@article {2677,
	title = {Chemistry of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes},
	journal = {J. Comput. Theor. Nanosci.},
	volume = {6},
	number = {6},
	year = {2009},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 441BUTimes Cited: 0Cited Reference Count: 146Yeung, Charles See Tian, Wei Quart Liu, Lei Vincent Wang, Yan AlexanderSp. Iss. SI},
	month = {Jun},
	pages = {1213-1235},
	type = {Review},
	abstract = {<p>Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) have received significant attention from the scientific community over the past 15 years. Of particular interest is the potential of these macromolecules for use in molecular electronics, chemical sensory technology, nanobiology, and transition metal catalysis, For effective applications, the selective functionalization of the aforementioned all-carbon framework is necessary but has been met with considerable challenges. Herein, we review our approach to the exploration of structural and electronic properties of SWCNTs within density functional theory (DFT). Our investigations include mechanistic studies on chemical reactions of SWCNTs with defect and exploration of transition metal doped variants and their ability to adsorb small gas molecules.</p>},
	keywords = {AB-INITIO, Defect, DOPED CARBON, ELECTRICAL-CONDUCTIVITY, ELECTROCHEMICALLY DEPOSITED FILMS, Electronic Structure, Gas Adsorption, GAUSSIAN-TYPE BASIS, GENERALIZED GRADIENT APPROXIMATION, LASER-ABLATION, MOLECULAR-ORBITAL METHODS, NANORODS, NITRIC-OXIDE, Nitrogen Monoxide, platinum, SIDEWALL FUNCTIONALIZATION, Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes},
	isbn = {1546-1955},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000265745100002},
	author = {Yeung, C. S. and Tian, W. Q. and Liu, L. V. and Y. A. Wang*}
}
@article {1572,
	title = {Synthesis, reactivity, and DFT studies of tantalum complexes incorporating diamido-N-heterocyclic carbene ligands. Facile endocyclic C-H bond activation},
	journal = {Journal of the American Chemical Society},
	volume = {128},
	number = {38},
	year = {2006},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 085OFTimes Cited: 25Cited Reference Count: 73Spencer, Liam P. Beddie, Chad Hall, Michael B. Fryzuk, Michael D.},
	month = {Sep},
	pages = {12531-12543},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {The syntheses of tantalum derivatives with the potentially tridentate diamido-N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligand are described. Aminolysis and alkane elimination reactions with the diamine-NHC ligands, (Ar)[NCN]H-2 (where (Ar)[NCN]H-2 = (ArNHCH2CH2)(2)(C3N2); Ar = Mes, p-Tol), provided complexes with a bidentate amide-amine donor configuration. Attempts to promote coordination of the remaining pendent amine donor were unsuccessful. Metathesis reactions with the dilithiated diamido-NHC ligand ((Ar)[NCN]-Li-2) and various ClxTa(NR{\textquoteright}(2))(5-x) precursors were successful and generated the desired octahedral (Ar)[NCN]TaClx(NR{\textquoteright}(2))(3-x) complexes. Attempts to prepare trialkyl tantalum complexes by this methodology resulted in the formation of an unusual metallaaziridine derivative. DFT calculations on model complexes show that the strained metallaaziridine ring forms because it allows the remaining substituents to adopt preferable bonding positions. The calculations predict that the lowest energy pathway involves a tantalum alkylidene intermediate, which undergoes C-H bond activation R to the amido to form the metallaaziridine moiety. This mechanism was confirmed by examining the distribution of deuterium atoms in an experiment between (Mes)[NCN]Li-2 and Cl2Ta(CD2Ph)(3). The single-crystal X-ray structures of (p-Tol)[NCNH]Ta(NMe2)(4) (3), (Mes)[NCNH]Ta=CHPh(CH2Ph)(2) (4), (p-Tol)[NCN]Ta(NMe2)(3) (7), (Mes)[NCCN]Ta((CH2Bu)-Bu-t)(2) (11), and (Mes)[NCCN]-TaCl((CH2Bu)-Bu-t) (14) are included.},
	keywords = {COORDINATION CHEMISTRY, CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE, EFFECTIVE CORE POTENTIALS, GAUSSIAN-TYPE BASIS, METAL-CARBON BONDS, METHODS, MOLECULAR-ORBITAL, ORGANIC-MOLECULES, SET MODEL CHEMISTRY, STABLE CARBENES, STRUCTURAL-CHARACTERIZATION},
	isbn = {0002-7863},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000240612700055},
	author = {Spencer, L. P. and Beddie, C. and Hall, M. B. and Fryzuk,Michael D.}
}
@article {1014,
	title = {Mechanisms of Staudinger reactions within density functional theory},
	journal = {J. Org. Chem.},
	volume = {69},
	number = {13},
	year = {2004},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 831IDTimes Cited: 25Cited Reference Count: 96},
	month = {Jun},
	pages = {4299-4308},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {<p>The Staudinger reactions of substituted phosphanes and azides have been investigated by using density functional theory. Four different initial reaction mechanisms have been found. All systems studied go through a cis-transition state rather than a trans-transition state or a one-step transition state. The one-step pathway of the phosphorus atom attacking the substituted nitrogen atom is always unfavorable energetically. Depending on the substituents on the azide and the phosphane, the reaction mechanism with the lowest initial reaction barrier can be classified into three categories: (1) like the parent reaction, PH3 + N3H, the reaction goes through a cis-transition state, approaches a cis-intermediate, overcomes a PN-bond-shifting transition state, reaches a four-membered ring intermediate, dissociates N-2 by overcoming a small barrier, and results in the final products: N-2 and a phosphazene; (2) once reaching the cis-intermediate, the reaction goes through the N-2-eliminating transition state and produces the final products; (3) the reaction has a concerted initial cis-transition state, in which the phosphorus atom attacks the first and the third nitrogen atoms of the azide simultaneously and reaches an intermediate, and then the reaction goes through similar steps of the first reaction mechanism. In contrast to the previous predictions on the relative stability of the unsubstituted cis-configured phosphazide intermediate and the unsubstituted trans-configured phosphazide intermediate, the total energy of the substituted trans-configured phosphazide intermediate is close to that of the substituted cis-configured phosphazide intermediate. The preference of the initial cis-transition state reaction pathway is thoroughly discussed. The relative stability of the cis- and the trans-intermediates is explored and analyzed with the aid of molecular orbitals. The effects of substituents and solvent effects on the reaction mechanisms of the Staudinger reactions are discussed in detail.</p>},
	keywords = {AB-INITIO, GAS-PHASE, GAUSSIAN-TYPE BASIS, GOLD(I) COMPLEXES, METAL-COMPLEXES, MOLECULAR-ORBITAL METHODS, ORGANIC-MOLECULES, PHOSPHINIMIDE COMPLEXES, TRIAZADIENYL FLUORIDE, X-RAY CRYSTAL},
	isbn = {0022-3263},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000222187200003},
	author = {Tian, W. Q. and Y. A. Wang*}
}
