B.S., University of Texas, Austin, 1996. Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2000 (Kenneth N. Raymond). Postdoctoral: The Scripps Research Institute, 2001-03 (Julius Rebek, Jr.). Honors and Awards: Phi Beta Kappa; NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, 2002-03; NSF CAREER Award, 2006; Research Corporation Cottrell Scholar Award, 2006; University of Oregon Fund for Faculty Members Excellence Award, 2012. At Oregon since 2003.
Research in the group explores problems in coordination chemistry and organic synthesis using the relatively new field of supramolecular chemistry as a tool. Research projects include developing specific metal chelators for a variety of toxic and environmentally hazardous metals; investigating the synthesis and applications of inorganic cluster compounds; and using multiple weak interactions within small molecule receptors to target environmentally and biologically relevant substrates. The research in the group spans a diverse range of disciplines: organic synthesis of ligands and receptors; inorganic chemistry of supramolecular coordination complexes and inorganic clusters; computer modeling and ligand design; analytical chemistry of metal ion extraction; solution thermodynamics and physical organic chemistry of host-guest and metal-ligand complexes; and materials science of supramolecular assemblies and thin film semiconductors. The characterization of these nanoscale molecules requires investigation by X-ray crystallography, calorimetry, multidimensional NMR techniques, and other spectroscopic methods.
I. Supramolecular Main Group Chemistry and Specific Metal Chelation
We are elaborating a design strategy for forming coordination capsules comprised of toxic metal ions or main group elements (such as arsenic, antimony, or mercury). We have recently shown that ligand H2L binds arsenic(III) within a very stable As2L3 cage. Surprisingly, two As2L2Cl2 macrocycles were also isolated as intermediates in the reaction. Applications in metal remediation, both environmental and medical, are envisioned by designing the ligands to target a specific toxic or hazardous metal ion. Furthermore, incorporating these nanoscale coordination capsules into extended solid-state structures leads to applications in materials science, and the novel cavity environments in these capsules will lead to unusual host-guest properties.
II. Inorganic Nanoclusters
Developing predictive design strategies to prepare inorganic cluster compounds has attracted much research interest, due in part to the potential applications of these novel materials. We have developed an unusual new synthetic strategy for preparing discrete inorganic clusters, and we have used this strategy to prepare the first crystalline example of an inorganic tridecameric Ga hydroxide cluster (Ga13, see figure). A slightly altered facile synthetic methodology also yields the analogous tridecameric aluminum complex and a series of mixed Ga/In tridecameric clusters in preparative scales within one to two weeks. We are currently exploring the use of these inorganic aggregates as synthons for the generation of a wider range of particles and assemblies via exchange of the peripheral water ligands with appropriate organic ligands. In a collaboration with Prof. Douglas A. Keszler at Oregon State University, we are exploring the use of these clusters as solution precursors to prepare thin film transistor devices (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 9484-9486).
III. Interactions between Anions and Aromatic Rings
A recent area of study in the lab seeks to understand the how anions interact with electron-deficient aromatic rings. The related “cation-π” interaction is well-documented, but only recently has the more counter-intuitive interaction between anions and aromatic rings become appreciated. We have shown in a model system that the presence of an electron-deficient pentafluorophenyl ring enhances halide binding in solution. We have also highlighted in the solid state and in silico our observations that anions can form as many as four different attractive interactions with electron-deficient aromatic rings (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 48-58). Recently, we have used this knowledge to develop a design strategy for synthesizing tripodal anion receptors that utilize only electron-deficient aromatic rings to bind anions in solution. We seek to understand this interaction in greater detail by improving receptor design and developing new electron-deficient arenes to bind anions. Will this emerging interaction motif provide new anion binding selectivities in solution? Can new sensors and remediation materials be prepared that use these interactions to target anionic contaminants in the environment? We also have begun a new collaboration with Prof. Michael M. Haley’s lab at UO investigating the design and synthesis of modular receptors for anions based off of inherently fluorescent arylethynyl cores.
I. Supramolecular Main Group Chemistry and Specific Metal Chelation
Collins, M. S.; Carnes, M. E.; Nell, B. P.; Zakharov, L. N.; Johnson, D. W. “A Facile Route to Old and New Cyclophanes Via Self-Assembly and Capture” Nature Comm. 2016, 7, 11052.
Carnes, M. E.; Collins, M. S.; Johnson, D. W. “Transmetalation of Self-Assembled, Supramolecular Complexes” Chem. Soc. Rev. 2014, 43, 1825-1834
Cangelosi, V. M.; Zakharov, L. N.; Johnson, D. W. “Supramolecular Transmetallation Leads to an Unusual Self-Assembled P2L3 Cryptand“ Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 1248-1251.
Pitt, M. A.; Johnson, D. W. “Main Group Supramolecular Chemistry” Chem. Soc. Rev. 2007, 36, 1441-1453.
Vickaryous, W. J.; Herges, R.; Johnson, D. W. “Arsenic-π Interactions Stabilize a Self-Assembled As2L3 Supramolecular Complex“ Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 5831-5833.
II. Inorganic Nanoclusters
Fulton, B. L.; Perkins, C. K.; Mansergh, R. H.; Jenkins, M. A.; Gouliouk, V.; Jackson, Jr., M. N.; Ramos, J. C.; Rogovoy, N. M.;† Gutierrez-Higgins, M. T.;† Boettcher, S. W.; Conley, J. F.; Keszler, D. A.; Hutchison, J. E.; Johnson, D. W. “Minerals to Materials: Bulk Synthesis of Aqueous Al Clusters and Their use as Precursors for Metal Oxide Thin Films” Chem. Mater. 2017, 29, 7760-7765.
Perkins, C. K.; Eitrheim, E. S.; Fulton, B. L.; Fullmer, L. B.; Colla, C. A.; Park, D.-H.; Oliveri, A. F.; Hutchison, J. E.; Nyman, M.; Casey, W. H.; Forbes, T. Z.; Johnson, D. W.; Keszler, D. A. “Synthesis of an Aluminum Hydroxide Octamer through a Simple Dissolution Method” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 10161-10164.
