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2011
2011-3[49] "Palladium-catalyzed Synthesis of Indoles via Ammonia Cross-coupling–alkyne cyclization." Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 6936–6938. 2011-1[47] "Probing Mesitylborane and Mesitylborate Ligation Within the Coordination Sphere of Cp*Ru(PiPr3)^+: A Combined Synthetic, X-Ray Crystallographic, and Computational Study." Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 2431–2444.	2011-4[50] "Design of New P,N "DalPhos" Ligands: Applications in Transition Metal Catalysis." Synlett 2011, 2443–2458. 2011-2[48] "Palladium-Catalyzed Mono-alpha-Arylation of Acetone with Aryl Halides and Tosylates." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, 5194-5197.
2010
2010-11[46] "Stereo- and Regioselective Gold-Catalyzed Hydroamination of Internal Alkynes with Dialkylamines." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 132, 18026-18029.
2010-9[44] "Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Aryl Chlorides and Tosylates with Hydrazine." Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2010, 49, 8686-8690. This work was featured in Chemical and Engineering News; please click here for the article.	2010-10[45] "Platinum-Catalyzed Alkene Cyclohydroamination: Evaluating the Utility of Bidentate P,N/P,P Ligation and Phosphine-Free Catalyst Systems." Organometallics, 2010, 29, 6125-6128.
2010-7[42] "Rhodium- and Iridium-Catalyzed Hydroamination of Alkenes." ChemCatChem, 2010, 2, 1192-1207.	2010-8[43] "Transition Metal-Catalyzed Trifluoromethylation of Aryl Halides." Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2010, 49, 9322-9324.
2010-5[40] "A P,N-Ligand for Pd-Catalyzed Ammonia Arylation: Coupling of Deactivated Aryl Chlorides, Chemoselective Arylations, and Room Temperature Reactions." Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2010, 49, 4071-4074. This work was featured in Chemical and Engineering News; please click here for the article.	2010-6[41] "Rhodium Phosphino-enolate Complexes as Chemo- and Regioselective Catalysts for the Hydroformylation of Styrenes." J. Organomet. Chem., 2010, 695, 1869-1872; invited contribution to the thematic issue “Catalytic addition of E-H bonds to non-activated carbon-carbon multiple bonds”
2010-3[38] "A Highly Versatile Catalyst System for the Cross-Coupling of Aryl Chlorides and Amines." Chem. Eur. J., 2010, 16, 1983-1991. This work was featured in Chemical and Engineering News; please click here for the article.	2010-4[39] "Intramolecular Hydroamination of Unactivated Alkenes with Secondary Alkylamines Catalyzed by Iridium Phosphino-phenolate Complexes." Can. J. Chem., 2010, 88, 700-708; issue in honour of Russell Boyd.
2010-1[36] "Zwitterionic Relatives of Cationic Platinum Group Metal Complexes: Applications in Stoichiometric and Catalytic s-Bond Activation." Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2010, 49, 494-512.	2010-2[37] "[Ir(COD)Cl]2 as a Catalyst Precursor for the Intramolecular Hydroamination of Unactivated Alkenes with Primary Amines and Secondary Alkyl- or Arylamines: A Combined Catalytic, Mechanistic and Computational Investigation." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 413-426.
2009
2009-5[35] "Exploring the Reactivity of a Coordinatively Unsaturated Cp*Ru(k^2-P,O) Complex with Small Molecule Substrates: Application in E-H Bond Activation (E = H, B, and Si)." Dalton Trans., 2009, 4756–4765.
2009-3[33] "Intramolecular Hydroamination of Unactivated Alkenes with Secondary Alkyl- and Arylamines Employing [Ir(COD)Cl]2 as a Catalyst Precursor.” Org. Lett., 11, 1449-1452.	2009-4[34] "Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalytic Application of a New Chiral P,N-Indene Ligand Derived from (R)-BINOL." J. Organomet. Chem., 2009, 694, 1943-1947.
2009-1[31] " Exploring the Utility of a New Chiral Phosphoramidite P,N-Ligand Derived from (R)-BINOL and 7-Azaindole in Asymmetric Catalysis.” Can. J. Chem., 2009, 87, 72-79.	2009-2[32] "Probing the Dynamics and Reactivity of a Stereochemically Non-Rigid Cp*Ru(H)(k^2-P,Carbene) Complex.” Organometallics, 2009, 28, 74-83.
2008
2008-7[30] "New Cationic and Zwitterionic Cp*M(k^2-P,S) Complexes (M = Rh, Ir): Divergent Reactivity Pathways Arising from Alternative Modes of Ancillary Ligand Participation in Substrate Activation.” J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2008, 130, 16394-16406.
2008-5[28] "(k^2-P,S)Pt(benzyl) Complexes Derived from 1/3-P^iPr2-2-S^tBu-Indene: Facile Synthesis of Carbanion- and Borate-Containing Zwitterions.” Chemical Communications 2008, 5645-5647.	2008-6[29] "Indenyl Hemilability: Unveiling a Masked (h^5-C5Me5)Ru(k^2-P,Carbene) Zwitterion Via Facile and Reversible Ru-C(sp^3) Bond Cleavage.” Organometallics 2008, 27, 6286-6299.
2008-3[26] "Synthesis and Characterization of a Cationic Ruthenium Complex Featuring an Unusual Bis(h^2-B-H) Monoborane Ligand.” Inorganic Chemistry 2008, 47, 7471-7473.	2008-4[27] "Rapid Ketone Transfer Hydrogenation by Employing Simple, In Situ Prepared Iridium(I) Precatalysts Supported by “Non-N-H” P,N Lignads.” Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14, 10388-10395.
