Representative Publications from the Merola Group

"Aqueous Chemistry and Catalytic Activity of Organometallic Iridium Complexes," in Aqueous Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysus, Horvath, I.T. and Joo, F, eds. NATO ASI Series, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, 1995.

"Additions of Carbanions to tris-(trimethylphosphine)(cyclooctadiene)iridium(I) Chloride: Three Different Modes of Reaction Depending on the Nature of the Carbanion." Frazier, J. F.; Anderson, F. E.; Clark, R. Merola, J.S. Inorg. Chim. Acta 1994, 222, 135-143.

"An Unusual Trimerization Reaction of an Alkyne on Iridium. Le, T.X.; Selnau, H.E.; Merola, J.S. J. Organomet. Chem., 1994, 468, 257-264

"Synthesis, Structural Characterization and Reactivity of the (h²-Benzoato)iridium(III) Hydride Complex [mer-(Me₃P)₃Ir(h²-O₂CC₆H₅)(H)][PF₆]." Ladipo, F.T.; Merola, J.S. Inorg. Chem, 1993, 32, 5201-5205.

"Synthesis and Reaction Chemistry of Water-Soluble mer-(Me₃P)₃Ir(H)(H)Cl: Activation by Water of Alkyne Insertion into an Ir-H Bond." Le, T.X.; Merola, J.S. Organometallics, 1993, 12, 3798-3800.