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  1. Yan, C.; Cheng, T.; Chen, Y.-S.; Paterson, A. L.; McElheny, D.; Mankad, N. P. Hidden in Plain Sight: Commonly Used Copper N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysts Gain Stabilization from Anagostic Cu···H–C Interactions. Chem. Sci. 2026, accepted. https://doi.org/10.1039/D5SC09643J
  2. Kostan-Carmiel, M.; Shema, H.; Yu, H.-C.; Canning, G. A.; Shpasser, D.; Soni, A.; Remennik, S.; Mankad, N. P.; Rioux, R. M.; Gazit, O.; Gross, E. Heterobinuclear Molecular Precursors Direct the Formation of Supported Subnanometer Cu–M Clusters with Tunable Catalytic Behavior. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2025, 17, 56064–56076. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5c11995
  3. Quirion, K. P.; Singh, R. P.; Mankad, N. P.; Ess, D. H. CpFe(CO)2 Radical Generated from Dinuclear [CpFe(CO)2]2 and Mononuclear (Cp)(CO)2Fe(H): Density Functional Theory Is Accurate for One, But Not Both. J. Phys. Chem. A 2025, 129, 8093–8100. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.5c03507
  4. Gersib, S. G.; Subasinghe, S. M. S.; Mankad, N. P. Solubilizing dimolybdenum paddlewheel complexes for energy storage applications. Dalton Trans. 2025, 54, 10546-10548. https://doi.org/10.1039/D5DT01246E
  5. Zheng, X.; Bolotin, I. L.; Tanriover, B.; Rathnayake, K.; Askins, E. J.; Cabana, J.; Mankad, N. P.; Glusac, K. D. Chlorination and Oxygenation of Carbon Electrodes for Covalent Attachment of Thiol-Terminated Molecules. Carbon Trends 2025, 20, 100539. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cartre.2025.100539
  6. Gersib, S. G.; Askins, E. J.; Li, M.; Subasinghe, S. M. S.; Behera, B. K.; McElheny, D.; Son, S.-B.; Amine, K.; Glusac, K. D.; Mankad, N. P. Dimolybdenum Paddlewheel Complexes with Cation Binding Sites as Electrolyte Additives to Manipulate the Solid-Electrolyte Interphase at Lithium Metal Anodes. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2025, 17, 33889–33901. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5c03254 (First appeared as preprint on ChemRxiv, https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-769n0)
  7. Singh, R. P.; Mankad, N. P. Molecular Design of Al(II) Intermediates for Small Molecule Activation. JACS Au, 2025, 5, 2076–2088. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.5c00352
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  8. Tanriover, B.; Subasinghe, S. M. S.; Mankad, N. P. Flash Communication: Unexpected Oxidative Alkene Cleavage Behavior of a Molecular Molybdenum Bis(dithiolene) Catalyst. Organometallics 2025, 44, 970-972. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00099
  9. Singh, R. P.; Quirion, K. P.; Telser, J.; Ess, D. H.; Mankad, N. P. Cooperative Heterobimetallic CO2 Activation Involving a Mononuclear Aluminum(II) Intermediate. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 12715–12721. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c00944 (First appeared as preprint on ChemRxiv, https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-c9np0)
  10. Subasinghe, S. M. S.; Gersib, S. G.; Mankad, N. P. Large Language Models (LLMs) as Graphing Tools for Advanced Chemistry Education and Research. J. Chem. Educ. 2025, 102, 1563–1571 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c01498
  11. Sommer, A. G.; Tung, P.; Mankad, N. P. Alkylation of arylsulfonyl cyanides to form alkyl sulfones. Synthesis 2025, 57, 2345-2350. . https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2545-7313
  12. Yan, C.; Radzhabov, M. R.; Chang, T.; Chen, Y.-S.; Mankad, N. P. Comprehensive Re-examination of Intermetallic Charge Density for the Metal Carbonyl Dimers Mn2(CO)10 and [(η5-C5H5)Fe(CO)2]2. Inorg. Chem, 2025, 64, 4514-4523. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c05427
  13. Subasinghe, S. M. S.; Gersib, S. G.; Frueh, T. M.; Mankad, N. P. Can Large Language Models (LLMs) Act as Virtual Safety Officers? ACS Chem. Health Saf. 2025, 32, 39–47. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chas.4c00097
  14. Alayoglu, P.; Lorenzo Ocampo, M. V.; Wang, Z.; Chang, T.; Chen, Y.-S.; Liu, M.; Murray, L. J.; Mankad, N. P. Electronic Desymmetrization of Cu3(μ3-E) Clusters (E = S, Se) Induced by Edge-to-Face π-Stacking Interactions in the Second Coordination Sphere. Inorg. Chem. 2024, 63, 24501–24505. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c04576
