The Eisenberg Group 

Recent Publications


Platinum (II) Terpyridyl-Acetylide Dyads and Triads with Nitrophenyl Acceptors via a Convenient Synthesis of a Boronated Penylterpyridine. Paul Jarosz, Kenneth Lotito, Jacob Schneider, Duraisamy Kumaresan, Russel Schmehl, and Richard Eisenberg. Inorganic Chemistry ASAP

Synthesis, Electrochemisty, Photophysics, and Solvatochromism in New Cyclometalated 6-Phenyl-4-(p-R-phenyl)-2,2`-bipyridyl (R = Me, COOMe, P(O)(OEt)2) (CNN) Platinum (II) Thiophenolate Chromophores. Jacob Schneider, Pingwu Du, Xiaoyong Wang, William W Brennessel, and Richard Eisenberg. Inorganic Chemistry. 2009, 48(4), 1498.

Synthesis, Characterization, and Photophysical Properties of Platinum (II) Terpyridyl-Based Multi-Component Systems. Paul Jarosz, Jason Thall, Jacob Schneider, Duraisamy Kumaresan, Russell Schmehl, and Richard Eisenberg. Energy and Environmental Science 2008, 1(5), 573.

A Homogeneous System for the Photogeneration of Hydrogen from Water Based on a Platinum(II) Terpyridyl Acetylide Chromophore and a Molecular Cobalt Catalyst. Pingwu Du, Kathryn Knowles, and Richard Eisenberg. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2008, 130(38) 12576.

Bi-and Terpyridyl Platinum(II) Chloro Complexes: Molecular Catalysts for the Photogeneration of Hydrogen from Water or Simply Precursors for Colloidal Platinum? Pingwu Du, Jacob Schneider, Fan Li, We Zhao, Upali Patel, Felix N. Castellano, and Richard Eisenberg. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2008, 130(15), 5056.

Strong intra- and intermolecular aurophilic interactionos in a new series of brilliantly luminescent dinuclear cationic and neutral Au(I) benzimidazolethiolate complexes. Jacob Schneider, Young-A Lee, Javier Perez, William W Brennessel, Christine Flaschenriem, and Richard Eisenberg. Inorganic Chemistry, 2008 47(3), 957.

Synthesis and Structural Characterization of a New Vapochromic Pt(II) Complex Based on the 1-Terpyridyl-2,3,4,5,6-pentaphenylbenzene (TPPB) Ligand.  Pingwu Du, Jacob Schneider, William W. Brennessel, and Richard Eisenberg. Inorganic Chemistry, 2008 47(1), 69.

Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Platinum(II) Terpyridyl Acetylide Chromophores: Reductive and Oxidative Quenching and Hydrogen Production. Pingwu Du, Jacob Schneider, Paul Jarosz, Jie Zhang, William W. Brennessel, and Richard Eisenberg. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2007 111(24), 6887.

Photogeneration of Hydrogen from Water Using an Integrated System Based on TiO2 and Platinum(II) Diimine Dithiolate Sensitizers. Jie Zhang, Pingwu Du, JAcob Schneider, Paul Jarosz, and Richard Eisenberg. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2007, 129(25), 7726.

First Example of the Solid-State Thermal Cyclometalation of Ligated Benzophenone Imine Giving Novel Luminescent Platinum(II) Species. Yulia Yu Scaffidi-Domianello, Alexey A. Nazarov, Matti Haukka, Markus Galanski, Bernhard K. Keppler, Jacob Schneider, Pingwu Du, Richard Eisenberg, and Vadim Yu Kukushkin. Inorganic Chemistry 2007, 46(11), 4469.

Diastereoselective Oxidative Addition of Dihydrogen to IrI(CO)[(R)-BINAP] and [Ir(CO)2((R)-BINAP)][SbF6]. Abdurrahman C Atesin, Simon B. Duckett, Christine Flaschenriem, William W. Brennessel, and Richard Eisenberg. Inorganic Chemistry, 2007, 46(4), 1196.

Highly Diastereoselective Oxidative Addition of Methyl Iodide to a Chiral Square-Planar Complex. Mesfin Janka, Abdurrahman C. Atesin, Daniel J. Fox, Christine Flaschenriem, William W. Brennessel, and Richard Eisenberg. Inorgnic Chemisty, 2006, 45(17) 6559.