# overview
Dr. Bengali's research is focused on the photochemistry of transition metal containing organometallic complexes. A variety of infrared techniques including step-scan and rapid-scan FTIR are employed to investigate the reactivity of photochemically generated transient complexes from the nanosecond to longer timescales.

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3407 Theoretical And Computational Chemistry

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0307 Theoretical And Computational Chemistry

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3407 Theoretical And Computational Chemistry

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0306 Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)

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3407 Theoretical And Computational Chemistry

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University of California, Berkeley - (Berkeley, California, United States)

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Los Alamos National Laboratory - (Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States)

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University of Minnesota - (Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States)

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Carleton College - (Northfield, Minnesota, United States)

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Exploiting knowledge of R/Avr genes to rapidly clone a new LZ-NBS-LRR family of late blight resistance genes from potato linkage group IV.

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ChemInform Abstract: A Study of Cr2 by NegativeIon Photoelectron Spectroscopy

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Displacement of the benzene solvent molecule from Cr(CO)(5)(benzene) by piperidine: A laser flash photolysis experiment

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Ancillary Ligand Effects upon the Photochemistry of Mn(bpy)(CO)3X Complexes (X = Br-, PhCC-).

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Oxidation of aromatic alkenes and alkynes catalyzed by a hexa-acetonitrile iron(II) ionic complex [Fe(CH3CN)(6)][BF4](2)

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Displacement of the heptane solvent from (eta(5)-C5H5)Re(CO)(2)(heptane): A flash photolysis study using infrared detection

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A Robust Pentacoordinated Iron(II) Proton Reduction Catalyst Stabilized by a Tripodal Phosphine.

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Multipass cell based on confocal mirrors for sensitive broadband laser spectroscopy in the near infrared.

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Oxidative Addition of Haloalkanes to Metal Centers: A Mechanistic Investigation

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Electrodissolution Kinetics of Nickel in Concentrated Acidic Chloride Solutions

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Hydrosilylation of Aldehydes by a Manganese alpha-Diimine Complex

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Estimating the (CO)5Cr-(2-benzene) bond dissociation enthalpy: Reaction of the (CO)5Cr(2-benzene) complex with a series of (CH3)nTHF (n = 0, 1, 2, and 4) ligands

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EVIDENCE FOR THE FORMATION OF FREE 16-ELECTRON SPECIES RATHER THAN SOLVATE COMPLEXES IN THE ULTRAVIOLET-IRRADIATION OF CPCO(CO)(2) IN LIQUEFIED NOBLE-GAS SOLVENTS

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Calculation of ionization energy, electron affinity, and hydride affinity trends in pincer-ligated d(8)-Ir((tBu4)PXCXP) complexes: implications for the thermodynamics of oxidative H2 addition.

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ACTIVATION OF CARBON-HYDROGEN BONDS IN ALKANES AND OTHER ORGANIC-MOLECULES BY IR(I), RH(I) AND IR(III) COMPLEXES

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A unified set of experimental organometallic data used to evaluate modern theoretical methods.

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Reactivity of the CpMn(CO)(2)-XR Bond [X = Cl, Br]: A Kinetic Study Using Rapid-Scan FTIR Spectroscopy

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Photochemically Generated Transients from kappa(2)- and kappa(3)-Triphos Derivatives of Group 6 Metal Carbonyls and Their Reactivity with Olefins

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Estimating the (CO)(5)Cr-(eta(2)-benzene) bond dissociation enthalpy: reaction of the (CO)(5)Cr(eta(2)-benzene) complex with a series of (CH(3))(n)THF (n = 0, 1, 2, and 4) ligands

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Estimating the (CO)(5)Cr-(v-2-benzene) bond dissociation enthalpy: Reaction of the (CO)(5)Cr(v-2-benzene) complex with a series of MenTHF (N=0, 1, 2, and 4) ligands

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Acrylic acid derivatives of group 8 metal carbonyls: a structural and kinetic study.

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Mechanism of CO displacement from an unusually labile rhenium complex: an experimental and theoretical investigation.