  15. Subasinghe, S. M. S.; Radzhabov, M. R.; Mankad, N. P. Predictive Models for Ligand Effects on a Reactive Al-Containing Radical Intermediate from Multivariate Linear Regression Analysis. Organometallics 2024, 43, 2854-2861. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.4c00285
  16. Basu, D.; Yan, C.; Mankad, N. P. Synthetic Challenges toward Modeling Formate Dehydrogenases Using [WVI≡S] Complexes Supported by a Tetradentate [N2S2]4– Ligand. Inorg. Chem. 2024, 63, 19738–19743. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c02922
  17. Singh, R. P.; Mankad, N. P. Frustrated Al/M Heterobimetallic Complexes (M = Cr, Mo, W) That Exhibit Both Lewis and Radical Pair Behavior. Inorg. Chem. 2024, 63, 18933–18944. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c03276
  18. Subasinghe, S. M. S.; Mankad, N. P. Quantifying effects of second-sphere cationic groups on redox properties of dimolybdenum quadruple bonds. Chem. Commun. 2024, 60, 9966-9969. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CC02759K
  19. Subasinghe, S. M. S.; Mankad, N. P. Lessons from recent theoretical treatments of Al-M bonds (M = Fe, Cu, Ag, Au) that capture CO2. Dalton Trans. 2024, 53, 13709-13715. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4DT02018A
  20. Alayoglu, P.; Rathnayaka, S. C.; Cheng, T.; Wang, S. G.; Chen, Y.-S.; Mankad, N. P. Cu site differentiation in tetracopper(I) sulfide clusters enables biomimetic N2O reduction. Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 13668-13675. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4SC00701H
  21. Tanriover, B.; Subasinghe, S. M. S.; Mankad, N. P. Selective and Efficient Detoxification of Sulfur Mustard Gas Analogues with H2O2 Using Bioinspired Mo and W Dithiolene Catalysts. ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 9323–9327. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.4c01979 (First appeared as preprint on ChemRxiv, https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-32t9j)
  22. Mankad, N. P.; Roland, S.; Sollogoub, M.; Stevens, J. E. Supramolecular Perturbation of Metal–Metal Bonding in Cyclodextrin-Encapsulated (NHC)Cu-FeCp(CO)2 Complexes. Organometallics 2024, 43, 1165–1171. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.4c00105
  23. Tung, P.; Mankad, N. P. Photochemical Synthesis of Acyl Fluorides Using Copper-Catalyzed Fluorocarbonylation of Alkyl Iodides. Org. Let. 2024, 26, 3299–3303. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.4c00967 (First appeared as preprint on ChemRxiv, https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-fjtf1)
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  24. Sinhababu, S.; Singh, R. P.; Radzhabov, M. R.; Kumawat, J.; Ess, D. H.; Mankad, N. P. Coordination-induced O-H/N-H bond weakening by a redox non-innocent, aluminum-containing radical. Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 1315. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45721-1
  25. Mankad, N. P. Triazenide-supported [Cu4S] structural mimics of CuZ that mediate N2O disproportionation rather than reduction. Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 1820-1828. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SC05451A 
  26. Alayoglu, P.; Chang, T.; Yan, C.; Chen, Y.-S.; Mankad, N. P. Uncovering a CF3 Effect on X-ray Absorption Energies of [Cu(CF3)4]- and Related Cu Compounds Using Resonant Diffraction Anomalous Fine Structure (DAFS) Measurements. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2023, e202313744. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202313744 (First appeared as preprint on ChemRxiv, https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-klcfp)
  27. Radzhabov, M. R.; Mankad, N. P. Activation of robust bonds by carbonyl complexes of Mn, Fe and Co. Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 11932-11946. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CC03078D
  28. Singh, R. P.; Sinhababu, S.; Mankad, N. P. Aluminum-Containing Heterobimetallic Complexes as Versatile Platforms for Homogeneous Catalysis. ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 12519–12542. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.3c03315 
  29. Subasinghe, S. M. S.; Mankad, N. P. Predictive models for metal-metal bond dissociation free energies between aluminum(III) and a series of transition metal carbonyls. Polyhedron 2023, 245, 116637. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2023.116637.
