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2025
323. Characterization of the Titanium(III) Tris(alkyl) Ti{CH(SiMe3)2}3 and its Conversion to a Dimeric Alkyl-Bridged Titanium(IV) Species
Connor P McLoughlin, Anthony J Witt, Anni Maijala, Angela A Shiau, Guodong Rao, R David Britt, Heikki M Tuononen, Philip P Power
Chem. Eur. J., ASAP (2025)
322. HydE Catalytic Mechanism Is Powered by a Radical Relay with Redox-Active Fe(I)-Containing Intermediates
Nanhao Chen, Guodong Rao, Lizhi Tao, R. David Britt*, and Lee-Ping Wang*
J. Am. Chem. Soc., ASAP (2025)
321. Structural basis for the conformational protection of nitrogenase from O2
Sarah M. Narehood, Brian D. Cook, Suppachai Srisantitham, Vanessa H. Eng, Angela A. Shiau, Kelly L. McGuire, R. David Britt, Mark A. Herzik Jr*, F. Akif Tezcan*
Nature, ASAP (2025)
320. O2 Activation and Enzymatic C–H Bond Activation Mediated by a Dimanganese Cofactor
Chang Liu, Guodong Rao, Jessica Nguyen, R David Britt, Jonathan Rittle*
J. Am. Chem. Soc., ASAP (2025)
2024
319. In Crystallo O2 Cleavage at a Preorganized Triiron Cluster
Heui Beom Lee, Nicholas Ciolkowski, Mackenzie Field, David A Marchiori, R David Britt, Michael T Green, Jonathan Rittle*
J. Am. Chem. Soc., ASAP (2024)
318. Iron Homo-and Heterobimetallic Complexes Supported by a Symmetrical Dinucleating Ligand
Pablo Ríos, Matthew S See, Oscar Gonzalez, Rex Handford, Amélie Nicolay, Guodong Rao, R David Britt, Daniel Kwabena Bediako, T Don Tilley*
Chem. Commun., 60, 8912-8915 (2024)
317. Threonine Aldolase-Catalyzed Enantioselective α-Alkylation of Amino Acids through Unconventional Photoinduced Radical Initiation
Tian-Ci Wang, Zheng Zhang, Guodong Rao, Jiedong Li, Josephine Shirah, R. David Britt, Qilei Zhu*, and Yang Yang*
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 146, 22476–22484 (2024)
316. The H-cluster of [FeFe] Hydrogenases: Its Enzymatic Synthesis and Parallel Inorganic Semisynthesis
R. David Britt*, Thomas B. Rauchfuss*, and Guodong Rao*
Acc. Chem. Res., 57, 1941-1950 (2024)
315. Panoply of P: An Array of Rhenium–Phosphorus Complexes Generated from a Transition Metal Anion
David P. Hales, Thayalan Rajeshkumar, Angela A. Shiau, Guodong Rao, Erik T. Ouellette, Robert G. Bergman, R. David Britt, Laurent Maron, and John Arnold*
Inorg. Chem., 63, 11296-11310 (2024)
314. Quantification of Free Radicals from Vaping Electronic Cigarettes Containing Nicotine Salt Solutions with Different Organic Acid Types and Concentrations
Lillian N. Tran, Guodong Rao, Nicholas E. Robertson, Haylee C. Hunsaker, Elizabeth Y. Chiu, Brett A. Poulin, Amy K. Madl, Kent E. Pinkerton, R. David Britt, and Tran B. Nguyen*
Chem. Res. Toxicol., 37, 991-999 (2024)
