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Dr. Arkady Ellern

Curriculum Vitae


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1. PERSONAL DETAILS

Born: December 25, 1955; Moscow, Russia

Married, two children.

Present address: 1711 Gilman Hall, Chemistry Dept.

Iowa, State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA

Tel. +1-515-294-7956

Fax. +1-515-294-5717,

E-mail: ellern@iastate.edu

 

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2. EDUCATION AND TRAINING

 

Secondary school No.321 in Moscow. Graduated with honors in 1973.

Undergraduate and graduate school in Mendeleev Moscow Institute of Chemical   Technology. Graduated with honors.

M.Sc. at Department of Physics of the Lomonosov Moscow State University.

PhD student at the Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

Ph.D. degree in Chemistry. Thesis: "Liquid-Solids' Equilibrium in systems "Halogen fluoride- boron trifluoride".

Languages: English and Russian –fluently; German, Hebrew.

 

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3. ESSENCE OF RESEARCH

 

1.      Crystallography and X-ray structure determination

2.      Sophisticated crystal growing techniques

3.   Solid-liquid equilibrium in multi-component systems.

4.   Synthesis and investigation of aggressive and unstable chemical substances.

5.   Structural and thermodynamic  study of polymorphic systems

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4. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

           

           Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

Research assistant,

Research fellow,

Senior Research fellow.  

Berlin Free University. Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry.

 Humboldt Foundation Fellowship.

 

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.

Senior Crystallographer

 

            Iowa State University, Chemistry Department

Associate Scientist, Supervisor of X-ray Lab

           

 

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5. SKILLS ACQUIRED

 

1.      15 years of experience with automated single crystal and powder diffractometers (Syntex P21, Siemens R3, Smart 1000 CCD, SMART 6K CCD, CAD4) including maintains, diagnostic, repair, data collection.

2.  15 years of experience of solving and refinement of structures of wide variety of chemical substances using SHELXTL (DOS and WinNT versions). 

3.   Sophisticated crystal growth of wide variety of extremely unstable and aggressive substances under low temperatures and high pressures including in situ growth.

4.   Full hardware and software support and local network management ( Windows NT, Windows95/98, UNIX, LINUX).

5.   Sophisticated synthetic procedures in different areas or Organic and Inorganic Chemistry.

6.   General Chemistry and Basic Crystallography teaching.  

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6. SHORT DESCRIPTION OF PRESENT POSITION

 

As a University Crystallographer I am responsible for the X-ray laboratory in Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA. This is a one-person crystallography laboratory for X-ray structure determinations, data analysis and data preparation for publication. I am also responsible for the teaching on graduate and post-graduate level and customers consulting. The result of X-ray structure determination is the standard ready-for-publication report.

 

 

 
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7. SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

 

1. Mill, B. V.; Butashin, A. V.; Ellern, A. M.; Maier, A. A.  Phase formation in the calcium oxide-gallium oxide-germanium dioxide system.    Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Neorg. Mater.  (1981),  17(9),  1648-53. 

2. Mill, B. V.; Butashin, A. V.; Ellern, A. M..  Germanates with calcium gallium germanium oxide (Ca3Ga2Ge4O14) structure.    Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Neorg. Mater.  (1983),  19(10),  1715-17. 

3. Sukhoverkhov, V. F.; Ellern, A. M..  Solid-liquid equilibrium in the chlorine pentafluoride (ClF5)-boron trifluoride and bromine pentafluoride (BrF5)-boron trifluoride systems.    Zh. Neorg. Khim.  (1984),  29(7),  1836-9

 4. Antipin, M. Yu.; Ellern, A. M.; Sukhoverkhov, V. F.; Struchkov, Yu. T.; Buslaev, Yu. A.  Crystal structure of boron trifluoride at -145°C.    Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR  (1984),  279(4),  892-5 [Chem.]. 

 5. Antipin, M. Yu.; Ellern, A. M.; Sukhoverkhov, V. F.; Struchkov, Yu. T.; Buslaev, Yu. A.  Crystal structure of chloryl tetrafluoroborate, ClO2+BF4-, at -120°    Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR  (1987),  293(5),  1152-5 [Phys. Chem.]. 