Oliveri, A. F.; Carnes, M. E.; Baseman, M. M.;† Richman, E. K.; Hutchison, J. E.; Johnson, D. W. “Single Nanoscale Cluster Species Revealed by 1H NMR Diffusion-Ordered Spectroscopy and Small-Angle X-ray Scattering” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 10992-10996.
Mensinger, Z. L.; Gatlin, J. T.; Meyers, S. T.; Zakharov, L. N.; Keszler, D. A.; Johnson, D. W. “Synthesis of Heterometallic Group 13 Nanoclusters and Inks for Oxide Thin-Film Transistors“ Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 9484-9486.
Rather, E.; Gatlin, J. T.; Nixon, P. G.; Tsukamoto, T.; Kravtsov, V.; Johnson, D. W. “A Simple Organic Reaction Mediates the Crystallization of the Inorganic Nanocluster [Ga13(µ3-OH)6(µ2-OH)18(H2O)24](NO3) sub>15” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 3242-3243. (Highlighted inEditor’s Choice in Science, 2005, 307, 1377.)
III. Interactions between Anions and Aromatic Rings
Hartle, M. D.; Hansen, R. J.; Tresca, B. W.; Prakel, S. S.;† Zakharov, L. N.; Haley, M. M.; Pluth, M. D.; Johnson, D. W. “A Synthetic Supramolecular Receptor for the Hydrosulfide Anion” Angew. Chem. 2016, 55, 11480-11484.
Tresca, B. W.; Hansen, R. J.; Chau, C. V.;† Hay, B. P.; Zakharov, L. N.; Haley, M. M.; Johnson, D. W. “Substituent Effects in CH Hydrogen Bond Interactions: Linear Free Energy Relationships and Influence of Anions” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 14959-14967.
Berryman, O.B.; Sather, A. C.; Hay, B. P.; Meisner, J. S.; Johnson, D. W. “Solution Phase Measurement of Both Weak σ and C-H•••X– Hydrogen Bonding Interactions in Synthetic Anion Receptors” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008,130, 10895-10897.
Berryman, O. B.; Bryantsev, V. S.; Stay, D. P.; Johnson, D. W.; Hay, B. P. “Structural Criteria for the Design of Anion Receptors: The Interaction of Halides with Electron-Deficient Arenes” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 48-58.
Berryman, O. B.; Hof, F.; Hynes, M. J.; Johnson, D.W. “Anion-π Interaction Augments Halide Binding in Solution” Chem. Commun. 2006, 506-508.
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118. Collins, M. S.; Phan, N.-M.; Zakharov, L. N.; Johnson, D. W. “Coupling Metaloid-Directed Self-Assembly and Dynamic Covalent Systems as a Route to Large Organic Cages and Cyclophanes” Inorg. Chem. 2018, Article ASAP (invited for Inorganic Chemistry Forum on “Self-Assembled Cages and Macrocycles”, DOI:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b02716).
117. Cochran, E. A.; Park, D.-H.; Kast, M. G.; Enman, L. J.; Perkins, C. K.; Mashergh, R. H.; Keszler, D. A.; Johnson, D. W.; Boettcher, S. W. “Seeking chemical signatures: Is auto-combustion pertinent to low-temperature deposition of metal oxide thin films from solution?” Chem. Mater. 2017, 29, 9480-9488.
116. Fulton, B. L.; Perkins, C. K.; Mansergh, R. H.; Jenkins, M. A.; Gouliouk, V.; Jackson, Jr., M. N.; Ramos, J. C.; Rogovoy, N. M.;† Gutierrez-Higgins, M. T.;† Boettcher, S. W.; Conley, J. F.; Keszler, D. A.; Hutchison, J. E.; Johnson, D. W. “Minerals to Materials: Bulk Synthesis of Aqueous Al Clusters and Their use as Precursors for Metal Oxide Thin Films” Chem. Mater. 2017, 29, 7760-7765.
115. Marsh, D. A.; Elliott, W. S.; Smith, R. M.; Sharps, M. C.; Baumeister, M. K.;† Carnes, M. E.; Zakharov, L. N.; Casey, W. H.; Johnson, D. W. “Stable Heterometallic Cluster Ions Based on Werner’s Hexol” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 8776-8779.
114. Takaesu, N. E.;† Ohta, E.; Zakharov, L. N.; Johnson, D. W.; Haley, M. M. “Synthesis and Properties of Naphtho[2,3-e]-1,2-azaphosphorine-2-oxides, PN-Anthracene Analogues” Organometallics 2017, 36, 2491-2493.
113. Sharps, M. C.; Marsh, D. A.; Zakharov, L. N.; Hutchison, J. E.; Johnson, D. W. “Implications of Crystal Structure on Organotin Carboxylate Photoresists” Cryst. Res. Technol. 2017, 52, 1700081 (DOI: 10.1002/crat.201700081; cover).
112. Crockett, B. M.; Jansons, A. W.; Koskela, K. M.;† Johnson, D. W.; Hutchison, J. E. “Radial Dopant Placement for Tuning Plasmonic Properties in Metal Oxide Nanocrystals” ACS Nano 2017, 11, 7719-7728.
111. Saha, S.; Park, D.-H.; Hutchison, D. C.; Zakharov, L. N.; Marsh, D.; Goberna-Ferrón, S.; Olsen, M. R.; Johnson, D. W.; Keszler, D. A.; Nyman, M. “Alkyltin β-Keggin Cluster Templated by Na” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 10140-10144.
110. Perkins, C. K.; Eitrheim, E. S.; Fulton, B. L.; Fullmer, L. B.; Colla, C. A.; Park, D.-H.; Oliveri, A. F.; Hutchison, J. E.; Nyman, M.; Casey, W. H.; Forbes, T. Z.; Johnson, D. W.; Keszler, D. A. “Synthesis of an Aluminum Hydroxide Octamer through a Simple Dissolution Method” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 10161-10164.