  30. Alayoglu, P.; Chang, T.; Lorenzo Ocampo, M. V.; Murray, L. J.; Chen, Y.-S.; Mankad, N. P. Metal Site-Specific Electrostatic Field Effects on a Tricopper(I) Cluster Probed by Resonant Diffraction Anomalous Fine Structure (DAFS). Inorg. Chem. 2023, 62, 15267-15276. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c02472 (First appeared as a preprint on ChemRxiv, https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-h1dxg)
  31. Radzhabov, M. R.; Mankad, N. P. Fe-Promoted C–F Activation of Aryl Fluorides Enables Heck-Type Coupling with Alkenes and One-Pot Synthesis of Indenes. Organometallics 2023, 42, 2111–2121. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.3c00256 (First appeared as a preprint on ChemRxiv, https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-0phkg)
  32. Tung, P.; Mankad, N. P. Light-Mediated Synthesis of Aliphatic Anhydrides by Cu-Catalyzed Carbonylation of Alkyl Halides. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 9423-9427. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c01224 (First appeared as a preprint on ChemRxiv, https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-gthrk-v2)
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  33. Basu, D.; Subasinghe, S. M. S.; Mankad, N. P. Reactivity of a Dithiocarbamate-Ligated [WVI≡S] Complex with Hydride Donors: Toward a Synthetic Mimic of Formate Dehydrogenase. Inorg. Chem. 2023, 62, 6332-6338. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c00086
  34. Markut, J. J.; Cabana, J.; Mankad, N. P.; Wink, D. J. A Collaborative Model-Based Symmetry Activity for the Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory. J. Chem. Educ. 2023, 100, 1633-1640. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c00037
  35. Tung, P.; Mankad, N. P. Cu-Catalyzed C–C Bond Formation with CO. In Topics in Organometallic Chemistry, vol. 93, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg 2023, pp. 255-275. https://doi.org/10.1007/3418_2023_84
  36. Sinhababu, S.; Mankad, N. P. Diverse Thermal and Photochemical Reactivity of an Al–Fe Bonded Heterobimetallic Complex. Organometallics 2022, 41, 15, 1917–1921. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.2c00280 (Portions first appeared in a preprint on ChemRxiv, https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2021-xt242)
  37. Sinhababu, S.; Lakliang, Y.; Mankad, N. P. Recent advances in cooperative activation of CO2 and N2O by bimetallic coordination complexes or binuclear reaction pathways. Dalton Trans. 2022, 51, 6129-6147. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2DT00210H 
  38. Sinhababu, S.; Radzhabov, M. R.; Telser, J.; Mankad, N. P. Cooperative Activation of CO2 and Epoxide by a Heterobinuclear Al-Fe Complex via Radical Pair Mechanisms. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 3210-3221. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c13108 (Portions first appeared in a preprint on ChemRxiv, https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2021-xt242)
  39. Tung, P.; Schuhmacher, A.; Schilling, P.; Bode, J. W.; Mankad, N. P. Preparation of Potassium Acyltrifluoroborates (KATs) from Carboxylic Acids by Copper-Catalyzed Borylation of Mixed Anhydrides. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202114513. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202114513 (First appeared as preprint on ChemRxiv, https://doi.org/10.33774/chemrxiv-2021-jt414)
  40. Mankad, N. P.; Ghosh, D. Biomimetic Studies of the Mo/Cu Active Site of CO Dehydrogenase. In Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry III; Constable, E. C., Parkin, G., Que Jr, L., Eds., Vol. 8, Elsevier, 2021; pp 772–789. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-102688-5.00060-X 
  41. Yu, H.-C.; Telser, J.; Mankad, N. P. Synthesis and Characterization of Heteromultinuclear Ni/M Clusters (M = Fe, Ru, W) Including a Paramagnetic (NHC)Ni–WCp*(CO)3 Heterobinuclear Complex. Organometallics 2021, 40, 2123-2132. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00263
