Bruce M Foxman

Professor Emeritus of Chemistry

foxman1@brandeis.edu
781-736-2532
Edison-Lecks Science Building, 118

Departments/Programs

Chemistry

Degrees

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ph.D.
Iowa State University, B.S.

Expertise

X-ray structure determination. Coordination polymers. Chemical, physical, and crystallographic studies of solid-state reactions. Automatic solution of crystal structures using novel computer techniques. Development of nwe crystallographic software to analyze twinning in crystals.

Profile

Solid-State Reactions, Phase Transitions and Polymorphism Webpage

Courses Taught

CHEM	121a	Inorganic Chemistry I, Lectures
CHEM	129b	Special Topics in Inorganic Chemistry: Introduction to X-ray Structure Determination

Awards and Honors

Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2017)

70th Birthday Symposium (published) in Honor of Bruce M. Foxman by the American Crystallographic Association (2012 - 2013)

Brandeis Prize for Excellence in Teaching (2009)

Professeur Invite, Universite Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg (2002)

Honorary Professor, University of Brirmingham (UK) (2001)

Visiting Professor, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Polymerforschung (1995 - 1996)

Chair, College Board AP Chemistry Committee (1993 - 1996)

Visiting Professor, Oxford University (1987)

Visiting Professor, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center (1975)

Research Fellow, The Australian National University (1968 - 1972)

National Institutes of Health Predoctoral Fellow (1965 - 1966)

National Science Foundation Summer Teaching Fellow (1965)

National Science Foundation Undergraduate Research Participant (1962 - 1964)

Scholarship

Lorson, L. C.; Tai, O.; Foxman, Bruce M.. "Use of Topotactic Phase Transformations to Obtain Solutions of the Crystal Structures of Highly Disordered Materials." Cryst. Growth Des. 18. (2018): 409-415; DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.7b01406.

Poitras, A. M.; Knight, S. E.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M.. "Addition of H2 Across a Cobalt-Phosphorus Bond." Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 57. (2018): 1497-1500; DOI: 10.1002/anie.201710100.

Reiner, B.; Mucha, N.; Rothstein, A.; Temme, S.; Duan, P.; Schmidt-Rohr, K.; Foxman, B. M.; Wade, C.;. "Zirconium Metal-Organic Frameworks Assembled from PNNNP Pd and Pt Pincer Complexes: Synthesis, Postsynthetic Modification, and Lewis Acid Catalysis." Inorg. Chem. (2018): ASAP; DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b03063.

Steinberg, B. D.; Harris , E. T.; Foxman, B. M.; Oliveira, M. A.; Hickey, M. B.. "A New Look at Naltrexone Hydrochloride Hydrates: Understanding Phase Behavior and Characterization of Two Dihydrate Polymorphs." Cryst. Growth. Des. 18. (2018): 3502–3509 ; DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.8b00262.

Bezpalko, M. W.; Poitras, A. M.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M.. "Cobalt N-Heterocyclic Phosphenium Complexes Stabilized by a Chelating Framework: Synthesis and Redox Properties." Inorg. Chem. 56. (2017): 503–510; DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b02374.

Culcu, G.; Iovan, D. A.; Krogman, J. P.; Wilding, M. J. T.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M.. "Heterobimetallic Complexes Comprised of Nb and Fe: Isolation of a Coordinatively Unsaturated NbIII/Fe0 Bimetallic Complex Featuring a Nb≡Fe Triple Bond." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 139. (2017): 9627–9636; DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b04151.

Evers-McGregor; D. A.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M.. "Exploring the coordination chemistry of N-heterocyclic phosphenium/phosphido ligands using nickelocene as a synthon." Inorg. Chim. Acta 460. (2017): 17-21; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2016.10.001.

Reiner, B. R.; Foxman, B. M.; Wade, C. R.. "Electrochemical and structural investigation of the interactions between naphthalene diimides and metal cations." Dalton Trans. 46. (2017): 9472-9480; http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7DT02067H.

Zhang, H.; Wu, B.; Marquard, S. L.; Litle, E. D.; Dickie, D. A.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M.. "Investigation of Ketone C═O Bond Activation Processes by Heterobimetallic Zr/Co and Ti/Co Tris(phosphinoamide) Complexes." Organometallics 36. (2017): 3498-3507; DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00445.

Evers-McGregor, D. A.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M.. "N-heterocyclic phosphenium and phosphido nickel complexes supported by a pincer ligand framework." Dalton Trans. 45. (2016): 1918-1929; DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03549J.

Krogman, J. P.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M.. "Multi-electron redox processes at a Zr(IV) center facilitated by an appended redox-active cobalt-containing metalloligand." Dalton Trans. 45. (2016): 11182-11190; DOI: 10.1039/C6DT01498D.

