and Y. Matsumura., Electrochemical Society, 2000.
Jason L. Pitters, Milan Kovar, Keith Griffiths, Peter Norton and Mark S. Workentin* "Reactive Intermediates on Metal Surfaces. A Ketene Monolayer on Single Crystal Platinum Generated by Photolysis of Pyridyl-a-Diazoketones." Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2000, 39, No. 12, 2144-2147.
Arnold J. Kell, Donald L. B. Stringle and Mark S. Workentin* "Norrish Type II Photochemical Reaction of an Arylketone on a Monolayer Protected Gold Nanocluster. Development of a Probe of Conformational Mobility." Organic Letters 2000, 2, 3381-3384.
Robert L. Donkers, Flavio Maran, Danial D. M. Wayner, and Mark S. Workentin*, "Kinetics and Temperature Dependence of the Reduction of Dialkyl Peroxides. New Insights into the Dynamics of Dissociative Electron Transfer" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1999, 121, 7239-7248.
Glorija J. Jocys and Mark S. Workentin* "a-Diazoketone Self-Assembled Monolayer Modified Electrode: A Proposed Photoreactive Template for Electrode Derivatization" Chem. Comm. 1999, 839-840.
Muchall, H. M., Werstiuk, N. H.; Pitters, J.L.; Workentin, M.S. "A He(I) Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopic and Computational Study of the Electronic Structure of Phenyl and Pyridyl Diazoketones and Diazoesters" 1999, Tetrahedron, 55, 3767-3778.
Robert L. Donkers, Joseph Tse and Mark S. Workentin*, "O-Neophyl-Type 1,2-Phenyl Rearrangement Initiated by Electron Transfer: Development of Kinetic Probes of Dissociative Electron Transfer" J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Comm. 1999, 135-136.
Mark S. Workentin,* Tracy L. Morkin, Vernon D. Parker, and Danial D. M. Wayner,. "Remote Substituent Effects on the Reactivity of 9-Aryl and 9,10-Diarylanthracene Radical Cations with Anions and Amines." J. Phys. Chem. A., 1998, 102, 6503-6512.
Robert L. Donkers and Mark S. Workentin*, "First Determination of the Standard Potential or the Dissociative Reduction of the Antimalarial Agent Artemisinin." J. Phys. Chem. B. 1998, 102, 4061-4063.
Mark S. Workentin* and Robert L. Donkers, "Dissociative Electron Transfer Reduction of Biologically Relevant Bicyclic Endoperoxides. Determination of Thermochemical Parameters" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1998, 120, 2664-2665.
W.J. Leigh and M. S. Workentin, 1998, "Liquid Crystals as Solvents for Spectroscopic, Chemical Reaction, and Gas Chromatographic Applications" In Handbook of Liquid Crystals, Vol. 1; D. Demus, J. Goodby, G.W. Gray, H.-W. Spiess and V. Vill, eds., Wiley-VCH, Weinheim; Chapter IX.4, pp. 839-895.
Mark S. Workentin, Book Review on "Organic Photochemistry. Series: Molecular and Supramolecular Photochemistry, Vol. 1." Edited by V. Ramamurthy (Tulane University) and Kirk S. Schanze (University of Florida). Marcel Dekker: New York. 1997. X + 593 pp. $195.00 ISBN 0-9247012-0. Appeared in J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 3821.
Maryam Amoli, Mark S. Workentin and Danial D. M. Wayner, "Organic Reducing Agents. Reduction of Electron Deficient Bromides by 1,2,2,5,5-Pentamethylpiperidine/Mercaptoethanol." Tet. Lett. 1995, 36(23), 3997-4000.
Mark S. Workentin, Flavio Maran, and Danial D. M. Wayner "Reduction of Di-tert-Butyl Peroxide. Evidence for Nonadiabatic Dissociative Electron Transfer." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1995, 117, 2120-2121.
