Professor Stephen J Loeb
University of Windsor
Professor, Chemistry
Canada
My co-authors include
Dr. Ruy Cervantes
Alberto Credi
Professor Philip Gale
My Publications
Metal–Organic Frameworks with Mechanically Interlocked Pillars: Controlling Ring Dynami...
Journal of the American Chemical Society
May 2014
[2]Pseudorotaxane formation between rigid Y-shaped 2,4,5-triphenylimidazolium axles and...
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
January 2014
Organizing Mechanically Interlocked Molecules to Function Inside Metal-Organic Frameworks
January 2014
An Interwoven Metal-Organic Framework Combining Mechanically Interlocked Linkers and In...
Chemistry - A European Journal
September 2013
Invasive male round gobies (<i>Neogobius melanostomus</i>) release pheromones in their ...
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
March 2013
Mesomorphic [2]Rotaxanes: Sheltering Ionic Cores with Interlocking Components
Journal of the American Chemical Society
December 2012
Titelbild: Heterolytic Activation of H2Using a Mechanically Interlocked Molecule as a F...
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
December 2012
Cover Picture: Heterolytic Activation of H2Using a Mechanically Interlocked Molecule as...
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
December 2012
Heterolytic Activation of H2Using a Mechanically Interlocked Molecule as a Frustrated L...
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
November 2012
Heterolytic Activation of H 2 Using a Mechanically Interlocked Molecule as a Frustrate...
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
November 2012
ChemInform Abstract: Coordination Polymers Containing Rotaxane Linkers
ChemInform
October 2012
Metal–organic frameworks with dynamic interlocked components
Nature Chemistry
May 2012
[2]Pseudorotaxanes from T-Shaped Benzimidazolium Axles and [24]Crown-8 Wheels
Organic Letters
May 2012
Metal Complexes as Receptors
March 2012
Molecular Shuttling of a Compact and Rigid H-Shaped [2]Rotaxane
Angewandte Chemie
January 2012
Molecular Shuttling of a Compact and Rigid H-Shaped [2]Rotaxane
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
January 2012
Coordination polymers containing rotaxane linkers
Chemical Society Reviews
January 2012
Reactions of substituted pyridines with electrophilic boranes
Dalton Transactions
January 2012
[2]Pseudorotaxanes, [2]rotaxanes and metal–organic rotaxane frameworks containing tetra...
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
January 2012
Bis(benzimidazolium) axles and crown ether wheels: a versatile templating pair for the ...
Chemical Science
January 2012
Rotaxanes Based on the 1,2-Bis(pyridinio)ethane-24-Crown-8 Templating Motif
European Journal of Organic Chemistry
February 2011
Linking [2]rotaxane wheels to create a new type of metal organic rotaxane framework
Chemical Communications
January 2011
Colour coding the co-conformations of a [2]rotaxane flip-switch
Chemical Communications
January 2011
A tetrapyridine ligand with a rigid tetrahedral core forms metal–organic frameworks wit...
Chemical Communications
January 2011
Complexes of a [2]rotaxane ligand with terminal terpyridine groups
Dalton Transactions
January 2011
ChemInform Abstract: Metal-Based Anion Receptors: An Application of Second-Sphere Coord...
ChemInform
December 2010
One-, Two- and Three-Periodic Metal-Organic Rotaxane Frameworks (MORFs): Linking Cation...
Chemistry - A European Journal
November 2010
ChemInform Abstract: Second-Sphere Coordination
ChemInform
August 2010
ChemInform Abstract: 1,2-Bis(4,4′-dipyridinium)ethane: A Versatile Dication for the For...
ChemInform
June 2010
ChemInform Abstract: Combining Thiacyclophane and Benzocrown Ether Binding Sites in the...
ChemInform
June 2010
ChemInform Abstract: Rotaxanes as Ligands for Molecular Machines and Metal-Organic Fram...
ChemInform
June 2010
A [2]Rotaxane Flip Switch Driven by Coordination Geometry
Angewandte Chemie
June 2010
A [2]Rotaxane Flip Switch Driven by Coordination Geometry
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
June 2010
ChemInform Abstract: Pseudo-polyrotaxanes Based on a Protonated Version of the 1,2-Bis(...
ChemInform
May 2010
The Effect of Incorporating Fréchet Dendrons into Rotaxanes and Molecular Shuttles Cont...
Chemistry - A European Journal
April 2010
Metal-based anion receptors: an application of second-sphere coordination
Chemical Society Reviews
January 2010
Ferrocene substituted thiacyclophanes: Synthesis, electrochemistry and structure of 6-e...
Inorganica Chimica Acta
August 2009
Eliminating the need for independent counterions in the construction of metal–organic r...
Chemical Communications
January 2009
ChemInform Abstract: Characterization of a Slippage Stopper for the 1,2-Bis(pyridinium)...