Reiner, B. R.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Wade, C. R.. "Lewis Acid Catalysis with Cationic Dinuclear Gold(II,II) and Gold(III,III) Phosphorus Ylide Complexes." Organometallics 35. (2016): 2830-2835; DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00403.

Saper, N. I.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M.. "Synthesis of chiral heterobimetallic tris(phosphinoamide) Zr/Co complexes." Polyhedron 114. (2016): 88-95.

Wu, B; Wilding, M. J. T.; Kuppuswamy, S.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M.. "Exploring Trends in Metal–Metal Bonding, Spectroscopic Properties, and Conformational Flexibility in a Series of Heterobimetallic Ti/M and V/M Complexes (M = Fe, Co, Ni, and Cu)." Inorg. Chem. 55. (2016): 12137–12148; DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01543.

Zeidan, T. A. ; Trotta, J. T.; Tilak, P. A.; Oliveira, M. A.; Chiarella, R. A.; Foxman, B. M.; Almarsson, Ö.; Hickey, M. B.. "An unprecedented case of dodecamorphism: the twelfth polymorph of aripiprazole formed by seeding with its active metabolite." CrystEngComm 18. (2016): 1486-1488 ; DOI: 10.1039/C5CE02467F.

Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M.. "Use of a Bidentate Ligand Featuring an N-Heterocyclic Phosphenium Cation (NHP+) to Systematically Explore the Bonding of NHP+ Ligands with Nickel." Inorg. Chem. 54. (2015): 8717-8726; DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.5b00182.

Davidson, J. J.; DeMott, J. C.; Douvris, C.; Fafard, C. M.; Bhuvanesh, N.; Chen, C.-H.;Herbert, D. E.; Lee, C.I.; McCulloch, B. J.; Foxman, B. M.; Ozerov, O. V.. "Comparison of the Electronic Properties of Diarylamido-Based PNZ Pincer Ligands: Redox Activity at the Ligand and Donor Ability Toward the Metal." Inorg. Chem. 54. (2015): 2916–2935 ; DOI: 10.1021/ic503062w.

Krogman, J. K.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M.. "Formation and Subsequent Reactivity of Heterobimetallic Zr/Co µ-oxo and Cobalt Hydride Complexes." Organometallics 34. (2015): 3159–3166); DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.5b00182.

Lee, K. H.; Napoline, J. W.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M.. "Probing substituent effects in phosphinoamine ligands using Mo(CO)5L Complexes." Polyhedron 87. (2015): 354-360.

Posner, S. R.; Lorson, L. C.; Gell, A. R.; Foxman, B. M.. "Experimental Establishment of Mother-Daughter Orientation Relationships and Twinning Effects in Phase Transitions : A Great Legacy from Jack Gougoutas and Peggy Etter." Cryst. Growth Des. 15. (2015): 3407–3416; DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.5b00487.

Press, L. P.; McCulloch, B. J.; Gu, W.; Chen, C.-H.; Foxman, B. M.; Ozerov, O. V.. "Triflyloxy-substituted carboranes as useful weakly coordinating anions." Chem. Commun. 51. (2015): 14034-14037 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC05047B.

Wu, B.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M.. "A heterobimetallic complex featuring a Ti–Co multiple bond and its application to the reductive coupling of ketones to alkenes." Chem. Sci. 6. (2015): 2044-2049; DOI: 10.1039/C4SC03772C.

Wu, B.; Gramigna, K. M.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas , C. M.. "Heterobimetallic Ti/Co Complexes That Promote Catalytic N–N Bond Cleavage." Inorg. Chem. 54. (2015): 10909–10917; DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b01962.

Davidson, J. J.; Nagaraja, C. M.; Chen, C.-H.; Foxman, B. M.; Ozerov, O. V.. "Palladium Complexes of a New Phosphine-Amido-Siloxide Pincer Ligand With Variable Degrees of Protonation." Inorg. Chim. Acta 422. (2014): 70-77.

Falvello, L. R.; Foxman, B. M.; Murillo, C. A.. "Fitting the Pieces of the Puzzle: The Delta Bond." Inorg. Chem. 53. (2014): 9441−9456; DOI : 10.1021/ic500119h.

Falvello, L. R.; Foxman, B. M., Murillo, C. A.; Murillo, D. Associate Editors to: Cotton, F. A.. My Life in Chemistry : More Fun Than Fun (*Professor Cotton was murdered in 2007. The contributors helped bring the final work to publication.*). Elsevier, 2014.

Knight, S. E.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M.. "Coordination of N-heterocyclic phosphine- and phosphenium-containing pincer ligands to copper(I): Evidence for reactive electrophilic metal–phosphenium intermediates." Inorg, Chim. Acta 422. (2014): 181-187.