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A GAS-PHASE STUDY OF THE GROUP-VI TRANSITION-METAL TRICARBONYL COMPLEXES BY NEGATIVE-ION PHOTOELECTRON-SPECTROSCOPY

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SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics

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Synthesis, kinetics, and thermodynamics: An advanced laboratory investigation of the cis-trans isomerization of Mo(CO)(4)(PR3)(2)

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Detection of an unusual intermediate in the photolysis of an iron tricarbonyl complex

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Reactivity of the M-(eta(2)-alkyne) bond [M = Cr, W]: A kinetic and DFT study

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Linkage Isomerization Reactions of M(CO)2L Complexes (M = (5-C5H5)Mn, (5-C5H5)Re, or (6-C6H6)Cr; L=2,3-Dihydrofuran): A Step-Scan FTIR and DFT Study

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ChemInform Abstract: Negative Ion Photoelectron Spectroscopy of CH2=SiH and CH3Si.

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Photochemistry of CpM(CO)(2)Cl [M = Fe, Ru] complexes: A time-resolved infrared study

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Displacement kinetics of eta(2)-bound furan and 2,3-dihydrofuran from Mn and Cr centers: evidence for the partial dearomatization of the furan ligand.

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Light-enhanced displacement of methyl acrylate from iron carbonyl: investigation of the reactive intermediate via rapid-scan Fourier transform infrared and computational studies.

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Electronic and steric influences on the rate and energetics of THF and MenTHF (n=1, 2) displacement from LRe(CO)(2) (L = Tp, Tp*, Cp*) fragments by acetonitrile

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Iron(0) mediated C-H activation of 1-hexyne: a mechanistic study using time-resolved infrared spectroscopy.

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Ligand Displacement Reaction Paths in a Diiron Hydrogenase Active Site Model Complex.

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Intramolecular C-C Bond Coupling of Nitriles to a Diimine Ligand in Group 7 Metal Tricarbonyl Complexes.

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Hydrogen Generation from Water upon CpMn(CO)(3) Irradiation in a Hexane/Water Biphasic System

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Mechanism of CO Displacement from an Unusually Labile Rhenium Complex: An Experimental and Theoretical Investigation

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N-Alkylation through the Borrowing Hydrogen Pathway Catalyzed by the Metal-Organic Framework-Supported Iridium-Monophosphine Complex.

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Group VI transition metal carbonyl hydrosulfides Na[M(CO)(5)(SH)] (M = Cr, Mo, W) as water-soluble H2S-releasing agents

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Displacement of the benzene solvent molecule from Cr(CO)(5)(benzene) by piperidine: A laser flash photolysis experiment.

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Charge-transfer complexes formed in the reaction of 2-amino-4-ethylpyridine with pi-electron acceptors

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Mechanism and energetics of silane and THF displacement from the (eta(6)-C6H6)Cr(CO)(2)(HSiEt3) and (eta(6)-C6H6)Cr(CO)(2)(THF) complexes

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Displacement of the THF solvent molecule from (eta(5)-C5H5)Mn(CO)(2)THF by simple two electron donor ligands: evidence for a dissociative mechanism and determination of the Mn-THF bond strength

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Dehydrogenation of a tertiary amine-borane by a rhenium complex.

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Mechanism and energetics of solvent displacement from the (arene)Cr(CO)(2)(solvent) complex.

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Trends in the Reactivity of the CpMn(CO)(2)(eta(2)-arene) Bond [arene = benzene, toluene, o-xylene, m-xylene, p-xylene, and mesitylene]: An Experimental and Theoretical Investigation

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Time-Resolved Infrared Spectroscopy Studies of Olefin Binding in Photogeneratecl CpRu(CO)X (X = Cl, I) Transients

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ChemInform Abstract: Negative Ion Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Coordinatively Unsaturated Group VI Metal Carbonyls: Cr(CO)3, Mo(CO)3, and W(CO)3.

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NEGATIVE-ION PHOTOELECTRON-SPECTROSCOPY OF COORDINATIVELY UNSATURATED GROUP-VI METAL-CARBONYLS - CR(CO)3, MO(CO)3, AND W(CO)3

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Comparing Density Functional Theory Metal-Ligand Bond Dissociation Enthalpies with Experimental Solution-Phase Enthalpies of Activation for Bond Dissociation.

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A kinetic and spectroscopic study of the interaction between a M(CO)(5) (M = Cr, W) fragment and ethyl diazoacetate

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In Situ Solution-State Characterization of MOF-Immobilized Transition-Metal Complexes by Infrared Spectroscopy.