6. Antipin, M. Yu.; Ellern, A. M.; Sukhoverkhov, V. F.; Struchkov, Yu. T.; Buslaev, Yu. A.  Crystal structure of difluorochlorine(1+) tetrafluoroborate(1-) at -120°C.    Zhurnal Neorganicheskoi Khimii  (1988),  33(2),  307-11

 7. Antipin, M. Yu.; Ellern, A. M.; Sukhoverkhov, V. F.; Struchkov, Yu. T.  Molecular and crystal structure of chlorine trifluoride at -100°C.    Zhurnal Neorganicheskoi Khimii  (1989),  34(4),  819-22

 8. Kiselev, Yu. M.; Sukhoverkhov, V. F.; Sharabarin, A. V.; Ellern, A. M.; Kashnikov, G. N.; Nesterov, R. O.  Purification of xenon difluoride. Patent  U.S.S.R. 1560468 (1990)

 9. Sukhoverkhov, V. F.; Sharabarin, A. V.; Ellern, A. M.  Method of regeneration of Boron carbide B4C. Patent  U.S.S.R. 1579297 (1990)

 10. Kozitsyna, N. Yu.; Ellern, A. M.; Antipin, M. Yu.; Struchkov, Yu. T.; Moiseev, I.  Unexpected oxidation of a coordinated phosphine ligand.  Synthesis and molecular structure of [Pd(m-O2PPh2)(C6H5)(PPh3)]2.    Mendeleev Communications  (1991),   (3),  92-4 

11. Ellern, A. M.; Antipin, M. Yu.; Sukhoverkhov, V. F.; Struchkov, Yu. T.  Solid phase-liquid phase equilibrium in the iodine pentafluoride-boron trifluoride system, molecular and crystal structure of iodine pentafluoride at -60°    Koordinatsionnaya Khimiya  (1991),  17(9),  1220-3

12. Ellern, A. M.; Sukhoverkhov, V. F.  Solid phase-liquid equilibrium in chloride trifluoride-boron trifluoride and bromine trifluoride-boron trifluoride systems.    Zhurnal Neorganicheskoi Khimii  (1991),  36(7),  1828-32

 13. Ellern, A. M.; Sinitsyn, M. N.; Antipin, M. Yu.; Sharabarin, A. V.; Struchkov, Yu. T.  Preparation and structure of difluorochlorine(1+) hexafluoroosmate(1-).    Koordinatsionnaya Khimiya  (1991),  17(12),  1686-8

 14. Ellern, A. M.; Antipin, M. Yu.; Sharabarin, A. V.; Struchkov, Yu. T.  Crystal structure of difluorochlorine(1+) hexafluoroniobate and hexafluorotantalate.    Zhurnal Neorganicheskoi Khimii  (1991),  36(9),  2266-70

 15. Ellern, A. M.; Antipin, M. Yu.; Struchkov, Yu. T.; Sukhoverkhov, V. F.  Crystal structure of bromine trifluoride at -120°C.    Zhurnal Neorganicheskoi Khimii  (1991),  36(6),  1393-6 

16. Roitershtein, D. M.; Ellern, A. M.; Antipin, M. Yu.; Rybakova, L. F.; Struchkov, Yu. T.; Petrov, E. S.  The first structurally characterized organolanthanoid compound with an anthracene dianion ligand.  Synthesis and structure (at 143 K) of h5-(C5H5)Lu(C14H102-)×2THF.    Mendeleev Communications  (1992),   (3),  118-20

 17. Kozitsyna, N. Yu.; Ellern, A. M.; Struchkov, Yu. T.; Moiseev, I. Yu.  Synthesis and molecular structure of the tetranuclear complex [(PPh3)Pt(m2-OAc)2(m3-OAc)Ag]2.    Mendeleev Communications  (1992),   (3),  100-2

 18. Bernhardt, E. A.; Ellern, A. M.; Sinitsyi, M. N.; Struchkov, Yu. T.; Kokunov, Yu. V.  Preparation and crystal structure of potassium and cesium tricarbonyltrichloroosmates(1-).    Zhurnal Neorganicheskoi Khimii  (1992),  37(9),  1997-2005

 19. Moiseev, Ilya I.; Stromnova, Tatiana A.; Busygina, Irina N.; Tihonova, Natalya Yu.; Kozitsyna, Natalya Yu.; Ellern, Arkady M.; Antipin, Mikhail Yu.; Struchkov, Yury T.  Oxidation of bridging groups by carboxylate coordinated ligands in palladium clusters.    Journal of Cluster Science  (1992),  3(4),  411-21

 20. Ellern, A. M.; Antipin, M. Yu.; Sharabarin, A. V.; Struchkov, Yu. T.  Crystal and molecular structure of difluorochlorine(1+) hexafluorobismuthate(1-).    Zhurnal Neorganicheskoi Khimii  (1992),  37(1),  86-8

21. Roitershtein, D. M.; Ellern, A. M.; Antipin, M. Yu.; Rubakova, L. F.; Struchkov, Yu. T.; Petrov, E. S.  Ytterbium complexes with the anthracene radical anion [Yb2+(OP{NMe2}3)6(C14H10-)2].    Koordinatsionnaya Khimiya  (1993),  19(10-11),  812-13