109. Wood, S. R.; Woods, K. N.; Plassmeyer, P. N.; Marsh, D. A.; Johnson, D. W.; Page, C. P.; Jensen, K. M. Ø.; Johnson, D. C. “Same Precursor, Two Different Products: Comparing the Structural Evolution of In-Ga-O ‘Gel-Derived’ Powders and Solution-Cast Films using Pair Distribution Function Analysis” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 5607-5613.
108. Tresca, B. W.; Brueckner, A. C.; Haley, M. M.; Cheong, P. H.-Y.; Johnson, D. W. “Computational and Experimental Evidence of Emergent Equilibrium Isotope Effects (EEIE) in Anion Receptor Complexes” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 3962-3965. (PMCID: PMC5364433)
107. Aromatic Interactions: Frontiers in Knowledge and Application, Johnson, D. W.; Hof, F., Eds. The Royal Society of Chemistry: Cambridge, 2017, p 282 (ISBN: 978-1-78262-417-2).
106. Eytel, L. M.; Gilbert, A. K.;† Görner P.; Zakharov, L. N.; Johnson, D. W.; Haley, M. M. “Do CH-anion and anion-π interactions alter the mechanism of 2:1 host-guest complexation in arylethynyl monourea anion receptors?” Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 4051-4054. (PMCID: PMC5560113)
105. Marsh, D. A.; Goberna-Ferron, S.; Baumeister, M. K.;† Zakharov, L. N.; Nyman, M.; Johnson, D. W. “Ln polyoxocations: Yttrium oxide solution speciation & solution deposited thin films” Dalton Trans. 2017, 46, 947-955.
104. Hartle, M. D.; Hansen, R. J.; Tresca, B. W.; Prakel, S. S.;† Zakharov, L. N.; Haley, M. M.; Pluth, M. D.; Johnson, D. W. “A Synthetic Supramolecular Receptor for the Hydrosulfide Anion” Angew. Chem. 2016, 55, 11480-11484. (PMCID: PMC5144539)
103. Vonnegut, C. L.; Shonkwiler, A. M.; Zakharov, L. N.; Haley, M. M.; Johnson, D. W. “Harnessing solid-state packing for selective detection of chloride in a macrocyclic anionophore” Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 9506-9509 (cover; invited for virtual theme issue on Host-Guest Chemistry; PMCID: PMC4973467).
102. Fairley, K. C.; Sharps, M. C.; Mitchson, G.; Ditto, J.; Johnson, D. W.; Johnson, D. C. “Sub-30 keV Patterning of HafSOx Resist: Effects of Voltage on Resolution, Contrast, and Sensitivity” J. Vac. Sci. Tech. B 2016, 34, 041607.
101. Fields, C. R.;† Oliveri, A. F.; Colla, C. A.; Johnson, D. W.; Casey, W. H. “Proton-Exchange Rates on Hydroxide Bridges of Mineral-Like Metal-Hydroxide Clusters” ChemistrySelect 2016, 1, 1118-1122 (cover).
100. Hammann, B. A.; Marsh, D. A.; Ma, Z. L.; Wood, S. R.; West, M. E.; Johnson, D. W.; Hayes, S. E. “Synthetic Routes to a Nanoscale Inorganic Cluster [Ga13(µ3-OH)6(µ2-OH)18(H2O)](NO3)15 Evaluated by Solid-State 71Ga NMR” J. Solid State Chem. 2016, 242, 193-198.
99. Garnett, G. A. E.; Daze, K. D.; Peña Diaz, J. A.; Fagen, N.; Ma, M. C. F.; Collins, M. S.; Johnson, D. W.; Zakharov, L. N.; Hof, F. “Attraction by Repulsion: Compounds with Like Charges Undergo Self-Assembly in Water that Improves in High Salt and Persists in Real Biological Fluids” Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 2768-2771.
98. Fairley, K. C.; Merrill, D. R.; Woods, K. N.; Ditto, J.; Xu, C.; Oleksak, R. P.; Gutafsson, T.; Johnson, D. W.; Garfunkel, E. L; Herman, G. S.; Johnson, D. C.; Page, C. J. “Non-uniform Composition Profiles in Inorganic Thin Films from Aqueous Solutions” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2016, 8, 667-672.
97. Tresca, B. W.; Hansen, R. J.; Chau, C. V.;† Hay, B. P.; Zakharov, L. N.; Haley, M. M.; Johnson, D. W. “Substituent Effects in CH Hydrogen Bond Interactions: Linear Free Energy Relationships and Influence of Anions” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 14959-14967. (PMCID: PMC4977030)
96. Vonnegut, C. L.; Shonkwiler, A. M.; Khalifa, M. M.;† Zakharov, L. N.; Johnson, D. W.; Haley, M. M. “Facile Synthesis and Properties of 2-λ5-Phosphaquinolines and 2-λ5-Phosphaquinolin-2-ones” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 13318-13322. (PMCID: PMC4624000)
95. Nell, K. N.; Fontenot, S. A.; Carter, T. G.; Warner, M. G.; Warner, C. L.; Addleman, R. S.; Johnson, D. W. “Non-Covalent Functionalization of High-Surface Area Nanomaterials: A New Class of Sorbent Materials” Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2016, 3, 138-145.
94. Hammann, B. A.; Ma, Z. L.; Wentz, K. M.; Kamunde-Devonish, M. K.; Johnson, D. W.; Hayes, S. E. “Solid-State 71Ga NMR Study of the Tridecameric Group 13 Mixed Metal Hydroxo-aquo Clusters” Dalton. Trans. 2015, 44, 17652-17659.
93. Collins, M. S.; Carnes, M. E.; Nell, B. P.; Zakharov, L. N.; Johnson, D. W. “A Facile Route to Old and New Cyclophanes Via Self-Assembly and Capture” Nature Comm. 2016, 7, 11052.
