Publications
At the University of Houston
53. Yen-An Young, Huong T. H. Nguyen, Hieu D. Nguyen, Tuhin Ganguly, Yennie H. Nguyen, Loi H. Do.* "A Ratiometric Substrate for Rapid Evaluation of Transfer Hydrogenation Efficiency in Solution." Dalton Trans., 2024, ASAP. DOI: 10.1039/D4DT00891J. Article.
52. Hieu D. Nguyen, Rahul D. Jana, Dylan T. Campbell, Thi V. Tran, Loi H. Do* "Lewis Acid-Driven Self-Assembly of Diiridium Macrocyclic Catalysts Imparts Substrate Selectivity and Glutathione Tolerance." Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 10264-10272. DOI: 10.1039/D3SC02836D. Article.
51. Dat Nguyen, Guangjie Yan, Tai-Yen Chen,* Loi H. Do.* "Variations in Intracellular Organometallic Reaction Frequency Captured by Single-Molecule Fluorescence Microscopy." Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, e202300467. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202300467. Article.
50. Rahul D. Jana, Anh H. Ngo, Sohini Bose, Loi H. Do.* "Organoiridium Complexes Enhance Cellular Defense Against Reactive Aldehydes Species." Chem.- Eur. J., 2023. 29, e202300842. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202300842. Article. Note: Jana and Ngo both contributed equally. Designated as "Hot Paper" by the journal editors.
49. Shijie Deng, Brandon J. Jolly, James R. Wilkes, Yu Mu, Jeffery A. Byers, Loi H. Do, Alexander J. M. Miller, Dunwei Wang, Chong Liu, Paula L. Diaconescu.* "Spatiotemporal Control for Integrated Catalysis." Nat. Rev., 2023, 3, 28. DOI: 10.1038/s43586-023-00207-0. Article.
48. Henry M. Dodge, Benjamin S. Natinsky, Brandon J. Jolly, Haochuan Zhang, Yu Mu, Scott M. Chapp, Thi V. Tran, Paula L. Diaconescu, Loi H. Do, Dunwei Wang*, Chong Liu*, and Alexander J. M. Miller.* "Polyketones from Carbon Dioxide and Ethylene by Integrating Electrochemical and Organometallic Catalysis". ACS Catal., 2023, 13, 4053–4059. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c00769. Article.
47. Thi V. Tran, Yi Shen, Hieu D. Nguyen, Shijie Deng, Hootan Roshandel, Mason M. Cooper, Jose R. Watson, Jeffery A. Byers, Paula L. Diaconescu,* Loi H. Do.* "N-Carboxyanhydrides Directly from Amino Acids and Carbon Dioxide and their Tandem Reactions to Therapeutic Alkaloids." Green Chem., 2022. 24, 9245. DOI: 10.1039/D2GC03507C. Article.
46. Hieu D. Nguyen, Thi V. Tran, Christopher R. Taylor, Dylan T. Campbell, David I. Harkins, Loi H. Do * "2-Azaaryl-1-methylpyridinium Halides: Aqueous-Soluble Activating Reagents for Efficient Amide Coupling in Water." ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng., 2022, 10, 12968. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c04989. Article.
45. Hieu D. Nguyen, Loi H. Do.* "Taming Glutathione Potentiates Metallodrug Action." Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol., 2022, 71, 102213. DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2022.102213. Article.
44. Thi V. Tran, Eryn Lee, Yennie H. Nguyen, Hieu D. Nguyen, Loi H. Do.* "Customizing Polymers by Controlling Cation Switching Dynamics in Non-Living Polymerization." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022, 144, 17129. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c07098. Article.
43. Sohini Bose, Hieu D. Nguyen, Anh H. Ngo, and Loi H. Do* "Fluorescent Half-Sandwich Iridium Picolinamidate Complexes for In-Cell Visualization." J. Inorg. Biochem., 2022, 234, 111877. DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2022.111877. Article.