 22. Bernagardt, E. A.; Ellern, A. M.; Antipin, M. Yu.; Struchkov, Yu. T.; Sinitsyn, N. N.; Kokunov, Yu. V.  X-ray structural analysis of trans-(Bu4N)[Os(CO)2Br4].    Zhurnal Neorganicheskoi Khimii  (1993),  38(8),  1317-19

 23. Roitershtein, Dmitrii M.; Rybakova, Ludmila F.; Petrov, Eduard S.; Ellern, Arkady M.; Antipin, Mikhail Yu.; Struchkov, Yuri T.  Lutetium complexes with an anthracene dianion ligand. Molecular structure of [(C5H5)2Lu(C14H102-)] [Na+(diglyme)2].    Journal of Organometallic Chemistry  (1993),  460(1),  39-45 

24. Khodorkovsky, Vladimir Y.; Wang, Chang Sheng; Becker, James Y.; Ellern, Arkady; Shapiro, Lev; Bernstein, Joel.  Phenyl groups as molecular fasteners. Phenyltelluro-substituted tetrathiafulvalenes.    Advanced Materials (Weinheim, Germany)  (1994),  6(9),  656-9 

25. Wang, Changsheng; Ellern, Arkady; Khodorkovsky, Vladimir; Bernstein, Joel; Becker, James Y.  New direct iodination of tetrathiafulvalene (TTF): mono- and di-iodo-TTF and their x-ray crystal structures.    Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications  (1994),   (8),  983-4 

26. Aqad, Emad; Becker, James Y.; Bernstein, Joel; Ellern, Arkady; Khodorkovsky, Vladimir; Shapiro, Lev.  New p-electron donors containing two tetrathiafulvalene units fused to 1,4-dithiin and a conducting charge-transfer complex with tetracyanoquinodimethane.    Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications  (1994),   (24),  2775-6. 

27. Becker, James Y.; Bernstein, Joel; Dayan, Moshe; Ellern, Arkady; Shahal, Leah.  Charge transfer complexes of (TTFTe)2. Preparation, structure, and electrical conductivity.    Advanced Materials (Weinheim, Germany)  (1994),  6(10),  758-61 

28. Wang, Changsheng; Ellern, Arkady; Becker, James Y.; Bernstein, Joel.  A unique molecular donor containing two tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) units fused to 1,4-ditellurin: synthesis, x-ray structure and cyclic voltammetry.    Tetrahedron Letters  (1994),  35(45),  8489-92 

29. Khodorkovsky, Vladimir; Ellern, Arkady; Neilands, Ojars.  A new strong electron acceptor. The resurrection of 2,2'-biindanylidene-1,3,1',3'-tetraone (BIT).    Tetrahedron Letters  (1994),  35(18),  2955-8

30. Ellern, Arkady; Bernstein, Joel; Becker, James Y.; Zamir, Sharona; Shahal, Leah; Cohen, Shmuel.  A New Polymorphic Modification of Tetrathiafulvalene. Crystal Structure, Lattice Energy and Intermolecular Interactions.    Chemistry of Materials  (1994),  6(8),  1378-85 

31. Wang, Changsheng; Ellern, Arkady; Khodorkovsky, Vladimir; Becker, James Y.; Bernstein, Joel.  A new molecular donor containing two tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) units fused to 1,4-ditellurine: synthesis, x-ray structure, CT complex and conductivity.    Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications  (1994),   (18),  2115-16

32. Ellern, Arkady; Seppelt, Konrad.  XeOF5-, an anion with pentagonal-pyramidal structure.    Angewandte Chemie, International Edition in English  (1995),  34(15),  1586-7 

33. Becker, James Y.; Bernstein, Joel; Ellern, Arkady; Gershtenman, Hagit; Khodorkovsky, Vladimir.  The mystery of bis(tetrathiafulvalenyl) (TTF-TTF).    Journal of Materials Chemistry  (1995),  5(10),  1557-8. 

