Publications

Gaitor, J. C.; Yang-Neyerlin, A. C.; Markovich, D.; Fors, B. P.; Coates, G. W.; Kourkoutis, L. F.; Pivovar, B. S.; Kowalewski, T.; Noonan, K. J. T., Comparing Ammonium and Tetraaminophosphonium Anion-Exchange Membranes Derived from Vinyl-Addition Polynorbornene Copolymers. ACS Applied Energy Materials 2024, 7 (4), 1517-1526.
Link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsaem.3c02822

Kawakami, M.; Sharma, D.; Varni, A. J.; Tristram-Nagle, S.; Yaron, D.; Kowalewski, T.; Noonan, K. J. T., Design, Synthesis and Aromaticity of an Alternating Cyclo[4]Thiophene[4]Furan. Chemistry – A European Journal 2023, 29 (38), e202300477.
Link: https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/chem.202300477

Kawakami, M.; Downey, P.; Peteanu, L.; Bernhard, S.; Noonan, K. J. T., Cholesterol side groups in Helical Poly(3-alkylesterfurans). Polymer Journal 2023, 55 (4), 565-570.
Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41428-022-00741-w

Kawakami, M.; Schulz, K. H. G.; Varni, A. J.; Tormena, C. F.; Gil, R. R.; Noonan, K. J. T., Statistical copolymers of thiophene-3-carboxylates and selenophene-3-carboxylates; 77Se NMR as a tool to examine copolymer sequence in selenophene-based conjugated polymers. Polymer Chemistry 2022, 13 (37), 5316-5324.
Link: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2022/py/d2py00777k 

Treichel, M.; Xun, R.; Williams, C. F.; Gaitor, J. C.; MacMillan, S. N.; Vinskus, J. L.; Womble, C. T.; Kowalewski, T.; Noonan, K. J. T., Examining the Alkaline Stability of Tris(dialkylamino)sulfoniums and Sulfoxoniums. The Journal of Organic Chemistry 2022, 87 (23), 15732-15743.
Link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.joc.2c01289

Gaitor, J. C.; Treichel, M.; Kowalewski, T.; Noonan, K. J. T., Suppressing Water Uptake and Increasing Hydroxide Conductivity in Ring-Opened Polynorbornene Ion-Exchange Materials via Backbone Design. ACS Applied Polymer Materials 2022, 4 (11), 8032-8042.
Link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsapm.2c00297

Treichel, M.; Gaitor, J. C.; Birch, C.; Vinskus, J. L.; Noonan, K. J. T., Anion-exchange membranes derived from main group and metal-based cations. Polymer 2022, 249, 124811.
Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032386122002981

Varni, A.J.; Kawakami, M.; Kramer,S.N.; Rice,M.; Geib,S.J.;Peteanu,L.A.; Kowalewski, T.; Noonan, K.J.T. Investigating the impact of regiochemistry in ester functionalized polyfurans J. Polym. Sci. 2022, 60, 579–589.
Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pol.20210535

Selhorst, R.; Gaitor, J.; Lee, M.; Markovich, D.; Yu, Y.; Treichel, M.; Gallegos, C.O.; Kowalewski, T.; Kourkoutis, L.F.; Hayward, R.C.; Noonan, K.J.T. Multiblock Copolymer Anion-Exchange Membranes Derived from Vinyl Addition Polynorbornenes ACS Appl.Energy.Mater. 2021, 4, 9, 10273–10279.
Link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsaem.1c02094

Varni, A.J.; Kawakami, M.; Tristam-Nagle, S.A.; Yaron, D.; Kowalewski, T.; Noonan, K.J.T. Design, synthesis, and properties of a six-membered oligofuran macrocycle Org. Chem. Front. 2021, 8, 1775-1782.
Link: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/qo/d1qo00084e#!divAbstract

Bautista,M.V.; Varni,A.J.; Ayuso-Carrillo,J.; Carson, M.C.; Noonan,K.J.T. Pairing Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling and catalyst transfer polymerization Polym. Chem. 2021, 12, 1404-1414.
Link: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2021/py/d0py01507e

Treichel,M.; Womble, C.T.; Selhorst, R.; Gaitor, J.; Pathiranage, T.M.S.K.; Kowalewski, T.; Noonan, K.J.T. Exploring the Effects of Bulky Cations Tethered to SemicrystallinePolymers: The Case of Tetraaminophosphoniums with Ring-Opened Polynorbornenes Macromolecules 2020, 53, 8509–8518.
Link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00422

