Publications

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At Chapman University
(22) (pre-print) Janda, B. A.; Tran, J. A.; Chang, D. K.; Nerhood, G. C.; Ogba, O. M.;* Liberman-Martin, A. L.* Carbodiimide and Isocyanate Hydroboration by a Cyclic Carbodiphosphorane Catalyst. ChemRxiv, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-jk33z. [link]
(21) Liberman-Martin, A. L.* The Emergence of Zerovalent Carbon Compounds From Structural Curiosities to Organocatalysts. Cell Rep. Phys. Sci. 2023, 4, 101519. [link]
(20) Liberman-Martin, A. L.* Ruthenium Olefin Metathesis Catalysts Featuring Chelating Benzylidene–Triazole Ligands. Chem Catalysis 2023, 3, 100725. (invited Preview article) [link]
(19) Liberman-Martin, A. L.;^ Van Vleet, M. J.;^ Elenberger, T.; Cave, R. J.; Williams, N. S. B. Geometric Control of Carbon–Carbon Reductive Elimination from a Platinum(IV) Pincer Complex. Organometallics 2022, 41, 3104–3108. (special issue on "Organometallic Chemistry Inspired by Maurice Brookhart") [link]
(18) Aversa-Fleener, C. R.; Chang, D. K.; Liberman-Martin, A. L.* Carbodiphosphorane-Catalyzed Hydroboration of Ketones and Imines. Organometallics 2021, 40, 4050–4054. [link]
ChemRxiv pre-print: [link]
  • This work is highlighted in the “Out in Inorganic Chemistry: A Celebration of LGBTQIAPN+ Inorganic Chemists” virtual issue of Inorganic Chemistry [link]
(17) Liberman-Martin, A. L.;^* Chang, A. B.;^ Chu, C. K.; Siddique, R. H.; Lee. B;* Grubbs, R. H.* Processing Effects on the Self-Assembly of Brush Block Polymer Photonic Crystals. (^ denotes equal contribution) ACS Macro Letters​ 2021, 10, 1480–1486. [link]
(16) Naumann, R. A.; Ziller, J. W.; Liberman-Martin, A. L.​* Crystal Structure of 2-(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-N,N-diethyl-3,3-dimethyl-2-azaspiro[4.5]decan-1-amine: a Diethylamine Adduct of a Cyclic(Alkyl)(Amino)Carbene (CAAC). Acta Crystallogr., Sect. E 2021, 77, 903–906. ​[link]
(15) Liberman-Martin, A. L.;* Ogba, O. M.* Midsemester Transition to Remote Instruction in a Flipped College-Level Organic Chemistry Course. J. Chem. Educ. 2020, 97, 3188–3193. (special issue on "Insights Gained While Teaching Chemistry in the Time of COVID-19") [link]
From Prior Work
(14) Chu, C. K.; Lin, T.-P.; Shao, H.; Liberman-Martin, A. L.; Liu, P.; Grubbs, R. H. Disentangling Ligand Effects on Metathesis Catalyst Activity: Experimental and Computational Studies of Ruthenium–Aminophosphine Complexes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 5634–5643. [link]
(13) Liberman-Martin, A. L.; Grubbs, R. H. Ruthenium Olefin Metathesis Catalysts Featuring a Labile Carbodicarbene Ligand. Organometallics 2017, 36, 4091–4094. [link]
(12) Chang, A. B.; Lin, T.-P.; Thompson, N. B.; Luo, S.-X.; Liberman-Martin, A. L.; Chen, H.-Y.; Lee, B.; Grubbs, R. H. Design, Synthesis, and Self-Assembly of Polymers with Tailored Graft Distributions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017​, 139​, 17683–17693. [link]
(11) Liberman-Martin, A. L.; Chu, C. K.; Grubbs, R. H. Application of Bottlebrush Block Copolymers as Photonic Crystals. Macromol. Rapid Commun. (special issue on "Polymers and Light") 2017, DOI: 10.1002/marc.201700058. [link]
  • Featured in Advanced Science News [link]
(10) Suslick, B. A.; Liberman-Martin, A. L.; Wambach, T. C.; Tilley, T. D. Olefin Hydroarylation Catalyzed by (Pyridyl-Indolate)Pt(II) Complexes: Catalytic Efficiencies and Mechanistic Aspects. ACS Catal. 2017, 7​, 4313–4322. [link]
(9) Lin, T.-P.; Chang, A. B.; Chen, H.-Y.; Liberman-Martin, A. L.; Bates, C. M.; Voegtle, M. J.; Bauer, C. A.; Grubbs, R. H. Control of Grafting Density and Distribution in Graft Polymers by Living Ring-Opening Metathesis Copolymerization. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139​, 3896–3903. [link]
(8) Lipke, M. C.; Liberman-Martin, A. L.; Tilley, T. D. Electrophilic Activation of Silicon-Hydrogen Bonds in Catalytic Hydrosilations, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 2260​–2294. [link]
(7) Lipke, M. C.; Liberman-Martin, A. L.; Tilley, T. D. Significant Cooperativity Between Ruthenium and Silicon in Catalytic Transformations of an Isocyanide. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 9704–9713.[link]
(6) Liberman-Martin, A. L.; Levine, D. S.; Ziegler, M. S.; Bergman, R. G.; Tilley, T. D. Lewis Acid-Base Interactions between Platinum(II) Diaryl Complexes and Bis(perfluorophenyl)zinc: Strongly Accelerated Reductive Elimination Induced by a Z-Type Ligand. Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 7039–7042. [link]
(5) Liberman-Martin, A. L.; Levine, D. S.; Liu, W.; Bergman, R. G.; Tilley, T. D. Biaryl Reductive Elimination Is Dramatically Accelerated by Remote Lewis Acid Binding to a 2,2′-Bipyrimidyl–Platinum Complex: Evidence for a Bidentate Ligand Dissociation Mechanism. Organometallics 2016, 35 (8), 1064–1069. [link]
  • Cover article​
​(4) Liberman-Martin, A. L.; Ziegler, M. S.; DiPasquale, A. G.; Bergman, R. G.; Tilley, T. D. Functionalization of an Iridium­–Diamidocarbene Complex by Ligand-Based Reactions with Titanocene and Zirconocene Sources. Polyhedron (special issue dedicated to Malcolm L. H. Green) 2016, 116, 111–115. [link]
​(3) Liberman-Martin, A. L.; Bergman, R. G.; Tilley, T. D. Lewis Acidity of Bis(perfluorocatecholato)silane: Aldehyde Hydrosilylation Catalyzed by a Neutral Silicon Compound. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 5328–5331. [link]
  • Featured in Synfacts, 2015; 11(7): 0764. [link]
  • Featured in ChemInform, 46: DOI: 10.1002/chin.201538046 [link]
(2) Liberman-Martin, A. L.; Bergman, R. G.; Tilley, T. D. A Remote Lewis Acid Trigger Dramatically Accelerates Biaryl Reductive Elimination from a Platinum Complex. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 9612–9615. [link]
(1) Erupe, M. E.; Liberman-Martin, A. L.; Silva, P. J.; Malloy, Q. G. J.; Yonis, N.; Crocker, D. R.; Purvis-Roberts, K. L. Determination of Methylamines and Trimethylamine-N-oxide in Particulate Matter by Non-suppressed Ion Chromatography. J. Chromatogr. A. 2010, 1217, 2070–2073. [link]