34. Becker, J. Y.; Aqad, E.; Bernstein, J.; Ellern, A.; Khodorkovsky, V.; Regev, T.; Shahal, L.; Shapiro, L.; Wang, C. - S.  Novel TTF derivatives as components for conducting CT complexes.    NATO ASI Series, Series C:  Mathematical and Physical Sciences  (1995),  456  277-93 

35. Wang, Changsheng; Ellern, Arkady; Becker, James Y.; Bernstein, Joel.  New angular molecular donor containing two tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) units fused to selenophene. Synthesis, x-ray structure, cyclic voltammetry, and conducting charge transfer complex with TCNQ.    Advanced Materials (Weinheim, Germany)  (1995),  7(7),  644-6 

36. Wang, Changsheng; Becker, James Y.; Bernstein, Joel; Ellern, Arkady; Khodorkovsky, Vladimir.  Halogenated tetrathiafulvalenes (TTFs): preparation, X-ray structure and cyclic voltammetry of tetrachloro-, 2,3-dichloro-6,7-dimethyl- and 2,3-diiodo-6,7-dimethyl-TTF.    Journal of Materials Chemistry  (1995),  5(10),  1559-62

37.Ellern, Arkady; Mahjoub, Ali-Reza; Seppelt, Konrad.  Structures of XeF7- and Xe2F13-.    Angewandte Chemie, International Edition in English  (1996),  35(10),  1123-1125 

38. Adam, Steffi; Ellern, Arkady; Seppelt, Konrad.  Structural principles of the coordination number eight: WF82-, ReF82-, and XeF82-.    Chemistry--A European Journal  (1996),  2(4),  398-402 

39. Kalikhman, Inna; Krivonos, Sonia; Ellern, Arkady; Kost, Daniel.  Crystal Structure and Unambiguous Assignment of Two Ligand Exchange Barriers in Neutral Pentacoordinate Silicon Complexes: Correlation of 29Si and 15N Chemical Shifts and Si-N Cleavage Barriers.    Organometallics  (1996),  15(24),  5073-5076 

40. Khodorkovsky, Vladimir; Mazor, Royi A.; Ellern, Arkady.  2-(p-Diethylaminobenzylidene)-1,3-indandione.    Acta Crystallographica, Section C: Crystal Structure Communications  (1996),  C52(11),  2878-2880

41. Boese, Roland; Boese, A. Daniel; Blaser, Dieter; Antipin, Michail Yu.; Ellern, Arkadi; Seppelt, Konrad.  The surprising crystal packing of chlorine fluoride.    Angewandte Chemie, International Edition in English  (1997),  36(13/14),  1489-1492 

42. Morkved, Eva H.; Faccin, Gerardo; Manfrotto, Davide; Kjosen, Helge; Becker, James Y.; Shapiro, Lev; Ellern, Arkady; Bernstein, Joel; Khodorkovsky, Vladimir.  Synthesis and properties of novel components for organic metals: dihydrotellurophene derivatives.    Journal of Materials Chemistry  (1997),  7(9),  1697-1700 

43. Aqad, Emad; Ellern, Arkady; Khodorkovsky, Vladimir.  Unusual formation of 2,1-benzisothiazole derivatives.    Tetrahedron Letters  (1998),  39(20),  3311-3314 

44. Botoshansky, Mark; Ellern, Arkady; Gasper, Noga; Henck, Jan-Olav; Herbstein, Frank H.  Structural, thermodynamic and kinetic (hysteresis) aspects of the enantiotropic first-order phase transformations of N-anilinophthalimide and N-(N'-methylanilino)phthalimide.    Acta Crystallographica, Section B: Structural Science  (1998),  B54(3),  277-290

45. Khodorkovsky, Vladimir; Ellern, Arkady; Moldavsky, Vadim.  New examples of donor-acceptor conjugated systems involving the 1,3-dithiole moiety.    Acta Crystallographica, Section C: Crystal Structure Communications  (1998),  C54(9),  1364-1367 

46. Jacob, Kochurani; Becker, James Y.; Ellern, Arkady; Khodorkovsky, Vladimir.  Synthesis of novel truxenequinone based electron acceptors.    Tetrahedron Letters  (1999),  40(49),  8625-8628 

47. Tsiperman, Evgeny; Regev, Tal; Becker, James Y.; Bernstein, Joel; Ellern, Arkady; Khodorkovsky, Vladimir; Shames, Alex; Shapiro, Lev.  Synthesis of a novel rigid tetrathiafulvalene-s-p-benzoquinone diad (TTF-s-Q) with inherent structural configuration suitable for intramolecular charge-transfer.    Chemical Communications (Cambridge)  (1999),   (12),  1125-1126 

48. Khodorkovsky, Vladimir; Ellern, Arkady; Shapiro, Lev; Neilands, Ojars.  Synthesis and properties of a novel electron acceptor derived from p-benzoquinone.    Tetrahedron Letters  (1999),  40(26),  4851-4854 

49. Aqad, Emad; Ellern, Arkady; Shapiro, Lev; Khodorkovsky, Vladimir.  Tetrathiafulvalene-thioindigo annulated donor-acceptor system with intramolecular charge-transfer.    Tetrahedron Letters  (2000),  41(16),  2983-2986 