313. Oxygen Isotopologues Resolved from Water Oxidation Electrocatalysis by Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Trisha T. Nguyen, Richard I. Sayler, Aaron H. Shoemaker, Jibo Zhang, Stefan Stoll, Jay R. Winkler, R. David Britt*, and Bryan M. Hunter*
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 146, 15019-15026 (2024)
312. Catalytic reduction of dinitrogen to silylamines by earth-abundant lanthanide and group 4 complexes
Anthony Wong, Matthew Hernandez, Jaden Lara, Francis Lam, Michael Trinh, Rory Kelly, Tatsumi Ochiai, Guodong Rao, David Britt, Nikolas Kaltsoyannis, Polly Arnold*
Chem. Catalysis, 4, 100964 (2024)
311. Biogenic Manganese Oxide Synthesized by a Marine Bacterial Multicopper Oxidase MnxG Reveals Oxygen Evolution Activity
Wen Fu, Forrest P. Hyler, Joel Sanchez, Thomas F. Jaramillo, Jesús M. Velázquez, Lizhi Tao*, and R. David Britt*
ACS Catalysis, 14, 7232–7242 (2024)
310. Final Stages in the Biosynthesis of the [FeFe]-Hydrogenase Active Site
Xin Yu, Guodong Rao, R. David Britt*, Thomas B. Rauchfuss*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, e202404044
309. Radical SAM Enzyme PylB Generates a Lysyl Radical Intermediate in the Biosynthesis of Pyrrolysine by Using SAM as a Cofactor
Baixu Ma, R. David Britt, and Lizhi Tao*
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 146, 6544–6556 (2024)
308. Bioinformatic Discovery of a Cambialistic Monooxygenase
Chang Liu, Magan M. Powell, Guodong Rao, R. David Britt, Jonathan Rittle*
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 146, 1783–1788 (2024)
2023
307. Reactive high-spin iron(IV)-oxo sites through dioxygen activation in a metal–organic framework
Kaipeng Hou, Jonas Börgel, Henry Z. H. Jiang, Daniel J. Santalucia, Hyunchul Kwon, Hao Zhuang, Khetpakorn Chakarawet, Rachel C. Rohde, Jordan W. Taylor , Chaochao Dun, Maria V. Paley , Ari B. Turkiewicz, Jesse G. Park, Haiyan Mao, Ziting Zhu, E. Ercan Alp, Jiyong Zhao, Michael Y. Hu, Barbara Lavina, Sergey Peredkov, Xudong Lv, Julia Oktawiec, Katie R. Meihaus, Dimitrios A. Pantazis, Marco Vandone, Valentina Colombo, Eckhard Bill, Jeffrey J. Urban, R. David Britt, Fernande Grandjean, Gary J. Long, Serena Debeer, Frank Neese, Jeffrey A. Reimer, and Jeffrey R. Long
Science, 382, 547-553 (2023)
306. Characterizing the Biosynthesis of the [Fe(II)(CN)(CO)2(cysteinate)]− Organometallic Product of the Radical-SAM Enzyme HydG by EPR and Mössbauer Spectroscopy
David G. Villarreal, Guodong Rao, Lizhi Tao, Liang Liu, Thomas B. Rauchfuss, and R. David Britt*
J. Phys. Chem. B, 127, 9295–9302 (2023)
305. Demonstration of a 263-GHz Traveling Wave Tube for Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Pan Pan, Yuan Zheng, Ying Li, Xubo Song, Zhilong Feng, Jinjun Feng, R. David Britt, Neville C. Luhmann.
IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices.
