Publications

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  1. Journal

    McMillion, N.D.; Frey, N.C.; Müller, P.; Obi, A.D.*; Wilson, D.J.D.*; Gilliard Jr., R.J.* Carbene-stabilized monomeric cyanogen N-oxide. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2026, 148(33), 36071–36082. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c10469

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    Kuo, F.-Y.; Byun, G.H; Obi, A.D.*; Junor, G.*; Gallant, B.M.* Oxygen-tolerant electrochemical CO₂ separation using N-heterocyclic imines with superstoichiometric release per electron. Nature Energy 2026, 1–9. DOI: 10.1038/s41560-026-02055-0 ChemRxiv preprint

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    Obi, A.D.*; Moore, E.A.; Chun, J.; Olivetti, E.A. How will carbon capture and storage scale in hard to abate industries? Submitted 2025.

  4. Journal

    Obi, A.D.†*; Junor, G.†*; Olivetti, E.A. Rethinking carbon capture chemical design to address critical challenges in deployment for net-zero. Submitted 2025.

  5. Journal

    Stopper Jr., M.J.†; Obi, A.D.†; Machost, H.R.†; McMillion, N.D.; Molino, A.; Cook, E.N.; Nichols, A.W.; Freeman, L.A.; Stegner, S.G.; Dickie, D.A.; Wilson, D.J.D.; Machan, C.W.; Gilliard Jr., R.J. Isolation and reactivity of carbene-stabilized carbon disulfide radical anions. Inorganic Chemistry 2025, 64, 3875–3884. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c05030

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    Deng, C.-L.; Obi, A.D.; Tra, B.Y.E.; Sarkar, S.K.; Dickie, D.A.; Gilliard Jr., R.J. Air- and photo-stable luminescent carbodicarbene-azaboraacenium ions. Nature Chemistry 2024, 16, 437–445. DOI: 10.1038/s41557-023-01381-0 MIT News

  7. Journal

    Obi, A.D.; Deng, C.-L.; Alexis, A.J.H.‡; Dickie, D.A.; Gilliard Jr., R.J. Geminal bimetallic coordination of a carbone to main-group and transition metals. Chemical Communications 2024, 60, 1880–1883. DOI: 10.1039/D3CC06226K Hot Paper

  8. Patent

    Deng, C.-L.; Gilliard Jr., R.J.; Obi, A.D.; Sarkar, S.K. Stable luminescent azaboraacenium ions. U.S. Patent WO/2024/168273, issued Aug 15, 2024.

  9. Patent

    Gallant, B.M.; Kuo, F.-Y.; Junor, G.; Obi, A.D. Compositions, articles, and methods related to redox-active sorbents for electrochemical carbon dioxide separation. U.S. Patent 63/737,590, filed Dec 20, 2024.

  10. Journal

    Barker, J.E.; Obi, A.D.; Dickie, D.A.; Gilliard Jr., R.J. Boron-doped pentacenes: isolation of crystalline 5,12- and 5,7-diboratapentacene dianions. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2023, 145(4), 2028–2034. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c11494

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    Sarkar, S.K.; Hollister, K.K.; Molino, A.; Obi, A.D.; Deng, C.-L.; Tra, B.Y.E.; Stewart, B.M.; Dickie, D.A.; Wilson, D.J.D.; Gilliard Jr., R.J. Bis(9-boraphenanthrene) and its stable biradical. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2023, 145(39), 21475–21482. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c07236 Synfacts Highlight · ChemistryViews

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    Obi, A.D.; Dickie, D.A.; Tiznado, W.; Frenking, G.; Pan, S.; Gilliard Jr., R.J. A multidimensional approach to carbodiphosphorane–bismuth coordination chemistry: cationization, redox-flexibility, and stabilization of a crystalline bismuth hydridoborate. Inorganic Chemistry 2022, 61(48), 19452–19462. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c03337 Editor's Choice

  13. Journal

    Obi, A.D.; Freeman, L.A.; Coates, S.J.‡; Alexis, A.J.H.‡; Frey, N.C.; Dickie, D.A.; Webster, C.E.; Gilliard Jr., R.J. Carbene–calcium silylamides and amidoboranes. Organometallics 2022, 41(21), 3064–3072. DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.2c00464 Most Read

  14. Journal

    Obi, A.D.; Frey, N.C.; Dickie, D.A.; Webster, C.E.; Gilliard Jr., R.J. N-heterocyclic carbene-assisted reversible migratory coupling of aminoborane at magnesium. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022, 61(43), e202211496. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202211496

  15. Journal

    Freeman, L.A.; Obi, A.D.; Machost, H.R.; Molino, A.; Nichols, A.W.; Dickie, D.A.; Wilson, D.J.D.; Machan, C.W.; Gilliard Jr., R.J. Soluble, crystalline, and thermally stable alkali CO₂⁻ and carbonite (CO₂²⁻) clusters supported by cyclic (alkyl)(amino) carbenes. Chemical Science 2021, 12(10), 3544–3550. DOI: 10.1039/d0sc06851a ChemRxiv preprint · C&EN News

  16. Journal

    Godbold, P.; Johnson, G.; Obi, A.D.; Brown, R.; Hwang, S.; Gilliard Jr., R.J.; Zhang, S. Surfactant removal for colloidal nanocrystal catalysts mediated by N-heterocyclic carbenes. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2021, 143(7), 2644–2648. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c12278 ChemistryViews

  17. Journal

    Obi, A.D.; Machost, H.R.‡; Dickie, D.A.; Gilliard Jr., R.J. A thermally stable magnesium phosphaethynolate Grignard complex. Inorganic Chemistry 2021, 60(16), 12481–12488. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01700

  18. Journal

    Obi, A.D.; Freeman, L.A.; Dickie, D.A.; Gilliard Jr., R.J. N-heterocyclic carbene-mediated ring opening of reduced diazamagnesacycles. Organometallics 2020, 39(24), 4575–4583. DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.0c00620

  19. Journal

    Obi, A.D.; Walley, J.E.; Frey, N.C.; Wong, Y.O.; Dickie, D.A.; Webster, C.E.; Gilliard Jr., R.J. Tris(carbene) stabilization of monomeric magnesium cations: a neutral, nontethered ligand approach. Organometallics 2020, 39(23), 4329–4339. DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.0c00462 Special Issue

  20. Journal

    Freeman, L.A.; Walley, J.E.; Obi, A.D.; Wang, G.; Dickie, D.A.; Molino, A.; Wilson, D.J.D.; Gilliard Jr., R.J. Stepwise reduction at magnesium and beryllium: cooperative effects of carbenes with redox non-innocent α-diimines. Inorganic Chemistry 2019, 58(16), 10554–10568. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01058 Special Issue

  21. Journal

    Walley, J.E.; Obi, A.D.; Breiner, G.; Wang, G.; Dickie, D.A.; Molino, A.; Dutton, J.L.; Wilson, D.J.D.; Gilliard Jr., R.J. Cyclic (alkyl)(amino) carbene-promoted ring expansion of a carbodicarbene beryllacycle. Inorganic Chemistry 2019, 58(16), 11118–11126. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01643