Publications
32. Mirzaei, S.; Castro, E.; Hernández Sánchez, R.* "Conjugated Molecular Nanotubes". Submitted.
31. Castro, E.;§ Mirzaei, S.;§ Hernández Sánchez, R.* "Radially Oriented [n]Cyclo-meta-phenylenes". Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 87.
§Equal contribution.
§Equal contribution.
30. Gadjieva, N. A.; Szimai, P.; Sági, O.; Alemany, P.; Conejeros, S.; Paley, D. W.; Hernández Sánchez, R.; Fowler, B.; Náfrádi, B.; Forró, L.; Roy, X. S.; Batail, P.;* Canadell, E.;* Steigerwald, M. L.;* Nuckolls, C.* "Intermolecular Resonance Correlates Electron Pairs Down a Supermolecular Chain: Antiferromagnetism in K-Doped p-Terphenyl". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 20624.
29. Mirzaei, S.;§ Castro, E.;§ Hernández Sánchez, R.* "Tubularenes". Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 8089.
§Equal contribution. Selected for the cover of Chemical Science Volume 11, Issue 31, 21 August 2020.
§Equal contribution. Selected for the cover of Chemical Science Volume 11, Issue 31, 21 August 2020.
Prior to University of Pittsburgh
28. Liu, T.; Yang, J.; Geyer, F.; Conrad-Burton, F.; Hernández Sánchez, R.; Li, H.; Zhu, X.; Xiao, S.; Nuckolls, C.; Steigerwald, M. “Stringing the Perylene Diimide Bow”. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 14303.
27. Conrad-Burton, F.; Liu, T.; Geyer, F.; Costantini, R.; Schlaus, A.; Spencer, M.; Wang, J.; Hernández Sánchez, R.; Zhang, B.; Xu, Q.; Steigerwald, M.; Xiao, S.; Li, H.; Nuckolls, C.; Zhu, X. "Controlling Singlet Fission by Molecular Contortion". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 13143.
26. Bartholomew, A. K.;† Teesdale, J. J.; Hernández Sánchez, R.; Malbrecht, B.J.; Juda, C. E.; Ménard, G.; Bu, W.; Iovan, D. A.; Mikhailine, A. A.; Zheng, S.-L.; Sarangi, R.; Wang, S. G.; Chen, Y.-S.; Betley, T.A.* "Exposing the inadequacy of redox formalisms by resolving redox inequivalence within isovalent clusters". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 2019, 116, 15836.
25. Milton, M.; Schuster, N.; Paley, D. W.; Hernández Sánchez, R.; Ng, F.; Steigerwald, M. L.; Nuckolls, C. “Defying Strain in the Synthesis of an Electroactive Bilayer Helicene”. Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 1029.
24. Hernández Sánchez, R.; Betley, T. A. “Thermally persistent high spin ground states in octahedral iron clusters”. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 16792.
23. Hernández Sánchez, R.*; Champsaur, A. M.; Paley, D. W.; Choi, B.; Wang, S. G.; Bu, W.; Roy, X.; Chen. Y.-S.;* Steigerwald, M. L.;* Nuckolls, C.* “Electron cartography in clusters”. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 13815.
22. Schuster, N.; Hernández Sánchez, R.; Bukharina, D.; Kotov, N. A.; Berova, N.; Ng, F.; Steigerwald, M. L.; Nuckolls, C. “A Helicene Nanoribbon with Greatly Amplified Chirality”. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 6235.
21. Zhang, B.;§ Hernández Sánchez, R.;§ Zhong, Y.; Ball, M.; Terban, M. W.; Paley, D.; Billinge, S. J. L.; Ng, F.; Steigerwald, M. L.; Nuckolls, C. “Hollow Organic Semiconductors Assemble into Cellular Semiconductors”. Nat. Commun. 2018, 9, 1957. § = equal contribution.
20. Milton, M.; Cheng, Q.; Yang, Y.;* Nuckolls, C.;* Hernández Sánchez, R.;* Sisto, T.* “Molecular Materials for Nonaqueous Flow Batteries with a High Coulombic Efficiency and Stable Cycling”. Nano Lett. 2017, 17, 7859.
19. Keener, M.; Peterson, M.; Hernández Sánchez, R.; Oswald, V. F.; Wu, G.; Ménard, G.*. “Towards Catalytic Ammonia Oxidation to Dinitrogen: A Synthetic Cycle Using a Simple Manganese Complex”. Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 11479.
