Publications

• Hossack, C. H.; Abdul, F.; Cahill, C.; Besson, C. Tuning the optical and magnetic properties of lanthanide single-ion magnets using nitro-functionalized trispyrazolylborate ligands. Dalton Trans. 2023, 52, 7336-7351, DOI: 10.1039/D3DT01018J.
• Besson, C.; Stegmann, P.; Schnee, M.; Zanolli, Z.; Achilli, S.; Wittemeier, N.; Vierk, A.; Frielinghaus, R.; Kögerler, P.; Maultzsch, J.; Ordejón, P.; Schneier, C. M.; Hucht, A.; König, J.; Meyer, C. Independent and coherent transitions between antiferromagnetic states of few-molecules systems. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2107.07723.
• Achilli, S.; Besson, C.; He, X.; Ordejón, P.; Meyer, C.;  Zanolli, Z. Magnetic properties of coordination clusters with {Mn4} and {Co4} antiferromagnetic cores. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2022, 24(6), 3780-3787, DOI: 10.1039/D1CP03904K.
• Ma, C.; Besson, C. Precise control of the degree and regioselectivity of functionalization in nitro- and amino-functionalized di(trispyrazolylborato)iron(II) spin crossover complexes. Dalton Trans. 2021, 50(48), 18077-18088, DOI: 10.1039/D1DT03445F.
• Hossack, C. H.; Butcher, R. J.; Cahill, C. L.; Besson, C. Structural diversity of lanthanide 3-nitrotrispyrazolylborates: tunable nuclearity and intra-ligand charge transfer sensitization of
  visible and NIR Ln³⁺ emission. Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60(20), 15724-15743, DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c02390.
• Dailey, M.; Besson, C. Selective crystallization of four bis(phthalocyaninato)lanthanoid({III}) polymorphs. CrystEngComm, 2021, 23(40), 7151-7161, DOI: 10.1039/D1CE00936B.
• Flötotto, H.; Secker, T.; Kögerler, P.; Besson, C. Amine-Functionalized Spin Crossover Building Blocks. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2019, 2019(43), 4621-4624, DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201900916.
• Schmitz, S.; Izarova, N. V.; Besson, C.; van Leusen, J.; Kögerler, P.; Monakhov, K. Yu. Ion-directed coordinative polymerization of copper({II}) pyridyl-alcohol complexes through thiane functionalities. Zeit. Anorg. Allg. Chem., 2019, 4, 409-415, DOI: 10.1002/zaac.201800469.
• Sieverding, P.; Osterbrink, J.;  Besson, C.; Kögerler, P. Kinetics and mechanism of pyrrolidine
  buffer-catalyzed fulvene formation. J. Org. Chem. 2019, 84(2), 486-494, DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.8b01660.
• Linnenberg, O.; Kozłowski, P.; Besson, C.; van Leusen, J.; Englert, U.; Monakhov, K. Y. A V₁₆-type polyoxovanadate structure with intricate electronic distribution: insights from magnetochemistry. Cryst. Growth Des. 2017, 17, 2342-2350, DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.6b01397.
• Sterri, K. B.; Besson, C.; Houben, A.; Jacobs, P.; Hoelzel, M.; Dronskowski, R. Cr₂(NCN)₃, a ferromagnetic carbodiimide with an unusual two-step magnetic transition. New J. Chem. 2016, 40, 10512-10519, DOI: 10.1039/C6NJ02498J.
• Schnee, M.; Besson, C.; Frielinghaus, R.; Lurz, C.; Kögerler, P.; Schneider, C. M.; Meyer, C. Quantum transport in carbon nanotubes covalently functionalized with magnetic molecules. Phys. Status Solidi B 2016, 253, 2424-2427, DOI: 10.1002/pssb.201600292.
• Caspers, C.; Gloskovskii, A.; Gorgoi, M.; Besson, C.; Luysberg, M.; Rushchanskii, K. Z.; Ležaić M.; Fadley, C. S.; Drube, W.; Müller, M. Interface engineering to create a strong spin contact to silicon. Sci. Rep. 2016, 6, 22912, DOI: 10.1038/srep22912.
• Gerber, T.; Lömker, P.; Zijlstra, B.; Besson, C.; Mueller, D. N.; Zander, W.; Schubert, J.; Gorgoi, M.; Müller, M. Thermodynamic stability and control of oxygen reactivity at functional oxide interfaces: EuO on ITO. J. Mater. Chem. C 2016, 4, 1813-1820, DOI: 10.1039/C6TC00170J.
