List of Peer-Reviewed Publications

At The University of Idaho
16. “Transient Triplet Metallopnictinidenes M−Pn (Pn = P, As, Sb) and Dimerization.” Neben, M. C.; Wegerich, N.; Al Said, T.; Thompson, R. R.; Demeshko, S.; Dollberg, K.; Tkach, I.; Van Trieste, G.; Verplancke, H.; von Hänisch, C.;* Holthausen, M. C.;* Powers, D. C.;* Schnegg, A.;* Schneider, S.,* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 5330-5339.
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15. “P−P Coupling with and without Terminal Metal−Phosphorus Intermediates.” Thompson, R. R.;* Figgins, M.T.; Wannipurage, D. C.; Renteria-Gomez, A.; Gogoi, A. R.; Telser, J.; Tierney, D.; Neben, M. C.; Demeshko, S.; Gutierrez, O.;* Powers, D.C.,* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 5350–5359.
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Before Independent Career
14. “Anion Receptors with Nitrone C-H Hydrogen Bond Donors.” He, X.; Thompson, R. R.; Clawson, S.; Fronczek, F.; Lee, S., Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 4624-4627. 

​13. “Selective Multi-Electron Aggregation at a Hypervalent Iodine Center by Sequential Disproportionation.” Thai, P.; Frey, B. L.; Figgins, M. T.; Thompson, R. R.; Carmieli, R.; Powers, D. C., Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 4308-4311.
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​12. “Oxygen-Atom Transfer Photochemistry of a Molecular Copper Bromate Complex.” Van Trieste, G. P., Reibenspies, J. H.; Chen, Y.; Sengupata, D.; Thompson, R. R.; Powers, D. C., Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 12608-12611.
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​11. “Scalable Synthesis of [8]Cycloparaphenyleneacetylene Carbon Nanohoop Using Alkyne Metathesis.” Zhou, X.; Kwon, H.; Thompson, R. R.; Herman, R. J.; Fronczek, F. R.; Bruns, C. J.; Lee, S., Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 10887-10890.

​​10. “Impact of Ligands and Metals on the Formation of Metallacyclic Intermediates and a Non-traditional Mechanism for Group VI Alkyne Metathesis Catalysts.” Thompson, R. R.; Rotella, M. E.; Zhou, X.; Fronczek, F.; Gutierrez, O.; Lee, S. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 9026-9039.
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​9.   “Siloxide Podand Ligand as a Scaffold for Molybdenum Catalyzed Alkyne Metathesis and Isolation of a Dynamic Metallatetrahedrane Intermediate.” Thompson, R. R.; Rotella, M. E.; Du, P.; Zhou, X.; Fronczek, F.; Kumar, R.; Gutierrez, O.; Lee, S. Organometallics 2019, 38, 4054-4059.
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​​8.   “Size-Selective Synthesis of Large Cycloparaphenyleneacetylene Carbon Nanohoops using Alkyne Metathesis.” Zhou, X.; Thompson, R. R.; Fronczek, F.; Lee, S.  Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 4680-4683.
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7.   “Electronic Effect Rate Enhancement in the Stereoselective Living Coordinative Polymerization of α-Olefins by α,α,α-Trifluoroacetamidinate-modified Group 4 Metal CPAMCF3 Initiators.” Thompson, R. R.; Zavalij, P.; Sita, L.R., Organometallics, 2019, 38, 213-217.

​​6.   “Addition of Si-H and B-H Bonds and Redox Reactivity Involving Low-Coordinate Nitrido-Vanadium Complexes.” Thompson, R.; Tran, B. L.; Ghosh, S.; Chen, C-H.; Pink, M.; Gao, X.; Baik, M-H.; Mindiola, D.J. Inorg. Chem., 2015, 54, 3068-3077.
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​5.   “A Nitrido Salt Reagent of Titanium.” Thompson, R.; Chen, C-H.; Pink, M.; Wu, G.; Mindiola, D. J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 8197-8200.
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​4.   “Structural Elucidation of the Illustrious Tebbe Reagent.” Thompson, R.; Nakamaru-Ogiso, E.; Chen, C-H.; Pink, M.; Mindiola, D. J. Organometallics 2014, 33, 429-432.

​3.   “A Four-Coordinate Thionitrosyl complex of Vanadium.” Tran, B. L.; Thompson, R.; Ghosh, S.; Gao X.; Chen, C-H.; Baik, M-H.; Mindiola, D. J. Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 2768-2770.

​2.   “A Planar Three-Coordinate Vanadium(II) Complex and the Study of Terminal Vanadium Nitrides from N2: A Kinetic or Thermodynamic Impediment to N-N Bond Cleavage?” Tran, B. L.; Pinter, B.; Nichols, A. J.; Konopka, F. T.; Thompson, R.; Chen, C-H.; Krzystek, J.; Ozarowski, A.; Telser, J.; Baik, M-H.; Meyer, K.; Mindiola, D. J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 13035-13045.
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​1.   “Coordinatively Saturated Tris(oxazolinyl)borate Zinc Hydride-Catalyzed Cross Dehydrocoupling of Silanes and Alcohols.: Mukherjee, D.; Thompson, R. R.; Ellern, A.; Sadow, A. D. ACS Catal. 2011, 1, 698-702.

THompson Lab @ University of Idaho
​Moscow ID 83844

Established in 2023