  42. Cheng, L.-J.; Mankad, N. P. Copper-Catalyzed Carbonylative Coupling of Alkyl Halides. Acc. Chem. Res. 2021, 54, 2261-2274. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.1c00115
  43. Radzhabov, M. R.; Mankad, N. P. Cobalt-Catalyzed (E)-β-Selective Hydrogermylation of Terminal Alkynes. Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 3221-3226. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.1c00928 (First appeared as preprint on ChemRxiv, https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.14138684.v1)
  44. Rathnayaka, S. C.; Mankad, N. P. Coordination chemistry of the CuZ site in nitrous oxide reductase and its synthetic mimics. Coord. Chem. Rev. 2021, 429, 213718. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2020.213718
  45. Yu, H.-C.; Mankad, N. P. Catalytic Reactions by Heterobimetallic Carbonyl Complexes with Polar Metal-Metal Interactions. Synthesis 2021, 53, 1409-1422. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1339-3417
  46. Mankad, N. P. Learning from Nature: Bio-inspired Heterobinuclear Electrocatalysts for Selective CO2 Reduction. Trends in Chemistry 2021, 3, 159-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trechm.2020.12.002
  47. Cheng, L.-J.; Zhao, S.; Mankad, N. P. One-Step Synthesis of Acylboron Compounds via Cu-Catalyzed Carbonylative Borylation of Alkyl Halides. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 2094-2098. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202012373. (First appeared as preprint on ChemRxiv, https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.12818180.v1.)
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  48. Ghosh, D.; Sinhababu, S.; Santarsiero, B. D.; Mankad, N. P. A W/Cu synthetic model for the Mo/Cu cofactor of aerobic CODH indicates that biochemical CO oxidation requires a frustrated Lewis acid/base pair. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 12635-12642. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c03343
  49. Cheng, L.-J.; Mankad, N. P. C–C and C–X coupling reactions of unactivated alkyl electrophiles using copper catalysis. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2020, 49, 8036-8064. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CS00316F
  50. Da Costa Ferreira, A. M.; Mankad, N. P. Nikonov, G. I. New talent: Americas, 2020. Dalton Trans., 2020, 49, 15944-15944. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0DT90206C
  51. Lakliang, Y.; Mankad, N. P. Heterometallic Cu2Fe and Zn2Fe2 Complexes Derived from [Fe(CO)4]2–and Cu/Fe Bifunctional N2O Activation Reactivity. Organometallics 2020, 39, 2043-2046. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.0c00212
  52. Rathnayaka, S. C.; Hsu, C.-W.; Johnson, B. J.; Iniguez, S. J.; Mankad, N. P. Impact of Electronic and Steric Changes of Ligands on the Assembly, Stability, and Redox Activity of Cu4(μ4-S) Model Compounds of the CuZActive Site of Nitrous Oxide Reductase (N2OR). Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 6496-6507. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00564
  53. Yu, H.-C.; Islam, S. M.; Mankad, N. P. Cooperative heterobimetallic substrate activation enhances catalytic activity and amplifies regioselectivity in 1,4-hydroboration of pyridines. ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 3670-3675. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c00515
  54. Rathnayaka, S. C.; Islam, S. M.; DiMucci, I. M.; MacMillan, S. N.; Lancaster, K. M.; Mankad, N. P. Probing the Electronic and Mechanistic Roles of the µ4-Sulfur Atom in a Synthetic CuZ Model System. Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 3441-3447. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9SC06251C
