[73] W. P. Howlett, T. J. Hannah, L. J. C. van der Zee, J. C. Slootweg, J. D. Masuda, S. S. Chitnis*, “Steric pruning unlocks hierarchical structuring, thermochromism, C-H/O activation, and 6-electron redox transmetalation in planar bismuth triamides”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2026, 65, e18367. (Communication)
[72] M. MacEachern, T. George, S. S. Chitnis*, “Acidity/hydridicity quantification of Sb-H bonds and formation of a new Group 15 metal cluster topology”, Inorg. Chem. Front., 2026, 13, 957. (Full Paper, Frontiers in Main Group Chemistry special issue)
[71] P. A. Tsami, E. Trenaman, A. Nambidiyattil, M. Shayan, and S. S. Chitnis*, “A PN adamantanoid ligand for reticular materials”, ChemRxiv, 2026, 10.26434/chemrxiv.15009518/v2. (Preprint)
[70] A. N. Nambidiyattil, M. F. Abdollahi, A. A. Lorenzana, P. A. Tsami, T. George, and S. S. Chitnis*, “Phosphaza-bicyclo[2.2.2]octane based diols as monomers for hybrid materials”, Polym. Chem., 2026, 17, 3559. (Full Paper)
[69] L. Fan, M. F. Abdollahi, Z. Xie, X. Chen, T. Perodeau, H. Li, S. Lai, A. M. Deatherage, L. M. Klivansky, Y. Wang, Y. Yin, A. Laventure, S. S. Chitnis* and Yi Liu*, “Hybrid Inorganic-Organic Polymers for Self-Healing High-Energy Density Capacitors”, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2026, 36, e32164. (Full Paper)
[68] J. Lomax, M-J. Treanor, M. A. Land, W-T. Shiu, J. Bentley, L. Liu, S. S. Chitnis, C. J. Baddeley, and P. J. Ragogna*, “Self-Assembled Monolayers of Phosphorus-Nitrogen Cages”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2026, 148, 40688. (Full Paper)
[67] T. Jacquemin, A. Olivier, A. N. Nambidiyattil, Y. Rassi, S. S. Chitnis*, A. Laventure*, A. Nazemi*, “Degradable PN Cage-Containing Hybrid Polymers via Activated Alkyne-Hydroxyl Click Polymerization”, 2026, ACS Macromolecules, Just Accepted. (Full Paper)
[66] A. Amaro, S. Qiu, C. Conover, I. T., Cheong,* D. Fabulyak, Diana;A. Pavesic Junior, Antoine, X. Qi, V. Yeddu, D. Zhang, M. R. Kokaba, T. Neal, S. S. Chitnis, M. Saidaminov*, “Weak Lewis Base Pnictogen Suppresses H-transfer in Tetrakis(dimethylamino)tin(IV) Enabling Stable Atomic Layer Deposition of Tin Oxide Films”, 2025, Submitted.