92. Tresca, B. W.; Berryman, O. B.; Zakharov, L. N.; Johnson, D. W.; Haley, M. M. “Anion-Templated Self-Assembly of 2,6-Bis(2-anilinoethynyl)pyridine Bis(amide) as an Alternative to Bis(sulfonamides)” Supramol. Chem. 2016, 28, 37-44 (invited for special issue in honor of Jonathan L. Sessler).
91. Jackson, Jr., M. N.; Kamunde-Devonish, M. K.; Hammann, B. A.; Wills, L. A.; Fullmer, L. B.; Hayes, S. E.; Cheong, P.H.-Y.; Casey, W. H.; Nyman, M.; Johnson, D. W. “An Overview of Selected Current Approaches to the Characterization of Aqueous Inorganic Clusters” Dalton Trans. 2015, 44, 16982-17006.
90. Oliveri, A. F.; Wills, L. A.; Hazlett, C. R.;† Carnes, M. E.; Cheong, P. H.-Y.; Johnson, D. W. “Solution Structural Characterization of an Array of Nanoscale Aqueous Inorganic Ga13-xInx (0≤x≤6) Clusters by 1H-NMR and QM Computations” Chem. Sci. 2015, 6, 4071-4085.
89. Reusser, D.; Schliesser, J.; Elliott, W. S.;† Woodfield, B. F.; Johnson, D. W.; Navrotsky, A. “Heat Capacities and Thermodynamics of Formation of flat-Al13 Solids” J. Chem. Thermodyn. 2015, 90, 224-231.
88. Kamunde-Devonish, M. K.; Fast, D. B.; Mensinger, Z. L.; Gatlin, J. T.; Zakharov, L. N.; Dolgos, M. R.; Johnson, D. W. “Synthesis and Solid State Structural Characterization of a Series of Aqueous Heterometallic Tridecameric Group 13 Clusters” Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 3913–3920.
87. Collins, M. S.; Choi, R. Y.;† Zakharov, L. N.; Watson, L. A.; Hay, B. P.; Johnson, D. W. “Self-Assembled Trinuclear Arsenic and Antimony Macrobicycles” Chem. Sci. 2015, 6, 2444-2448.
86. Berryman, O. B.; Johnson II, C. A.; Vonnegut, C. L.; Fajardo, K. A.;† Zakharov, L. N.; Johnson, D. W.; Haley, M. M. “Solid-State Examination of Conformationally Diverse Sulfonamide Receptors Based on Bis(2-anilinoethynyl)pyridine, -Bipyridine and -Thiophene” Cryst. Growth Des. 2015, 15, 1502-1511. (PMCID: PMC4577069)
85. Watt, M. M.; Engle, J. M.; Fairley, K. C.; Robitshek, T. E.;† Johnson, D. W.; Haley, M. M. “’Off-On’ Aggregation-Based Fluorescent Sensor for the Detection of Chloride in Water” Org. Biomol. Chem. 2015, 16, 4266-4270 (invited for web themed issue on Supramolecular Chemistry in Water; PMCID: PMC4537155)
84. Vonnegut, C. L.; Tresca, B. W.; Johnson, D. W.; Haley, M. M. “Ion and Molecular Recognition Using Aryl-Ethynyl Scaffolding” Chem. Asian. J. 2015, 10, 522-535. (invited review, cover artwork). (PMCID: PMC4567383)
83. Carnes, M. E.; Knutson, C. C.; Nadarajah, A.; Jackson, M. N., Jr.; Oliveri, A. F.; Norelli, K. M.; Crockett, B. M.; Bauers, S. R.; Moreno-Luna, H. A.; Taber, B. N.; Pacheco, D. J.; Olson, J. Z.; Brevick, K. R.; Sheehan, C. E.; Johnson, D. W.; Boettcher, S. W. “Electrochemical Synthesis of Flat-[Ga13-xInx(μ3-OH)6(μ-OH)18(H2O)24(NO3)15] Clusters as Aqueous Precursors for Solution-Processed Semiconductors” J. Mater. Chem. C, 2014, 2, 8492-8496.
82. Ma, Z. L.; Wentz, K. M.; Hammann, B. A.; Chang, I.-Y.; Kamunde-Devonish, M. K.; Cheong, P. H.-Y.; Johnson, D. W.; Terskikh, V. V.; Hayes, S. E. “Solid-State 69Ga and 71Ga NMR Study of the Nanoscale Inorganic Cluster [Ga13(μ3-OH)6(μ-OH)18(H2O)24](NO3)15” Chem. Mater. 2014, 26, 4978–4983.
81. Gavette, J. V.; Evoniuk, C. J.;† Zakharov, L. N.; Carnes, M. E.; Haley, M. M.; Johnson, D. W. “Exploring Anion-Induced Conformational Flexibility and Molecular Switching in a Series of Heteroaryl-Urea Receptors” Chem. Sci. 2014, 5, 2899-2905 (PMCID: PMC4068745).
80. Gavette, J. V.; Klug, C. M.; Zakharov, L. N.; Shores, M. P.; Haley, M. M.; Johnson, D. W. “Intramolecular N-H•••Cl Hydrogen Bonds in the Outer Coordination Sphere of a Bipyridyl Bisurea-based Ligand Stabilize a Tetrahedral FeLCl2 Complex” Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 7173-7175. (PMCID: PMC4112994)
79. Kamunde-Devonish, M. K.; Jackson, Jr., M. N.; Mensinger, Z. L.; Zakharov, L. N.; Johnson, D. W. “Transmetalation of Aqueous Inorganic Clusters: A Useful Route to the Synthesis of Heterometallic Aluminum and Indium Hydroxo—Aquo Clusters” Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 7101-7105 (cover artwork, ACS Editor’s Choice).
78. Guzmán-Percástegui, E.; Zakharov, L. N.; Alvarado-Rodríguez, J. G.; Carnes, M. E.; Johnson, D. W. “Synthesis of a Self-Assembled Hg(II)–Dithiocarbamate Metallomacrocycle” Cryst. Growth Des. 2014, 14, 2087–2091.