  55. Cheng, L.-J.; Mankad, N. P. Cu-Catalyzed Carbonylative Silylation of Alkyl Halides: Efficient Access to Acylsilanes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 80-84. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b12043
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  56. Hsu, C.-W.; Rathnayaka, S. C.; Islam, S. M.; MacMillan, S. N.; Mankad, N. P. N2O Reductase Activity of a [Cu4S] Cluster in the 4CuI Redox State Modulated by Hydrogen Bond Donors and Proton Relays in the Secondary Coordination Sphere. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 627-631. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201906327
  57. Zhao, S.; Mankad, N. P. Synergistic Copper-Catalyzed Reductive Aminocarbonylation of Alkyl Iodides with Nitroarenes. Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 10106-10110. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.9b04092
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  58. Leon, N. J.; Yu, H.-C.; Mazzacano, T. J.; Mankad, N. P. Pursuit of C–H Borylation Reactions with Non-Precious Heterobimetallic Catalysts: Hypothesis-Driven Variations on a Design Theme. Synlett 2020, 31, 125-132. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-1691504
  59. Zhao, S.; Mankad, N. P. Metal-Catalysed Radical Carbonylation Reactions. Catal. Sci. Tech. 2019, 9, 3603-3613. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CY00938H
  60. Zhang, Y.; Karunananda, M. K.; Yu, H.-C.; Clark, K. J.; Williams, W.; Mankad, N. P.; Ess, D. H. Dynamically Bifurcating Hydride Transfer Mechanism and Origin of Inverse Isotope Effect for Heterodinuclear AgRu-Catalyzed Alkyne Semi-Hydrogenation. ACS Catal. 2019, 9, 2657-2663. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.8b04130
  61. Cheng, L.-J.; Mankad, N. P. Heterobimetallic Control of Regioselectivity in Alkyne Hydrostannylation: Divergent Syntheses of α- and (E)–β–Vinylstannanes via Cooperative Sn–H Bond Activation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 3710-3716. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b00068
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  62. Mankad, N. P. Catalysis with Multinuclear Complexes. In Non-Noble Metal Catalysis: Molecular Approaches and Reactions; Gebbink, B. K.; Moret, M.-E., Eds.; Wiley-VCH, 2019: Weinheim, Germany; pp. 49-68. ISBN: 978-3-527-34061-3
  63. Leon, N. J.; Yu, H.-C.; Mazzacano, T. J.; Mankad, N. P. Mixed Phosphine/Carbonyl Derivatives of Heterobimetallic Copper-Iron and Copper-Tungsten Catalysts. Polyhedron 2019, 1, 116-123. https://doi.org./10.1016/j.poly.2018.09.062
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  64. Rathnayaka, S. C.; Lindeman, S. V.; Mankad, N. P. Multinuclear Cu(I) Clusters Featuring a New Triply Bridging Coordination Mode of Phosphaamidinate Ligands. Inorg. Chem. 2018, 57, 9439-94454. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b01422
  65. Cheng, L.-J.; Mankad, N. P. Copper‐Catalyzed Borocarbonylative Coupling of Internal Alkynes with Unactivated Alkyl Halides: Modular Synthesis of Tetrasubstituted β‐Borylenones. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 10328-10332. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201804883
  66. Zhao, S.; Mankad, N. P. Cu-catalyzed Hydroxymethylation of Unactivated Alkyl Iodides with CO to Provide One Carbon Extended Alcohols. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 10328-10332. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201801814
  67. Mankad, N. P. Diverse Bimetallic Mechanisms Emerging from Transition Metal Lewis Acid/Base Pairs: Development of Co-catalysis with Metal Carbenes and Metal Carbonyl Anions. Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 1291-1302. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CC09675E
  68. Bagherzadeh, S.; Mankad, N. P. Oxidation of a [Cu2S] Complex by N2O and CO2: Insights into a Role of Tetranuclearity in the CuZSite of Nitrous Oxide Reductase. Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 1097-1100. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CC09067F