Kuppuswamy, S.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Powers, T. M.; Wilding, M. J. T.; Brozek, C. K.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M.. "A series of C3-symmetric heterobimetallic Cr–M (M = Fe, Co and Cu) complexes." Chem. Sci. 5. (2014): 1617-1626 DOI: 10.1039/C3SC52943F.

Kuppuswamy, S.; Cass, T. R.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M.. "Synthesis and Investigation of the Metal-Metal Interactions in Heterobimetallic Cr/Rh and Cr/Ir Complexes." Inorg. Chim. Acta 424. (2014): 167-172.

Kuppuswamy, S.; Powers, T. M.; Johnson, B. M.; Brozek, C. K.; Krogman, J. P.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Berben, L. A.; Keith, J.. M.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M.. "One-Electron Oxidation Chemistry and Subsequent Reactivity of Diiron Imido Complexes." Inorg. Chem. 53. (2014): 5429–5437 DOI: 10.1021/ic403039x.

Marquard, S. L.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M.. "Interaction and Activation of Carbon-Heteroatom π-Bonds with a Zr/Co Heterobimetallic Complex." Organometallics 33. (2014): 2071–2079 DOI: 10.1021/om500217a.

Palita, C. M.; Graham, D. J.; Chen, C. H.; Foxman, B. M.; Ozerov, O. V.. "Reduction of CO2 to Free CO by a Pd(I)-Pd(I) Dimer." Chem. Commun. 50. (2014): 12840-12842; DOI: 10.1039/C4CC02438A.

Wu, B.; Sánchez, R. H.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M.. "Formation of Heterobimetallic Zirconium/Cobalt Diimido Complexes via a Four-Electron Transformation." Inorg. Chem. 53. (2014): 10021-10023; DOI: 10.1021/ic501490e.

Zhou, W.; Saper, N. I.; Krogman, J. P; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M.. "Effect of ligand modification on the reactivity of phosphinoamide-bridged heterobimetallic Zr/Co complexes." Dalton Trans. 43. (2014): 1984-1989 DOI: 10.1039/C3DT52133H.

Bezpalko , M. W. ; Foxman , B. M.; Thomas, C. M.. "Noninnocent Behavior of Bidentate Amidophosphido [NP]2– Ligands upon Coordination to Copper." Inorg. Chem. 52. (2013): 12329–12331 DOI: 10.1021/ic402257z.

Krogman, J. P.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M.. "Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of an Anionic Zr–Oxo Relevant to CO2 Reduction by a Zr/Co Heterobimetallic Complex." Inorg. Chem. 52. (2013): 3022–3031; : DOI: 10.1021/ic302473j.

Kuppuswamy, S.; Powers, T. M.; Krogman, J. P.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M.. "Vanadium–iron complexes featuring metal–metal multiple bonds." Chem. Sci. 4. (2013): 3557-3565 DOI: 10.1039/C3SC51337H.

Marquard , S. L.; Bezpalko , M. W.; Foxman , B. M.; Thomas, C. M.. "Stoichiometric C═O Bond Oxidative Addition of Benzophenone by a Discrete Radical Intermediate To Form a Cobalt(I) Carbene." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135. (2013): 6018–6021 DOI: 10.1021/ja4022683.

Mathialagan, R.; Kuppuswamy, S.; De Denko , A. T.; Bezpalko , M. W.; Foxman , B. M.; Thomas, C. M.. "Metal–Metal Bonding in Low-Coordinate Dicobalt Complexes Supported by Phosphinoamide Ligands." Inorg. Chem. 52. (2013): 701–706.

Napoline, J. W.; Krogman, J. P.; Shi, R.; Kuppuswamy, S.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M.. "Activation of E–H and E–E (E = S, O) Bonds by Heterobimetallic Zr/Co Complexes: Evidence for Both One- and Two-Electron Processes." European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2013. (2013): 3874–3882 10.1002/ejic.201300122.

Napoline, J. W.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M.. "N–H activation of hydrazines by a heterobimetallic Zr–Co complex: promotion of one-electron chemistry at Zr." Chem. Commun. 49. (2013): 4388-4390 , DOI: 10.1039/C2CC35594A.

Pan ,B.; Evers-McGregor , D. A.; Bezpalko , M. W.; Foxman , B. M.; Thomas, C. M.. "Multimetallic Complexes Featuring a Bridging N-heterocyclic Phosphido/Phosphenium Ligand: Synthesis, Structure, and Theoretical Investigation." Inorg. Chem. 52. (2013): 9583–9589 DOI: 10.1021/ic4012873.

Pan, B.; Pierre, S.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Napoline, J. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M.. "Isolation of N-Heterocyclic Alkyl Intermediates en Route to Transition Metal N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes: Insight into a C–H Activation Mechanism." Organometallics 32. (2013): 704–710.