[65] J. Nazak, M. A. Land, J. D. Masuda, and S. S. Chitnis*, “Phosphaza-norbornanes”, Dalton Trans., 2025, 54, 15020-15024. (Invited Communication)
[64] J. Zurakowski, M. MacEachern, C. Durfy, P. Boyle, S. S. Chitnis*, and Marcus Drover*, “Hydro- and Chloroelementation Reactions Across an Iron–Carbon Bond Using Heavy Group 15 Reagents”, Chem. Commun., 2025, 61, 10969-10972. (Communication)
[63] M. A. Land, J. Bedard, T. George, J. D. Masuda, S. S. Chitnis*, “Aza-diphosphazenanes: Inorganic Cyclohexane-like Connectors with Stereochemically Tunable Exit Vectors for Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, e202503568. (Full Article, Hot Paper)
[62] M. Abdollahi, E. N. Welsh, M. Shayan, A. Olivier, N. Wilson-Faubert, U. Werner-Zwanziger, A. Nazemi*, A. Laventure*, S. S. Chitnis*, “Poly(hydrazino-phosphine diazide)s (PHPDs): Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Polymers via Polycondensation between PN Cages and Organic Diazides”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025, 147, 9229. (Full Article)
[61] T. Z. Kirsch, T. J. Hannah, S. S. Chitnis*, “Influence of Pnictogen and Ligand Framework on the Lewis Acidity and Steric Environment in Pnictogen Pincer Complexes”, Chem. Eur. J., 2025, e202403258. (Full Article)
[60] T. Z. Kirsch, and S. S. Chitnis*, “Geometrically Constrained Bismuth Compounds”, Advances in Bismuth Chemistry - Structure & Bonding Book Series, 2025, Springer Nature, 1-53. (Invited Book Chapter)
[59] T. J. Hannah,* and S. S. Chitnis*, “A focus on phosphinophosphination of apolar bonds by a structurally constrained P–P bonded system”, Chem. Sci., 2025, 16, 1487. (Invited Perspective)
[58] T. Kirsch, T. Hynes, J. D. Masuda, S. S. Chitnis*, “Meta-Xylene-Based Diamines with Protected Benzyl Sites: Potential NCN Pincer Ligands with Tunable Steric Profiles”, Molecules, 2025, 30, 6. (Full Article, IRIS2024 Conference Special Issue)
[57] W. P. Howlett, M. A. Land, K. N. Robertson, S. S. Chitnis, C. L. B. Macdonald*, “Air-Stable PnictogenIII Dications Supported by Terpyridine”, Can. J. Chem., 2025, In Press. (Full Article, Steve Westcott Memorial Issue)
[56] J-C. Raabe, S. S. Chitnis*, M. J. Poller*, “Synthesis and characterization of Al and Si substituted Polyoxometalates”, Dalton Trans., 2025, 54, 9483-9488. (Communication)
[55] T. J. Hannah, T. Z. Kirsch, S. S. Chitnis*, “Why are some pnictogen(III) pincer complexes planar and others pyramidal?”, Chem. Eur. J., 2024, e202402851. (Full Article)
[54] M. Shayan,# M. F. Abdollahi,#, M. C. Lawrence, E. C. Guinand, M. Goulet, T. George, J. D. Masuda, M. Katz,*, A. Laventure,* U. Werner-Zwanziger, S. S. Chitnis*, “Rigid PN Cages as 3-Dimensional Building Blocks for Crystalline or Amorphous Networked Materials”, Chem. Commun., 2024, 60, 2629-2632. (Invited Communication, 60th Anniversary Edition. # denotes equal contribution)
[53] T. J. Hannah, S. S. Chitnis*, “Ligand-Enforced Geometries and Associated Reactivity in P-Block Compounds”, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024, 53, 764-792. (Invited Review)
[52] J. Bedard, S. S. Chitnis*, “Three-Dimensional Synthons for Cage-Dense Inorganic Polymers & Materials”, Chem. Mater., 2023, 35, 8338-8352. (Invited Perspective)
[51] M. W. Drover, C. Chen, S. S. Chitnis, R. M. Lord, C. Thieuleux, L. Schafer*, “Bringing Applied Organometallic Chemistry to the Forefront: A Community Invitation”, Organometallics, 2023, 42, 3037-3041. (Joint Editorial for Special Issue)
[50] J. Bedard, T. G. Linford-Wood, B. C. Thompson, U. Werner-Zwanziger, K. M. Marczenko, R. A. Musgrave, S. S. Chitnis*, “A Robust, Divalent, Phosphaza-bicyclo[2.2.2]octane Connector Provides Access to Cage-dense Inorganic Polymers and Networks”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 7569-7579. (Full Paper)
[49] T. J. Hannah, W. M. McCarvell, T. Kirsch, T. Hynes, J. Mayho, K. Bamford, C. Vos, C. M. Kozak, T. George, J. D. Masuda, and S. S. Chitnis*, “Planar Bismuth Triamides: A Tunable Platform for Main Group Lewis Acidity and Polymerization Catalysis”, Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 4549-4563. (Full Paper)
[48] M. A. Land, J. Ren, N. J. Roberts, K. L. Bamford, M. Shayan, A. Kutulska, T. George, J. D. Masuda, S. S. Chitnis*, “An Improved Synthesis of PN-adamantanoid Cages P4(NR)6 and a Mechanistic Study of their Fourfold Oxidation”, Chem. Asian J., 2023, 18, e202300561. (Full Paper, VIP, Emerging Investigators Special Issue)
[47] T. J. Hannah, and S. S. Chitnis*, “N1-(2-aminophenyl)-1,2-benzenediamine”, Electronic Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, 2023, In Press.