ChemInform
November 2008
Characterization of a slippage stopper for the 1,2-bis(pyridinium)ethane–[24]crown-8 et...
Tetrahedron
September 2008
Metal–organic anion receptors: trans-functionalised platinum complexes
Chemical Communications
January 2008
Cooperative Ion–Ion Interactions in the Formation of Interpenetrated Molecules
Angewandte Chemie
January 2008
Cooperative Ion–Ion Interactions in the Formation of Interpenetrated Molecules
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
January 2008
Controlling the ON/OFF threading of a terpyridine containing [2]pseudorotaxane ligand v...
Chemical Communications
January 2008
Rotaxanes as Ligands: From Molecules to Materials
ChemInform
May 2007
The Missing Link: A 2D Metal-Organic Rotaxane Framework (MORF) with One Rotaxane Linker...
Supramolecular Chemistry
March 2007
Rotaxanes as ligands: from molecules to materials
Chemical Society Reviews
January 2007
Optically sensed, molecular shuttles driven by acid–base chemistry
Chemical Communications
January 2007
4,4′-Bipyridine-N-monoxide. A hybrid ligand for building networks using a combination o...
Dalton Transactions
January 2007
Coordination polymers with 4,4′-bipyrimidine. Using a combination of endo- and exodenta...
Dalton Transactions
January 2007
Push−Pull [2]Pseudorotaxanes. Electronic Control of Threading by Switching ON/OFF an In...
Organic Letters
July 2006
Wire-Type Ruthenium(II) Complexes with Terpyridine-Containing [2]Rotaxanes as Ligands: ...
Chemistry - A European Journal
April 2006
Palladium( <scp>II</scp> ) Compounds with Fluorinated Pincer‐Ty...
European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
February 2006
[2]Pseudorotaxane Formation with N-Benzylanilinium Axles and 24-Crown-8 Ether Wheels.
ChemInform
January 2006
A mechanical “flip-switch”. Interconversion between co-conformations of a [2]rotaxane w...
Chemical Communications
January 2006
A versatile template for the formation of [2]pseudorotaxanes. 1,2-Bis(pyridinium)ethane...
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
January 2006
Silver(I) Complexes of 2,2′;6′,4″-Terpyridine: The Formation of Discrete Dimers versus ...
Supramolecular Chemistry
December 2005
[2]Pseudorotaxane Formation with <i>N</i>-Benzylanilinium Axles and 24-Crown-8 Ether Wh...
Organic Letters
September 2005
Metal-Organic Rotaxane Frameworks: Three-Dimensional Polyrotaxanes from Lanthanide-Ion ...
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
January 2005
Metal-Organic Rotaxane Frameworks: Three-Dimensional Polyrotaxanes from Lanthanide-Ion ...
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
January 2005
NH vs. CH hydrogen bond formation in metal–organic anion receptors containing pyrrolylp...
Chemical Communications
January 2005
Metal–organic rotaxane frameworks; MORFs
Chemical Communications
January 2005
Branched [n]rotaxanes (n = 2–4) from multiple dibenzo-24-crown-8 ether wheels and 1,2-b...
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
January 2005
Metal−Organic Anion Receptors: Arranging Urea Hydrogen-Bond Donors to Encapsulate Sulf...
Journal of the American Chemical Society
March 2004
Host–guest interactions template: the synthesis of a [3]catenane
Chemical Communications
January 2004
[2]Rotaxanes containing pyridinium–phosphonium axles and 24-crown-8 ether wheels
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
January 2004
Channels and Cavities Lined with Interlocked Components: Metal-Based Polyrotaxanes That...
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
January 2003
Iron(ii) complexes utilising terpyridine containing [2]rotaxanes as ligands
Dalton Transactions
January 2003
Hydrogen-Bonded Networks through Second-Sphere Coordination
Chemistry - A European Journal
November 2002
Cover Picture: Chem. Eur. J. 22/2002
Chemistry - A European Journal
November 2002
Conformational Behavior and Coordination Chemistry of 2,11-Dithia[3.3]<i>o</i><i>rtho</...
Inorganic Chemistry
June 2002
Pseudo-polyrotaxanes based on a protonated version of the 1,2-bis(4,4′-bipyridinium)eth...
Chemical Communications
May 2002
Amido complexes of platinum(II) as receptors for the nitrate ion
Journal of Supramolecular Chemistry
January 2002
Molecular squares, rectangles and infinite helical chains utilising the simple ‘corner’...
Chemical Communications
January 2002
Zwitterionic [2]rotaxanes utilising anionic transition metal stoppers
Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions
October 2001
Platinum(ii) nicotinamide complexes as receptors for oxo-anions
Chemical Communications
January 2001
Calixarene Metalloreceptors: Demonstration of Size and Shape Selectivity inside a Calix...
