Keske Research Group

At Trent University

5. Lim. M. Q.; DeFrancesco, C.; Brick, K. J.; Renzoni, S.; Fortin Constant, E.; Glover, A.; Lenart, C. A.; LeBlanc, J.; Garrard, C.; and Keske, E. C. “Modulating Electronic Properties of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands: Effects on the Pd-Catalyzed Buchwald–Hartwig Amination” 2025, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. Early View. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202500440

4. Fortin Constant, E.; Grewal, A.; Keske, E. C. “[Ni(PnBu3)2Cl2] as an Economical Precatalyst for the Suzuki-Miyaura Cross Coupling Reaction of Aryl Sulfonate Esters and Halides” 2025, Tetrahedron Lett., 169, 155723 – 155725. doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2025.155723

3. Lim, M. Q.; Brick, K. J.; LeBlanc, J.; Garrard, C.; Keske, E. C. “Preparation and Metallation of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands with Sterically Tunable 2,6-bis-Alkoxyphenyl Wingtip Groups” 2025, Organometallics, 44, 1, 82 – 93. DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.4c00369

2. Brick, K. J.; Lim, M. Q.; Keske, E. C. “[(NHC)Pd(allyl)Cl] Precatalysts in the Hiyama Reaction of Aryl Chlorides with Aryl Trimethoxysilanes: A Study in Side Reactions” 2023, Organometallics, 42, 22, 3192 – 3198.
         Highlighted in Synfacts: DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1772988

1. Lim, M. Q.; Keske, E. C. “Convenient Preparation of Copper (I) N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes Under Mild Conditions”. 2022, Can. J. Chem. 101(7), 434-439.

Before Trent University

15. Sattler, M. O.; Ajayi, T.; Keske, E. C.; Lough, A. J. Morris, R. H. “Synthesis, spectroscopic characterization, crystal structure, DFT and Hirschfeld surface analysis of a manganese(I) complex ([Mn(P-NH-NH-P)(CO)2][BPh4])” J. Mol. Struct. 2023, 136028

14. Keske, E. C.; Sattler, M. O.; Lough, A. J.; Morris, R. H. “Tridentate NPN Ligands with a Central Secondary Phosphine Oxide Donor and their Corresponding Metal Complexes” Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem., 2021, 1436-1441.

13. Zheng, Y.; Stafford, P. M.; Stover, K. R.; Mohan, D. C.; Gupta, M.; Keske, E. C.; Schiavini, P.; Villar, L.; Wu, F.; Kreft, A.; Thomas, K.; Raaphorst, E.; Pasangulapati, J. P.; Alla, S. R.; Sharma, S.; Mittapalli, R. R.; Sagamanova, I.; Reed, M. A.; Weaver, D. F. “Discovery of a series of 2-((1-phenyl-1H-imidazol-5-yl)methyl)-1H-indoles as indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) inhibitors”. ChemMedChem. 2021, 2195-2205.

12. Keske, E. C.; West, T. H.; Lloyd-Jones, G. C. “Analysis of Autoinduction, Inhibition, and Autoinhibition in a Rh catalyzed C-C Cleavage: Mechanism of Decyanative Aryl-Silylation” ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 4932-4940.

11. Nambo, M.; Keske, E. C.; Rygus, P. G. J.; Yim, J. C.-H.; Crudden, C. M. “Facile Access to Multiply-arylated Methanes via Pd-Catalyzed Desulfonative Cross-Coupling Reactions” ACS Catal. 2017, 7, 1108-1112.

10. Eisenberger, P.; Bestvater, B. P.; Keske, E. C.; Crudden, C. M. “Room Temperature and Atmospheric Pressure Hydrogenations with Meso-Ionic Carbene-stabilized Borenium Catalysts” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 2467-2471.

9. Keske, E. C.; Moore, B. D.; Zenkina, O. V.; Wang, R.; Crudden, C. M. “Directed Dehydrogenative C-H Borylation Catalyzed by Dimeric Rhodium NHC Complexes” Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 9883-9886.

8. Crudden, C. M.; Horton,J. H.; Ebralidze, I.; Zenkina,O. V.; McLean,A. B; Drevniok, B.; She, Z.; Kraatz, H-B.; Mosey, N.; Seki, T.; Keske, E. C.; Leake,J. D.; Rousina-Webb,, A.; Wu, G. “Ultra-stable Self-Assembled Monolayers of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes on Gold” Nature Chem. 2014, 6, 409-414.

7. Keske, E. C.; Zenkina, O. V.; Asadi, A.; Sun, H.; James, B. R.; Praetorius, J. P.; Allen, D. P.; Covelli, D.; Wang, R.; Kennepohl, P.; Crudden, C. M. “Dioxygen Adducts of Rhodium N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes” Dalton Trans. 2013, 42, 7414-7423.

6. Zenkina, O. V.; Keske, E. C.; Kochhar, G. S.; Wang, R.; Crudden, C. M. “Heteroleptic Rhodium NHC Complexes with Pyridine Derived Ligands: Synthetic Accessibility and Reactivity Towards Oxygen” Dalton Trans. 2013, 42, 2282-2293.

5. Cipot-Wechsler, J.; Covelli, D.; Praetorius, J. M.; Hearns, N.; Zenkina, O. V.; Keske, E. C.; Wang, R. Kennepohl, P.; Crudden, C. M. “Synthesis and Characterization of Cationic Rhodium Peroxo Complexes” Organometallics, 2012, 31, 21, 7306-7315.

4. Keske, E. C.; Zenkina, O. V.; Wang, R.; Crudden, C. M. “Synthesis and Structure of Palladium 1,2,3-Triazol-5-ylidene Mesoionic Carbene PEPPSI Complexes and their Catalytic Applications in the Mizoroki−Heck Reaction” Organometallics, 2012, 31, 17, 6215-6221.

3. Keske, E. C.; Zenkina, O. V.; Wang, R.; Crudden, C. M. “Synthesis and Structure of Silver and Rhodium 1,2,3-Triazol-5-ylidene Mesoionic Carbene Complexes” Organometallics, 2012, 31, 1, 456-461.

2. Zenkina, O. V.; Keske, E. C.; Wang, R.; Crudden, C. M. “Dimeric Rhodium−Ethylene NHC Complexes as Reactive Intermediates for the Preparation of Tetra-Heteroleptic NHC Complexes” Organometallics, 2011, 30, 23, 6423-6432.

1. Zenkina, O. V.; Keske, E. C.; Wang, R.; Crudden, C. M. “Double Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Transformation and Small-Molecule Activation in Rhodium NHC Complexes” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 35, 8100-8104.