Shortsleeves, K. C.; Turnbull, M. M.; Seith, C. B.; Tripodakis, E. N.; Xiao, F.; Landee, C. P.; Dawe, L. N.; Garrett, D.; de Delgado, G. D.; Foxman, B. M.. "Crystallographic and magnetic studies of the 2-pyridone/copper halide system." Polyhedron 64. (2013): 110-121.

Walensky, J. R.; Fafard, C. M.; Guo, C.; Brammell, C. M.; Foxman, B. M.; Hall, M. B.; Ozerov, O. V.. "Understanding Pd–Pd Bond Length Variation in (PNP)Pd–Pd(PNP) Dimers." Inorg. Chem. 52. (2013): 2317–2322.

Zhang, Y.; Zhou, N.; Akella, S.; Kuang, Y.; Kim, D.; Schwartz, A.; Bezpalko; M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Fraden, S.; Epstein, I. R.; Xu, B.. "Active Cross-Linkers that Lead to Active Gels." Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52. (2013): 11494–11498 10.1002/anie.201304437.

Zhou, W.; Marquard, S. L.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M.. "Catalytic Hydrosilylation of Ketones Using a Co/Zr Heterobimetallic Complex: Evidence for an Unusual Mechanism Involving Ketyl Radicals." Organometallics 32. (2013): 1766–1772 DOI: 10.1021/om301194g.

Evers, D. A.; Bluestein, A. H.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M. "Synthesis and Investigation of the Metal-Metal Interactions in Early/Late Heterobimetallic Complexes Linking Group 5 Imido Fragments to Co(I)." Dalton Trans. 41. (2012): 8111-8115 DOI: 10.1039/C2DT00034B,.

Kuppuswamy, S. Cooper, B. G.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Powers, T. M.; Thomas, C. M.. "Synthesis and Structural Characterization of High Spin M/Cu (M = Mn, Fe) Heterobimetallic and Fe/Cu2 Trimetallic Phosphinoamides." Inorg. Chem. 51. (2012): 1866–1873.

Kuppuswamy, S.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Powers, T. M.; Turnbull, M. M.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M.. "Utilization of Phosphinoamide Ligands in Homobimetallic Fe and Mn Complexes: The Effect of Disparate Coordination Environments on Metal–Metal Interactions and Magnetic and Redox Properties." Inorg. Chem. 51. (2012): 8225-8240.

Kuppuswamy, S.; Powers, T. M.; Johnson, B. M.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Brozek, C. K.; Foxman, B. M.; Berben, L. A.; Thomas, C. M.. "Metal–Metal Interactions in C3-Symmetric Diiron Imido Complexes Linked by Phosphinoamide Ligands." Inorg. Chem. ASAP, DOI: 10.1021/ic302108k. (2012).

Pan, B.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M.. "Heterolytic addition of E–H bonds across Pt–P bonds in Pt N-heterocyclic phosphenium/phosphido complexes." Dalton Trans. 41. (2012): 9083-9090 DOI: 10.1039/C2DT30455D.

Pan, B.; Bezpalko, M.w.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C.M.. "N-Heterocyclic Phosphenium Ligands as Sterically and Electronically-Tunable Isolobal Analogues of Nitrosyls." Inorg. Chem. 51. (2012): 4170–4179.

Bartelson, K. J.; Singh, R. P.; Foxman, B. M.; Deng , L.. "Catalytic asymmetric [4 + 2] additions with aliphatic nitroalkenes." Chem. Sci. 2. (2011): 1940-1944.

Brammell, C. M.; Pelton, E. J.; Chen, C.-H.; Yakovenko, A. A.; Weng, W.; Foxman, B. M.; Ozerov, O. V.. "Hafnium alkyl complexes of the anionic PNP pincer ligand and possible alkylidene formation." J. Organometal. Chem. 696. (2011): 4132-4137.

Day, G. S.; Pan, B.; Kellenberger, D. L.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M.. "Guilty as charged: non-innocent behavior by a pincer ligand featuring a central cationic phosphenium donor." Chem. Commun. 47. (2011): 3634-3636.

DeMott, J. C.; Surawatanawong, P.; Barnett, S. M.; Chen, C.-H.; Foxman, B. M.; Ozerov , O. V.. "Experimental and computational exploration of the dynamic behavior of (PNP)BF2, a boron compound supported by an amido/bis(phosphine) pincer ligand." Dalton Trans. 40. (2011): 11562-11570.

Dhal, A. K.; Chatterjee, S.;Sandman, D. J.; Chen, C.-H.; Foxman, B. M.. "Co-crystals of Isonicotinamide and p-Cyanobenzoic Acid." J. Macromol. Sci., Chem. 48. (2011): 1038-1043.

Hickey, M. B.; Schlam, R. F.; Guo, C.; Cho, T. H.; Snider, B. B.; Foxman, B. M.. "Stereospecific solid-state cyclodimerization of bis(trans-2-butenoato)calcium and triaquabis(trans-2-butenoato)magnesium." CrystEngComm 13. (2011): 3146-3155.