50. Jacob, Kochurani; Sigalov, Mark; Becker, James Y.; Ellern, Arkady; Khodorkovsky, Vladimir.  Self-condensation of 1,3-indandione: a reinvestigation.    European Journal of Organic Chemistry  (2000),   (11),  2047-2055 

51. Sigalov, Mark; Ben-Asuly, Amos; Shapiro, Lev; Ellern, Arkady; Khodorkovsky, Vladimir.  Novel fluorescent stilbene analogs involving a carbazole moiety.    Tetrahedron Letters  (2000),  41(44),  8573-8576 

52. Ellern, Arkady; Drews, Thomas; Seppelt, Konrad.  The structure of carbon suboxide, C3O2, in the solid state.    Zeitschrift fuer Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie  (2001),  627(1),  73-76 

53. Paz-Tal Levi, O.; Becker, J. Y.; Ellern, A.; Khodorkovsky, V.  Synthesis of 2,3-di(methylthio)-6-pyridin-4-yltetrathiafulvalene: a precursor for a new system involving a direct linkage between a strong donor (D) and a strong acceptor (A).    Tetrahedron Letters  (2001),  42(8),  1571-1573. 

54. Batsanov, Andrei S.; Bryce, Martin R.; Chesney, Antony; Howard, Judith A. K.; John, Derek E.; Moore, Adrian J.; Wood, Clare L.; Gershtenman, Hagit; Becker, James Y.; Khodorkovsky, Vladimir Y.; Ellern, Arkady; Bernstein, Joel; Perepichka, Igor F.; Rotello, Vincent; Gray, Mark; Cuello, Alejandro O.  Synthesis and crystal engineering of new halogenated tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) derivatives and their charge transfer complexes and radical ion salts.    Journal of Materials Chemistry  (2001),  11(9),  2181-2191

 55. Ovchinnikov, Maxim V.; Ellern, Arkady M.; Guzei, Ilia A.; Angelici, Robert J.  Reactions of the Protonated Dinuclear Ruthenium Complex [{(h5-C5H3)2(SiMe2)2}Ru2(CO)4(m-H)]+ with Nucleophiles.    Inorganic Chemistry  (2001),  40(27),  7014-7019.

 56. Marcinow Z; Sygula A; Ellern A; Rabideau P W  Lowering inversion barriers of buckybowls by benzannelation of the rim: synthesis and crystal and molecular structure of 1,2-dihydrocyclopenta[b,c]dibenzo[g,m] corannulene.    ORGANIC LETTERS  (2001 Nov 1),  3(22),  3527-9.

 57. Ellern Arkady; Seppelt K.  The structures of nitrosyl fluoride and nitrosil chloride in the solid state.   Anorg. Angew. Chem.,  (2001 ),  627(2),  234-7.

 58. Espenson J H; Shan X; Lahti D W; Rockey T M; Saha B; Ellern A  Isomer formation and other issues in the substitution reactions of oxorhenium(V) complexes of 2,2'-bipyridine and related ligands.    INORGANIC CHEMISTRY  (2001 Dec 17),  40(26),  6717-24

 59. Henck J O; Bernstein J; Ellern A; Boese R  Disappearing and reappearing polymorphs. The benzocaine:picric acid system.    Journal of the American Chemical Society  (2001 Mar 7),  123(9),  1834-41

 60. Maimon, Eric; Zilbermann, Israel; Golub, Gilad; Ellern, Arkady; Shames, Alexander I.; Cohen, Haim; Meyerstein, Dan.  Comproportionation and redox catalyzed isomerization of Cu(II)(1R,4S,8R,11S-1,4,8,11-tetramethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane)2+ in aqueous solutions.    Inorganica Chimica Acta  (2001),  324(1,2),  65-72.

 61. Zhu Long-Gen; Ellern Arkady M; Kostic Nenad M  The binary adduct of 3,6,9,16,19,22-hexaazatricyclo[22.2.2.211,14]triaconta-11,13,24,26(1),27,29-hexaene and benzene-1,2,4,5-tetracarboxylic acid.    ACTA Crystallographica. Section C, Crystal Structure Ccommunications  (2002 Mar),  58(Pt 3), 129-30

 62. Espenson James H; Shan Xiaopeng; Wang Ying; Huang Ruili; Lahti David W; Dixon JaNeille; Lente Gabor; Ellern Arkady; Guzei Ilia A  Synthesis and characterization of dimetallic oxorhenium(V) and dioxorhenium(VII) compounds, and a study of stoichiometric and catalytic reactions.    Inorganic Chemistry  (2002 ),  41(9),  2583-91

 63. Kost, Daniel; Kingston, Vijeyakumar; Gostevskii, Boris; Ellern, Arkady; Stalke, Dietmar; Walfort, Bernhard; Kalikhman, Inna.  Donor-Stabilized Silyl Cations. 3. Ionic Dissociation of Hexacoordinate Silicon Complexes to Pentacoordinate Siliconium Salts Driven by Ion Solvation.    Organometallics  (2002),  21(11),  2293-2305.

