Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences - Ray Group

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  1. "A mononuclear nonheme iron complex with higher affinity for O2 than CO via hydrogen bonding"
    M. Jux, S. Mebs, M. Haumann, S. Katz, R. Garcia-Serres, P. Hildebrandt, Y. Wang, W. Nam, K. Ray, Nat. Commun. 2026.
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-72599-y
  2. "Mononuclear Non-Heme Iron(III)-Peroxo Complexes in Oxidative N-Demethylation Reaction as a Chemical Model Study of Rieske Oxygenases"
    A. Zhou, V. Kardam, A. Kumar, W. Zhu, Y.-M. Lee, K.-B. Cho, K. Ray, S. Fukuzumi, W. Nam, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026.
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c18643
  3. "Ambiphilic Reactivity and Switchable Methyl Transfer at a T-Shaped Bi(NNN) Complex Enabled by a Redox-Active Pincer Ligand"
    S. Pavlidis, E. W. Fischer, A. Opis-Basilio, A. Bera, A. G. Buzanich, M. Álvarez-Sánchez, S. Wittek, F. Emmerling, K. Ray, M. Roemelt, J. Abbenseth, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026.
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c18955
  4. "Identifying an Active Intermediate and Monitoring O-O Bond Formation in Water Oxidation by a Cobalt(III)-TAML Complex"
    D. D. Malik, Y.-M. Lee, S. Fukuzumi, K. Ray, W. Nam, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, e202516165.
    DOI: 10.1002/anie.202516165
  5. "Light-induced surface defects in anodic TiO2 nanotubes as trapping centers for single Pt atoms, a co-catalyst for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution"
    D. E. Szaniawska-Biatas, T. Schultz, A. Opis-Basilio, D. Zasada, N. Koch, K. Ray, N. Pinna, E. Wierzbicka, J. Mat. Chem. A 2025.
    DOI: 10.1039/D5TA06032J
  6. "M(III) Site-Driven Structural Engineering on Lead-Free Layered Double Perovskite Nanocrystals with Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Activity"
    Yukta, S. Rahman, Q. Shi, T. Al Said, S. K. Matta, T. Hu, W. Wang, A. Opis-Basilio, K. Ray, K. A. Dick, T. Pulleritis, M. Liu, Small Struc. 2025, 2500179.
    DOI: 10.1002/sstr.202500179
  7. "Generation and Nitric Oxide Reactivity of a Cobalt(II) Superoxide Complex via Ligand-Based Redox Non-Innocence"
    D. J. Barman, T. Lohmiller, K. Krause, S. Katz, M. Haumann, P. Hildebrandt, K. Ray, JACS Au 2025.
    DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.5c00418
  8. "Mechanistic Promiscuity in Cobalt Mediated CO₂ Reduction Reaction: One- versus Two-Electron Reduction Process"
    A. Bera, S. Bimmermann, P. Gerschel, D. J. Barman, L. Gerndt, T. Lohmiller, K. Abdiaziz, A. Schnegg, M. Orio, D. G. H. Hetterscheid, K. L. Bren, M. Roemelt, U.-P. Apfel, K. Ray, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, e202503705.
    DOI: 10.1002/anie.202503705
  9. "Tuning Reactivity in Cu/TEMPO Catalyzed Alcohol Oxidation Reactions"
    M. Schütze, M. Jux, B. Cula, M. Haumann, S. Katz, P. Hildebrandt, H. Dau, K. Ray, Chem. Asian J. 2025, e202500123.
    DOI: 10.1002/asia.202500123
  10. "Debate of Nucleophilic versus Electrophilic Oxidative Aldehyde Deformylation by Mononuclear Nonheme Iron(III)-Peroxo and Iron(IV)-Oxo Complexes"
    W. Zhu, D. Sun, A. Zhou, S. Wang, Y. Zhang, H. P. H. Wong, A. Kumar, X. Lu, P. Wu, S. S. Nag, Y. Wang, K. Ray, S. P. de Visser, W. Nam, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025.
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c16522
  11. "Effects of Concurrent Sulphur- and Phosphorus Incorporation in Nickel Cyclam-based Complexes"
    T. Guseva, A. Bera, V. Ludwig, D. Siegmund, P. Gerschel, K. Ray, U.-P. Apfel, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2025, e202500094.
    DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202500094
  12. "An Oxoiron (IV) Complex Supported by an N-alkylated Cyclam Ligand System Containing a Pendant Alcohol Moiety"
    D. J. Barman, T. Lohmiller, S. Katz, M. Haumann, P. Hildebrandt, W. Nam, K. Ray, Chem. Eur. J. 2025, e202404468.
    DOI: 10.1002/chem.202404468
  13. "Reinvestigation of the mechanism of dioxygen activation at a MnII(cyclam) center"
    T. Devi, S. Mebs, D. J. Barman, A. Opis-Basilio, M. Haumann, K. Ray, J. Inorg. Biochem. 2025, 264, 112809.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2024.112809
  14. "π-Lewis Base Activation of Carbonyls and Hexafluorobenzene"
    A. Mondal, K. Breitweiser, S. Danés, A. Grünwald, F. W. Heinemann, B. Morgenstern, F. Müller, M. Haumann, M. Schütze, D. Kass, K. Ray, D. Munz, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 137, e202418738.
    DOI: 10.1002/ange.202418738
  15. "Unveiling the Spectroscopic Signatures of Poly(3,4-ethylendioxythiophene) by Controlling Polaron and Bipolaron Concentrations"
    R. Rubio-Govea, A. Opis-Basilio, A. Torres, M. Sánchez, K. Ray, K. A. Mazzio, J. Phys. Chem. C 2024.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c05602
  16. "A bis-Phenolate Carbene-Supported bis-µ-Oxo Iron(IV/IV) Complex with a [FeIV(µ-O)2FeIV] Diamond Core Derived from Dioxygen Activation"
    L. Gravogl, D. Kass, O. Pyschny, F. W. Heinemann, M. Haumann, S. Katz, P. Hildebrandt, H. Dau, A. Swain, R. García-Serres K. Ray, D. Munz, K. Meyer, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024.
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c07582
  17. "Investigation of m- and p-xylene linked bimetallic Ni-cyclam-complexes as potential electrocatalysts for the CO2 reduction"
    S. Bimmermann, D. Siegmund, K. Ray, U.-P. Apfel, Mat. Tod. Cat. 2024, 6, 100058.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.mtcatav.2024.100058
  18. "A Bioinspired Nonheme FeIII-(O22-)-CuII Complex with an St = 1 Ground State"
    D. Kass, S. Katz, H. Özgen, S. Mebs, M. Haumann, R. García-Serres, H. Dau, P. Hildebrandt, T. Lohmiller, K. Ray, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024.
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c04492
  19. "An Iminophosphinite Pincer Iridium Complex: Synthesis and Catalytic Tool for Alkane Transfer Dehydrogenations"
    J. Cardozo, O. He, W. Ma, K. Ray, T. Braun, Z. anorg. allg. Chem. 2024, e202400028.
    DOI: 10.1002/zaac.202400028
  20. "Origin of Unprecedented Formation and Reactivity of FeIV=O Species viaOxygen Activation: Role of Noncovalent Interactions and Magnetic Coupling"
    A. Sen, N. J. Britto, D. Kass, K. Ray, G. Rajaraman, Inorg. Chem. 2024.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c00371
  21. "Identification, Characterization, and Electronic Structures of Interconvertible Cobalt-Oxygen TAML intermediates"
    D. D. Malik, W. Ryu, Y. Kim, G. Singh, J.-H. Kim, M. Sankaralingam, Y.-M. Lee, M. S. Seo, M. Sundararajan, D. Ocampo, M. Roemelt, K. Park, S. H. Kim, M.-H. Baik, J. Shearer, K. Ray, S. Fukuzumi, W. Nam, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 13817-13835.
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c14346
  22. "Long-Term Stability of Light-Induced Ti3+ Defects in TiO2 Nanotubes for Amplified Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting"
    E. Wierzbicka, E. Szaniawska-Bialas, T. Schultz, A. O. Basilio, D. Siemiaszko, K. Ray, N. Koch, N. Pinna, M. Polanski, ChemSusChem 2024, e202301614.
    DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202301614
  23. "Trapping of a phenoxyl radical at a non-haem high-spin iron(II) centre"
    D. Kass, V. Larson, T. Corona, U. Kuhlmann, P. Hildebrandt, T. Lohmiller, E. Bill, N. Lehnert, K. Ray, Nat. Chem. 2024.
    DOI: 10.1038/s41557-023-01405-9
  24. "A high-spin alkylperoxo-iron(III) complex with cis-anionic ligands: implications for the superoxide reductase mechanism"
    T. Devi, K. Dutta, J. Deutscher, S. Mebs, U. Kuhlmann, M. Haumann, B. Cula, H. Dau, P. Hildebrandt, K. Ray, Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 528-533.
    DOI: 10.1039/D3SC05603
  25. "How Ligand Geometry Affects the Reactivity ofCo(II) Cyclam Complexes"
    L. Iffland-Mühlhaus, B. Battistella, D. Siegmund, K. Ray, U.-P. Apfel, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2023, 26, e202300418.
    DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202300418
  26. "Reactivities of iron(IV)-oxido compounds with pentadentate bispidine ligands"
    K. Bleher, P. Comba, D. Kass, K. Ray, H. Wadepohl, J. Inorg. Biochem. 2023, 241, 112123.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2023.112123
  27. "A New Thiolate-Bound Dimanganese Cluster as a Structural and Functional Model for Class Ib RNRs"
    B. Battistella, T. Lohmiller, B. Cula, P. Hildebrandt, U. Kuhlmann, H. Dau, S. Mebs, K. Ray, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, 202217076.
    DOI: 10.1002/anie.202217076
  28. "Spectroscopic Properties of a Biologically Relevant [Fe2(µ-O)2] Diamond Core Motif with a Short Iron-Iron Distance"
    D. Kass, S. Yao, K. Krause, T. Corona, L. Richter, T. Braun, S. Mebs, M. Haumann, H. Dau, T. Lohmiller, C. Limberg, M. Drieß, K. Ray, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202209437.
    DOI: 10.1002/anie.202209437
  29. "Evidence of Sulfur Non-Innocence in [CoII(dithiacyclam)]2+-Mediated Catalytic Oxygen Reduction Reactions"
    B. Battistella, L. Iffland-Mühlhaus, M. Schütze, B. Cula, U. Kuhlmann, H. Dau, P. Hildebrandt, T. Lohmiller, S. Mebs, U.-P. Apfel, K. Ray, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, e202214074.
    DOI: 10.1002/anie.202214074
  30. "Modelling the coordination environment in α-ketoglutarate dependent oxygenases - a comparative study on the effect of N- vs. O-ligation"
    K. Warm, D. Kass, M. Haumann, H. Dau, K. Ray, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2022, 648, e202100310.
    DOI: 10.1002/zaac.202100310
  31. "The influence of secondary interactions on the [Ni(O2)]+ mediated aldehyde oxidation reactions"
    B. Battistella, K. Warm, B. Cula, B. Lu, P. Hildebrandt, U. Kuhlmann, H. Dau, S. Mebs, K. Ray, J. Inorg. Biochem. 2022, 227, 111668.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2021.111668

  32. "Formation of cobalt-oxygen intermediates by dioxygen activation at a mononuclear nonheme cobalt(II) center"
    D. D. Malik, A. Chandra, M. S. Seo, Y.-M. Lee, E. R. Farquhar, S. Mebs, H. Dau, K. Ray, W. Nam, Dalton Trans. 2021, 50, 11889-11898.
    DOI: 10.1039/D1DT01996A
  33. "Spectroscopic Characterization of a reactive [Cu2(µ-OH)2] intermediate in Cu/TEMPO catalyzed aerobic alcohol oxidation reaction"
    K. Warm, G. Tripodi, E. Andris, S. Mebs, U. Kuhlmann, H. Dau, P. Hildebrandt, J. Roithová, K. Ray, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 23018-23024.
    DOI: 10.1002/anie.202108442
  34. "Stable, but still reactive - investigations on the effects of Lewis acid binding on copper nitrene intermediates"
    K. Warm, I. Monte-Pérez, U. Kuhlmann, P. Hildebrandt, E. Farquhar, M. Swart, K. Ray, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2021, 647, 1495-1502.
    DOI: 10.1002/zaac.202100092
  35. "Ligand Constraint Induced Peroxide Activation for Electrophilic Reactivity"
    A. Chandra, M. Ansari, I. Monte-Pérez, S. Kundu, G. Rajaraman, K. Ray, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 14954-14959.
    DOI: 10.1002/anie.202100438
  36. "Transition metal-mediated O-O bond formation and activation in chemistry and biology"
    X.-P. Zhang, A. Chandra, Y.-M. Lee, R. Cao, K. Ray, W. Nam, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2021, 50, 4804-4811.
    DOI: 10.1039/D0CS01456G
  37. "A Bioinspired Oxoiron(IV) Motif Supported on a N2S2 Macrocyclic Ligand"
    J. Deutscher, P. Gerschel, K. Warm, U. Kuhlmann, S. Mebs, M. Haumann, H. Dau, P. Hildebrandt, U.-P. Apfel, K. Ray, Chem. Comm. 2021, 57, 2947-2950.
    DOI: 10.1039/D1CC00250C
  38. "A Pseudotetrahedral Terminal Oxoiron(IV) Complex: Mechanistic Promiscuity in C-H bond Oxidation Reactions"
    K. Warm, A. Paskin, U. Kuhlmann, E. Bill, M. Swart, M. Haumann, H. Dau, P. Hildebrandt, K. Ray, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 6752-6756.
