Publications from Postdoctoral and PhD Research
15) Access to and unexplored reactivity of nickel-bound 5-membered O- and N-heterocyclic arynes via computational insight
Sanu Siyad Pullarat, Ali A. Younis, Gabriel N. Morais, Matthew C. Fitzsimmons, Roman G. Belli, Jenna N. Humke, Shuming Chen*, Courtney C. Roberts*
Chemical Science 2026 Newly Published
14) Expanding Access to Previously Inaccessible 5‑Membered N‑Heteroarynes
Roman G. Belli ǂ, Jenna N. Humke ǂ, Sanu S. Pullarat, Alexander Umanzor, Gabriel N. Morais, Erin E. Plasek, Sallu S. Kargbo, Courtney C. Roberts*
ǂ Contributed equally
JACS Au 2025, 5, 4688-4694.
10) One and Two-Electron Redox Catalysis with Lutetium Enabled by a Tris(Amido) Redox-Active Ligand
Roman G. Belli, Victoria C. Tafuri ǂ, Nicholas A. Garcia ǂ, Courtney C. Roberts*
ǂ Contributed equally
Special Issue - Early Transition Metals in Organometallic Chemistry
Organometallics 2023, 42, 1059-1064.
9) Radical-Polar Crossover Catalysis with a d0 Metal Enabled by a Redox-Active Ligand
Joshua T. Gavin ǂ, Roman G. Belli ǂ, Courtney C. Roberts*
ǂ Contributed equally
JACS 2022, 144, 21431-21436.
13) Bidentate Phosphine Ligand Impacts on Previously Inaccessible 5-Membered N-Heteroaryne Formation and Functionalization
Erin E. Plasek, Roman G. Belli, Douglas M. Kavaguti, Courtney C. Roberts*
Organometallics 2024, 43, 2637-2642.
12) Nickel Binding Enables Isolation and Reactivity of Previously Inaccessible 7-Aza-2,3-indolynes
Jenna N. Humke ǂ, Roman G. Belli ǂ, Erin E. Plasek ǂ, Sallu S. Kargbo, Annabel Q. Ansel, Courtney C. Roberts*
ǂ Contributed equally
Science 2024, 384, 408-414.
7) Mechanism and Catalyst Design in Ru-Catalyzed Alkene Hydrophosphination
Roman G. Belli, Jin Yang, Erick Nunez Bahena, Robert McDonald, Lisa Rosenberg*
ACS Catalysis 2022, 12, 5247-5262.
5) Reversible Silylium Transfer between P-H and Si-H Donors
Roman G. Belli, Dimitrios A. Pantazis, Robert McDonald, Lisa Rosenberg*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 2379-2384.
Hot Paper!
3) Competitive Ligand Exchange and Dissociation in Ru Indenyl Complexes
Roman G. Belli ǂ, Yang Wu ǂ, Hyewon Ji, Anuj Joshi, Lars P. E. Yunker, J. Scott McIndoe, Lisa Rosenberg*
ǂ Contributed equally
Inorganic Chemistry 2019, 58, 747-755.
1) Inner- and Outer-Sphere Roles of Ruthenium Phosphido Complexes in the Hydrophosphination of Alkenes
Roman G. Belli, Krista M. E. Burton, Stephanie A. Rufh, Robert McDonald, Lisa Rosenberg*
Organometallics 2015, 34, 5637-5646.
11) Exploring Electrophilic Hydrophosphination via Metal Phosphenium Intermediates
Roman G. Belli, Vanessa Muir, Nicholas B. Dyck, Dimitrios A. Pantazis, Tania P. A. Sousa, Carly R. Slusar, Hayley C. Parkin, Lisa Rosenberg*
ǂ Contributed equally
Special Issue - Chemistry of the p-Block Elements
Chem. Eur. J. 2024, 30, e202302924.
6) d0 Metal-Catalyzed Alkyl–Alkyl Cross Coupling Enabled by a Redox-Active Ligand
Roman G. Belli, Victoria, C. Tafuri, Matthew V. Joannou, Courtney C. Roberts*
ACS Catalysis 2022, 12, 3094-3099.
4) A thermolytic route to a polysilyne
Peter T. K. Lee, Kerim Samedov, Roman G. Belli, C. Johnathan Clark, Derek P. Gates, Lisa Rosenberg*
Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 14063-14066.
2) Alkene Insertions into a Ru–PR2 Bond
Krista M. E. Burton, Dimitrios A. Pantazis, Roman G. Belli, Robert McDonald, Lisa Rosenberg*
Organometallics 2016, 35, 3970-3980.
ACS Editors Choice
8) Improving Alkyl-Alkyl Cross-Coupling Catalysis with Early Transition Metals through Mechanistic Understanding and Metal Tuning
Roman G. Belli, Victoria, C. Tafuri, Courtney C. Roberts*
ACS Catalysis 2022, 12, 9430-9436.