[46] N. L. Oldroyd, S. S. Chitnis, E. A. LaPierre, V. T. Annibale, H. T. G. Walsgrove, D. P. Gates, and I. Manners*, “Ambient Temperature Carbene-Mediated Depolymerization: Stoichiometric and Catalytic Reactions of N-Heterocyclic- and Cyclic(Alkyl)Amino Carbenes with Poly(N-Methylaminoborane) [MeNH–BH2]n”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022, 144, 23179-23190.
[45] J. Bedard, N. J. Roberts, M. Shayan, K. L. Bamford, U. Werner-Zwanziger, K. M. Marczenko, S. S. Chitnis*, “(PNSiMe3)4(NMe)6: A Robust Tetravalent Phosphaza-adamantane Scaffold for Molecular and Macromolecular Construction”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202204851. (Full Paper)
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[44] R. E. H. Kuveke, L. Barwise, Y. van Ingen, K. Vashisth, N. J. Roberts, S. S. Chitnis*, J. L. Dutton*, C. D. Martin*, R. L. Melen*, “An International Study Evaluating Elemental Analysis”, ACS Cent. Sci., 2022, 8, 855-863. (Full Paper, In-Focus Article)
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[43] T. H. Hynes, J. D. Masuda*, S. S. Chitnis*, “Mesomeric Tuning at Planar Bi Centres: Unexpected Dimerization and Benzyl C-H Activation in [CN2]Bi Complexes”, ChemPlusChem, 2022, 87, e202200244. (Full Paper, Pnictogen Compounds special issue)
[42] N. J. Roberts, E. R. Johnson*, S. S. Chitnis*, “Dispersion Stabilizes Metal-Metal Bonds in the 1,8-bis(silylamido)naphthalene Ligand Environment”, Organometallics, 2022, 41, 2180-2187. (Full Paper)
[41] D. Resendiz-Lara, V. T. Annibale, A. Knights, S. S. Chitnis, I. Manners, “High Molar Mass Poly(alkylphosphinoboranes) via Iron-Catalyzed Dehydropolymerization”, Macromolecules, 2021, 54, 71-82.
[40] K. M. Marczenko, S. S. Chitnis*, “Aminobismuthination of CO2”, ChemRxiv, 2021, Preprint. (Communication)
[39] T. Hynes, S. S. Chitnis*, “Antimony and Bismuth Complexes in Organic Synthesis”, Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry IV, 2021, 11.12, 503-535. (Book Chapter)
[38] M. W. Drover*, S. S. Chitnis*, “So you want to develop a virtual lecture series? Lessons learned from the Global Inorganic Discussion Weekday (GIDW) – a Canadian initiative”, Can. J. Chem., 2020, 98, 737-740. (Full Paper)
[37] J. W. M. MacMillan, K. M. Marczenko, E. R. Johnson*, S. S. Chitnis*, “Hydrostibination of acetylenes: A radical mechanism”, Chem. Eur. J., 2020, 26, 17134-17142. (Full Paper, selected by editors as “Hot Paper”)
[36] K. M. Marczenko, S. Jee, S. S. Chitnis*, “High Lewis acidity at planar, trivalent, neutral, bismuth centres”, Organometallics, 2020, 39, 4287-4296. (Full Paper, 2020 Main Group Elements special issue)
[35] K. M. Marczenko, S. S. Chitnis*, “Bismuthanylstibanes”, Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 8015-8018. (Communication, Inner Cover Article, 2020 Emerging Investigators Issue)
[34] M. B. Kindervater, T. Hynes, K. M. Marczenko, S. S. Chitnis*, “Squeezing Bi: PNP and P2N3 Pincer Complexes of Bismuth(III)”, Dalton Trans., 2020, 49, 16072-16076. (Communication, 2020 New Talent: Americas Issue)