Huacuja, R.; Graham, D. J.; Fafard, C. M.; Chen, C.-H.; Foxman, B. M.; Herbert, D. E.; Alliger, G.; Thomas, C. M.; Ozerov, O. V.. "Reactivity of a Pd(I)−Pd(I) Dimer with O2: Monohapto Pd Superoxide and Dipalladium Peroxide in Equilibrium." J. Am.Chem. Soc. 133. (2011): 3280-3283.

Krogman, J. P.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M.. "Activation of CO2 by a Heterobimetallic Zr/Co Complex." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133. (2011): 14582–14585.

Pan, B.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M.. "Coordination of an N-Heterocyclic Phosphenium Containing Pincer Ligand to a Co(CO)2 Fragment Allows Oxidation To Form an Unusual N-Heterocyclic Phosphinito Species." Organometallics 30. (2011): 5560-5563.

Provencher, B. A.; Bartelson, K. J.; Liu, Y.; Foxman, B. M.; Deng, L.. "Structural Study-Guided Development of Versatile Phase-Transfer Catalysts for Asymmetric Conjugate Additions of Cyanide." Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 50. (2011): 10565–10569.

Remenar, J. F.; Tawa, M. D.; Peterson, M. L.; Almarsson, Ö. Hickey, M. B.; Foxman, B. M.. "Celecoxib sodium salt: engineering crystal forms for performance." CrystEngComm 13. (2011): 1081-1089.

Setty, V. N.; Zhou, W.; Foxman,B. M.; Thomas, C. M.. "Subtle Differences Between Zr and Hf in Early/Late Heterobimetallic Complexes with Cobalt." Inorg. Chem. 50. (2011): 4647–4655.

Shang, W.; Hickey, M. B.; Enkelmann, V.; Snider, B. B.; Foxman, B. M.. "Chemo- and stereospecific solid-state dimerization of lithium trans-2-butenoate and lithium trans-2-butenoate formamide solvate." CrystEngComm 13. (2011): 4339-4350.

Zhu, Y.; Chen, C.-H.; Fafard, C.; Foxman, B. M.; Ozerov, O.V.. "Heterolytic Cleavage of B-H and B-B Bonds Across the N-Pd Bond in a Cationic (PNP)Pd Fragment." Inorg. Chem. 50. (2011): 7980-7987.

Alexander T. Radosevich, Jonathan G. Melnick, Sebastian A. Stoian, Deborha Bacciu, Chun-Hsing Chen, Bruce M. Foxman, Oleg V. Ozerov and Daniel G. Nocera. "Ligand Reactivity in Diarylamido/Bis(Phosphine) PNP Complexes of Mn(CO)3 and Re(CO)3." Inorg. Chem. 48. (2010): 9214-9221.

Bacciu, D.; Chen, C. H.; Surawatanawong, P.; Foxman, B. M.; , Ozerov, O. V.. "High-Spin Manganese(II) Complexes of an Amido/Bis(Phosphine) PNP Ligand." Inorg. Chem. 49. (2010): 5328–5334 DOI: 10.1021/ic1004424.

Bennett P. Greenwood, Gerard T. Rowe, Chun-Hsing Chen, Bruce M. Foxman and Christine M. Thomas. "Metal−Metal Multiple Bonds in Early/Late Heterobimetallics Support Unusual Trigonal Monopyramidal Geometries at both Zr and Co." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132. (2010): 44-45.

Cooper, B. G.; Fafard, C. M.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M. "Electronic Factors Affecting Metal−Metal Interactions in Early/Late Heterobimetallics: Substituent Effects in Zirconium/Platinum Bis(phosphinoamide) Complexes." Organometallics 29. (2010): 5179–5186 DOI: 10.1021/om100356a.

Douvris, C.; Nagaraja, C. M.; Chen, C.-H.; Foxman, B. M.; Ozerov, O. V.. "Hydrodefluorination and Other Hydrodehalogenation of Aliphatic Carbon−Halogen Bonds Using Silylium Catalysis." J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2010): 4946–4953 DOI: 10.1021/ja100605m.

Eugene Y. Cheung, Matthew L. Peterson, Renato Chiarella and Bruce M. Foxman. "A novel oxazolidinone antibiotic: RWJ-416457." Acta Cryst. C 66. (2010): o249–o251.

Jeffrey P. Wikstrom, Alexander S. Filatov, Elena A. Mikhalyova, Michael Shatruk, Bruce M. Foxman and Elena V. Rybak-Akimova. "Carbonate formation within a nickel dimer: synthesis of a coordinatively unsaturated bis(-hydroxo) dinickel complex and its reactivity toward carbon dioxide." Dalton Trans. 39. (2010): 2504-2514.

