@article {Martin-Diaconescu2009,
	title = {Effects of hyperconjugation on the electronic structure and photoreactivity of organic sulfonyl chlorides.},
	journal = {Inorg. Chem.},
	volume = {48},
	number = {3},
	year = {2009},
	month = {feb},
	pages = {1038{\textendash}44},
	publisher = {The University of British Columbia, Department of Chemistry, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1.},
	abstract = {The electronic structure of organic sulfonyl compounds of the form RSO(2)G (G = -Cl, -OH, -CH(3)) is investigated to evaluate the effect of aryl R groups on photocleavage of the S-G bond. Sulfur K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) provides a direct measure of the empty low-lying molecular orbitals in these complexes and, in combination with DFT calculations, a detailed description of the bonding in these compounds. The presence of an aryl group bound to the sulfonyl moiety has a significant impact on the spectroscopy and electronic structure of the site. The analysis suggests that the SCl(sigma*) orbital is significantly affected by mixing with the aryl pi* manifold. This mixing is dependent upon the nature of G and is most pronounced in the sulfonyl chlorides, where the energy of the SCl(sigma*) orbital is lowered by approximately 0.5 eV. The observed mixing is best described as excited-state hyperconjugation of the aryl pi system into the SCl(sigma*) orbital. The magnitude of the effect can be estimated directly from the S K-edge XAS spectra. These results are discussed in relation to the observed photochemistry of RSO(2)Cl, which is significantly enhanced when R = aryl as compared to alkyl substituents.},
	keywords = {DFT, ELECTRONS, models, MOLECULAR, molecular structure, Organic Chemicals, Organic Chemicals: chemistry, PHOTOCHEMISTRY, Spectrum Analysis, Sulfinic Acids, Sulfinic Acids: chemistry, sulfur redox, XAS},
	issn = {1520-510X},
	doi = {10.1021/ic801665f},
	url = {http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ic50073a047 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19132932},
	author = {Martin-Diaconescu, Vlad and Kennepohl, Pierre}
}
@article {ISI:000270186500047,
	title = {Influence of oxygenation on the reactivity of ruthenium-thiolato bonds in arene anticancer complexes: insights from XAS and DFT.},
	journal = {J. Am. Chem. Soc.},
	volume = {131},
	number = {37},
	year = {2009},
	month = {sep},
	pages = {13355{\textendash}61},
	publisher = {American Chemical Society},
	abstract = {Thiolate ligand oxygenation is believed to activate cytotoxic half-sandwich [(eta(6)-arene)Ru(en)(SR)](+) complexes toward DNA binding. We have made detailed comparisons of the nature of the Ru-S bond in the parent thiolato complexes and mono- (sulfenato) and bis- (sulfinato) oxygenated species including the influence of substituents on the sulfur and arene. Sulfur K-edge XAS indicates that S(3p) donation into the Ru(4d) manifold depends strongly on the oxidation state of the sulfur atom, whereas Ru K-edge data suggest little change at the metal center. DFT results are in agreement with the experimental data and allow a more detailed analysis of the electronic contributions to the Ru-S bond. Overall, the total ligand charge donation to the metal center remains essentially unchanged upon ligand oxygenation, but the origin of the donation differs markedly. In sulfenato complexes, the terminal oxo group makes a large contribution to charge donation and even small electronic changes in the thiolato complexes are amplified upon ligand oxygenation, an observation which carries direct implications for the biological activity of this family of complexes. Details of Ru-S bonding in the mono-oxygenated complexes suggest that these should be most susceptible to ligand exchange, yet only if protonation of the terminal oxo group can occur. The potential consequences of these results for biological activation are discussed.},
	keywords = {Antineoplastic Agents, Antineoplastic Agents: chemical synthesis, Antineoplastic Agents: chemistry, Antineoplastic Agents: metabolism, AROMATIC, Aromatic: chemistry, DFT, DNA, DNA: metabolism, Drug Design, ELECTRONS, HYDROCARBONS, LIGANDS, metal-based drugs, models, MOLECULAR, Molecular Conformation, ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS, Organometallic Compounds: chemical synthesis, Organometallic Compounds: chemistry, Organometallic Compounds: metabolism, OXYGEN, Oxygen: chemistry, quantum theory, ruthenium, Ruthenium: chemistry, Spectrum Analysis, Sulfhydryl Compounds, Sulfhydryl Compounds: chemistry, X-Rays, XAS},
	issn = {1520-5126},
	doi = {10.1021/ja903405z},
	url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19719101 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja903405z},
	author = {Sriskandakumar, Thamayanthy and Petzold, Holm and Bruijnincx, Pieter C A and Habtemariam, Abraha and Sadler, Peter J and Kennepohl, Pierre}