42. Babak Tahmouresilerd, Dawei Xiao, Loi H. Do.* "Rigidifying Cation-Tunable Nickel Catalysts Increases Activity and Polar Monomer Incorporation in Ethylene and Methyl Acrylate Co-polymerization." Inorg. Chem., 2021, 60, 19035–19043. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c02888. Article.
41. Dat P. Nguyen, Huong T. H. Nguyen, Loi H. Do.* "Tools and Methods for Investigating Synthetic Metal-Catalyzed Reactions in Living Cells." ACS Catal., 2021, 11, 5148-5165. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c00438. Article.
40. Thi V. Tran, Loi H. Do.* "Tunable Modalities in Polyolefin Synthesis via Coordination Insertion Catalysis." Eur. Poly. J., 2021, 142, 110100. DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2020.110100. Article.
39. Huong T. H. Nguyen, Loi H. Do.* "Organoiridium-Quinone Conjugates for Facile Hydrogen Peroxide Generation." Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 13381-13384. DOI: 10.1039/D0CC04970K. Article.
38. Thi V. Tran, Lucas J. Karas, Judy I. Wu, Loi H. Do,* "Elucidating Secondary Metal Cation Effects on Nickel Olefin Polymerization Catalysts." ACS Catal., 2020, 10, 10760. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c02949. Article. Cover Art.
37. Dat P. Nguyen, Rudolph N. Sladek, and Loi H. Do,* "Scope and Limitations of Reductive Amination Catalyzed by Half-Sandwich Iridium Complexes Under Mild Reaction Conditions." Tet. Lett., 2020, 61, 152196. DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2020.152196. Article.
35. Dawei Xiao, Zhongzheng Cai, Loi H. Do,* "Accelerating Ethylene Polymerization Using Secondary Metal Ions in Tetrahydrofuran." Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 17887-17897. DOI: 10.1039/C9DT04288A. Article.
34. Thi V. Tran, Yennie H. Nguyen, Loi H. Do,* “Development of Highly Productive Nickel-Sodium Phenoxyphosphine Ethylene Polymerization Catalysts and Their Reaction Temperature Profiles.” Polym. Chem., 2019, 10, 3718-3721. DOI:10.1039/C9PY00610A. Article.
33. Thi V. Tran, Garret Couture, and Loi H. Do,* “Evaluation of Dicopper Azacryptand Complexes in Aqueous CuAAC Reactions and Their Tolerance Toward Biological Thiols.” Dalton Trans. 2019, 48, 9751-9758. DOI: 10.1039/C9DT00724E. Article.
32. Zhongzheng Cai, Dawei Xiao, Loi H. Do.* “Cooperative Heterobimetallic Catalysts in Coordination Insertion Polymerization.” Comment Inorg. Chem., 2019, 39, 27-50. DOI: 10.1080/02603594.2019.1570165. Article.
31. Zhongzheng Cai, Loi H. Do.* “Thermally Robust Heterobimetallic Palladium-Alkali Catalysts for Ethylene and Alkyl Acrylate Copolymerization.” Organometallics, 2018, 37, 3874-3882. DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.8b00561. Article.
30. Dawei Xiao, Loi H. Do.* “In Situ Generated Heterometallic Nickel-Zinc Catalysts for Ethylene Polymerization.” Organometallics, 2018, 37, 3079-3085. DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.8b00454. Article.
29. Anh H. Ngo, Sohini Bose, Loi H. Do.* “Intracellular Chemistry: Integrating Molecular Inorganic Catalysts with Living Systems.” Chem.–Eur. J., 2018, 24, 10584-10594. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201800504 Article. Frontispiece Art. Note: Ngo and Bose both contributed equally.
28. Dawei Xiao, Loi H. Do.* “Triazolecarboxamidate Donors as Supporting Ligands for Nickel Olefin Polymerization Catalysts.” Organometallics, 2018, 37, 254-260. DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00807. Article.
27. Zhongzheng Cai, Loi H. Do.* “Customizing Polyolefin Morphology by Selective Pairing of Alkali Ions with Nickel Phenoxyimine-Polyethylene Glycol Catalysts.” Organometallics, 2017, 36, 4691-4698. DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00516. Article.