77. Oleksak, R. P.; Ruther, R. E.; Luo, F.; Fairley, K. C.; Decker, S. R.; Stickle, W. F.; Johnson, D. W.; Garfunkel, E. L.; Herman, G. S.; Keszler, D. A. “Chemical and Structural Investigation of High-Resolution Patterning with HafSOx” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2014, 6, 2917-2921.
76. Engle, J. M.; Singh, P. S.;† Vonnegut, C. L.; Zakharov, L. N.; Johnson, D. W.; Haley, M. M.; “Synthesis and Solid-State Structure of a Macrocyclic Receptor Based on the 2,6-Bis(2-anilinoethynyl)pyridine Scaffold” CrystEngComm. 2014, 16, 3703-3706 (invited for themed issue on Structural Macrocyclic Supramolecular Chemistry). (PMCID: PMC4284647)
75. Carnes, M. E.; Collins, M. S.; Johnson, D. W. “Transmetalation of Self-Assembled, Supramolecular Complexes” Chem. Soc. Rev. 2014, 43, 1825-1834 (invited for themed issue on Supramolecular and Dynamic Covalent Reactivity).
74. Carnes, M. E.; Collins, M. S.; Lindquist, N. R.;† Percástegui, E. G.; Pluth, M. D.; Johnson, D. W. “Chloride-Catalyzed, Multicomponent Self-Assembly of Arsenic Thiolates” Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 73-75.
73. Nadarajah, A.; Carnes, M. E.; Kast, M. G.; Johnson, D. W.; Boettcher, S. W. “Aqueous Solution Processing of F-doped SnO2 Transparent Conducting Oxide Films Using a Reactive Tin(II) Hydroxide Nitrate Nanoscale Cluster Precursor” Chem. Mater. 2013, 25, 4080-4087 (cover artwork).
72. Tresca, B. W.; Zakharov, L. N.; Carroll, C.N.; Johnson, D. W.; Haley, M. M. “Aryl C–H···Cl– Hydrogen Bonding in a Fluorescent Anion Sensor” Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 7240-7242. (PMCID: PMC4012615)
71. Collins, M. S.; Carnes, M. E.; Sather A. C.;† Berryman, O. B.; Zakharov, L. N.; Teat, S. J.; Johnson, D. W. “Pnictogen-Directed Synthesis of Discrete Disulfide Macrocycles” Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 6599-6601.
70. Watt, M. W.; Zakharov, L. N.; Haley, M. M.; Johnson, D. W. “Selective Nitrate Binding in Competitive Hydrogen Bonding Solvents: Do Anion–Arene Interactions Facilitate Nitrate Selectivity?” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 10275-10280. (PMCID: PMC3879926)
69. Gavette, J. V.; Mills, N. S.; Zakharov, L. N.; Johnson II, C. A.; Johnson, D. W.; Haley, M. M. “Anion-Modulated Three-way Supramolecular Switch Selectively Binds Dihydrogen Phosphate, H2PO4–” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 10270-10274. (PMCID: PMC3857097)
68. Jackson, Jr., M. N.; Wills, L. A.; Chang, I.-Y.; Carnes, M. E.; Scatena, L. F.; Cheong, P. H.-Y.; Johnson, D. W. “Identifying Nanoscale M13 Clusters in the Solid State and Aqueous Solution: Vibrational Spectroscopy and Theoretical Studies” Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 6187-6192.
67. Knutson, C. C.; Jackson, Jr., M. N.; Beekman, M.; Carnes, M. E.; Johnson, D. W.; Johnson, D. C.; Keszler, D. A. “Mentoring Graduate Students in Research and Teaching by Utilizing Research as a Template” J. Chem. Educ. 2014, 91, 200-205.
66. Oliveri, A. F.; Elliott, E. W.; Carnes, M. E.; Hutchison, J. E.; Johnson, D. W. “Elucidating Inorganic Nanoscale Species in Solution: Complementary and Corroborative Approaches” ChemPhysChem, 2013, 14, 2655-2661 (invited review, cover artwork).
65. Gavette, J. V.; Lara, J.;† Reling, L. L.;† Haley, M. M.; Johnson, D. W. “Lithium-Selective Phosphine Oxide-Based Ditopic Receptors Show Enhanced Halide Binding upon Alkali Metal Ion Coordination” Chem. Sci. 2013, 4, 585-590 (cover artwork). (PMCID: PMC3595051)
64. Watt, M. M.; Collins, M. S.; Johnson, D. W. “Ion-π Interactions in Ligand Design for Anions and Main Group Cations” Acc. Chem. Res. 2013, 46, 955-966 (invited article for special issue on “Aromatic Interactions”). (PMCID: PMC3479338)
63. Oliveri, A. F.; Carnes, M. E.; Baseman, M. M.;† Richman, E. K.; Hutchison, J. E.; Johnson, D. W. “Single Nanoscale Cluster Species Revealed by 1H NMR Diffusion-Ordered Spectroscopy and Small-Angle X-ray Scattering” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 10992-10996.
62. Engle, J. M.; Carroll, C. N.; Johnson, D. W.; Haley, M. M. “Synthesis and Optoelectronic Properties of 2,6-Bis(2-anilinoethynyl)pyridine Scaffolds” Chem. Sci. 2012, 3, 1105-1110. (PMCID: PMC4201053)
61. Carnes, M. E.; Lindquist, N. R.;† Zakharov, L. N.; Johnson, D. W. “Counter-ion and Steric Effects in Self-Assembled HgX2–Thioether Coordination Polymers” Cryst. Growth Des. 2012, 12, 1579-1585.