18. Amiri, H.; Shepard, K.;* Nuckolls, C.;* Hernández Sánchez, R.* “Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Mimics of Biological Ion Channels”. Nano Lett. 2017, 17, 1204.
17. Lee, H.; Campbell, M. G.; Hernández Sánchez, R.; Börgel, J.; Raynaud, J.; Parker, S. E.; Ritter, T. “Mechanistic Insight Into High-Spin Iron(I)-Catalyzed Butadiene Dimerization”. Organometallics 2016, 35, 2923.
16. Furneaux, A. G.; Piro, N. A.; Hernández Sánchez, R.; Garmigna, K. M.; Fey, N.; Robinson, M. J.; Kassel, W. S.; Nataro, C. “Specroscopic, structural and computational analysis of [Re(CO)3(dippM)Br]n+ (dippM = 1,1’-bis(diiso-propylphosphino)metallocene, M = Fe, n = 0 or 1; M = Co, n = 1)”. Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 4819.
15. Blass, B. L.; Hernández Sánchez, R.; Decker, V. A.; Robinson, M. J.; Piro, N. A.; Kassel, W. S.; Diaconescu, P. L.; Nataro, C. “Structural, Computational, and Spectroscopic Investigation of [Pd(k3-1,1’-bis(di-tert-butylphosphino)ferrocenediyl)X]+ (X = Cl, Br, I) Compounds”. Organometallics 2016, 35, 462.
14. Hernández Sánchez, R.; Bartholomew, A.; Powers, T.; Ménard, G.; Betley, T. A. “Maximizing electron exchange in a [Fe3] cluster”. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 2235.
13. Hernández Sánchez, R.; Betley, T. A. “Meta-Atom Behavior in Clusters Revealing Large Spin Ground States”. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 13949.
12. Hernández Sánchez, R.; Zheng, S.-L.; Betley, T. A. “Ligand Field Strength Mediates Electron Delocalization in Octahedral [(HL)2Fe6(L’)m]n+ Clusters”. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 11126.
11. Hernández Sánchez, R.; Willis, A. M.; Zheng, S.-L.; Betley, T. A. “Synthesis of Well-Defined Bicapped Octahedral Iron Clusters [(trenL)2Fe8(PMe2Ph)2]n (n = 0, –1)”. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 12009.
10. Cramer, S. A.; Hernández Sánchez, R.; Brakhage, D. F.; Jenkins, D. M. “Probing the role of an FeIV tetrazene in catalytic aziridination”. Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 13967.
9. Wu, B.; Hernández Sánchez, R.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M. “Formation of a Heterobimetallic Zirconium/Cobalt Diimido Complexes via a Four-Electron Transformation”. Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 10021.
8. Powers, T. M.; Gu, N. X.; Fout, A. R.; Baldwin, A. M.; Hernández Sánchez, R.; Alfonso, D. M.; Chen, Y.-S.; Zheng, S.-L; Betley, T. A. “Synthesis of Open-Shell, Bimetallic Mn/Fe Trinuclear Clusters”. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 14448.
7. Eames, E.; Hernández Sánchez, R.; Betley, T. A. “Metal atom lability in polynuclear complexes”. Inorg. Chem. 2013, 56, 5006.
6. Kraft, S. J.; Hernández Sánchez, R.; Hock, A. S. “A Remarkably Active Iron Catecholate Immobilized in a Porous Organic Polymer”. ACS Catal. 2013, 3, 826.
5. Wong, L. J.; Hernández Sánchez, R.; Glancy Logan, J.; Zarkesh, R. A.; Ziller, J. W.; Heyduk, A. F. “Disulfide reductive elimination from an iron(III) complex”. Chem. Sci. 2013, 4, 1906.
4. Harris, T. D.; Zhao, Q.; Hernández Sánchez, R.; Betley, T. A. “Expanded Redox Accessibility via Ligand Substitution in an Octahedral Fe6Br6 Cluster”. Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 6344.
3. Yamazaki, Y.; Hernandez-Sanchez, R.; Haile, S. M. “Cation nonstoichiometry in yttrium-doped barium zirconate: phase behavior, microstructure, and proton conductivity”. J. Mater. Chem. 2010, 20, 8158-8166.