July 2000
[3]Rotaxanes employing multiple 1,2-bis(pyridinium) ethane binding sites and dibenzo-24...
Chemical Communications
January 2000
[2]Rotaxane molecular shuttles employing 1,2-bis(pyridinium)ethane binding sites and di...
Chemical Communications
January 2000
Combining thiacyclophane and benzocrown ether binding sites in the design of haptoselec...
Tetrahedron
December 1998
A New Motif for the Self-Assembly of [2]Pseudorotaxanes; 1,2-Bis(pyridinium)ethane Axle...
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
November 1998
Mono- versus Dipalladation of the Durene-Based Tetrathioether Ligand 1,2,4,5-(<i>t</i>B...
Organometallics
April 1998
Supramolecular Arrays of 4,7-Phenanthroline Complexes: Self-Assembly of Molecular Pd6 H...
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
February 1998
Supramolecular Arrays of 4,7-Phenanthroline Complexes: Self-Assembly of Molecular Pd6 H...
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
February 1998
Verbände von Komplexen mit 4,7-Phenanthrolin-Liganden: Selbstorganisation von molekular...
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
January 1998
1,2-Bis(4,4′-dipyridinium)ethane: a versatile dication for the formation of [2]rotaxane...
Chemical Communications
January 1998
Calixarene Metalloreceptors. Synthesis and Molecular Recognition Properties of Upper-Ri...
Inorganic Chemistry
November 1997
Molecular Receptors for Adenine and Guanine Employing Metal Coordination, Hydrogen-Bond...
Chemistry - A European Journal
August 1997
Bis(amido)calix[4]arenes in the pinched cone conformation as tuneable hydrogen-bonding ...
Chemical Communications
January 1997
Platinum(II) complexes of the tridentate thioether ligands RS(CH 2 ) 3 S(CH 2 ) 3 SR (...
Canadian Journal of Chemistry
July 1996
Tetranuclear Ag(I) complexes with an octagonal Ag4S4 core: building large structures fr...
Inorganica Chimica Acta
May 1996
Transition Metal Complexes as Both Host and Guest: Second-Sphere Coordination between a...
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
January 1996
Calixarene metalloreceptor. Upper-rim functionalized calix[4]arenas containing an organ...
Chemical Communications
January 1996
Übergangsmetallkomplexe als Wirt und als Gast: Koordination eines Platin-Ammin-Komplexe...
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
December 1995
Simultaneous First- and Second-Sphere Coordination. Organopalladium Metalloreceptors fo...
Inorganic Chemistry
October 1995
Silver(I)-Selective Thioether Ligands. Solution NMR and X-ray Structural Studies on the...
Inorganic Chemistry
October 1995
Unusual Interaction of Ag+ with an Organopalladium Crown Ether. Synthesis and Structure...
Organometallics
July 1995
Ruthenium(II) complexes of the thiacyclophane ligands 2,5,8-trithia[9]-<i>o</i>-cycloph...
Canadian Journal of Chemistry
July 1995
Properties and Structures of Thallium(I) Derivatives of Aromatic Diols
Inorganic Chemistry
January 1995
Simultaneous First- and Second-Sphere Coordination. Organopalladium Crown Ether Complex...
Inorganic Chemistry
September 1994
Ditopic thiacyclophanes containing the S(CH<sub>2</sub>)<sub>2</sub>X(CH<sub>2</sub>)<s...
Canadian Journal of Chemistry
July 1994
Large-Ring S6-Thiacyclophanes as Ditopic Macrocycles. Synthesis and Structures of 2,5,8...
Inorganic Chemistry
June 1994
Thiacyclophane Complexes of Rhodium and Iridium. Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity o...
Organometallics
May 1994
Molecular recognition of nucleobases via simultaneous first- and second-sphere coordina...
Journal of the American Chemical Society
July 1993
Ditopic crown thioethers. Synthesis and structures of anti-[Cu2(L)(PPh2Me)2][ClO4]2, sy...
Inorganic Chemistry
March 1993
Coordination chemistry of the tetrathiacyclophane ligand 2,5,14,17-tetrathia[6.6]-o-cyc...
Inorganic Chemistry
March 1993
Receptors for the hydrazinium ion. Simultaneous first- and second-sphere coordination i...
Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications
January 1993
Dimetallated thioether complexes as building blocks for organometallic coordination pol...
Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications
January 1993
Metalation of the crown thioether ligand 2,6,10-trithia[11]-m-cyclophane (TT[11]MC). Sy...
Organometallics
September 1992
Thiacyclophanes containing the -S(CH2)3S(CH2)3S- linkage. Synthesis and structures of 2...
Inorganic Chemistry
July 1992
Exodentate versus endodentate coordination of a crown thioether ligand in silver(I) com...