60. Engle, J. M.; Lakshminarayanan, P. S.; Carroll, C. N.; Zakharov, L. N.; Haley, M. M.; Johnson, D. W. “Molecular Self Assembly: Solvent Guests Tune the Conformation of a Series of Versatile 2,6-Bis(2-anilinoethynyl)pyridine-Based Ureas” Cryst. Growth Des. 2011, 11, 5144-5152. (PMCID: PMC3216052)
59. Carnes, M. E.; Lindquist, N. R.;† Johnson, D. W. “Main Group Supramolecular Coordination Chemistry” in Encyclopedia of Supramolecular Chemistry; Atwood, J. L.; Steed, J. W.; Wallace, K. J., Eds.; Taylor and Francis: New York, NY, 2012 (DOI: 10.1081/E-ESMC-120048019).
58. Mensinger, Z. L; Wang, W.; Keszler, D. A.; Johnson, D. W. “Oligomeric Group 13 Hydroxides – A Rare but Varied Class of Molecules” Chem. Soc. Rev. 2012, 41, 1019-1030.
57. Fontenot, S. A.; Cangelosi, V. M.; Pitt, M. A. W.; Sather, A. C.;† Zakharov, L. N.; Berryman, O. B.; Johnson, D. W. “Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Self-Assembled As2L3 and Sb2L3 Cryptands” Dalton Trans. 2011, 40, 12125-12131 (invited article for Theme Issue on Self Assembly in Inorganic Chemistry).
56. Gavette, J. V.; Lara, J.;† Berryman, O. B.; Zakharov, L. N.; Haley, M. M.; Johnson, D. W. “Lithium Cation Enhances Anion Binding in a Phosphine Oxide-Based Tripodal, Ditopic Receptor” Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 7653-7655. (PMCID: PMC3344749)
55. Haack, J. A.; Berglund, J. A.; Hutchison, J. E.; Johnson, D. W.; Lonergan, M. C.; Tyler, D. R. “ConfChem Conference on Educating the Next Generation: Green and Sustainable Chemistry—Chemistry of Sustainability: A General Education Science Course Enhancing Students, Faculty and Institutional Programming” J. Chem. Educ. 2013, 90, 515-516.
54. Wang, W.; Wentz, K.M.; Hayes, S.E.; Johnson, D. W.; Keszler, D. A. “Synthesis of Hydroxide Cluster [Al13(μ3-OH)6(μ-OH)18(H2O)24]15+ from Aqueous Solution,” Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 4683–4685.
53. Carroll, C. N.; Coombs III, B. A.;† McClintock, S. P.; Johnson II, C. A.; Berryman, O. B.; Johnson, D. W.; Haley, M. M. “Anion-Dependent Fluorescence in Bis(anilinoethynyl)pyridine Derivatives: Switchable ON-OFF and OFF-ON Response” Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 5539-5541. (PMCID: PMC4028034)
52. Cangelosi, V. M.; Carter, T. G.; Crossland, J. L.; Zakharov, L. N.; Johnson, D. W. “Self-Assembled E2L3 Cryptands (E = P, As, Sb, Bi): Transmetalation, Homo- and Heterometallic Assemblies, and Conformational Isomerism” Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49, 9985-9992.
51. Carroll, C. N.; Naleway, J. J.; Haley, M. M.; Johnson, D. W. “Arylethynyl Receptors for Anions and Emerging Applications in Cellular Imaging” Chem. Soc. Rev. 2010, 39, 3875-3888 (invited tutorial review for theme issue on “Anions in Supramolecular Chemistry”). (PMCID: PMC3062433)
50. Cangelosi, V. M.; Pitt, M. A.; Vickaryous, W. J.; Allen, C. A.;† Zakharov, L. N.; Johnson, D. W. “Design Considerations for the Group 15 Elements: The Pnictogen···π Interaction as a Complementary Component in Supramolecular Assembly Design” Cryst. Growth Des. 2010, 10, 3531-3536.
49. Haack, J. A.; Berglund, J. A.; Hutchison, J. E.; Johnson, D. W.; Lonergan, M. C.; Tyler, D. R. “‘Chemistry of Sustainability:’ A General Education Science Course Enhancing Students, Faculty and Institutional Programming” CONFCHEM, 2010, April-June 2010, Paper 3 (May 21-27: http://www.ched-ccce.org/confchem/2010/Spring2010/Index.html).
48. Lindquist, N. R.;† Carter, T. G.; Cangelosi, V. M.; Zakharov, L. N.; Johnson, D. W. “Three’s Company: Co-crystallization of a Self-Assembled S4 Metallacyclophane with Two Diastereomeric Metallacycle Intermediates” Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 3505-3507.
47. Cangelosi, V. M.; Zakharov, L. N.; Crossland, J. L.; Franklin, B. C.;† Johnson, D. W. “A Surprising ‘Folded-in’ Conformation of a Self-Assembled Arsenic-Thiolate Macrocycle” Cryst. Growth Des. 2010, 10, 1471-1473.
46. Cangelosi, V. M.; Zakharov, L. N.; Johnson, D. W. “Supramolecular Transmetalation Leads to an Unusual Self-Assembled P2L3 Cryptand” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 1248-1251.
45. Fontenot, S. A.; Carter, T. G.; Johnson, D. W.; Addleman, R. S.; Warner, M. G.; Yantasee, W.; Warner, C. L.; Fryxell, G. E.; Bays, J. T. “Nanostructured Materials for Selective Collection of Trace-Level Metals from Aqueous Systems” in Trace Analysis with Nanomaterials; Pierce, D. T.; Zhao, J. X., Eds.; Wiley-VCH: Weinheim, Germany, 2010 (ISBN:978-3-527-32350-0).
44. Cangelosi, V. M.; Carter, T. G.; Zakharov, L. N.; Johnson, D. W. “Observation of Reaction Intermediates and Kinetic Mistakes in a Remarkably Slow Self-Assembly Reaction” Chem. Commun. 2009, 5606-5608.
43. Johnson II, C. A.; Berryman, O. B.; Sather, A.C.;† Zakharov, L.N.; Haley, M. M.; Johnson, D. W. “Anion Binding Induces Helicity in a Hydrogen Bonding Receptor: Crystal Structure of a 2,6-Bis(anilinoethynyl)pyridinium Chloride” Cryst. Growth Des. 2009, 9, 4247-4249.