  69. Cheng, L.-J.; Islam, S. M.; Mankad, N. P. Synthesis of Allylic Alcohols via Cu-Catalyzed Hydrocarbonylative Coupling of Alkynes with Alkyl Halides. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 1159-1164. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b12582
  70. Karunananda, M. K.; Mankad, N. P. Cooperative Strategies for Catalytic Hydrogenation of Unsaturated Hydrocarbons. ACS Catal. 2017, 7, 6110-6119. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.7b02203
  71. Cheng, L.-J.; Mankad, N. P. Cu-Catalyzed Hydrocarbonylative C-C Coupling of Terminal Alkynes with Alkyl Iodides. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 10200-10203. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b05205
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  72. Pye. D. R.; Cheng. L.-J.; Mankad, N. P. Cu/Mn Bimetallic Catalysis Enables Carbonylative Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling with Unactivated Alkyl Electrophiles. Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 4750-4755. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7SC01170A
  73. Pye, D. R.; Mankad, N. P. Bimetallic Catalysis for C-C and C-X Coupling Reactions. Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 1705-1718. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6SC05556G
  74. Mazzacano, T. J.; Leon, N. J.; Waldhart, G. W.; Mankad, N. P. Fundamental organometallic chemistry under bimetallic influence: driving β-hydride elimination and diverting migratory insertion at Cu and Ni. Dalton Trans. 2017, 46, 5518-5521. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6DT04533B
  75. Karunananda, M. K.; Mankad, N. P. Heterobimetallic H2 Addition and Alkene/Alkane Elimination Reactions Related to the Mechanism of E-Selective Alkyne Semihydrogenation. Organometallics 2017, 36, 2200-2207. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00356
  76. Mazzacano, T. J.; Mankad, N. P. Dehydrogenative Borylation and Silylation of Styrenes Catalyzed by Copper-Carbenes. ACS Catal. 2016, 6, 146-149. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.6b02594
  77. Waldhart, G. W.; Mankad, N. P.; Santarsiero, B. D. Improvements to the Practical Usability of the ‘Crystalline Sponge’ Method for Organic Structure Determination. Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 6112-6115. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.6b03119
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  78. Johnson, B. J.; Mankad, N. P. Model Compounds of Copper-Containing Enzymes Involved in Bacterial Denitrification. In Metalloenzymes in Denitrification: Applications and Environmental Impacts; Moura, I.; Moura, J. J. G.; Pauleta, S. R.; Maia, L., Eds.; Royal Society of Chemistry 2016: Cambridge, UK; pp. 225-251. https://doi.org/10.1039/9781782623762-00225 
  79. Johnson, B. J.; Antholine, W. E.; Lindeman, S. V.; Graham, M. J.; Mankad, N. P. A 1-hole Cu4S cluster with N2O reductase activity: a structural and functional model for CuZ*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 13107–13110. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b05480
  80. Mankad, N. P. Selectivity Effects in Bimetallic Catalysis. Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 5822–5829. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201505002
  81. Bagherzadeh, S.; Mankad, N. P. Extremely Efficient Hydroboration of Ketones and Aldehydes by Copper Carbene Catalysis. Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 3844–3846. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC09162D
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  82. Karunananda, M. K.; Mankad, N. P. E-Selective Semi-Hydrogenation of Alkynes by Heterobimetallic Catalysis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 14598–14601. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5b10357