Lauren C. Gregor, Chung-Hsing Chen, Claudia M. Fafard, Lei Fan, Chengyun Guo, Bruce M. Foxman, Dmitry G. Gusev and Oleg V. Ozerov. "Heterolytic splitting of H–X bonds at a cationic (PNP)Pd center." Dalton Trans. 39. (2010): 3195-3202.

Singh, R. P.; Foxman, B. M.; Deng, L.. "Asymmetric Vinylogous Aldol Reaction of Silyloxy Furans with a Chiral Organic Salt." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132. (2010): 9558–9560 DOI: 10.1021/ja103331t.

Thomas, C. M.; Napoline, J. W.; Rowe, G. T.; Foxman, B. M.. "Oxidative addition across Zr/Co multiple bonds in early/late heterobimetallic complexes." Chem. Commun. (2010): 5790-5792 DOI: 10.1039/C0CC01272F.

A. F. DeBlase, D. C. Thong, J. M. Nadeau, D. Gebhart, J. Provo and B. M. Foxman. "syn,syn-15,17-Di-2-naphthylhexacyclo[10.2.1.13,10.15,8.02,11.04,9]heptadecane deuterochloroform monosolvate." Acta Cryst. E65. (2009): o2427-o2428.

Foxman, B. M. ; Zanella, A.. "In Memoriam - Alan McLeod Sargeson (1930-2008)." Comments Inorg. Chem. 30. (2009): 4-6.

Foxman, Bruce M. "Transition metal complexes of 2-amino-3,5-dihalopyridines: Syntheses, structures and magnetic properties of (3,5-diCAPH)2CuX4 and (3,5-diBAPH)2CuX4." Dalton Trans. (2009): 10518-10526.

Greenwood, B. P.; Rowe, G.; Forman, S. I.; Chen, C.-H.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M.. "Multielectron Redox Activity Facilitated by Metal-Metal Interactions in Early/Late Heterobimetallics: Co/Zr Complexes Supported by Phosphinoamide Ligands." Inorg. Chem. 48. (2009): 6251-6260.

Kells, H.; Blumstein, A.; Sandman, D. J.; Chen, C.-H.; Foxman, B. M.. "Crystal and Molecular Structure of 1-Methyl-6-O-p-toluenesulfonyl-alpha-D-glucopyranoside dihydrate." J. Macromol. Sci., Part A 46. (2009): 1172-1179.

Li, L.; Landee, C. P.; Turnbull, M. M.; Foxman, B. M.. "Synthesis, structure determination, and magnetic properties of pentakis-[bis(hexafluoroacetylacetonato)1,2,4-triazinecopper(II)]." J. Coord. Chem. 62. (2009): 1207-1217.

Matthew T. Whited, Yanjun Zhu, Samuel D. Timpa, Chun-Hsing Chen, Bruce M. Foxman, Oleg V. Ozerov and Robert H. Grubbs. "Probing the C−H Activation of Linear and Cyclic Ethers at (PNP)Ir." Organometallics 28. (2009): 4560-4570.

Bontemps, S.; Bouhadir, G.; Gu, W.; Mercy, M.; Chen, C.-H.; Foxman, B. M.; Maron, L.; Ozerov, O. V.; Bourissou, D.. "Metallaboratranes Derived from a Triphosphanyl-Borane: Intrinsic C3 Symmetry Supported by a Z-Type Ligand." Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 47. (2008): 1481-1484.

Gatard, S.; Chen, C.-H.; Foxman, B. M.; Ozerov, O. V.. "Oxidative Addition Reactions of Silyl Halides with the (PNP)Rh fragment." Organometallics 27. (2008): 6257-6263.

Giri, R.; Maugel, N.; Foxman, B. M.; Yu, J.-Q.. "Dehydrogenation of Inert Alkyl Groups via Remote C-H Activation: Converting a Propyl Group into a pi-Allylic Complex." Organometallics 27. (2008): 1667-1670.

Reddy, J.; Foxman, B. M.. "Crystal and Molecular Structure of a Second, High-Density Polymorph of Silver Malonate." J. Mol. Struct. 890. (2008): 227-231.

Sircoglou, M.; Bontemps, S.; Bouhadir, G.; Saffon, N.; Miqueu, K.; Gu, W.; Mercy, M.; Chen, C.-H.; Foxman, B. M.; Maron, L.; Ozerov, O. V.; Bourissou, D.. "Group 10 and 11 Metal Boratranes (Ni, Pd, Pt, CuCl, AgCl, AuCl and Au+) Derived from a Triphosphine-Borane." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130. (2008): 16729-16738.

Wang, X.; Sandman, D. J.; Enkelmann, V.; Chen, C.-H.; Foxman, B. M.. "Crystal and Molecular Structure of the bis-Ethyl urethane of 5,7-dodecadiyn-1,12,diol (ETCD)." J. Macromol. Sci., Part A 45. (2008): 915-917.