    DOI: 10.1002/anie.202015896
  39. "Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of a Series of Homo- and Hetero-dinuclear Complexes based on an Asymmetric FloH Ligand System"
    B. Battistella, F. Heims, B. Cula, K. Ray, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2020, 646, 1010-1019.
    DOI: 10.1002/zaac.202000221
  40. "Redox Potentials of High-Valent Iron-, Cobalt-, and Nickel-Oxido Complexes: Evidence for Exchange Enhanced Reactivity"
    P. Comba, A.-M. Löhr, F. Pfaff, K. Ray, Israel J. Chem. 2020, 60, 957-962.
    DOI: 10.1002/ijch.202000038
  41. "Iron and manganese oxo complexes, the oxo wall and beyond"
    V. A. Larson, B. Battistella, K. Ray, N. Lehnert, W. Nam, Nature Rev. Chem. 2020, 4, 404-419.
    DOI: 10.1038/s41570-020-0197-9
  42. "Electrochemical CO2 Reduction - The Effect of Chalcogenide Exchange in Ni-Isocyclam Complexes"
    P. Gerschel, B. Battistella, D. Siegmund, K. Ray, U. P. Apfel, Organometall. 2020, 39, 1497-1510.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.0c00129
  43. "Catalytic dioxygen reduction mediated by a tetranuclear cobalt complex supported on a stannoxane core"
    A. Chandra, S. Mebs, S. Kundu, U. Kuhlmann, P. Hildebrandt, H. Dau, K. Ray, Dalton Trans. 2020, 49, 6065-6073.
    DOI: 10.1039/d0dt00475h
  44. "O2 and H2O2 activations at dinuclear Mn and Fe active sites"
    B. Battistella, K. Ray, Coord. Chem. Rev. 2020, 408, 213176.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2019.213176
  45. "Stoichiometric Formation of an Oxoiron(IV) Complex by a Soluble Methane Monooxygenase Type Activation of O2 at an Iron(II)-Cyclam Center"
    D. Kass, T. Corona, K. Warm, B. Braun-Cula, U. Kuhlmann, E. Bill, S. Mebs, M. Swart, H. Dau, M. Haumann, P. Hildebrandt, K. Ray, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 5924-5928.
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b13756
  46. "Trapping of a Highly Reactive Oxoiron(IV) Complex in the Catalytic Epoxidation of Olefins by Hydrogen Peroxide"
    X. Engelmann, D. D. Malik, T. Corona, K. Warm, E. R. Farquhar, M. Swart, W. Nam, K. Ray, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 131, 4052-4056.
    DOI: 10.1002/anie.201812758
  47. "Sulfur substitution in a Ni(cyclam) derivative results in lower overpotential for CO2 reduction and enhanced proton reduction"
    P. Gerschel, K. Warm, E. R. Farquhar, U. Englert, M. L. Reback, D. Siegmund, K. Ray, U.-P. Apfel, Dalton Trans. 2019, 48, 5923-5932.
    DOI: 10.1039/c8dt04740e
  48. "Heme and Nonheme High-Valent Iron and Manganese Oxo Cores in Biological and Abiological Oxidation Reactions"
    M. Guo, T. Corona, K. Ray, W. Nam, ACS Cent. Scie. 2019, 5, 13-28.
    DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.8b00698
  49. "Water Oxidation Reaction Mediated by an Octanuclear Iron-Oxo Cluster"
    J. Deutscher, T. Corona, K. Warm, X. Engelmann, S. Sobottka, B. Braun-Cula, B. Sarkar, K. Ray, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2018, 45, 4925–4929.
    DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201800269
  50. "Structure, bonding, reactivity and spectral features of putative NiIII=O species: a theoretical perspective"
    B. Pandey, K. Ray, G. Rajaraman, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2018, 644, 790-800.
    DOI: 10.1002/zaac.201800122
  51. "Observation of Carbodicarbene Ligand Redox Noninnocence in Highly Oxidized Iron Complexes"
    S. C. Chan, P. Gupta, X. Engelmann, Z. Z. Ang, R. Ganguly, E. Bill, K. Ray, S. Ye, J. England, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 1-7.
    DOI: 10.1002/anie.201809158
  52. "Four-electron reduction of dioxygen to water by a trinuclear copper complex"
    X. Engelmann, E. R. Farquhar, J. England, K. Ray, Inorg. Chem. Acta 2018, 481, 159-165.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2017.11.014
  53. "Nucleophilic vs. Electrophilic Reactivity of Bioinspired Superoxido Nickel(II) Complexes"
    C. Panda, A. Chandra, T. Corona, E. Andris, B. Pandey, S. Garai, N. Lindenmaier, S. Kuenstner, E. R. Farquhar, J. Roithova, G. Rajaraman, M. Driess, K. Ray, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 14883-14887.