}
@article {2539,
	title = {Very slow expansion of an ultracold plasma formed in a seeded supersonic molecular beam of NO},
	journal = {Physical Review A},
	volume = {79},
	number = {6},
	year = {2009},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 466XZTimes Cited: 2Cited Reference Count: 35Morrison, J. P. Rennick, C. J. Grant, E. R.},
	month = {Jun},
	pages = {7},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {The double-resonant laser excitation of nitric oxide, cooled to 1 K in a seeded supersonic molecular beam, yields a gas of approximate to 10(12) molecules per cubic centimeter in a single selected Rydberg state. This population evolves to produce prompt free electrons, and a durable cold plasma of electrons and intact NO+ ions. This plasma travels with the molecular beam through a field-free region to encounter a grid. The atomic weight of the expansion gas controls the beam velocity and hence the flight time from the interaction region to the grid. Monitoring electron production as the plasma traverses this grid measures its longitudinal width as a function of flight time. Comparing these widths to the width of the laser beam that defines the initial size of the illuminated volume allows us to gauge the rate of expansion of the plasma. We find that the plasma created from the evolution of a Rydberg gas of NO expands at a small but measurable rate, and that this rate of expansion accords with the Vlasov equations for an initial electron temperature of T-e approximate to 7 K.},
	keywords = {3-BODY RECOMBINATION, COMPOUNDS, ELECTRONS, GASES, laser cooling, molecular beams, molecule-photon collisions, NEUTRAL PLASMAS, NITROGEN, Photoexcitation, PLASMA, plasma collision processes, positive ions, RATES, RYDBERG ATOMS, Rydberg states, STATES, TEMPERATURE, TEMPERATURES, VACUUM, Vlasov equation},
	isbn = {1050-2947},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000267700100086},
	author = {Morrison, J. P. and Rennick, C. J. and Grant, E. R.}
}
@article {ISI:000251974000023,
	title = {An electronic rationale for observed initiation rates in ruthenium-mediated olefin metathesis: charge donation in phosphine and N-heterocyclic carbene ligands.},
	journal = {J. Am. Chem. Soc.},
	volume = {129},
	number = {51},
	year = {2007},
	month = {dec},
	pages = {15774{\textendash}6},
	chapter = {15774},
	abstract = {Ru K-edge XAS data indicate that second generation ruthenium-based olefin metathesis precatalysts (L = N-heterocyclic carbene) possess a more electron-deficient metal center than in the corresponding first generation species (L = tricyclohexylphosphine). This surprising effect is also observed from DFT calculations and provides a simple rationale for the slow phosphine dissociation kinetics previously noted for second-generation metathesis precatalysts.},
	keywords = {ALKENES, Alkenes: chemistry, BOND, carbenes, CATALYSTS, CL, DFT, ELECTRONS, Heterocyclic Compounds, Heterocyclic Compounds: chemistry, HYDROCARBONS, Hydrocarbons: chemistry, KINETICS, LIGANDS, MECHANISM, METHANE, Methane: analogs \& derivatives, Methane: chemistry, MOIETY, NHC LIGANDS, OLEFIN METATHESIS, phosphines, Phosphines: chemistry, RAY-ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY, ruthenium, Ruthenium: chemistry, TRANSITION-METAL-COMPLEXES, XAS},
	isbn = {0002-7863},
	issn = {1520-5126},
	doi = {10.1021/ja0747674},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000251974000023 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18047332},
	author = {Getty, Kendra and Delgado-Jaime, Mario Ulises and Kennepohl, Pierre}
}
@article {766,
	title = {No "delayed" muonium-formation in organic liquids},
	journal = {Journal of Chemical Physics},
	volume = {118},
	number = {7},
	year = {2003},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 640RVTimes Cited: 4Cited Reference Count: 19},
	month = {Feb},
	pages = {3233-3236},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {Studies of the yields of muonium atoms and diamagnetic-species in hexane in the presence of added scavengers have shown, unequivocally, that muonium is not formed by the "delayed" (microsecond) mechanism proposed recently. Instead, the lifetimes evaluated show that if the combination reaction of mu(+)+e(-){\textendash}>Mu contributes to muonium formation in "chemically active" liquids, then it is complete within <10(-10) s. In fact the results are consistent only with the "hot" model, in which the initial distribution of muons between muonium atoms and diamagnetic molecules is determined at the epithermal level, as the last step of the muon{\textquoteright}s charge-exchangecycles and thermalization. (C) 2003 American Institute of Physics.},
	keywords = {ELECTRONS, HYDROCARBONS},
	isbn = {0021-9606},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000180702500029},
	author = {Walker, D. C. and Karolczak, S. and Porter, G. B. and Gillis, H. A.}
}