26. Sohini Bose, Anh H. Ngo, Loi H. Do.* “Intracellular Transfer Hydrogenation Mediated by Unprotected Organoiridium Catalysts.” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 8792-9795. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b03872. Article.
24. Lu Yang, Shadi Moghaddas, Homa Dezvareth, Louiza Belkacemi, Steven J. Bark, Rathindra N. Bose, Loi H. Do.* “Insights into the Anti-Angiogenic Properties of Phosphaplatin.” J. Inorg. Biochem., 2016, 164, 5–16. DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2016.07.020. Article.
23. Anh H. Ngo, Miguel Ibañez, Loi H. Do.* “Catalytic Hydrogenation of Cytotoxic Aldehydes Using Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide (NADH) in Cell Growth Media.” ACS Catal., 2016, 6, 2637–2641. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6b00395. Article.
22. Zhongzheng Cai, Dawei Xiao, Loi H. Do.* “Fine-Tuning Nickel Phenoxyimine Olefin Polymerization Catalysts: Performance Boosting by Alkali Cations.” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 15501-15510. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b10351. Article.
21. Qing Ji, Loi H. Do, Ognjen Š. Miljanić.* “Cyclotribenzoin.” Synlett, 2015, 26, 1625-1627. DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1379925. Article.
20. Anh H. Ngo, Michael J. Adams, Loi H. Do.* “Selective Acceptorless Dehydrogenation and Hydrogenation by Iridium Catalysts Enabling Facile Interconversion of Glucocorticoids.” Organometallics, 2014, 33, 6742-6745. DOI: 10.1021/om5010258. Article.
At Previous Institutions
19. Yunbo Jiang, Takahiro Hayashi, Hirotoshi Matsumura, Loi H. Do, Amit Majumdar, Stephen J. Lippard,* and Pierre Moënne-Loccoz.* “Light-Induced N2O Production from a Non-heme Iron–Nitrosyl Dimer” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 12524-12527. DOI: 10.1021/ja504343t
18. Do, L. H.; Labinger, J. A.; Bercaw, J. E. Spectral Studies of a Cr(PNP)-MAO System for Selective Ethylene Trimerization Catalysis: Searching for the Active Species. ACS Catal., 2013, 3, 2582-2585. DOI: 10.1021/cs400778a
17. Do, L. H.; Labinger, J. A.; Bercaw, J. E. Mechanistic Studies of Ethylene and Alpha Olefin Co-Oligomerization Catalyzed by Chromium-PNP Complexes. Organometallics, 2012, 31, 5143-5149. DOI: 10.1021/om300492r
16. Li, Y.; Wilson, J. J.; Do, L. H.; Apfel, U.-P.; Lippard, S. J. A C2-Symmetric, Basic Iron Acetate Complex Derived from a Novel Preorganized Triptycene-Based Chelating Carboxylate Ligand.” Dalton Trans., 2012, 41, 9272-9275. DOI: 10.1039/C2DT31260C
15. Do, L. H.; Xue, G.; Que, L., Jr.; Lippard, S. J. Evaluating the Identity and Diiron Core Transformations of a (μ-Oxo)diiron(III) Complex Supported by Electron-Rich Tris(pyridyl-2-methyl)amine Ligands. Inorg. Chem., 2012, 51, 2393-2402. DOI: 10.1021/ic202379b
14. Do, L. H.; Wang, H.; Tinberg, C. E.; Dowty, E.; Yoda, Y.; Cramer, S. P.; Lippard, S. J. Characterization of a Synthetic Peroxodiiron(III) Protein Model Complex by Nuclear Resonance Vibrational Spectroscopy. Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 10945-10947. DOI: 10.1039/C1CC13836G
13. Do, L. H.; Lippard, S. J. Evolution of Strategies to Prepare Synthetic Mimics of Carboxylate-Bridged Diiron Protein Active Sites. J. of Inorg. Biochem., 2011, 105, 1774-1785. DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2011.08.025