[33] K. M. Marczenko, J. A. Zurakowski, K. L. Bamford, J. W. M. MacMillan, S. S. Chitnis*, “Hydrostibination”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58(50), 18096-18101. (Full Paper)
[32] K. M. Marczenko, J. A. Zurakowski, M. B. Kindervater, S. Jee, T. Hynes, N. Roberts, S. Park, U. Werner-Zwanziger, M. Lumsden, D. N. Langelaan, S. S. Chitnis*, “Periodicity in Structure, Bonding, and Reactivity for P-Block Complexes of a Geometry-Constraining Triamide Ligand”, Chem. Eur. J., 2019, 25, 16414-16424. (Full Paper)
[31] K. M. Marczenko, C. L. Johnson, S. S. Chitnis*, “Synthesis of a Perfluorinated Phenoxyphosphorane and Conversion to its Hexacoordinate Anions”, Chem. Eur. J., 2019, 25(37), 8865-8874. (Full Paper)
[30] M. Kindervater, K. M. Marczenko, U. Werner-Zwanziger, S. S. Chitnis*, “A redox-confused Bi(I/III) tris-amide with a T-shaped planar ground state”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58(23), 7850-7855. (Communication)
[29] A. Waked, S. S. Chitnis, D. Stephan, “P(V) Dications: Carbon-based Lewis acid initiators for Hydrodefluorination”, Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 8971-8974.
[28] N. Oldroyd, S. S. Chitnis, V. T. Annibale, M. Arz, H. A. Sparkes, I. Manners, “Metal-free dehydropolymerisation of phosphine-boranes using cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbenes as hydrogen acceptors”, Nat. Comm., 2019, 10, 1370.
[27] M. Xu, A. R. Jupp, M. S. E. Ong, K. I. Burton, S. S. Chitnis, D. W. Stephan, “Synthesis of Urea Derivatives from CO2 and Silylamines”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58(17), 5707-5711.
[26] A. Knights, S. S. Chitnis, I. Manners, “Photolytic, Radical-Mediated Hydrophosphination: A Convenient Post-Polymerisation Modification Route to P-Di(organosubstituted) Polyphosphinoboranes [RR’PBH2]”, Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 7281-7289.
[25] R. J. Andrews, S. S. Chitnis, D. W. Stephan, “Carbonyl and olefin hydrosilylation mediated by an air-stable phosphorus(III) dication under mild conditions”, Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 5599-5602.
[24] S. S. Chitnis, J. H. W. LaFortune, H. Cummings, L. L. Liu, R. Andrews, D. W. Stephan, “Phosphorus Coordination Chemistry in Catalysis: Air Stable P(III) Dications as Lewis Acids for the Allylation of C-F Bonds”, Organometallics, 2018, 37, 4540-4544. (Cover Article)
[23] S. S. Chitnis, F. Krischer, D. W. Stephan, “Catalytic hydrodefluorination of C-F bonds by an air-stable P(III) Lewis acid”, Chem. Eur. J., 2018, 24, 6543-6546.
[22] K. Bamford, S. S. Chitnis, Z. Qu, D. W. Stephan, “Interactions of C−F Bonds with Hydridoboranes: Reduction, Borylation and Friedel–Crafts Alkylation”, Chem. Eur. J., 2018, 24, 16014-16018.
[21] L. Wu, S. S. Chitnis, J. Haijun, V. T. Annibale, I. Manners, “Non-Metal Catalysed Heterodehydrocoupling of Phosphines and Hydrosilanes: Mechanistic Studies of B(C6F5)3-Mediated Formation of P-Si Bonds”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 16780-16790.