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IR FLASH KINETIC SPECTROSCOPY OF C-H BOND ACTIVATION OF CYCLOHEXANE-D(0) AND CYCLOHEXANE-D(12) BY CP(ASTERISK)RH(CO)(2) IN LIQUID RARE-GASES - KINETICS, THERMODYNAMICS, AND AN UNUSUAL ISOTOPE EFFECT

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A Nickel-Based, Tandem Catalytic Approach to Isoindolinones from Imines, Aryl Iodides, and CO

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Displacement of weakly coordinated solvent molecules from transition metal centers

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ACTIVATION OF THE C-H BONDS IN NEOPENTANE AND NEOPENTANE-D(12) BY (ETA(5)-C-5(CH3)(5))RH(CO)(2) - SPECTROSCOPIC AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTION OF RHODIUM-KRYPTON AND RHODIUM-ALKANE COMPLEX INTERMEDIATES

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Computational Study of the Palladium-Catalyzed Carbonylative Synthesis of Aromatic Acid Chlorides: The Synergistic Effect of PtBu3 and CO on Reductive Elimination.

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Solubilizing Metal-Organic Frameworks for an In Situ IR-SEC Study of a CO2 Reduction Catalyst.

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Estimating the strength of the M-H-B interaction: a kinetic approach.

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Time resolved infrared spectroscopy: kinetic studies of weakly binding ligands in an iron-iron hydrogenase model compound.

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Thermal Dehydrogenation of Dimethylamine Borane Catalyzed by a Bifunctional Rhenium Complex

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Displacement Kinetics of eta(2)-Bound Furan and 2,3-Dihydrofuran from Mn and Cr Centers: Evidence for the Partial Dearomatization of the Furan Ligand

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Observation of the (eta(5)-C5H5)Mn(CO)(2)(toluene) complex by low-temperature IR spectroscopy and determination of the manganese - Toluene bond strength

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Benchmark study of density functional methods for organometallic reactions

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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)

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Kinetic and Thermodynamic Investigations of CO2 Insertion Reactions into Ru-Me and Ru-H Bonds - An Experimental and Computational Study

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Triphos nickel(II) halide pincer complexes as robust proton reduction electrocatalysts

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Investigating the reactivity of the (eta(6)-C6H5R)Cr(CO)(2)-(eta(2)-C6H5R) [R = H, CH3,CF3] bond: A laser flash photolysis study with infrared detection

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Ligand Displacement from TpMn(CO)(2)L Complexes: A Large Rate Enhancement in Comparison to the CpMn(CO)(2)L Analogues

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Light enhanced displacement of methylacrylate from iron carbonyl: Investigation of the reactive intermediate via rapid-scan FTIR and computational studies

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A STUDY OF CR-2 BY NEGATIVE-ION PHOTOELECTRON-SPECTROSCOPY

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Manganese Tricarbonyl Diimine Bromide Complexes as Electrocatalysts for Proton Reduction.

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Thermal and photochemical reactivity of manganese tricarbonyl and tetracarbonyl complexes with a bulky diazabutadiene ligand.

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Ligand substitution from the (eta5-DMP)Mn(CO)2(Solv) [DMP = 2,5-dimethylpyrrole, Solv = solvent] complexes: to ring slip or not to ring slip?

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Kinetic and mechanistic study of the displacement of eta(2)-coordinated arenes from Cp*Re(CO)(2)(eta(2)-C6H5R) (R = H, CH3, C(CH3)(3)): Evidence for a dissociative mechanism and estimation of the Re-(eta(2)-arene) bond strength

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Catalysis and Mechanism of H2 Release from Amine-Boranes by Diiron Complexes.

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Hydrogenation of Dimethyl Carbonate to Methanol by trans-[Ru(H)(2)(PNN)(CO)] Catalysts: DFT Evidence for Ion-Pair-Mediated Metathesis Paths for C-OMe Bond Cleavage

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Palladium-Catalyzed, Multicomponent Approach to -Lactams via Aryl Halide Carbonylation.

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Determination of the regiochemistry of disubstituted arenes generated by addition of a carbanion to the (eta(6)-anisole)Cr(CO)(3) complex

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Investigating the mechanisms of iron catalyzed organic transformations

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Qatar National Research Fund - (Doha, Qatar)

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Texas A&M University; Qatar Campus; 4251 TAMUQ