12. Do, L. H.; Lippard, S. J. Toward Carboxylate-Bridged Diiron Protein Mimics: Achieving Structural Stability and Conformational Flexibility Using a Macrocyclic Ligand Framework. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 10568-10581. DOI: 10.1021/ja2021312
11. Alliger, G. E.; Müller, P.; Do, L. H.; Cummins, C. C.; Nocera, D. G. A Family of Cofacial Bimetallic Complexes of Hexaanionic Carboxamide Cryptands. Inorg. Chem., 2011, 50, 4107-4115. DOI:10.1021/ic200143b
10. Tonzetich, Z. J.; Héroguel, F.; Do, L. H.; Lippard, S. J. Chemistry of Nitrosyl Iron Complexes Supported by a β-Diketiminate Liagnd. Inorg. Chem, 2010, 50, 1570-1579. DOI: 10.1021/ic102300d
9. Tinberg, C. E.; Tonzetich, Z. J.; Wang, H.; Do, L. H.; Yoda, Y.; Cramer, S. P.; Lippard, S. J. Characterization of Iron Dinitrosyl Species Formed in the Reaction of Nitric Oxide with a Biological Rieske Center. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 6914-6916. DOI: 10.1021/ja101002f
8. Tonzetich, Z. J.; Wang, H.; Mehta, D.; Tinberg, C. E.; Do, L. H.; Jenney, F.; Cramer, S. P.; Lippard, S. J. Identification of Protein-Bound Dinitrosyl Iron Complexes by Nuclear Resonance Vibrational Spectroscopy. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 6914–6916. DOI: 10.1021/ja101002f
7. Do, L. H.; Hayashi, T.; Moënne-Loccoz, P.; Lippard, S. J. Carboxylate as the Protonation Site in (Peroxo)diiron(III) Model Complexes of Soluble Methane Monooxygenase and Related Diiron Proteins. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 1273–1275. DOI: 10.1021/ja909718f
6. Do, L. H.; Lippard, S. J. 2-Phenoxypyridyl Dinucleating Ligands for Assembly of Diiron(II) Complexes; Efficient Reactivity with O2 to Form -Oxodiiron(III) units. Inorg. Chem., 2009, 48, 10708–10719. DOI: 10.1021/ic901711c
5. Tonzetich, Z. J.; Do, L. H.; Lippard, S. J. Dinitrosyl Iron Complexes Relevant to Rieske Nitrosylation. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, 7964–7965. DOI: 10.1021/ja9030159
4. Tennyson, A. G.; Do, L.; Smith, R. C.; Lippard, S. J. Selective Fluorescence Detection of Nitroxyl over Nitric Oxide in Buffered Aqueous Solution using a Conjugated Metallopolymer. Polyhedron, 2007, 26, 4625–4630. DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2007.04.003
3. Halper, S. R.; Do, L.; Stork, J. R.; Cohen, S. M. Topological Control in Heterometallic Metal-Organic Frameworks by Anion Templating and Metalloligand Design. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 15255–15268. DOI: 10.1021/ja0645483
2. Do, L.; Smith, R. C.; Tennyson, A. G.; Lippard, S. J. Luminescent Properties of Water-Soluble Conjugated Metallopolymers and their Application to Fluorescent Nitric Oxide Detection. Inorg. Chem., 2006, 45, 8998–9005. DOI: 10.1021/ic060998k
1. Do, L.; Halper, S. H.; Cohen, S. M. Helical Coordination Polymers and Cyclic Dimers Formed from Heteroleptic Thioether-Dipyrrinato Copper(II) Complexes. Chem. Commun., 2004, 2662–2663. DOI: 10.1039/B411991F
Patents
1. Do, L. H.; Cai, Z.; Tran, T. V.; Xiao, D. "Heterobimetallic Catalysts and Site-Differentiated Ligands for Preparation Thereof." Patent number 11,712,686, Issued on 08/01/2023.