Inorganic Chemistry
January 1992
Synthesis of Bis-Crown Thioethers Containing a Common Aromatic Unit. Regioselectivity ...
Synlett
January 1992
Dependence of complex structure on ligand conformation in palladium(II) complexes of th...
Inorganic Chemistry
November 1991
Encapsulation of silver(I) by the crown thioether ligand 1,3,6,9,11,14-hexathiacyclohex...
Inorganic Chemistry
July 1991
Complexes of the crown thioether ligand 2,5,8-trithia[9]-<i>o</i>-benzenophane, (TT[9]O...
Canadian Journal of Chemistry
July 1991
Ditopic crown thioethers. Synthesis and structures of anti-[Cu<sub>2</sub>(L<sup>1</sup...
Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications
January 1991
Metallation of a crown thioether ligand. Synthesis, structure and reactivity of [Pt(L1)...
Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications
January 1991
Copper(I) and silver(I) complexes of the crown thioether ligand 2,5,8-trithia[9]-o-benz...
Inorganic Chemistry
January 1991
Crown thioether ligands containing rigid xylyl units. Synthesis and structures of 2,5,8...
Inorganic Chemistry
October 1990
Dihydride formation versus H<sub>2</sub>-elimination in the protonation of the heterobi...
Canadian Journal of Chemistry
June 1990
Simultaneous coordination of the endo- and exo-conformations of a crown thioether ligan...
Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications
January 1990
Synthesis and structural characterization of the crown thioether 1,3,6,9,11,14-hexathia...
Inorganic Chemistry
September 1989
Synthesis and reaction chemistry of the heterobimetallic FeIr complexes (CO)<sub>3</sub...
Canadian Journal of Chemistry
July 1989
(CO)(Pet3)ClIr(μ-Pcy2)2IrCl(Pet3)(CO), a phosphido-bridged bimetallic iridium(II) complex
Inorganica Chimica Acta
May 1989
Synthesis and reaction chemistry of the coordinatively unsaturated heterobimetallic com...
Inorganic Chemistry
May 1989
Mononuclear Rh, Ir, Pd, and Pt complexes of the tripod ligand (Ph<sub>2</sub>P)<sub>3</...
Canadian Journal of Chemistry
May 1988
Heterobimetallic dicyclohexylphosphido-bridged complexes of MoNi, MoPd, MoPt, WNi, WPd,...
Inorganic Chemistry
June 1986
Diazoalkane activation by iridium phosphine compounds. 1. Complexes containing the in...
Organometallics
May 1986
Diazoalkane activation by iridium phosphine compounds. 2. Unusual products resulting fr...
Organometallics
May 1986
Coordination modes of polydentate ligands. 4. The crystal and molecular structure of an...
Inorganica Chimica Acta
May 1986
Structure of [Rh2(CO)2(.mu.-C2CMe3)(Ph2PCH2PPh2)2]ClO4].cntdot.O.866CH2Cl2: an "A-frame...
Organometallics
May 1985
The molecular structure of Rh2Cl2(μ-CO)(μ-(C6H52PCH2P(C6H5)2)·2C6H6: A rhodium ‘a-frame...
Inorganica Chimica Acta
March 1985
Coordination modes of polydentate ligands. 2. Template synthesis of four-, five-, and s...
Inorganic Chemistry
May 1984
Coordination modes of polydentate ligands. 1. Template synthesis of complexes of nickel...
Inorganic Chemistry
February 1984
Synthesis, structure, absolute configuration, and magnetic studies of some copper(II) c...
Inorganic Chemistry
September 1983
Unexpected ortho-metalated products resulting from dibenzoyldiazomethane activation in ...
Organometallics
August 1983
Coordination modes of some fluorinated, potentially polydentate, ligands
Journal of Fluorine Chemistry
September 1982
Synthesis and magnetic properties of some chiral tetranuclear imino-alkoxy complexes of...
Inorganic Chemistry
September 1981
Fluorinated alkoxides. 16. Structure of a dinuclear imino alkoxy complex of copper(II)
Inorganic Chemistry
January 1981
Crystal and molecular structures of bis[.mu.-9,9,9-trifluoro-8-(trifluoromethyl)-6-meth...
Inorganic Chemistry
January 1981
Template synthesis and crystal and molecular structure of bis[1,1,1,12,12,12-hexafluoro...
Inorganic Chemistry
December 1980
Fluorinated alkoxides. 15. Synthesis and hydrogenation of iminoalkoxy complexes of copp...
Inorganic Chemistry
November 1979
Fluorinated alkoxides. Part XII. Studies on potentially tridentate fluorinated diols; z...
Canadian Journal of Chemistry
September 1978
Rotaxanes as Ligands for Molecular Machines and Metal–Organic Frameworks