DeMott, J. C.; Basuli, F.; Kilgore, U. J.; Foxman, B. M.; Huffman, J. C.; Ozerov, O. V.; Daniel J. Mindiola, D. J.. "Silver(I) and Thallium(I) Complexes of a PNP Ligand and Their Utility as PNP Transfer Reagents." Inorg. Chem. 46. (2007): 6271-6276.

DeMott, J. C.; Guo, C.; Foxman, B. M.; Yandulov, D. V.; Ozerov, O. V.. "Five-coordinate aluminum complexes of a PNP ligand." Mendeleev Commun. 17. (2007): 63-65.

Fafard, C. M.; Adhikari, D.; Foxman, B. M.; Mindiola, D. J.; Ozerov, O. V.. "Addition of Ammonia, Water, and Dihydrogen Across a Single Pd-Pd Bond." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129. (2007): 10318-10319.

Fafard, C. M.; Chen, C.-H.; Foxman, B. M.; Ozerov, O. V.. "Covalent palladium-zinc bonds and their reactivity." Chem. Commun. (2007): 4465 - 4467.

Foley, J. B.; Gay, S. E.; Vela, M. J.; Foxman, B. M.; Bruce, A. E.; Bruce, M. R. M.. "Structure and Photochemical Isomerization of the Dinuclear Gold(I) Halide Bis(diphenylphosphanyl)ethylene Complexes: Correlation Between Quantum Yield and Aurophilicity." Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 31. (2007): 4946-4951.

Foxman, B. M.; Ward, M. D.. "Molecules in the Solid State." MRS Bulletin 32. (2007): 534-539.

Gatard, S.; Guo, C.; Foxman, B. M.; Ozerov, O. V.. "Thioether, Dinitrogen, and Olefin Complexes of (PNP)Rh: Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Exchange and Oxidative Addition Reactions." Organometallics 26. (2007): 6066-6075.

Gerber, L. C. H.; Watson, L. A.; Parkin, S.; Weng, W.; Foxman, B. M.; Ozerov, O. V.. "Bis(methylidene) Complex of Tantalum Supported by a PNP Ligand." Organometallics 26. (2007): 4866-4868.

Gilbertson, J. D.; Szymczak, N. K.; Crossland, J. L.; Miller, W. K.; Lyon, D. K.; Foxman, B. M.; Davis, J.; Tyler, D. R.. "Coordination Chemistry of H2 and N2 in Aqueous Solution. Reactivity and Mechanistic Studies Using trans-FeII(P2)2X2-Type Complexes (P2 = a Chelating, Water-Solubilizing Phosphine)." Inorg. Chem 46. (2007): 1205-1214.

Ozerov, O. V.; Guo, C.; Foxman, B. M.. "Missing link: PCP pincer ligands containing P-N bonds and their Pd complexes." J. Organometal. Chem. 691. (2007): 4802-4806.

Tanke, R. S.; Foxman, B. M.. "2-Amino-4-methylbenzothiazole." Acta Crystallogr., Sect. E 63. (2007): 4718.

Wang, Y.; Li, H.; Wang, Y.-Q.; Liu, Y.; Foxman, B. M.; Deng, L.. "Asymmetric Diels-Alder Reaction of 2-Pyrones with Bifunctional Organic Catalysts." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129. (2007): 6364-6365.

Weng, W.; Chen, C.-H.; Foxman, B. M.; Ozerov, O. V.. "Palladium Complexes of a P2C= Ligand Containing a Central Carbene Moiety." Organometallics 26. (2007): 3315-3320.

Zhu, Y.; Fan, L.; Chen, C.; Finnell, S. R.; Foxman, B. M.; Ozerov, O. V.. "C-H Oxidative Addition to a (PNP)Ir Center and Ligand-Induced Reversal of Benzyl/Aryl Selectivity." Organometallics 26. (2007): 6701-6703..

Zou, Y.; Chen, C.-H.; Taylor, C. D.; Foxman, B. M.; Snider, B. B.. "Formal Synthesis of (±)-Platensimycin." Org. Lett. 9. (2007): 1825-1828.

Sae-Lim, C.; Sandman, D. J.; Foxman, B. M.. "Synthesis and Crystallographic Study of 1,6-bis-(N-phenothiazinyl)-2,4-hexadiyne." J. Macromol. Sci., Part A 43. (2006): 1929-1936.

Yang, L; Foxman, B. M.. "Crystal and Molecular Structure of Ammonium trans-2-Butenoate, and a Preliminary Investigation of its Solid-State Reactivity." Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 456. (2006): 25-33.

Cannon, A. S.; Foxman, B. M.; Guarrera, D. J.; Warner, J. C.. "Noncovalent Derivatives of Hydroquinone: Complexes with Trigonal Planar Tris-(N,N-dialkyl)trimesamides." Cryst. Growth Des. (2005): 407-411.