2. Telila, H.; Mamo, T.; Hernandez Sanchez, R. “The Fabrication of nanoparticle CsH2PO4 Electrolyte for Fuel Cell Applications”. Caltech Undergraduate Research Journal 2009, 9 (No. 1), 33 – 39.
1. Yamazaki, Y.; Hernandez-Sanchez, R.; Haile, S. M. “High Total Proton Conductivity in Large-Grained Yttrium-Doped Barium Zirconate”. Chem. Mater. 2009, 21, 2755-2762.
27. Conrad-Burton, F.; Liu, T.; Geyer, F.; Costantini, R.; Schlaus, A.; Spencer, M.; Wang, J.; Hernández Sánchez, R.; Zhang, B.; Xu, Q.; Steigerwald, M.; Xiao, S.; Li, H.; Nuckolls, C.; Zhu, X. "Controlling Singlet Fission by Molecular Contortion". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 13143.
26. Bartholomew, A. K.;† Teesdale, J. J.; Hernández Sánchez, R.; Malbrecht, B.J.; Juda, C. E.; Ménard, G.; Bu, W.; Iovan, D. A.; Mikhailine, A. A.; Zheng, S.-L.; Sarangi, R.; Wang, S. G.; Chen, Y.-S.; Betley, T.A.* "Exposing the inadequacy of redox formalisms by resolving redox inequivalence within isovalent clusters". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 2019, 116, 15836.
25. Milton, M.; Schuster, N.; Paley, D. W.; Hernández Sánchez, R.; Ng, F.; Steigerwald, M. L.; Nuckolls, C. “Defying Strain in the Synthesis of an Electroactive Bilayer Helicene”. Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 1029.
24. Hernández Sánchez, R.; Betley, T. A. “Thermally persistent high spin ground states in octahedral iron clusters”. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 16792.
23. Hernández Sánchez, R.*; Champsaur, A. M.; Paley, D. W.; Choi, B.; Wang, S. G.; Bu, W.; Roy, X.; Chen. Y.-S.;* Steigerwald, M. L.;* Nuckolls, C.* “Electron cartography in clusters”. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 13815.
22. Schuster, N.; Hernández Sánchez, R.; Bukharina, D.; Kotov, N. A.; Berova, N.; Ng, F.; Steigerwald, M. L.; Nuckolls, C. “A Helicene Nanoribbon with Greatly Amplified Chirality”. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 6235.
21. Zhang, B.;§ Hernández Sánchez, R.;§ Zhong, Y.; Ball, M.; Terban, M. W.; Paley, D.; Billinge, S. J. L.; Ng, F.; Steigerwald, M. L.; Nuckolls, C. “Hollow Organic Semiconductors Assemble into Cellular Semiconductors”. Nat. Commun. 2018, 9, 1957. § = equal contribution.
20. Milton, M.; Cheng, Q.; Yang, Y.;* Nuckolls, C.;* Hernández Sánchez, R.;* Sisto, T.* “Molecular Materials for Nonaqueous Flow Batteries with a High Coulombic Efficiency and Stable Cycling”. Nano Lett. 2017, 17, 7859.
19. Keener, M.; Peterson, M.; Hernández Sánchez, R.; Oswald, V. F.; Wu, G.; Ménard, G.*. “Towards Catalytic Ammonia Oxidation to Dinitrogen: A Synthetic Cycle Using a Simple Manganese Complex”. Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 11479.
18. Amiri, H.; Shepard, K.;* Nuckolls, C.;* Hernández Sánchez, R.* “Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Mimics of Biological Ion Channels”. Nano Lett. 2017, 17, 1204.
17. Lee, H.; Campbell, M. G.; Hernández Sánchez, R.; Börgel, J.; Raynaud, J.; Parker, S. E.; Ritter, T. “Mechanistic Insight Into High-Spin Iron(I)-Catalyzed Butadiene Dimerization”. Organometallics 2016, 35, 2923.
16. Furneaux, A. G.; Piro, N. A.; Hernández Sánchez, R.; Garmigna, K. M.; Fey, N.; Robinson, M. J.; Kassel, W. S.; Nataro, C. “Specroscopic, structural and computational analysis of [Re(CO)3(dippM)Br]n+ (dippM = 1,1’-bis(diiso-propylphosphino)metallocene, M = Fe, n = 0 or 1; M = Co, n = 1)”. Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 4819.