Mark S. Workentin, Brian D. Wagner, Janusz Lusztyk, and Danial D. M. Wayner, "Azidyl Radical Reactivity. N6•- as a Kinetic Probe for the Addition Reactions of Azidyl Radicals with Olefins." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1995, 117, 119-126.
Mark S. Workentin, Brian D. Wagner, Fabrizia Negri, Janusz Lusztyk, Marek Z. Zgierski, Willem Siebrand, and Danial D. M. Wayner, "N6•-. Spectroscopic and Theoretical Studies of an Unusual Pseudohalgen Radical Anion." J. Phys. Chem. 1995, 99, 94-101.
Mark S. Workentin, Linda J. Johnston, Danial D. M. Wayner, and Vernon D. Parker, "Reactivity of Aromatic Radical Cations. Rate Constants for Reactions of 9-Phenyl- and 9,10-Diphenylanthracene Radical Cations Towards Acyclic Amines." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1994, 116, 8279-8287.
Mark S. Workentin, Norman P. Schepp, Linda J. Johnston, and Danial D. M. Wayner, "Solvation Control of Chemoselectivity in Reactions of Radical Cations." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1994, 116, 1141-1142.
Mark S. Workentin and Danial D. M. Wayner, "Towards Organic Based Reducing Agents. Prediction of Oxidation Potentials of Electron Rich Radicals from the Analysis of AM1 Charge Density Distributions." Research on Chemical Intermediates 1993, 19, 777-785.
William J. Leigh, Jo-Ann H. Banisch and Mark S. Workentin, "Charge-transfer Interactions in the Intramolecular Quenching of Carbonyl Triplets by b-aryl Substituents." J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Comm. b-aryl Substituents." J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Comm. 1993, 988-990.
Mark S. Workentin and William J. Leigh, "Photochemical Probes of Conformational Mobility in Liquid Crystals. Substituent Effects on the Photochemistry of 4-Alkoxy-b-arylpropiophenones in the Smectic B Phases of CCH-nOm and CCH-n Liquid Crystals." J. Phys. Chem. 1992, 96, 9666-9673.
Mark S. Workentin , Brian J. Fahie and William J. Leigh, "Photochemical Probes of Conformational Mobility in Liquid Crystals. The Photochemistry of b-Phenyl-4-methoxypropiophenone in the Nematic and Smectic B Phases of CCH-n and OS-nm Liquid Crystals." Can. J. Chem. 1991, 69, 1435-1444.
William J. Leigh, Mark S. Workentin and David Andrew, "End to End Intramolecular Quenching of Aromatic Ketone Triplets in Aqueous Solutions of 2,6-di(o-methyl)-cyclodextrins." J. Photochem. Photobiol. A. Chemistry 1991, 57, 97-109.
M. S. Workentin, W. J. Leigh and K. R. Jeffrey, "Organic Reactions in Liquid Crystalline Solvents. 10. Studies of the Ordering and Mobilities of Simple Alkylphenones in CCH-n Liquid Crystals by 2H NMR Spectroscopy and Norrish II Photoreactivity." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1990, 112, 7329-7336.
B. J. Fahie, D. S. Mitchell, M. S. Workentin and W. J. Leigh, "Organic Reactions in Liquid Crystalline Solvents. 9. Investigation of the Solubilisation of Guest Molecules in a Smectic (Crystal B) Liquid Crystal by Deuterium NMR, Calorimetry, Optical Microscopy, and Photoreactivity Methods." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1989, 111, 2916-2929.
Ronald R. Martin, J. Anthony MacPhee, Mark S. Workentin and Elizabeth Lindsay, "Measurement of the Activation Energy of the Low Temperature Oxidation of Coal Using Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry." Fuel, 1989, 68, 1077-1079.
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Mark S. Workentin, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
T: (519) 661-2111 (86319)
E: mworkent@uwo.ca
Department of Chemisty
The University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario, Canada
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