Guo, C.; Hickey, M. B.; Guggenheim, E. R.; Enkelmann, V.; Foxman, B. M.. "Conformational Polymorphism of Methacrylamide (accepted for publication)." Chem. Commun (2005): 2220-2222.

Hickey, M. B.; Foxman, B. M.. "Crystal and Molecular Structure of Crotonohydroxamic Acid, and a Preliminary Investigation of the Solid-State Reactivity of the Acid and Its Salts." Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 440. (2005): 195-205.

Li, H.; Wang, Y.; Tang, L.; Wu, F.; Liu, X.; Guo, C.; Foxman, B. M.; Deng, L. Angew. "Stereocontrolled Creation of Adjacent Quaternary and Tertiary Stereocenters via a Catalytic, Diastereoselective and Enantioselective Conjugate Addition." Angew. Chem. Int. Ed 44. (2005): 105-108.

Njus, J. M.; Sandman, D. J.; Yang, L.; Foxman, B. M.. "Thermal Solid-State Polymerization of p-Ethynylbenzoic Acid." Macromolecules 38. (2005): 7645-7652.

R.; Watson, L. A.; Guo, C.; Foxman, B. M.; Ozerov, O. V.. "Decarbonylation of Acetone and Carbonate at a Pincer-Ligated Ru Center." Organometallics 24. (2005): 186-189.

Weng, W.; Guo, C.; Moura, C.; Yang, L.; Foxman, B. M.; Ozerov, O. V.. "Competitive Activation of N-C and C-H Bonds of the PNP Framework by Monovalent Rhodium and Iridium." Organometallics 24. (2005): 3487-3499.

Cooper, R. I.; Foxman, B. M.; Yang, L.. "CIF Applications. CIF2CRY: for Input of Structural CIF Data into the CRYSTALS program." J. Appl. Cryst. 37. (2004): 669-671.

Fan, L.; Yang, L.; Guo, C.; Foxman, B. M.; Ozerov, O. V.. "N-C cleavage in pincer PNP complexes of palladium." Organometallics 23. (2004): 4778-4787.

Foxman,B M, Fan, L.; Ozerov, O. V.. "N H Cleavage as a Route to Palladium Complexes of a New PNP Pincer Ligand." 23. (2004): 326-328.

Foxman,Bruce M with Fan, L.; Yang, L.: Guo C.: Foxman B. M.: Ozerov, O. V Organometallics. N-C cleavage pincer PNP complesex of palladium. 2004.

Foxman,Bruce M with Ozerov, O.V.: Guo, C.: Fan. L.: Foxman, B.M.. "Oxidative Addition of N-C and N-H Bonds to Zero-Valent Nicke, Palladium and Platinum. Organometallics, 2004.

Foxman,Bruce M with Weng, W,; Yang, L.; Foxman B.M.: Ozerov, O. V. Organometallic,. Chelate-Enforced Phosphine Coordination Enabbles a-Abstraction to Give Zirconium Alkylidenes. 2004.

Foxman,Bruce M witn Zhan, Z.: Uth, S; Sandman, D. J.: Foxman, B.M.J Phys. Org.. "Structure, polymorphis and thermal properties or phenyliminoisoindolines". Chem. 2004, 2004.

Ozerov, O. V.; Guo, C.; Fan. L.; Foxman, B. M.. "Oxidative Addition of N-C and N-H Bonds to Zero-Valent Nickel, Palladium, and Platinum." Organometallics 23. (2004): 5573-5580.

Ozerov, O. V.; Guo, C.; Papkov, V. A.: Foxman, B.M.. "Facile Oxidative Addition of N-C and NH Bonds to Monovalent Rhodium and Iridium." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126. (2004): 4792-4793.

Ozerov,O. V.; Guo, C.; Papkov, V. A.; Foxman, B. M.. "Facile Oxidative Addition of N-C and NH Bonds to Monovalent Rhodium and Iridium." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126. (2004): 4792-4793.

Weng, W.; Yang, L.; Foxman, B. M.; Ozerov, O. V.. "Chelate-Enforced Phosphine Coordination Enables a-Abstraction to Give Zirconium Alkylidenes." Organometallics 23. (2004): 4700-4705.

Zhang, Z.-Q.; Njus, J. M.; Sandman, D. J.; Guo, C.; Foxman, B. M; Erk, P.; van Gelder, R.. "Diiminoisoindoline: tautomerism, conformations, and polymorphism." Chem. Commun. (2004): 886-887.

Zhang, Z.; Uth, S; Sandman, D. J.; Foxman, B. M.. "Structure, polymorphism, and thermal properties of phenyliminoisoindolines." J. Phys. Org. Chem 17. (2004): 769-776.