15. Blass, B. L.; Hernández Sánchez, R.; Decker, V. A.; Robinson, M. J.; Piro, N. A.; Kassel, W. S.; Diaconescu, P. L.; Nataro, C. “Structural, Computational, and Spectroscopic Investigation of [Pd(k3-1,1’-bis(di-tert-butylphosphino)ferrocenediyl)X]+ (X = Cl, Br, I) Compounds”. Organometallics 2016, 35, 462.
14. Hernández Sánchez, R.; Bartholomew, A.; Powers, T.; Ménard, G.; Betley, T. A. “Maximizing electron exchange in a [Fe3] cluster”. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 2235.
13. Hernández Sánchez, R.; Betley, T. A. “Meta-Atom Behavior in Clusters Revealing Large Spin Ground States”. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 13949.
12. Hernández Sánchez, R.; Zheng, S.-L.; Betley, T. A. “Ligand Field Strength Mediates Electron Delocalization in Octahedral [(HL)2Fe6(L’)m]n+ Clusters”. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 11126.
11. Hernández Sánchez, R.; Willis, A. M.; Zheng, S.-L.; Betley, T. A. “Synthesis of Well-Defined Bicapped Octahedral Iron Clusters [(trenL)2Fe8(PMe2Ph)2]n (n = 0, –1)”. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 12009.
10. Cramer, S. A.; Hernández Sánchez, R.; Brakhage, D. F.; Jenkins, D. M. “Probing the role of an FeIV tetrazene in catalytic aziridination”. Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 13967.
9. Wu, B.; Hernández Sánchez, R.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M. “Formation of a Heterobimetallic Zirconium/Cobalt Diimido Complexes via a Four-Electron Transformation”. Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 10021.
8. Powers, T. M.; Gu, N. X.; Fout, A. R.; Baldwin, A. M.; Hernández Sánchez, R.; Alfonso, D. M.; Chen, Y.-S.; Zheng, S.-L; Betley, T. A. “Synthesis of Open-Shell, Bimetallic Mn/Fe Trinuclear Clusters”. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 14448.
7. Eames, E.; Hernández Sánchez, R.; Betley, T. A. “Metal atom lability in polynuclear complexes”. Inorg. Chem. 2013, 56, 5006.
6. Kraft, S. J.; Hernández Sánchez, R.; Hock, A. S. “A Remarkably Active Iron Catecholate Immobilized in a Porous Organic Polymer”. ACS Catal. 2013, 3, 826.
5. Wong, L. J.; Hernández Sánchez, R.; Glancy Logan, J.; Zarkesh, R. A.; Ziller, J. W.; Heyduk, A. F. “Disulfide reductive elimination from an iron(III) complex”. Chem. Sci. 2013, 4, 1906.
4. Harris, T. D.; Zhao, Q.; Hernández Sánchez, R.; Betley, T. A. “Expanded Redox Accessibility via Ligand Substitution in an Octahedral Fe6Br6 Cluster”. Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 6344.
3. Yamazaki, Y.; Hernandez-Sanchez, R.; Haile, S. M. “Cation nonstoichiometry in yttrium-doped barium zirconate: phase behavior, microstructure, and proton conductivity”. J. Mater. Chem. 2010, 20, 8158-8166.
2. Telila, H.; Mamo, T.; Hernandez Sanchez, R. “The Fabrication of nanoparticle CsH2PO4 Electrolyte for Fuel Cell Applications”. Caltech Undergraduate Research Journal 2009, 9 (No. 1), 33 – 39.
1. Yamazaki, Y.; Hernandez-Sanchez, R.; Haile, S. M. “High Total Proton Conductivity in Large-Grained Yttrium-Doped Barium Zirconate”. Chem. Mater. 2009, 21, 2755-2762.
Patents
2. Castro, E.; Mirzaei, S.; Hernández Sánchez, R.* “Synthesis of Nanotubular Molecules”. U.S. Application No. 63/057,506, filed on July 28, 2020.
1. Milton, M.; Cheng, Q.; Yang, Y.*; Nuckolls, C.*; Hernández Sánchez, R.*; Sisto, T.* “Non-Aqueous Flow Batteries”. International Publication No. WO 2019/036633 A1.
1. Milton, M.; Cheng, Q.; Yang, Y.*; Nuckolls, C.*; Hernández Sánchez, R.*; Sisto, T.* “Non-Aqueous Flow Batteries”. International Publication No. WO 2019/036633 A1.