304. Fully Refined Semisynthesis of the [FeFe] Hydrogenase H-Cluster
Guodong Rao, Xin Yu, Yu Zhang, Thomas B. Rauchfuss, and R. David Britt
Biochemistry, 62, 2868-2877 (2023)
303. Reactions of Thianthrene and 10-Phenylphenothiazine with the Lewis Acids─Titanium Tetrachloride, Titanium Tetrabromide, Tin(IV) Tetrachloride, or Antimony(V) Pentachloride: The Competition between Coordination and Oxidation
Mrittika Roy, Wen Fu, Lilia M. Baldauf, James C. Fettinger, R. David Britt, and Alan L. Balch
Inorg. Chem., 62, 14055–14063 (2023)
302. Cross-coupling by a noncanonical mechanism involving the addition of aryl halide to Cu(II)
Connor P. Delaney, Eva Lin, Qinan Huang, Isaac F. Yu, Guodong Rao, Lizhi Tao, Ana Jed, Serena M. Fantasia, Kurt A. Püntener, R. David Britt, and John F. Hartwig
Science, 381, 1079-1085 (2023)
301. Copper(II) Affects the Biochemical Behavior of Proinsulin C-peptide by Forming Ternary Complexes with Serum Albumin
Jessica A. San Juan, Khetpakorn Chakarawet, Zhecheng He, Rebeca L. Fernandez, Michael J. Stevenson, Nathaniel H. O. Harder, Samuel E. Janisse, Lee-Ping Wang, R. David Britt and Marie C. Heffern
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 145, 16726–16738 (2023)
300. Enzymatic Hydroxylation of Aliphatic C–H Bonds by a Mn/Fe Cofactor
Magan M. Powell, Guodong Rao, R. David Britt, and Jonathan Rittle
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 145, 16526–16537 (2023)
299. Tuning the Type 1 Reduction Potential of Multicopper Oxidases: Uncoupling the Effects of Electrostatics and H-Bonding to Histidine Ligands
Asmita Singha, Alina Sekretareva, Lizhi Tao, Hyeongtaek Lim, Yang Ha, Augustin Braun, Stephen M. Jones, Britt Hedman, Keith O. Hodgson, R. David Britt, Daniel J. Kosman, and Edward I. Solomon
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 145, 13284–13301 (2023)
298. A Bifunctional Ionic Liquid for Capture and Electrochemical Conversion of CO2 to CO Over Silver
Saudagar Dongare, Oguz Kagan Coskun, Eda Cagli, Kevin Y. C. Lee, Guodong Rao, R. David Britt, Louise A. Berben, and Burcu Gurkan
ACS Catal., 13, 7812–7821 (2023)
297. A Trinuclear Gadolinium Cluster with a Three-Center One-Electron Bond and an S = 11 Ground State
K. Randall McClain, Hyunchul Kwon, Khetpakorn Chakarawet, Rizwan Nabi, Jon G. C. Kragskow, Nicholas F. Chilton, R. David Britt, Jeffrey R. Long, and Benjamin G. Harvey
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 145, 8996–9002 (2023)
296. An Artifact of Perfluoroalkyl Acid (PFAA) Removal Attributed to Sorption Processes in a Laccase Mediator System
Sophia D. Steffens, Edmund H. Antell, Emily K. Cook, Guodong Rao, R. David Britt, David L. Sedlak, and Lisa Alvarez-Cohen
Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett. 10, 337–342 (2023)
295. Direct Transformation of SiH4 to a Molecular L(H)2Co=Si=Co(H)2L Silicide Complex
Rex C. Handford, Trisha T. Nguyen, Simon J. Teat, R. David Britt, and T. Don Tilley
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 145, 3031–3039 (2023)
294. Mutation of a metal ligand stabilizes the high-spin form of the S2 state in the O2-producing Mn4CaO5 cluster of photosystem II
Khetpakorn Chakarawet, Richard J. Debus, and R. David Britt
Photosynth. Res. 156, 309-314 (2023)
293. Tryptophan Can Promote Oxygen Reduction to Water in a Biosynthetic Model of Heme Copper Oxidases
Aaron P. Ledray, Sudharsan Dwaraknath, Khetpakorn Chakarawet, Madeline R. Sponholtz, Claire Merchen, Casey Van Stappen, Guodong Rao, R. David Britt, and Yi Lu