Bautista, M.V.; Varni, A.J.; Ayuso-Carrillo, J.; Tsai, C.-H.; Noonan, K.J.T. Chain-Growth Polymerization of Benzotriazole Using Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling and Dialkylbiarylphosphine Palladium Catalysts ACS Macro Lett. 2020, 9, 1357−1362.
Link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsmacrolett.0c00580

Varni, A.J.; Bautista, M.V.; Noonan, K.J.T.Chemoselective Rhodium-Catalyzed Borylation of BromoiodoarenesUnder Mild Conditions. J. Org. Chem. 2020, 85, 6770−6777.
Link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.joc.0c00178

Baker, M.A.; Ayuso-Carrillo, J.; Koos, M.R.M.; MacMillan, S.N.; Varni, A.J.; Gil, R.R.; Noonan, K.J.T. A robust nickel catalyst with an unsymmetrical propyl-bridged diphosphine ligand for catalyst-transfer polymerization. Polym. J. 2020, 52, 83-92.
Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41428-019-0259-3

You, W.; Noonan, K.J.T.; Coates, G.W. Alkaline-stable anion exchange membranes: A review of synthetic approaches. Prog. Polym. 2020, 100, 101177.
Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0079670019301832

Varni, A.J.; Fortney, A.; Baker, M.A.; Worch, J.C.; Qiu, Y.; Yaron, D.; Bernhard, S.; Noonan, K.J.T.: Kowalewski, T. Photostable Helical Polyfurans. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 22, 8858-8867.
Link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.9b01567

Fortney, A.; Tsai, C.-H.; Banerjee, M.; Yaron, D.; Kowalewski, T.; Noonan, K.J.T. Impact of Precise Control over Microstructure in Thiophene–Selenophene Copolymers. Macromolecules. 2018, 51, 9494-9501.
Link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.macromol.8b01434

Baker, M.A.; Zahn, S.F.; Varni, A.J.; Tsai, C.-H.; Noonan, K.J.T. Elucidating the Role of Diphosphine Ligand in Nickel-Mediated Suzuki–Miyaura Polycondensation. Macromolecules. 2018, 51, 5911-5917.
Link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.macromol.8b01333

Baker, M.A.; Tsai, C.-H.; Noonan, K.J.T. Diversifying Cross‐Coupling Strategies, Catalysts and Monomers for the Controlled Synthesis of Conjugated Polymers. Chemistry – A European Journal. 2018, 24, 13078-13088.
Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/chem.201706102

Womble, C.T.; Kang, J.; Hugar, K.M.; Coates, G.W.; Bernhard, S.; Noonan, K.J.T. Rapid Analysis of Tetrakis(dialkylamino)phosphonium Stability in Alkaline Media. Organometallics. 2017, 36, 4038-4046.
Link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00663

Qiu, Y.; Worch, J. W.; Fortney, A.; Gayathri, C.; Gil, R. R.; Noonan, K. J. T. Nickel-Catalyzed Suzuki Polycondensation for Controlled Synthesis of Ester-Functionalized Conjugated Polymers. Macromolecules. 2016, 49, 4757-4762.
Link: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01006

Tsai, C.-H.; Fortney, A.; Qiu, Y.; Gil, R. R.; Yaron, D. Kowalewski, T.; Noonan, K. J. T. Conjugated Polymers with Repeated Sequences of Group 16 Heterocycles Synthesized through Catalyst-Transfer Polycondensation. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2016, 138, 6798-6804.
Link: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.6b01916

Qiu, Y.; Fortney, A.; Tsai, C.-H.; Baker, M. A.; Kowalewski, T.; Noonan, K. J. T. Synthesis of Polyfuran and Thiophene-Furan Alternating Copolymers Using Catalyst-Transfer Polycondensation. ACS Macro Letters 2016, 5, 332-336.
Link: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsmacrolett.5b00666

Womble, C. T.; Coates, G. W.; Matyjaszewski, K.; Noonan, K. J. T. Tetrakis(dialkylamino)phosphonium Polyelectrolytes Prepared by Reversible Addition Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization. ACS Macro Letters 2016, 5, 253-257.
Link: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsmacrolett.5b00910

Worch, J. C.; Hellemann, E.; Pros, G.; Gayathri, C.; Pintauer, T.; Gil, R. R.; Noonan, K. J. T. Stability and Reactivity of 1,3-Benzothiaphosphole: Metalation and Diels-Alder Chemistry. Organometallics 2015, 34, 5366-5373.
Link: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.organomet.5b00583