42. Allen, C. A.;† Cangelosi, V. M.; Zakharov, L. N.; Johnson, D. W. “Supramolecular Organization Using Multiple Secondary Bonding Interactions” Cryst. Growth Des. 2009, 9, 3011-3013.
41. Mensinger, Z. L.; Zakharov, L. N.; Johnson, D. W. “Synthesis and Crystal Structures of Infinite Indium- and Gallium-Acetate 1-D Chains with Coincidental Ethyl Acetate Hydrolysis” Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48, 3505-3507.
40. Carroll, C. N.; Berryman, O. B.; Johnson II, C. A.; Zakharov, L.N.; Haley, M. M.; Johnson, D. W. “Protonation Activates Anion Binding and Alters Binding Selectivity in New Inherently Fluorescent 2,6-Bis(2-anilinoethynyl)pyridine Bisureas” Chem. Commun. 2009, 2520-2522.
39. Berryman, O. B.; Johnson, D. W. “Experimental Evidence for Interactions between Anions and Electron-Deficient Aromatic Rings” Chem. Commun. 2009, 3143-3153 (Feature Article, cover artwork).
38. Mensinger, Z. L.; Gatlin, J. T.; Meyers, S. T.; Zakharov, L. N.; Keszler, D. A.; Johnson, D. W. “Synthesis of Heterometallic Group 13 Nanoclusters and Inks for Oxide
37. Carter, T. C.; Yantasee, W.; Sangvanich, T.; Fryxell, G. E.; Johnson, D. W.; Addleman, R. S. “New Functional Materials for Heavy Metal Sorption: ‘Supramolecular’ Attachment of Thiols to Mesoporous Silica Substrates” Chem. Commun. 2008, 5583-5585.
‡36. Pluth, M. D.; Johnson, D. W.; Szigethy, G.; Davis, A. V.; Teat, S. J.; Oliver, A. G.; Bergman, R. G.; Raymond, K. N. “Structural Consequences of Anionic Host-Cationic Guest Interactions in a Supramolecular Assembly” Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48, 111-120.
35. Berryman, O.B.; Sather, A. C.;† Hay, B. P.; Meisner, J. S.;† Johnson, D. W. “Solution Phase Measurement of Both Weak σ and C-H•••X– Hydrogen Bonding Interactions in Synthetic Anion Receptors” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 10895-10897.
34. Pitt, M. A.; Zakharov, L. N.; Vanka, K.; Thompson, W. H.; Laird, B. B.; Johnson, D. W. “Multiple Weak Supramolecular Interactions Stabilize a Surprisingly ‘Twisted’ As2L3 Assembly” Chem. Commun. 2008, 3936-3938.
33. Cangelosi, V. M.; Zakharov, L. N.; Fontenot, S. A.; Pitt, M. A.; Johnson, D. W. “Host-Guest Interactions in a Series of Self-Assembled As2L2Cl2 Macrocycles” Dalton Trans. 2008, 3447-3453 (invited article for Theme Issue on Main Group Chemistry: Molecules to Materials).
32. Mensinger, Z.L.; Zakharov, L.N.; Johnson, D. W. “Triammonium hexahydroxo-octadecaoxohexamolybdogallate(III) heptahydrate” Acta. Cryst. 2008, E64, i8-i9.
31. Gatlin, J. T.; Mensinger, Z. L.; Zakharov, L. N.; MacInnes, D.; Johnson, D. W. “Facile Synthesis of the Tridecameric Al13 Nanocluster Al13(µ3-OH)6(µ2-OH)18(H2O)24(NO3)15” Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 1267-1269.
30. Berryman, O.B.; Johnson II, C. A.; Zakharov, L. N.; Haley, M. M.; Johnson, D. W. “Water and Hydrogen Halides Serve the Same Structural Role in a Series of Hydrogen Bonded Dimers: 2,6-Bis(2-anilinoethynyl)pyridine Sulfonamides as Molecule and Ion Receptors” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 117-120.
29. Carter, T. G., Vickaryous, W. J.; Cangelosi, V. M.; Johnson, D. W. “Supramolecular Arsenic Coordination Chemistry” Comm. Inorg. Chem. 2007, 28, 97-122 (invited review).
28. Cangelosi, V. M.; Sather, A. C.;† Zakharov, Z. N.; Berryman, O. B.; Johnson, D. W. “Diastereoselectivity in the Self-Assembly of As2L2Cl2 Macrocycles is Directed by the As-π Interaction” Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 9278-9284.
27. Meisner, J. S.;† Berryman, O. B.; Zakharov, L. N.; Johnson, D. W. “Methyl 4-bromo-3,5-dinitro-benzoate” Acta. Cryst. 2007, E63, o2466.
26. Pitt, M. A.; Johnson, D. W. “Main Group Supramolecular Chemistry” Chem. Soc. Rev. 2007, 36, 1441-1453 (invited review).
25. Vickaryous, W. J.; Zakharov, L. N.; Johnson, D. W. “Self-Assembled Antimony-Thiolate Sb2L3 and Sb2L2Cl2 Complexes” Main Group Chem. 2006, 5, 51-59.
24. Berryman, O. B.; Bryantsev, V. S.; Stay, D. P.; Johnson, D. W.; Hay, B. P. “Structural Criteria for the Design of Anion Receptors: The Interaction of Halides with Electron-Deficient Arenes” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 48-58.
23. Healey, E. R.; Vickaryous, W. J.; Berryman, O. B., Johnson, D. W. “Self-Assembled Supramolecular Main Group Coordination Complexes” in BOTTOM-UP NANOFABRICATION: Supramolecules, Self-Assemblies, and Organized Films; Ariga, K., Nalwa, H. S., Eds.; American Scientific Publishers: Stevenson Ranch, 2007 (ISBN: 1-58883-079-9).