• Frielinghaus, R.; Besson, C.; Houben, L.; Saelhoff, A.-K.; Schneider, C. M.; Meyer, C. Controlled covalent binding of antiferromagnetic tetramanganese complexes to carbon nanotubes. RSC Adv. 2015, 5 , 84119-84124, DOI: 10.1039/C5RA14983E.
• Mottweiler, J.; Rinesch, T.; Besson, C.; Buendia, J.; Bolm, C. Iron-catalysed oxidative cleavage of lignin and β-O-4 lignin model compounds with peroxides in DMSO. Green Chem. 2015, 17, 5001-5008, DOI: 10.1039/C5GC01306B.
• Hess, V.; Matthes, F.; Bürgler, D. E.; Monakhov, K. Y.; Besson, C.; Kögerler, P.; Ghisolfi, A.; Braunstein, P.; Schneider, C. M. Adsorption phenomena of cubane-type tetranuclear Ni(II) complexes with neutral, thioether-functionalized ligands on Au(111). Surf. Sci. 2015, 641, 210-215, DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2015.06.026.
• Adonin, S. A.; Izarova, N. V.; Besson, C.; Abramov, P. A.; Santiago-Schubel, B.; Kögerler, P.; Fedin, V. P.; Sokolov, M. N. An Ir^IV-containing polyoxometalate. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 1222-1225, DOI: 10.1039/C4CC09271F.
• Monakhov, K. Y.; Linnenberg, O.; Kozlowski, P.; van Leusen, J.; Besson, C.; Secker, T.; Ellern, A.; Lopez, X.; Poblet, J. M.; Kögerler, P. Supramolecular recognition influences magnetism in [X@HV₈^IVV₁₄^VO₅₄]^6- self-assemblies with symmetry-breaking guest anions. Chem. Eur. J. 2015,21, 2387-2397, DOI: 10.1002/chem.201403858.
• Fahrendorf, S.; Matthes, F.; Bürgler, D. E.; Schneider, C. M.; Atodiresei, N.; Caciuc, V.; Blügel, S.; Besson, C.; Kögerler, P. Structural integrity of single bis([phthalocyaninato)-neodymium(III) molecules on metal surfaces with different reactivity. SPIN 2014, 4, 1440007, DOI: 10.1142/S2010324714400074.
• Malaestean, I. L.; Alici, M. K.; Besson, C.; Ellern, A.; Kögerler, P. Solid-state coexistence of {Zr₁₂} and {Zr₆} zirconium oxocarboxylate clusters. CrystEngComm. 2014, 16, 4346, DOI: 10.1039/C3CE41829D.
• Fahrendorf, S.; Atodiresei, N.; Besson, C.; Caciuc, V.; Matthes, F.; Blügel, S.; Kögerler, P.; Bürgler, D. E.; Schneider, C. M. Accessing 4f-states in single-molecule spintronics. Nature Commun. 2013, 4, 2425-2430, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3425.
• Thomé, I.; Besson, C.; Kleine, T.; Bolm, C. Base-catalyzed synthesis of substituted indazoles under mild, transition-metal-free conditions. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2013, 52 , 7509-7513, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201300917.
• Seemann, K. M.; Bauer, A.; Kindervater, J.; Meyer, M.; Besson, C.; Luysberg, M.; Durkin, P.; Pyckhout-Hintzen, W.; Budisa, N.; Georgii, R.; Schneider, C. M.; Kögerler, P. Polyoxometalate-stabilized, water dispersible Fe₂Pt magnetic nanoparticles. Nanoscale 2013, 5, 2511-2519, DOI: 10.1039/c3nr33374d.
• Meyer, C.; Besson, C.; Frielinghaus, R.; Saelhoff, A.-K.; Flötotto, H.; Houben, L.; Kögerler, P.; Schneider, C. M. Covalent functionalization of carbon nanotubes with tetramanganese complexes. Phys. Status Solidi B 2012, 249, 2412-2415, DOI: 10.1002/pssb.201200135.
• Besson, C.; Schmitz, S.; Capella, K. M.; Kopilevich, S.; Weinstock, I. A.; Kögerler, P. A regioselective Huisgen reaction inside a Keplerate polyoxomolybdate nanoreactor. Dalton Trans. 2012, 41 , 9852-9854, DOI: 10.1039/c2dt30502j.
• Fielden, J.; Speldrich, M.; Besson, C.; Kögerler, P. Chiral hexanuclear ferric wheels. Inorg. Chem 2012, 51 , 2734-2736, DOI: 10.1021/ic300042q.