    DOI: 10.1002/anie.201808085
  54. "C-H activation and nucleophilic substitution in a photochemically generated high valent iron complex"
    J. Hui Lim, X. Engelmann, S. Corby, R. Ganguly, K. Ray, H. S. Soo, Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 3992-4002.
    DOI: 10.1039/C7SC05378A
  55. "A Highly Reactive Oxoiron(IV) Complex Supported by a Bioinspired N3O Macrocyclic Ligand"
    I. Monte-Pérez, X. Engelmann, Y.-M. Lee, M. Yoo, K. Elumalai, E. R. Farquhar, E. Bill, J. England, W. Nam, M. Swart, K. Ray, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 14384-14388.
    DOI: 10.1002/anie.201707872
  56. "Temperature Dependence of the Catalytic Two- versus Four Electron Reduction of Dioxygen by a Hexanuclear Cobalt Complex"
    I. Monte-Pérez, S. Kundu, A. Chandra, K. E. Craigo, P. Chernev, U. Kuhlmann, H. Dau, P. Hildebrandt, C. Greco, C. Van Stappen, N. Lehnert, K. Ray, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 15033-15042.
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b07127
  57. "A High-Valent Non-Heme μ-Oxo Manganese(IV) Dimer Generated from a Thiolate-Bound Manganese(II) Complex and Dioxygen"
    D. Brazzolotto, F. G. Cantú Reinhard, J. Smith-Jones, M. Retegan, L. Amidani, A. S. Faponle, K. Ray, C. Philouze, S. P. de Visser, M. Gennari, C. Duboc, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 8211-8215.
    DOI: 10.1002/ange.201703215
  58. "Synthesis and reactivity of a mononuclear non-haem cobalt(IV)-oxo complex"
    B. Wang, Y.-M. Lee, W.-Y. Tcho, S. Tussupbayev, S.-T. Kim, Y. Kim, M. S. Seo, K.-B. Cho, Y. Dede, B. C. Keegan, T. Ogura, S. H. Kim, T. Ohta, M.-H. Baik, K. Ray, J. Shearer, W. Nam, Nat. Commun. 2017, 8, 14839.
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14839
  59. "A New Domain of Reactivity for High-Valent Dinuclear [M(µ-O2M'] Complexes in Oxidation Reactions"
    X. Engelmann, S. Yao, E. R. Farquhar, T. Szilvási, U. Kuhlmann, P. Hildebrandt, M. Driess, K. Ray, Angew. Chem. 2017, 56, 303-307.
    DOI: 10.1002/anie.201607611
  60. "Characterization and reactivity studies of a terminal copper-nitrene species"
    T. Corona, L. Ribas, M. Rovira, E. R. Farquhar, X. Ribas, K. Ray, A. Company, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 14005-14008.
    DOI: 10.1002/anie.201607238
  61. "A cobalt(II) iminoiodane complex and its scandium adduct: mechanistic promiscuity in hydrogen atom abstraction reactions"
    S. Kundu, P. Chernev, X. Engelmann, C. S. Chung, H. Dau, E. Bill, J. England, W. Nam, K. Ray, Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 14538-14543.
    DOI: 10.1039/C6DT01815G
  62. "Changing the chemical and physical properties of high valent heterobimetallic bis-(μ-oxido) Cu-Ni complexes by ligand effects"
    M.-C. Kafentzi, M. Orio, M. Reglier, S. Yao, U. Kuhlmann, P. Hildebrandt, M. Driess, A. J. Simaan, K. Ray, Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 15994-16000.
    DOI: 10.1039/C6DT02391F
  63. "Dioxygen activation chemistry by synthetic mononuclear nonheme iron, copper and chromium complexes"
    S. Hong, Y.-M. Lee, K. Ray, W. Nam, Coord. Chem. Rev. 2016, 334, 25-42.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2016.07.006
  64. "An iron(II) hydride complex of a ligand with two adjacent β-diketiminate binding sites and its reactivity"
    H. Gehring, R. Metzinger, B. Braun, C. Herwig, S. Harder, K. Ray, C. Limberg, Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 2989-2996.
    DOI: 10.1039/C5DT04266F
  65. "Oxidation Reactions with Bioinspired Mononuclear Non-Heme Metal-Oxo Complexes"X. Engelmann, I. Monte-Pérez, K. Ray, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 7632-7649.