 64. Ellern, Arkady; Boatz, Jerry A.; Christe, Karl O.; Drews, Thomas; Seppelt, Konrad.  The crystal structures of ClF3O, BrF3O, and [NO]+[BrF4O]-.    Zeitschrift fuer Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie  (2002),  628(9-10),  1991-1999.

 65. Wang, Wei-Dong; Ellern, Arkady; Guzei, Ilia A.; Espenson, James H.  Preparation, Properties, and Reactions of Five-Coordinate Re(VII) Dioxo and Diimido Complexes.    Organometallics  (2002),  21(25),  5576-5582.

 66. Shan, Xiaopeng; Ellern, Arkady; Espenson, James H.  Methyl transfer from rhenium to coordinated thiolate groups.    Angewandte Chemie, International Edition  (2002),  41(20),  3807-3809.

 67. Shan, Xiaopeng; Ellern, Arkady; Espenson, James H.  Methyloxorhenium(V) Complexes with Two Bidentate Ligands: Syntheses and Reactivity Studies.    Inorganic Chemistry  (2002),  41(26),  7136-7142.

 68. Du, Guodong; Ellern, Arkady; Woo, L. Keith.  Synthesis and Characterization of Chiral Tetraaza Macrocyclic Nickel(II) and Palladium(II) Complexes.    Inorganic Chemistry  (2003),  42(3),  873-877.

 69. Vecchi, Paul A.; Ellern, Arkady; Angelici, Robert J.  Synthetic, Structural and Binding Studies of the 4,6-Dimethyldibenzothiophene Complex [(h5-C5Me5)Ru(CO)2(h1(S)-4,6-Me2DBT)]BF4: Toward an Understanding of Deep Hydrodesulfurization.    Journal of the American Chemical Society  (2003),  125(8),  2064-2065.

 70. Shan, Xiaopeng; Ellern, Arkady; Guzei, Ilia A.; Espenson, James H.  Syntheses and Oxidation of Methyloxorhenium(V) Complexes with Tridentate Ligands.    Inorganic Chemistry  (2003),  42(7),  2362-2367.

 71. Lemma, Kelemu; Ellern, Arkady; Bakac, Andreja.    1H NMR Studies of Ligand and H/D Exchange Reactions of cis- and trans-([14]aneN4)(H2O)RhH2+ in Aqueous Solutions.Inorganic Chemistry  (2003),  42(11),  3662-3669. 

 72.  Sygula, Andrzej; Sygula, Renata; Ellern, Arkady; Rabideau, Peter W.  Novel Twin Corannulene: Synthesis and Crystal Structure Determination of a Dicorannulenobarrelene Dicarboxylate. Organic Letters  (2003),  5(15),  2595-2597. 

  73. Aqad, Emad; Leriche, Philippe; Mabon, Gilles; Gorgues, Alain; Allain, Magali; Riou, Amedee; Ellern, Arkady; Khodorkovsky, Vladimir.  Base-catalyzed condensation of cyclopentadiene derivatives. Synthesis of fulvalene analogues: strong proaromatic electron acceptors.     Tetrahedron  (2003),  59(30),  5773-5782

 74. Klein, David P.; Ovchinnikov, Maxim V.; Ellern, Arkady; Angelici, Robert J. Square-Planar and Butterfly Tetranuclear Ruthenium Clusters Incorporating the Doubly Linked Bis(dimethylsilylcyclopentadienyl) Ligand.    Organometallics  (2003),  22(18),  3691-3697

 75. Crawford, Margaret-Jane; Ellern, Arkady; Noeth, Heinrich; Suter, Max.   Synthesis and Structure of UO2I2(OH2)2×4Et2O: First Structurally Characterized U(VI)-I Bond and Lightest Missing Member of the UO2X2 (X = Halide) Series. Journal of the American Chemical Society  (2003),  125(39),  11778-11779. 

 76. Choi, J.; Sanderson, L. A. W.; Musfeldt, J. L.; Ellern, A.; Kogerler, P.  Optical properties of the molecule-based magnet K6[V15As6O42(H2O)]×8H2O.     Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics  (2003),  68(6),  064412/1-064412/5. 