2008-1[24] "Reactivity of a Coordinatively Unsaturated Cp*Ru(kappa2-P,O) Complex.” Chem. Commun. 2008, 250-252.	2008-2[25] "Neutral, Cationic, and Zwitterionic Ru(II) Atom Transfer Radical Addition Catalysts Supported by P,N-Substituted Indene or Indenide Ligands.” Organometallics 2008, 27, 254-258.
2007
2007-7[23] "Silylene Extrusion from Organosilanes via Double Geminal Si-H Bond Activation by a Cp*Ru(kappa2-P,N)^+ Complex: Observation of a Key Stoichiometric Step in the Glaser-Tilley Alkene Hydrosilylation Mechanism.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 15855-15864.
2007-5[21] "Exploring the Utility of Neutral Rhodium and Iridium kappa^2-P,O and kappa^2-P(S),O Complexes as Catalysts for Alkene Hydrogenation and Hydrosilylation." Organometallics 2007, 46, 5430-5437.	2007-6[22] "New Racemic Planar-Chiral Metalloligands Derived from Donor-Substituted Indenes: A Synthetic, Structural, and Catalytic Investigation." Organometallics 2007, 46, 6412-6417.
2007-3[19] "Remarkably Facile and Reversible Ru-C(sp^3) Bond Cleavage to Give a Reactive 16-Electron Cp*Ru(kappa^2-P,Carbene) Zwitterion." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 6390-6391. {Blog coverage}	2007-4[20] "A Remarkably Active, Formally Zwitterionic Ru Catalyst Precursor for the Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones that Does Not Feature an Ancillary Ligand N-H Functionality." Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 4732-4735 {Identified as a “Hot Paper” by the journal editors}.
2007-1[17] "Cationic and Formally Zwitterionic Rhodium(I) and Iridium(I) Derivatives of a P,N-Substituted Indene: A Comparative Synthetic, Structural, and Catalytic Investigation." Organometallics 2007, 26, 594-608.	2007-2[18] "Au(I) Complexes Supported by Donor-Functionalized Indene Ligands: Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalytic Behavior in Aldehyde Hydrosilylation." Organometallics 2007, 26, 1069-1076.
2006
2006-5[15] "Silver-Catalyzed Hydrosilylation of Aldehydes." Chem. Commun. 2006, 4104-4106.	2006-6[16] "Catalytic Alkene Hydroboration Mediated by Cationic and Formally Zwitterionic Rhodium(I) and Iridium(I) Derivatives of a P,N-Substituted Indene." Organometallics 2006, 25, 5965-5968.
2006-3[13] "Exploring the Utility of Neutral Rh(I) and Ir(I) kappa2-(P,O)MCOD Catalyst Complexes for the Addition of Triethylsilane to Styrene." Inorg. Chim. Acta 2006, 359, 2780-2785; issue in honour of Brian James.	2006-4[14] "Rh(I) and Ir(I) Derivatives of a P(S),N-Substituted Indene Ligand: Synthetic, Structural, and Catalytic Alkene Hydrosilylation Studies." Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45, 4562-4570.
2006-1[11] "A Rare Example of Efficient Alkene Hydrogenation Mediated by a Neutral Iridium Complex Under Mild Conditions." Organometallics 2006, 25, 29-31.	2006-2[12] "Neutral and Cationic Platinum(II) Complexes Supported by a P,N-Functionalized Indene Ligand: Structural and Reactivity Comparisons with a Related Gold(III) Zwitterion." Organometallics 2006, 25, 1028-1035.
2005
2005-3[8] "Coordinatively Unsaturated Cationic and Zwitterionic Cp*Ru(kappa2-P,N) Complexes: Ligand Assisted Double Geminal C-H Bond Activation and Reversible alpha-H Elimination at Ruthenium." Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2005, 44, 3603-3606. · 2005-2[7] "Synthesis and Reactivity of New kappa2-[P,N]Pt(II) Complexes of Diisopropylphosphino- Substituted 2-Dimethylaminoindene" Organometallics, 2005, 24, 1959-1965. 2005-1[6] "Synthesis and Crystallographic Characterization of New Mn(I) Complexes of Donor-Functionalized Indenes" Organometallics, 2005, 24, 1737-1746.	2005-4[9] "New Bidentate Cationic and Zwitterionic Relatives of Crabtree's Hydrogenation Catalyst." Chem. Commun. 2005, 4932-4934. 2005-5[10] "Exploring the Influence of Ancillary Ligand Charge and Geometry on the Properties of New Coordinatively Unsaturated Cp*(kappa2-P,N)+ Complexes: Ligand Isomerism, Double C-H Activation and Reverisble alpha-Hydride Elimination." Organometallics 2005, 24, 4981-4994.
2001-2004
2004-1[4] "A New Fluorous Soluble Lewis Acidic Borane System." Can. J. Chem, 2004, 82, 533-538.	2004-2[5] "Structurally Diverse Rh(I) and Mn(I) Complexes Derived from the New Ambidentate Indene Ligand, (1-{iPr2P(S)}-2-{NMe2})C9H6." Chem. Commun., 2004, 2446-2447.
2003-1[2] "A Catalytically Active, Charge-Neutral Rh(1) Zwitterion Featuring a P,N-Substituted "Naked" Indenide Ligand." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125, 5618-5619.	2003-2[3] "Divergent Isomerization Behavior and Rhodium (I) Coordination Chemistry of Indenyl Ligands Bearing either One or Two Pnictogen Donor Fragments." Organometallics, 2003, 22, 5185-5192.
· 2001-1[1] "Eta 1-Indenyl Derivatives of Transition Metal and Main Group Elements: Synthesis, Characterization and Molecular Dynamics." Coord. Chem. Rev., 2001, 219-221, 311-378. For a complete listing of Dr. Stradiotto's Publications, Patents, and Presentations, click here.