    DOI: 10.1002/anie.201600507
  66. "High-Valent Metal-Oxo Intermediates in Energy Demanding Processes: From Dioxygen Reduction to Water Splitting"
    F. Heims, K. Ray, M. Schwalbe, W. Nam, Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol. 2015, 25, 159-171.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2015.01.014
  67. "An Open-Shell Spin Singlet Copper-Nitrene Intermediate Binding Redox-innocent Metal Ions: Influence of the Lewis Acidity of the Metal Ions on Spectroscopic and Reactivity Properties"
    I. M.-Pérez, S. Kundu, K. Ray, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2015, 641, 78–82.
    DOI: 10.1002/zaac.201400389
  68. "Characterization of Porphyrin-Co(III)-‘Nitrene radical’ species relevant in catalytic nitrene transfer reactions"
    M. Goswami, V. Lyaskovskyy, S. R. Domingos, W. J. Buma, S. Woutersen, O. Troeppner, I. I-Burmazović, H. Lu, X. Cui, P. Zhang, E. J. Reijerse, S. DeBeer, M. M. van Schooneveld, F. Pfaff, K. Ray, B. de Bruin, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 5468–5479.
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b01197
  69. "Reactivity of a Nickel(II) Bis(amidate) Complex with meta-Chloroperbenzoic Acid: Formation of a Potent Oxidizing Species"
    T. Corona, F. F. Pfaff, F. Acuña-Parés, A. Draksharapu, C. J. Whiteoak, V. Martin-Diaconescu, J. L-Fillol, W. R. Browne, K. Ray, A. Company, Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 15029-15038.
    DOI: 10.1002/chem.201501841
  70. "[Ni(cod)2][Al(ORF)4], a Source for Naked Nickel(I) Chemistry"
    M. Schwab, D. Himmel, S. Kacprzak, D. Kratzert, V. Radtke, M. Wernet, P. Weis, K. Ray, E. W. Scheidt, W. Scherer, B. de Bruin, T. Augenstein, F. Breher, S. Weber, I. Krossing, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 14706-14709.
    DOI: 10.1002/anie.201506475

  71. S. Hong, F. F. Pfaff, E. Kwon, Y. Wang, M.-S. Seo, E. Bill, K. Ray, W. Nam, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 10403-1407.
    DOI: 10.1002/ange.201701623
  72. "Evidence of Two-State Reactivity in Alkane Hydroxylation by Lewis-acid Bound Copper-Nitrene Complexes"
    S.-L. Abram, I. Monte-Pérez, F. F. Pfaff, E. Farquhar, K. Ray, Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 9852-9854.
    DOI: 10.1039/C4CC03754E
  73. "Status of Reactive Non-Heme Metal-Oxygen Intermediates in Chemical and Enzymatic Reactions"
    K. Ray, F. F. Pfaff, B. Wang, W. Nam, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 13942-13958.
    DOI: 10.1021/ja507807v
  74. "Redox Non-Innocence of a N-Heterocyclic Nitrenium Cation Bound to a Nickel–Cyclam Core"
    F. Heims, F. F. Pfaff, S.-L. Abram, E. R. Farquhar, M. Bruschi, C. Greco, K. Ray, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 582-585.
    DOI: 10.1021/ja4099559
  75. "Mechanism of phenol oxidation by heterodinuclear Ni Cu bis(µ-oxo) complexes involving nucleophilic oxo groups"
    S. Kundu, E. Miceli, E. R. Farquharb, K. Ray, Dalton Trans. 2014, 43, 4264-4267.
    DOI: 10.1039/C3DT52644E
  76. "Access to a CuII–O–CuII Motif: Spectroscopic Properties, Solution Structure, and Reactivity"
    P. Haack, A. Kärgel, C. Greco, J. Dokic, B. Braun, F. F. Pfaff, S. Mebs, K. Ray, C. Limberg, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 16148-16160.
    DOI: 10.1021/ja406721a
  77. "A High-Valent Heterobimetallic [CuIII(μ-O)2NiIII]2+ Core with Nucleophilic Oxo Groups"
    S. Kundu, F. F. Pfaff, E. Miceli, I. Zaharieva, C. Herwig, S. Yao, E. R. Farquhar, U. Kuhlmann, E. Bill, P. Hildebrandt, M. Driess, C. Limberg, K. Ray, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 5622-5626.
    DOI: 10.1002/anie.201300861
  78. "Terminal oxo and imido transition metal complexes of Groups 9-11"
    K. Ray, F. Heims, F. F. Pfaff, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2013, 2013, 3784-3807.
    DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201300223
  79. "Nonheme oxoiron(IV) complexes of pentadentate N5 ligands: spectroscopy, electrochemistry, and oxidative reactivity"
    D. Wang, K. Ray, M. J. Collins, E. R. Farquhar, J. R. Frisch, L. Gomez, T. A. Jackson, M. Kerscher, A. Waleska, P. Comba, M. Costas, L. Que Jr., Chem. Sci. 2013, 4, 282-291.