Tsai, C.-H.; Chirdon, D. N.; Kagalwala, H. N.; Maurer, A. B.; Kaur, A.; Pintauer, T.; Bernhard, S.; Noonan, K. J. T. Electron-poor thiophene 1,1-dioxides: synthesis, characterization, and application as electron relays in photocatalytic hydrogen generation. Chemistry – A European Journal 2015, 21, 11517-11524.
Link: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/chem.201500543/epdf

Qiu, Y.; Mohin, J.; Tsai, C.-H.; Tristram-Nagle, S.; Gil, R. R.; Kowalewski, T.; Noonan, K. J. T. Stille catalyst-transfer polycondensation using Pd-PEPPSI-IPr for high molecular weight regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene). Macromolecular Rapid Communications 2015, 36, 840-844.
Link: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/marc.201500030/epdf

Qiu, Y.; Worch, J. C.; Chirdon, D. N.; Kaur, A.; Maurer, A. B.; Amsterdam, S.; Collins, C. R.; Pintauer, T.; Yaron, D.; Bernhard, S.; Noonan, K. J. T. Tuning thiophene with phosphorus: synthesis and electronic properties of benzobisthiaphospholes. Chemistry – A European Journal 2014, 20, 7746-7751.
Link: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/chem.201402561/epdf

Schröder, K.; Matyjaszewski, K.; Noonan, K. J. T.; Mathers, R. T. Towards sustainable polymer chemistry with homogeneous metal-based catalysts. Green Chemistry 2014, 16, 1673-1686.
Link: http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2014/gc/c3gc42159g

Tsai, C.-H.; Chirdon, D. N.; Maurer, A. B.; Bernhard, S.; Noonan, K. J. T. Synthesis of thiophene 1,1-dioxides and tuning their optoelectronic properties. Organic Letters 2013, 15, 5230-5233.
Link: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ol4024024

Worch, J. C.; Chirdon, D. N.; Maurer, A. B.; Qiu, Y.; Geib, S. J.; Bernhard, S.; Noonan, K. J. T. Synthetic tuning of electronic and photophysical properties of 2-aryl-1,3-benzothiaphospholes. Journal of Organic Chemistry 2013, 78, 7462–7469.
Link: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jo400947u

Noonan, K. J. T.; Hugar, K. M.; Kostalik, H. A.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Abruña, H. D.; Coates, G.W. Phosphonium functionalized polyethylene: a new class of base stable alkaline anion exchange membranes. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2012, 134, 18161–18164.

Noonan, K. J. T.; Gillon, B. H.; Cappello, V.; Gates, D. P. Phosphorus-containing block copolymer templates can control the size and shape of gold nanostructures. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2008, 130, 12876-12877.

Noonan, K. J. T.; Feldscher, B.; Bates, J. I.; Kingsley, J. J.; Yam, M.; Gates, D. P. Chemical functionality of poly(methylenephosphine): phosphine-borane adducts and methylphosphonium ionomers. Dalton Transactions, 2008, 4451-4457.

Noonan, K. J. T.; Gates, D. P. Studying a slow polymerization: a kinetic investigation of the living anionic polymerization of P=C bonds. Macromolecules 2008, 41, 1961-1965.

Masuda, J. D.; Jantunen, K. C.; Ozerov, O. V.; Noonan, K. J. T.; Gates, D. P.; Scott, B. L.; Kiplinger, J. L. A lanthanide phosphinidene complex: synthesis, structure, and phospha-wittig Reactivity. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2008, 130, 2408-2409.

Gillon, B. H.; Noonan, K. J. T.; Feldscher, B.; Wissenz, J. M.; Kam, Z. M.; Hsieh, T.; Kingsley, J. J.; Bates, J. I.; Gates, D. P. Molecular studies of the initiation and termination steps of the anionic polymerization of P=C bonds. Canadian Journal of Chemistry 2007, 85, 1045-1052.

Noonan, K. J. T.; Patrick, B. O.; Gates, D. P. Redox-active iron-containing polymers: Synthesis and anionic polymerization of a C-ferrocenyl-substituted phosphaalkene. Chemical Communications 2007, 3658-3660.

Noonan, K. J. T.; Gates, D. P. Ambient-temperature living anionic polymerization of phosphaalkenes: homopolymers and block copolymers with controlled chain lengths. Angewandte Chemie, International Edition 2006, 45, 7271-7274. Selected as a VIP paper.

Noonan, K.; Melville, T. C.; Dickinson, C. S.; Coxon, J. A. High resolution laser spectroscopy of YbI: the A2P1/2—X2S+ transition. Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy 2003, 222, 296-298.