  83. Parmelee, S. R.; Mankad, N. P. A Data-Intensive Re-Evaluation of Semibridging Carbonyl Ligands. Dalton Trans. 2015, 44, 17007–17014. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5DT02813B
  84. Bagherzadeh, S.; Mankad, N. P. Catalyst Control of Selectivity in CO2 Reduction Using a Tunable Heterobimetallic Effect. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 10898–10901. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5b05692
  85. Karunananda, M. K.; Parmelee, S. R.; Waldhart, G. W.; Mankad, N. P. Experimental and Computational Characterization of the Transition State for C-X Bimetallic Oxidative Addition at a Cu-Fe Reaction Center. Organometallics 2015, 34(15), 3857–3864. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.5b00476
  86. Johnson, B. J.; Antholine, W. E.; Lindeman, S. V.; Mankad, N. P. A Cu4S Model for the Nitrous Oxide Reductase Active Sites Supported Only by Nitrogen Ligands. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 11860–11863. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC04675K
  87. Parmelee, S. R.; Mazzacano, T. J.; Mankad, N. P.; Keith, J. A. A Heterobimetallic Mechanism for C–H Borylation Elucidated from Experimental and Computational Data. ACS Catal. 2015, 5, 3689–3699. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.5b00275
  88. Waldhart, G. W.; Mankad, N. P. Photochemical Heck Benzylation of Styrenes Catalyzed by Na[FeCp(CO)2]. J. Organomet. Chem. 2015, 793, 171–174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2014.12.033
  89. Mazzacano, T. J.; Mankad, N. P. Stoichiometric C–H Borylation with a CO-free Iron Boryl Complex. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 5379–5382. https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC09180A
  90. Banerjee, S.; Karunananda, M. K.; Bagherzadeh, S.; Jayarathne, U.; Parmelee, S. R.; Waldhart, G. W.; Mankad, N. P. Synthesis and Characterization of Heterobimetallic Complexes with Direct Cu–M Bonds (M = Cr, Mn, Co, Mo, Ru, W) Supported by N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands: A Toolkit for Catalytic Reaction Discovery. Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 11307–11315. https://doi.org/10.1021/ic5019778
  91. Johnson, B. J.; Lindeman, S. V.; Mankad, N. P. Assembly, Structure, and Reactivity of Cu4S and Cu3S Models for the Nitrous Oxide Reductase Active Site, CuZ*. Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 10611–10619. https://doi.org/10.1021/ic501720h
  92. Karunananda, M. K.; Alp, E. E.; Bi, W.; Chattopadhyay, S.; Shibata, T.; Mankad, N. P. Experimental Determination of Metal-Metal Redox Cooperativity and Electronic Structure in Catalytically Active Cu-Fe and Zn-Fe Heterobimetallic Complexes. Dalton Trans. 2014, 43, 13361–13671. https://doi.org/10.1039/C4DT01841A
  93. Jayarthne, U.; Parmelee, S. R.; Mankad, N. P. Small Molecule Activation Chemistry of Cu-Fe Heterobimetallic Complexes Toward CS2 and N2O. Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 7730–7737. https://doi.org/10.1021/ic501054z
  94. Mankad, N. P. Non-precious metal catalysts for C-H borylation enabled by metal-metal cooperativity. Synlett 2014, 25, 1197–1201. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0033-1340823
  95. Waldhart, G. W.; Mankad, N. P. trans-Tetracarbonylbis(triphenylphosphane-κP)molybdenum(0). Acta Crystallographica 2014, E70, m36. https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536814000300
  96. Mazzacano, T. J.; Mankad, N. P. Base Metal Catalysts For Photochemical C–H Borylation That Utilize Metal-Metal Cooperativity. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 17258–17261. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja408861p
  97. Jayarathne, U.; Mazzacano, T. J.; Bagherzadeh, S.; Mankad, N. P. Heterobimetallic Complexes with Polar, Unsupported Cu–Fe and Zn–Fe Bonds Stabilized by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes. Organometallics 2013, 32, 3986–3992. https://doi.org/10.1021/om400471u