    DOI: 10.1039/C2SC21318D
  80. "Lewis-acid Trapping of an Elusive Copper-Tosylnitrene Intermediate Using Scandium Triflate"
    S. Kundu, E. Miceli, E. Farquhar, F. F. Pfaff, U. Kuhlmann, P. Hildebrandt, B. Braun, C. Greco, K. Ray, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 14710-14713.
    DOI: 10.1021/ja306674h
  81. "Metal-oxo-mediated O-O bond formation reactions in chemistry and biology"
    S. Kundu, M. Schwalbe, K. Ray, BioInorg. React. Mech. 2012, 8, 41-57.
    DOI: 10.1515/irm-2012-0004
  82. "Synthesis and Spectroscopic Characterisation of a Heterodinuclear Iron(III)-Copper(II) Complex Based on an Asymmetric Dinucleating Ligand System"
    F. Heims, V. Mereacre, A. Ciancetta, S. Mebs, A. K. Powell, C. Greco, K. Ray, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2012, 29, 4565-4569.
    DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201200156
  83. "The biology and chemistry of high-valent iron–oxo and iron–nitrido complexes"
    J. Hohenberger, K. Ray, K. Meyer, Nature Commun. 2012, 3, 720.
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1718
  84. "Spectroscopic capture and reactivity of S = 1/2 nickel(III)–oxygen intermediates in the reaction of a NiII-salt with mCPBA"
    F. F. Pfaff , F. Heims , S. Kundu , S. Mebs, K. Ray, Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 3730-3732.
    DOI: 10.1039/C2CC30716B
  85. "O-O Bond Formation Mediated by a Hexanuclear Iron Complex Supported on a Stannoxane Core"
    S. Kundu, E. Matito, S. Walleck, F. F. Pfaff, F. Heims, B. Rábay, J. M. Luis, A. Company, B. Braun, T. Glaser, K. Ray, Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 10, 2787-2791.
    DOI: 10.1002/chem.201102326
  86. "An Oxocobalt(IV) Complex Stabilized by Lewis Acid Interactions with Scandium(III) Ions"
    F. F. Pfaff, S. Kundu, M. Risch, S. Pandian, F. Heims, I. Pryjomska-Ray, P. Haack, R. Metzinger, E. Bill, H. Dau, P. Comba, K. Ray, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 7, 1711-1715.
    DOI: 10.1002/anie.201005869
  87. "Dinuclear Copper Complexes Based on Parallel ß-Diiminato Binding Sites and their Reactions with O2: Evidence for a Cu-O-Cu Entity"
    P. Haack, C. Limberg, K. Ray, B. Braun, U. Kuhlmann, P. Hildebrandt, C. Herwig, Inorg. Chem. 2011, 6, 2133-2142.
    DOI: 10.1021/ic101249k
  88. "Dioxygenase-Like Reactivity of an Isolable Superoxo-Nickel(II) Complex"
    A. Company, S. Yao, K. Ray, M. Driess, Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 9669-9675.
    DOI: 10.1002/chem.201001138
  89. "Determination by High-Frequency and -Field EPR of Zero-Field Splitting in Iron(IV) Oxo Complexes: Implications for Intermediates in Nonheme Iron Enzymes"
    J. Krzystek, J. England, K. Ray, A. Ozarowski, D. Smirnov, L. Que Jr., J. Telser, Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 3483-3485.
    DOI: 10.1021/ic800411c
  90. "An Inverted and More Oxidizing Isomer of [FeIV(O)(TMC)(NCCH3)]2+"
    K. Ray, J. England, M. Martinho, E. Munck, L. Que Jr., Angew. Chem. 2008, 120, 8188-8191.
    DOI: 10.1002/ange.200802219
  91. "Iron-Oxidation-State Dependent O-O bond cleavage in meta-chloroperbenzoic acid to form an oxoiron(IV) complex"
    K. Ray, S. M. Lee, L. Que Jr., Inorg. Chim. Acta 2008, 361, 1066-1069.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2007.07.039
  92. "Description of the Ground-State Covalencies of the Bis(dithiolato) Transition-Metal Complexes from X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy and Time-Dependent Density-Functional Calculations"
    K. Ray, S. D. George, E. I. Solomon, K. Wieghardt, F. Neese, Chem. Eur. J. 2007, 13, 2783-2797.
    DOI: 10.1002/chem.200601425
  93. "Molecular and Electronic Structure of Square-Planar Gold Complexes Containing Two 1,2-Di(4-tert-butylphenyl)ethylene-1,2-dithiolato Ligands: [Au(2L)2]1+/0/1-/2-. A Combined Experimental and Computational Study"
    S. Kokatam, K. Ray, J. Pap, E. Bill, W. E. Geiger, R. J. LeSuer, P. H. Rieger, T. Weyhermüller, F. Neese, K. Wieghardt, Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 1100-1111.
