Publications
(*)Denotes corresponding author
Prior to starting at IU:
19. Fang, F.; Molino, A.; Wentz, K. E.; Folster, C. P.; Williams, J. L.; Siegler, M. A.; *Klausen, R. S.; Homologous Ladder Cyclohexasilanes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202506054. Highlighted in ChemistryWorld and Synfacts
18. *Wentz, K. E.; Molino, A.; Jiang, G., Q.; Siegler, M., A.; Wilson, D. J. D.; Thoi, S., V.; *Klausen, R., S.; Synthesis and Redox Behavior of Si–Si Dimeric 9-Methylsilafluorene. Dalton Trans. 2025, 54, 6167-6173.
17. Wentz, K. E.; Gittens, A. F.; *Klausen, R. S.; Precise Synthesis of Complex Si–Si Molecular Frameworks. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c12646. Invited Article
16. Hollister, K. K.; Wentz, K. E.; *Gilliard, R. J. Jr, Redox- and Charge-State Dependent Trends in 5, 6, and 7-Membered Boron Heterocycles: A Neutral Ligand Coordination Chemistry Approach to Boracyclic Cations, Anions, and Radicals. Acc. Chem. Res. 2024, 57, 1510-1522. Invited Article, Most Read List
15. Wentz, K. E.; Yao, Y.; Kevlishvili, I.; Kouznetsova, T. B.; Mediavilla, B. A.; Kulik, H. J.; Craig, S. L.; *Klausen, R. S.; Systematic Investigation of Silicon Substitution on Single Macromolecule Mechanics. Macromolecules, 2023, 56, 6776-6782.
14. Wentz, K. E.; *Klausen, R. S., A Greener Vision for P–C Bond Formation. ACS Cent. Sci., 2023, 9, 1515-1517.
13. Wakefield, H., IV; Kevlishvili, I.; Wentz, K. E.; Yao, G.; Siegler, M. A.; Melvin, S. J.; Ambrosius, E. G.; Herzog-Arbeitman, A.; Johnson, J. A.; Kulik, H. A.; Craig, S.; *Klausen, R. S., Synthesis and Ring-opening Metathesis Polymerization of a Strained trans-Silacycloheptene and Single Molecule Mechanics of its Polymer. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 10187-10196. Featured as Supplementary Cover Art.
12. Wentz, K. E.; Molino, A.; Freeman, L. A.; Dickie, D. A; *Wilson, D. J. D.; *Gilliard, R. J. Jr, Approaching Dianionic Tetraoxadiborecine Macrocycles: 10-Membered Bora-Crowns Incorporating Borafluorenate Units. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202215772. Selected as a HOT paper.
11. Wentz, K. E.; Molino, A.; Freeman, L. A.; Dickie, D. A; *Wilson, D. J. D.; *Gilliard, R. J. Jr, Systematic Electronic and Structural Studies of 9-Carbene-9-Borafluorene Monoanions and Transformations into Luminescent Boron Spirocycles. Inorg. Chem., 2022, 61, 17049-17058.
10. Wentz, K. E.; Molino, A.; Freeman, L. A.; Dickie, D. A.; *Wilson, D. J. D.; *Gilliard, R. J. Jr, Activation of Carbon Dioxide by 9-Carbene-9-Borafluorene Monoanion: Carbon Monoxide-Releasing Transformation of Trioxaborinanone to Luminescent Dioxaborinanone. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022, 144, 16276-16281.
9. Hollister, K. K.; Yang, W.; Mondol, R.; Wentz, K. E.; Dickie, D. A.; Molino, A.; Kaur, A.; Frenking, G.; *Pan, S.; *Wilson, D. J. D.; *Gilliard, R. J. Jr., Isolation of Stable, Crystalline Borepin Radicals and Anions. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202202516. Highlighted in ChemistryViews.
8. Hollister, K. H.; Molino, A.; Breiner, G.; Walley, J. E.; Wentz, K. E.; Conley, A.; Dickie, D. A.; *Wilson, D. J. D.; *Gilliard, R. J. Jr., Air-Stable Thermoluminescent Carbodicarbene Borafluorenium Ions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 590-598.
7. Wentz, K. E.; Molino, A.; Freeman, L. A.; Dickie, D. A.; *Wilson, D. J. D.; *Gilliard, R. J. Jr., Reactions of 9-Carbene-9-Borafluorene Monoanion and Selenium: Synthesis of Boryl-Substituted Selenides and Diselenides. Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60, 13941-13949. Featured Article, ACS Editors’ Choice Article, Most Read List
6. Wentz, K. E.; Molino, A.; Weisflog, S. L.; Kaur, A.; Dickie, D. A.; *Wilson, D. J. D; *Gilliard, R. J. Jr., Stabilization of the Elusive 9-Carbene-9-Borafluorene Monoanion. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 13065-13072. Selected as a HOT paper. Highlighted in ChemistryViews, ScienceDaily, Phys.org, and EurekaAlert.
5. Krantz, K. E.; Weisflog, S. L.; Frey, N. C.; Yang, W.; Dickie, D. A.; *Webster, C. E.; *Gilliard, R. J. Jr., Planar, Stair-stepped, and Twisted: Modulating Structure and Photophysics in Pyrene- and Benzene-Fused N-Heterocyclic Boranes. Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 10072-10082. Invited Article
4. Yang, W.; Krantz, K. E.; Dickie, D. A.; Molino, A.; *Wilson, D. J. D.; *Gilliard, R. J. Jr., Crystalline BP-Doped Phenanthryne via Photolysis of The Elusive Boraphosphaketene. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 3971-3975
3. Yang, W.; Krantz, K. E.; Freeman, L. A.; Dickie, D. A.; Molino, A.; Frenking, G.; *Pan, S.; *Wilson, D. J. D.; *Gilliard, R. J. Jr., Persistent Borafluorene Radicals. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 3850-3854.
2. Krantz, K. E.; Weisflog, S. L.; Yang, W.; Dickie, D. A.; Frey, N. C.; *Webster, C. E., *Gilliard, R. J. Jr., Extremely Twisted and Bent Pyrene-Fused N-Heterocyclic Germylenes. Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 14954-14957.
1. Yang, W.; Krantz, K. E.; Freeman, L. A.; Dickie, D. A.; Molino, A.; Kaur, A.; *Wilson, D. J. D; *Gilliard, R. J. Jr., Stable Borepinium and Borafluorenium Heterocycles: A Reversible Thermochromic “Switch” Based on Boron-Oxygen Interactions. Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 12512-12516. Selected as a HOT paper.