# overview
The Fout research program focuses on the synthesis of ligand architectures that can support transition metal complexes capable of mediating unusual transformations for biological, environmental and energy problems. Our main curiosities stem from catalytic, synthetic inorganic, and bioinorganic chemistry. Specifically, the group is interested in using synthesis, reactivity, and detailed mechanistic studies to probe the activation of strong bonds with sustainable catalysts.

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3407 Theoretical And Computational Chemistry

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3407 Theoretical And Computational Chemistry

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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Synthesis of open-shell, bimetallic Mn/Fe trinuclear clusters.

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Synthesis and characterization of tetrapodal nickel complexes with adaptable ligand binding geometries.

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Oxidative atom-transfer to a trimanganese complex to form Mn6(6-E) (E = O, N) clusters featuring interstitial oxide and nitride functionalities.

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Accessing Pincer Bis(carbene) Ni(IV) Complexes from Ni(II) via Halogen and Halogen Surrogates.

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Catalytic Perchlorate Reduction Using Iron: Mechanistic Insights and Improved Catalyst Turnover

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Insights into a Chemoselective Cobalt Catalyst for the Hydroboration of Alkenes and Nitriles

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Nonheme Iron Catalyst Selectively Activates Oxygen to Hydrogen Peroxide.

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Synthesis and characterization of M(II) (M = Mn, Fe and Co) azafulvene complexes and their X3(-) derivatives.

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Dehydrogenation of hydrocarbons with metal-carbon multiple bonds and trapping of a titanium(II) intermediate.

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Cobalt-Catalyzed Ammonia Borane Dehydrogenation: Mechanistic Insight and Isolation of a Cobalt Hydride-Amidoborane Complex

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Cobalt-Catalyzed Kumada Coupling Forming Sterically Encumbered CC Bonds

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Effects of a Tridentate Pincer Ligand on Parahydrogen Induced Polarization.

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Monoanionic bis(carbene) pincer complexes featuring cobalt(I-III) oxidation states.

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Lewis acid stabilized methylidene and oxoscandium complexes.

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Trigonal Mn3 and Co3 clusters supported by weak-field ligands: a structural, spectroscopic, magnetic, and computational investigation into the correlation of molecular and electronic structure.

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Synthesis and Characterization of Bidentate NHCCAryl Nickel(II) Complexes: Isocyanide Insertion To Form NHC2iminoacyl Complexes

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Secondary Coordination Sphere Influences the Formation of Fe(III)-O or Fe(III)-OH in Nitrite Reduction: A Synthetic and Computational Study.

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Synthesis and Characterization of Palladium Pincer Bis(carbene) CCC Complexes.

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Synthesis of a series of M(II) (M = Mn, Fe, Co) chloride complexes with both inter- and intra-ligand hydrogen bonding interactions.

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13C NMR Signal Enhancement Using Parahydrogen-Induced Polarization Mediated by a Cobalt Hydrogenation Catalyst.

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Meridional vs. facial coordination geometries of a dipodal ligand framework featuring a secondary coordination sphere.

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Varying the secondary coordination sphere: synthesis of cobalt and iron complexes of a tripodal ligand featuring two hydrogen-bond donors or acceptors

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Snapshots of an alkylidyne for nitride triple-bond metathesis.

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Selective Stepwise Reduction of Nitrate and Nitrite to Dinitrogen or Ammonia.

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Tetrapodal iron complexes invoke observable intermediates in nitrate and nitrite reduction.

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Alkyne Semihydrogenation with a Well-Defined Nonclassical Co-H2 Catalyst: A H2 Spin on Isomerization and E-Selectivity.

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Latency and Immobilization in Silicone Resin by (NHC)Pt(dvtms) Complexes through a Partially Self-Consuming Ligand

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Evidence for the existence of a terminal imidoscandium compound: intermolecular C-H activation and complexation reactions with the transient Sc=NAr species.

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Electronic Ligand Modifications on Cobalt Complexes and Their Application toward the Semi-Hydrogenation of Alkynes and Para-Hydrogenation of Alkenes

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Facile nitrite reduction in a non-heme iron system: formation of an iron(III)-oxo.

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Radical Rebound Hydroxylation Versus H-Atom Transfer in Non-Heme Iron(III)-Hydroxo Complexes: Reactivity and Structural Differentiation.

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Cobalt-Catalyzed and Lewis Acid-Assisted Nitrile Hydrogenation to Primary Amines: A Combined Effort.

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Understanding intermolecular C-F bond activation by a transient titanium neopentylidyne: experimental and theoretical studies on the competition between 1,2-CF bond addition and [2 + 2]-cycloaddition/-fluoride elimination.

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A transient V(III)-alkylidene complex: oxidation chemistry including the activation of N2 to afford a highly porous honeycomb-like framework.

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A bioinspired iron catalyst for nitrate and perchlorate reduction.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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Cyclic denitrogenation of N-heterocycles applying a homogeneous titanium reagent.

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Flash Communication: Flexibility of a Biologically Inspired Ligand Framework for Intramolecular C-H Activation.

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Isolation of iron(II) aqua and hydroxyl complexes featuring a tripodal H-bond donor and acceptor ligand.

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Identity of the Silyl Ligand in an Iron Silyl Complex Influences Olefin Hydrogenation: An Experimental and Computational Study.

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Oxidative group transfer to a triiron complex to form a nucleophilic (3)-nitride, [Fe3((3)-N)]-.

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A biologically inspired iron complex for the homogeneous reduction of Cr(VI) to Cr(III).

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Formation of Red Elemental Selenium from Seleniferous Oxyanions: Deoxygenation by a Homogeneous Iron Catalyst.

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Characterization of Terminal Iron(III)-Oxo and Iron(III)-Hydroxo Complexes Derived from O2 Activation.

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Well-Defined Cobalt(I) Dihydrogen Catalyst: Experimental Evidence for a Co(I)/Co(III) Redox Process in Olefin Hydrogenation.

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Synthesis and Characterization of (DIPPCCC)Fe Complexes: A Zwitterionic Metalation Method and CO2 Reactivity

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Diversity in Small-Molecule Activation: The Adventure Continues.

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Simple Nickel Salts for the Amination of (Hetero)aryl Bromides and Iodides with Lithium Bis(trimethylsilyl)amide

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An alkylidyne analogue of Tebbe's reagent: trapping reactions of a titanium neopentylidyne by incomplete and complete 1,2-additions.

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Tuning the Fe(II/III) Redox Potential in Nonheme Fe(II)-Hydroxo Complexes through Primary and Secondary Coordination Sphere Modifications.

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Exploring Mn-O bonding in the context of an electronically flexible secondary coordination sphere: synthesis of a Mn(III)-oxo.