    DOI: 10.1021/ic061181u
  94. "Axial Ligand Tuning of a Nonheme Iron(IV)-Oxo Unit for Hydrogen Atom Abstraction"
    C. V. Sastri, J. Lee, K. Oh, Y. J. Lee, J. Lee, T. A. Jackson, K. Ray, H. Hirao, W. Shin, J. A. Halfen, L. Que Jr., S. Shaik, W. Nam, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sc. 2007, 104, 19181-19186.
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0709471104
  95. "Joint Spectroscopic and Theoretical Investigations of Transition Metal Complexes Involving Non-innocent ligands"
    K. Ray, T. Petrenko, K. Wieghardt, F. Neese, Dalton Trans. 2007, 16, 1552-1566.
    DOI: 10.1039/B700096K
  96. "Electrochemical Generation of a Nonheme Oxoiron(IV) Complex"
    M. J. Collins, K. Ray, L. Que Jr., Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45, 8009-8011.
    DOI: 10.1021/ic061263i
  97. "Vibrational Markers for the Open-Shell Character of Transition Metal Bis-dithiolenes: An Infrared, Resonance Raman, and Quantum Chemical Study"
    T. Petrenko, K. Ray, K. Wieghardt, F. Neese, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 4422-4436.
    DOI: 10.1021/ja0578451
  98. "Molecular and Electronic Structures of Oxo-bis(benzene-1,2-dithiolato)chromate(V) Monoanions. A Combined Experimental and Density Functional Study"
    R. Kapre, K. Ray, I. Sylvestre, T. Weyhermüller, S. D. George, F. Neese, K. Wieghardt, Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45, 3499-3509.
    DOI: 10.1021/ic051844s
  99. "A Lipophilic Hexaporphyrin Assembly Supported on a Stannoxane Core"
    V. Chandrasekhar, S. Nagendran, R. Azhakar, M. R. Kumar, A. Srinivasan, K. Ray, T. K. Chandrashekar, C. Madhavaiah, S. Verma, U. D. Priyakumar, G. N. Sastry, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 2410-2411.
    DOI: 10.1021/ja043748g
  100. "Electronic Structure of Square Planar Bis(benzene-1,2-dithiolato)metal Complexes [M(L)2]z (z = 2-, 1-, 0; M = Ni, Pd, Pt, Cu, Au): An Experimental, Density Functional, and Correlated ab initio Study"
    K. Ray, T. Weyhermüller, F. Neese, K. Wieghardt, Inorg. Chem. 2005, 44, 5345-5360.
    DOI: 10.1021/ic0507565
  101. "Redox-Noninnocence of the S,S'-Coordinated Ligands in Bis(benzene-1,2-dithiolato)iron Complexes"
    K. Ray, E. Bill, T. Weyhermüller, K. Wieghardt, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 5641-5654.
    DOI: 10.1021/ja040237l
  102. "The Electronic Structure of the Isoelectronic, Square Planar Complexes, [FeII(L)2]2- and [CoIII(LBu)2]- (L2- and (LBu)2- = benzene-1,2-dithiolates): An Experimental and Density Functional Theoretical Study"
    K. Ray, A. Begum, T. Weyhermüller, S. Piligkos, J. van Slageren, F. Neese, K. Wieghardt, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 4403-4415.
    DOI: 10.1021/ja042803i
  103. "Molecular and Electronic Structure of Four- and Five- Coordinate Cobalt Complexes Containing Two o-Phenylenediamine- or two o-Aminophenol-Type Ligands at Various Oxidation Levels: An Experimental, Density Functional, and Correlated ab initio Study"
    E. Bill, E. Bothe, P. Chaudhuri, K. Chlopek, D. Herebian, S. Kokatam, K. Ray, T. Weyhermüller, F. Neese, K. Wieghardt, Chem. Eur. J. 2004, 11, 204-224.
    DOI: 10.1002/chem.200400850
  104. "Do S,S'–Coordinated o-dithiobenzosemiquinonate(1-) Radicals Exist in Coordination Compounds? The [AuIII(1,2-C6H4S2)2]1-/0 Couple"
    K. Ray, T. Weyhermüller, A. Goossens, M. W. J. Crajé, K. Wieghardt, Inorg. Chem. 2003, 42, 4082-4087.
    DOI: 10.1021/ic0207092