 77. Raznoshik, Hava; Zilberman, Israel; Maimon, Eric; Ellern, Arkady; Cohen, Haim; Meyerstein, Dan.   Reduction of the Allylic Substituents in NiI(1,8-dipropenyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane)+ by the Central Ni(I) in Aqueous Solutions.     Inorganic Chemistry  (2003),  42(22),  7156-7161

78. Kraus, George A.; Choudhury, Prabir K.; Ellern, Arkady.     Methyl 6-bromo-2,3-dihydro-2-methylimidazo[2,1-b]oxazole-5-carboxylate.     Acta Crystallographica, Section E: Structure Reports Online  (2003),  59(11),  o1735-o1737 

79. McKinley, Scott G.; Vecchi, Paul A.; Ellern, Arkady; Angelici, Robert J.  CpRu(CO)2(BF4) and [CpFe(CO)2(THF)]+ on mesoporous silica as adsorbents for the removal of dibenzothiophenes from hydrocarbon solutions.    Dalton Transactions  (2004),   (5),  788-793. 

 80. Du, Guodong; Ellern, Arkady; Woo, L. Keith.  Reaction of Tin Porphyrins with Vicinal Diols.    Inorganic Chemistry  (2004),  43(7),  2379-2386. 

 81. Shan, Xiaopeng; Ellern, Arkady; Guzei, Ilia A.; Espenson, James H.  Ligand Displacement and Oxidation Reactions of Methyl(oxo)rhenium(V) Complexes.    Inorganic Chemistry  (2004),  43(13),  3854-3862. 

82. Vecchi, Paul A.; Alvarez, Celedonio M.; Ellern, Arkady; Angelici, Robert J.; Sygula, Andrzej; Sygula, Renata; Rabideau, Peter W. Synthesis and structure of a dimetallated buckybowl: Coordination of one {Cp*Ru}+ unit to each side of corannulene. Angewandte Chemie, International Edition (2004), 43(34), 4497-4500.

83. Crawford, Margaret-Jane; Ellern, Arkady; Karaghiosoff, Konstantin; Mayer, Peter; Noeth, Heinrich; Suter, Max. Synthesis and Characterization of Heavier Dioxouranium(VI) Dihalides. Inorganic Chemistry (2004), 43(22), 7120-7126.

84. Klein, David P.; Ellern, Arkady; Angelici, Robert J. New Mechanism for the Intermolecular Hydroamination of Alkynes: Catalysis by Dinuclear Ruthenium Complexes with a Rigid Dicyclopentadienyl Ligand. Organometallics  (2004),  23(24),  5662-5670 (2004),  23(24),  5662-5670

85. Krief, Pnina; Becker, James Y.; Ellern, Arkady; Khodorkovsky, Vladimir; Neilands, Ojars; Shapiro, Lev.  s-Indacene-1,3,5,7(2H,6H)-tetraone ('Janus dione') and 1,3-dioxo-5,6-indanedicarboxylic acid: Old and new 1,3-indandione derivatives.    Synthesis  (2004),   (15),  2509-2512. 

86. Li, Ming; Ellern, Arkady; Espenson, James H.  C-S bond cleavage: Phosphine-promoted conversion of oxo(dithiolato)rhenium(V) into thio(thiolatoalkyl)rhenium(V) compounds.    Angewandte Chemie, International Edition  (2004),  43(43),  5837-5839. 

87. Anderson, Jared L.; Ding, Rongfang; Ellern, Arkady; Armstrong, Daniel W.  Structure and Properties of High Stability Geminal Dicationic Ionic Liquids.    Journal of the American Chemical Society  (2005),  127(2),  593-604. 

88. Cai, Yang; Ellern, Arkady; Espenson, James H.  New Oxorhenium(V) Compound for Catalyzed Oxygen Atom Transfer from Picoline N-Oxide to Triarylphosphines.    Inorganic Chemistry  (2005),  44(7),  2560-2565.

89. McWilliams, Kevin M.; Angelici, Robert J.; Ellern, Arkady.  Ruthenium complexes of soybean oil and model compounds: Characterization and initial binding studies.    Abstracts of Papers, 229th ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA, United States, March 13-17, 2005  (2005),    

90. Vecchi, Paul A.; Ellern, Arkady; Angelici, Robert J.  Steric Effects in the Binding of Hindered Dibenzothiophene Ligands in [Cp'Ru(CO)2(h1(S)-DBTh)]+ Complexes.    Organometallics  (2005),  24(9),  2168-2176. 