• Geletii, Y. V.; Yin, Q.; Hou, Y.; Huang, Z.; Ma, H.; Song, J.; Besson, C.; Luo, Z.; Cao, R.; O'Halloran, K. P.; Zhu, G.; Zhao, C.; Vickers, J. W.; and Ding, Y.; Mohebbi, S.; Kuznetsov, A. E.; Musaev, D. G.; Lian, T.; Hill, C. L. Polyoxometalates in the design of effective and tunable water oxidation catalysts. Isr. J. Chem. 2011, 51 , 238-246, DOI: 10.1002/ijch.201100021.
• Besson, C.; Mirebeau, J.-H.; Renaudineau, S.; Roland, S.; Blanchard, S.; Vezin, H.; Courillon, C.; Proust, A. Addition of N-heterocyclic carbenes to a ruthenium(VI) nitrido polyoxometalate: a new route to cyclic guanidines. Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 2501-2506, DOI: 10.1021/ic102307w.
• Yin, Q.; Tan, J. M.; Besson, C.; Geletii, Y. V.; Musaev, D. G.; Kuznetsov, A. E.; Luo, Z.; Hardcastle, K. I.; Hill, C. L. A fast soluble carbon-free molecular water oxidation catalyst based on abundant metals. Science 2010, 328, 342-345, DOI: 10.1126/science.1185372.
• Besson, C.; Huang, Z.; Geletii, Y. V.; Lense, S.; Hardcastle, K. I.; Musaev, D. G.; Lian, T.; Proust, A.; Hill, C. L. Cs₉[(γ−PW₁₀O36)₂Ru₄O₅(OH)(H₂O)₄], a new all-inorganic, soluble catalyst for the effcient visible-light-driven oxidation of water. Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 2784-2786, DOI: 10.1039/b926064a.
• Quinonero, D.; Kaledin, A. L.; Kuznetsov, A. E.; Geletii, Y. V.; Besson, C.; Hill, C. L.; Musaev, D. G. Computational studies of the geometry and electronic structure of an all-inorganic and homogeneous tetra-Ru-polyoxotungstate catalyst for water oxidation and its four subsequent one-electron oxidized forms. J. Phys. Chem. A 2010, 114, 535-542, DOI: 10.1021/jp907471h.
• Geletii, Y. V.; Besson, C.; Hou, Y.; Yin, Q.; Musaev, D. G.; Quinonero, D.; Cao, R.; Hardcastle, K. I.; Proust, A.; Kogerler, P.; Hill, C. L. Structural, physicochemical, and reactivity properties of an all-inorganic, highly active tetraruthenium homogeneous catalyst for water oxidation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 17360-17370, DOI: 10.1021/ja907277b.
• Besson, C.; Chen, S.-W.; Villanneau, R.; Izzet, G.; Proust, A. A new synthetic route towards a Ru(III) substituted heteropolytungstate anion. Inorg. Chem. Commun. 2009, 12, 1042-1044, DOI:10.1016/j.inoche.2009.08.016.
• Besson, C.; Musaev, D. G.; Lahootun, V.; Cao, R.; Chamoreau, L.-M.; Villanneau, R.; Villain, F.; Thouvenot, R.; Geletii, Y. V.; Hill, C. L.; Proust, A. Vicinal dinitridoruthenium-substituted polyoxometalates γ−[XW₁₀O₃₈{RuN}₂]^6- (X = Si or Ge). Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 10233-10243, DOI: 10.1002/chem.200900965.
• Besson, C.; Geletii, Y. V.; Villain, F.; Villanneau, R.; Hill, C. L.; Proust, A. Nitrogen-atom transfer from [PW₁₁O₃₉Ru^VIN]^4- to PPh₃. Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48, 9436-9443, DOI: 10.1021/ic901345u.
• Lahootun, V.; Besson, C.; Villanneau, R.; Villain, F.; Chamoreau, L.-M.; Boubekeur, K.; Blanchard, S.; Thouvenot, R.; Proust, A. Synthesis and characterization of the Keggin-type ruthenium-nitrido derivative [PW₁₁O₃₉RuN]^4- and evidence of its electrophilic reactivity. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129 , 7127-7135, DOI: 10.1021/ja071137t.
• Besson, C.; Finney, E. E.; Finke, R. G. Nanocluster nucleation, growth, and then agglomeration kinetic and mechanistic studies: a more general, four-step mechanism involving double autocatalysis. Chem. Mater. 2005, 17, 4925-4938, DOI: 10.1021/cm050207x.
• Besson, C.; Finney, E. E.; Finke, R. G. A mechanism for transition-metal nanoparticle self-assembly. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 8179-8184, DOI: 10.1021/ja0504439.