Biochemistry 62, 388–395 (2023)
2022
292. Divalent Lanthanide Metallocene Complexes with a Linear Coordination Geometry and Pronounced 6s-5d Orbital Mixing
K. Randall McClain, Colin A. Gould, David A. Marchiori, Hyunchul Kwon, Trisha T. Nguyen, Kyle E. Rosenkoetter, Diana Kuzmina, Floriana Tuna, R. David Britt, Jeffrey R. Long, and Benjamin G. Harvey
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 144, 22193–22201 (2022)
291. The role of lignin in the conversion of wheat straw to cellobionic acid by Neurospora crassa HL10
Man Zhou, Lizhi Tao, Peter Russell, R. David Britt, Takao Kasuga, Xin Lü, and Zhiliang Fan
Ind. Crops. Prod., 188(A), 115650 (2022)
290. N−H bond dissociation free energy of a terminal iron phosphinimine
Heui Beom Lee, R. David Britt and Jonathan Rittle
J. Coord. Chem., 75, 1804-1814 (2022)
289. Thionitrite (SNO−) and Perthionitrite (SSNO−) are Simple Synthons for Nitrosylated Iron Sulfur Clusters
Dr. Tobias J. Sherbow, Wen Fu, Dr. Lizhi Tao, Dr. Lev N. Zakharov, Prof. Dr. R. David Britt, Prof. Dr. Michael D. Pluth
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 61, e202204570 (2022)
288. Site directed spin labeling to elucidating the mechanism of the cyanobacterial circadian clock
Gary K. Chow, Andi LiWang, and R. David Britt
Method. Enzymol. 666, 59-78 (2022)
287. Experimental guidelines for trapping paramagnetic reaction intermediates in radical S-adenosylmethionine enzymes
Aidin R. Balo and R. David Britt
Method. Enzymol. 666, 451-468 (2022)
286. In memoriam of Professor Bridgette Barry (March 1, 1957–January 20, 2021)
Marion C. Thurnauer and R. David Britt.
Photosynthesis Research, 152, 91–93 (2022)
285. Spectroscopic characterization of Mn2+ and Cd2+ coordination to phosphorothioates in the conserved A9 metal site of the hammerhead ribozyme
Laura M. Hunsicker-Wang, Matthew J. Vogt, Charles G. Hoogstraten, Nathaniel J. Cosper, Audrey M. Davenport, Christopher H. Hendon, Robert A. Scott, R. David Britt, Victoria J. DeRose.
Journal of Inorg. Chem. 230, 111754 (2022)
284. Accumulation and Pulse Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Investigation of the 4-Oxidobenzyl Radical Generated in the Radical S-Adenosyl-l-methionine Enzyme HydG
Guodong Rao, Nanhao Chen, David A. Marchiori, Lee-Ping Wang, R. David Britt
Biochemistry, 61, 107–116 (2022)
283. Organometallic Fe2(μ-SH)2(CO)4(CN)2 Cluster Allows the Biosynthesis of the [FeFe]-Hydrogenase with Only the HydF Maturase
Yu Zhang, Lizhi Tao, Toby J. Woods, R. David Britt, Thomas B. Rauchfuss
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 144, 1534–1538 (2022)
282. Ultrahard magnetism from mixed-valencedilanthanide complexes with metal-metal bonding
Colin A. Gould, K. Randall McClain, Daniel Reta, Jon G. C. Kragskow, David A. Marchiori,Ella Lachman, Eun-Sang Choi, James G. Analytis, R. David Britt, Nicholas F. Chilton, Benjamin G. Harvey, Jeffrey R. Long
Science, 357, 198-202 (2022)
281. A Night-Time Edge Site Intermediate in the Cyanobacterial Circadian Clock Identified by EPR Spectroscopy
Gary K. Chow, Archana G. Chavan, Joel Heisler, Yong-Gang Chang, Ning Zhang, Andy LiWang, R. David Britt
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 144, 184–194 (2022)
280. Versatile Fe–Sn Bonding Interactions in a Metallostannylene System: Multiple Bonding and C–H Bond Activation
Rex C. Handford, Mark A. Nesbit, Patrick W. Smith, R. David Britt, and T. Don Tilley
J. Am. Chem. Soc.