 91. Li, Ming; Ellern, Arkady; Espenson, James H.  Rhenium(V) Complexes with Thiolato and Dithiolato Ligands: Synthesis, Structures, and Monomerization Reactions.    Inorganic Chemistry  (2005),  44(10),  3690-3699. 

 92. Vecchi, Paul A.; Ellern, Arkady; Angelici, Robert J.  Synthetic, Structural, and Kinetic Studies of [CpRu(CO)2(m2-h1(S):h6-DBT)RuCp*][PF6]2: A Dibenzothiophene Bridge between Two Ruthenium Fragments.    Organometallics  (2005),  24(15),  3725-3730. 

 93. Li, Ming; Ellern, Arkady; Espenson, James H.  Studies of C-S bond cleavage reactions of Re(V) dithiolates: synthesis, reactivity, and mechanism.    Journal of the American Chemical Society  (2005),  127(29),  10436-10447. 

 94. Vecchi, Paul A.; Alvarez, Celedonio M.; Ellern, Arkady; Angelici, Robert J.; Sygula, Andrzej; Sygula, Renata; Rabideau, Peter W.  Flattening of a Curved-Surface Buckybowl (Corannulene) by h6 Coordination to {CpRu}+.    Organometallics  (2005),  24(19),  4543-4552. 

 95. Kingston, Jesudoss V.; Ellern, Arkady; Verkade, John G.  A stable structurally characterized phosphorus-bound isocyanide and its thermal and catalyzed isomerization to the corresponding cyanide.    Angewandte Chemie, International Edition  (2005),  44(31),  4960-4963

96. Lemma, Kelemu; Ellern, Arkady; Bakac, Andreja.  Ligand effect on the kinetics of hydroperoxochromium(iii)-oxochromium(v) transformation and the lifetime of chromium(v).    Dalton Transactions  (2006),   (1),  58-63. 

97. Crawford, Margaret-Jane; Ellern, Arkady; Mayer, Peter. UN2130: A structurally characterized binary actinide heptaazide anion. Angewandte Chemie, International Edition (2005), 44(48), 7874-7878.

98. Karpati, Tamas; Veszpremi, Tamas; Thirupathi, Natesan;Liu, Xiaodong; Wang, Zhigang; Ellern, Arkady; Nyulaszi, Laszlo;Verkade, John G. Synthesis and Photoelectron Spectroscopic Studies of N(CH2CH2NMe)3P:E (E = O, S, NH, CH2). Journal of the American Chemical Society (2006),128(5), 1500-1512.

99. Xia, Wen Sheng; Radosevich, Jennifer; Ellern, Arkady. Triaqua-m3-oxo-hexa-m2-propionato-k12O:O'-trichromium(III) nitrate hemihydrate. Acta Crystallographica, Section E: Structure Reports Online (2006), E62(6), m1213-m1215.

100. Ryu, Eui-Hyun; Ellern, Arkady; Zhao, Yan. High guest inclusion in 3b-amino-7a,12a-dihydroxycholan-24-oic acid enabled by charge-assisted hydrogen bonds. Tetrahedron (2006), 62(29), 6808-6813.

101. Fielden, John; Malaestean, Yurii L.; Ellern, Arkady; Garcia-Serres, Ricardo; Cronin, Leroy; Kogerler, Paul. Inducing molecular growth in an {Mo57Fe6}-type nanocluster: synthesis, structure, and properties of {Mo57(Mo)2FeIII6}. Journal of Cluster Science (2006), 17(2), 291-302.

102. Zhu, Bolin; Ellern, Arkady; Angelici, Robert J. Eta(6)-Coordination of the curved carbon surface of corannulene (C20H10) to [eta(6)-arene]M2+ (M = Ru, Os). Abstracts of Papers, 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, United States, Sept. 10-14, 2006 (2006), INOR-334.

103. Michon, Christophe; Ellern, Arkady; Angelici, Robert J. Chiral tetradentate amine and tridentate aminocarbene ligands: Synthesis, reactivity and X-ray structural characterizations. Inorganica Chimica Acta (2006), 359(14), 4549-4556.

104. Su, Weiping; Kim, Youngjo; Ellern, Arkady; Guzei, Ilia A.; Verkade, John G. Facile Synthesis of Monomeric Alumatranes. Journal of the American Chemical Society (2006), 128(42), 13727-13735.

 

 

Presentation of papers at conferences

 

More than 50 abstracts. (Included in the full CV. (Available under request)

 

Seminars at the Universities and Institutions; invited lectures

 

More than 20 lectures including 4 oral presentations on IUCr meetings during last 5 years. 

(Included in the full CV. Available under request).

 

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