22. Berryman, O. B.; Hof, F.; Hynes, M. J.; Johnson, D. W. “Anion-π Interaction Augments Halide Binding in Solution” Chem. Commun. 2006, 506-508.
21. Carter, T. G.; Rather Healey, E.; Pitt, M. A.; Johnson, D. W. “Secondary Arsenic-Oxygen Interactions in Arsenic-Thiolate Coordination Complexes” Inorg. Chem. 2005, 44, 9634-9636.
20. Vickaryous, W. J.; Rather Healey, E.; Berryman, O. B.; Johnson, D. W. “Synthesis and Characterization of Two Isomeric, Self-Assembled Arsenic-Thiolate Macrocycles” Inorg. Chem. 2005, 44, 9247-9252.
19. Rather, E.; Gatlin, J. T.; Nixon, P. G.; Tsukamoto, T.; Kravtsov, V.; Johnson, D. W. “A Simple Organic Reaction Mediates the Crystallization of the Inorganic Nanocluster [Ga13(µ3-OH)6(µ2-OH)18(H2O)24](NO3)15” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 3242-3243. (Highlighted in Editor’s Choice in Science, 2005, 307, 1377.)
18. Vickaryous, W. J.; Herges, R.; Johnson, D. W. “Arsenic-π Interactions Stabilize a Self-Assembled As2L3 Supramolecular Complex” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 5831-5833.
Publications prior to arrival at UO:
18. Pluth, M. D.; Johnson, D. W.; Szigethy, G.; Davis, A. V.; Teat, S. J.; Oliver, A. G.; Bergman, R. G.; Raymond, K. N. “Structural Consequences of Anionic Host-Cationic Guest Interactions in a Supramolecular Assembly” Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48, 111-120.
17. Johnson, D. W.; Hof, F.; Palmer, L. C.; Martín, T.; Obst U.; Rebek, J., Jr. “Glycoluril Ribbons Tethered by Complementary Hydrogen Bonds.” Chem. Commun. 2003, 1638-1639.
16. Ziegler, M.; Davis, A. V.; Johnson, D. W.; Raymond, K. N. “Supramolecular Chirality: A Reporter of Structural Memory.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2003, 42, 665-668. (Chemical and Engineering News, Feb. 17, 2003; Vol. 81, No. 7, 16.)
15. Johnson, D. W.; Iovine, P. M.; Hof, F.; Palmer, L. C.; Rebek, J., Jr. “New Supramolecular Organization for a Glycoluril: Chiral Hydrogen-Bonded Ribbons.” Chem. Commun. 2002, 2228-2229.
14. Johnson, D. W.; Hof, F.; Iovine, P. M.; Nuckolls, C.; Rebek, J., Jr. “Solid State and Solution Structure of a Tetrameric Capsule and its Guests.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2002, 41, 3793-3796.
13. Amrhein, P.; Shivanyuk, A.; Johnson, D. W.; Rebek, J., Jr. “Metal-Switched Cavitands.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 10349-10358.
12. Hof, F.; Iovine, P. M.; Johnson, D. W.; Rebek, J., Jr. “Highly Selective Synthesis of Heterosubstituted Aromatic Sulfamides.” Org. Lett. 2001, 3, 4247-4249.
11. Sun, X.; Johnson, D. W.; Raymond, K. N.; Wong, E. H. “A Silver-linked Supramolecular Cluster Encapsulating a Cesium Cation.” Inorg. Chem. 2001, 40, 4504-4506.
10. Johnson, D. W.; Raymond, K. N. “The Role of Guest Molecules in the Self-Assembly of Metal-Ligand Clusters.” Supramol. Chem. 2001, 13, 639-659.
9. Johnson, D. W.; Raymond, K. N. “The Self-Assembly of a Ga4L6 Tetrahedral Cluster Thermodynamically Driven by Host-Guest Interactions.” Inorg. Chem. 2001, 40, 5157- 5161.
8. Yeh, R. M.; Ziegler, M.; Johnson, D. W.; Terpin, A. J.; Raymond, K. N. “Complete Determination of Chirality in a Supramolecular Helicate by Chiral Induction.” Inorg. Chem. 2001, 40, 2216-2217.
7. Sun, X.; Johnson, D. W.; Caulder, D. L.; Raymond, K. N.; Wong, E. H. “Rational Design and Assembly of M2M'3L6 Supramolecular Clusters with C3h Symmetry by Exploiting Incommensurate Symmetry Numbers.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 2752-2763.
6. Ziegler, M.; Miranda, J. J.; Norklit-Andersen, U.; Johnson, D. W.; Leary, J. A.; Raymond, K. N. “Combinatorial Libraries of Metal-Ligand Assemblies with an Encapsulated Guest Molecule.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2001, 40, 733-736.
5. Terpin, A. J.; Ziegler, M.; Johnson, D. W.; Raymond, K. N. “Resolution and Kinetic Stability of a Chiral Supramolecular Assembly Made of Labile Components.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2001, 40, 157-160.
4. Johnson, D. W.; Xu, J.; Saalfrank, R. W.; Raymond, K. N. “Self-Assembly of a Three-Dimensional [Ga6(L2)6] Metal-Ligand 'Cylinder.'” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1999, 38, 2882-2885.
3. Scherer, M.; Caulder, D. L.; Johnson, D. W.; Raymond, K. N. “Triple Helicate - Tetrahedral Cluster Interconversion Controlled by Host-Guest Interactions.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1999, 38, 1588-1592.
2. Sun, X.; Johnson, D. W.; Caulder, D. L.; Powers, R. E.; Raymond, K. N.; Wong, E. H. “Exploiting Incommensurate Symmetry Numbers: Rational Design and Assembly of M2M'3L6 Supramolecular Clusters with C3h Symmetry.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1999, 38, 1303-1307.
1. Sessler, J. L.; Hoehner, M. C.; Johnson, D. W.; Gebauer, A.; Lynch, V. "Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Three-Dimensional Oligopyrrole: Tris(bipyrro)methane." Chem. Commun. 1996, 2311-2312.