[20] S. S. Chitnis, H. A. Sparkes, N. E. Pridmore, V. T. Annibale, A. M. Oliver and I. Manners, “Addition of a Cyclophosphine to Nitriles: An Inorganic “Click” Reaction Featuring Protio-, Organo-, and Main Group Catalysis”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 9536-9540. (Highlighted in C&EN and SYNFACTS)
[19] S. S. Chitnis, R. A. Musgrave, H. A. Sparkes, N. E. Pridmore, V. T. Annibale, and I. Manners, “Influence of Ring Strain and Bond Polarization on the Ring Expansion of Phosphorus Homocycles”, Inorg. Chem., 2017, 56(8), 4521-4537.
[18] S. S. Chitnis, K. Vos, N. Burford, R. McDonald, and M. J. Ferguson, “Distinction Between Coordination and Phosphine Ligand Oxidation: Interactions of Di- and Tri-phosphines with Pn3+ (Pn = P, As, Sb, Bi)”, Chem. Commun., 2016, 685-688.
[17] K. L. Bamford, S. S. Chitnis, R. L. Stoddard, J. S. McIndoe, and N. Burford, “Bond Fission in Monocations: Diverse Fragmentation Pathways for Phosphinophosphonium Cations”, Chem. Sci., 2016, 7, 2544-2552.
[16] S. Yogendra, S. S. Chitnis, F. Hennersdorf, M. Bodensteiner, R. Fischer, N. Burford, and J. J. Weigand, “Condensation Reactions of Chlorophosphanes with Chalcogenides”, Inorg. Chem., 2016, 55, 1854-1860.
[15] A. P. M. Robertson, S. S. Chitnis, S. Chhina, H. J. Cortes, B. O. Patrick, H. A. Jenkins, and N. Burford, “Complexes of Trimethylsilyl Trifluoromethanesulfonate with Nitrogen, Oxygen and Phosphorus Donors”, Can. J. Chem., 2016, 94, 424-429.
[14] S. S. Chitnis, A. P. M. Robertson, N. Burford, B. O. Patrick, R. McDonald, and M. J. Ferguson, “Bipyridine Complexes of E3+ (E = P, As, Sb, Bi): Strong Lewis Acids, Sources of E(OTf)3 and Synthons for EI and EV Cations”, Chem. Sci., 2015, 6, 6545-6555.
[13] S. S. Chitnis, N. Burford, J. J. Weigand, and R. McDonald, “Reductive Catenation of Phosphine-Antimony Complexes”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 7828-7832.
[12] S. S. Chitnis, A. P. M. Robertson, N. Burford, J. J. Weigand, and R. Fischer, “Synthesis and Reactivity of Cyclo-tetra(stibinophosphonium) Tetracations: Redox and Coordination Chemistry of Phosphine-Antimony Complexes”, Chem. Sci., 2015, 6, 2559-2574.
[11] A. P. M. Robertson, S. S. Chitnis, H. Jenkins, R. McDonald, M. J. Ferguson, and N. Burford, “Establishing the Coordination Chemistry of Antimony(V) Cations: Systematic Assessment of Ph4Sb(OTf) and Ph3Sb(OTf)2 as Lewis Acceptors”, Chem. Eur. J., 2015, 21, 7902-7913.
[10] S. S. Chitnis, and N. Burford, “Phosphine complexes of lone-pair bearing acceptors”, Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 17-29.
[09] S. S. Chitnis, M. Whalen, and N. Burford, “Influence of Charge and Coordination Number on Bond Dissociation Energies, Distances and Vibrational Frequencies for the Phosphorus-Phosphorus Bond”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 12498-12506.
[08] S. S. Chitnis, N. Burford, R. McDonald, and M. J. Ferguson, “Prototypical Phosphine Complexes of Antimony(III)”, Inorg. Chem., 2014, 53(10), 5359-5372.
[07] S. S. Chitnis, N. Burford, A. Decken, and M. J. Ferguson, “Coordination Complexes of Bismuth Triflates with THF and Diphosphine Ligands”, Inorg. Chem., 2013, 52(12), 7242-7248.
[06] S. S. Chitnis, Y-Y. Carpenter, N. Burford, R. McDonald and M. J. Ferguson, “Assembly of a cyclo-tetrastibinotetraphosphonium Tetracation by Reductive Elimination”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 52(18), 4863-4866.
[05] S. S. Chitnis, N. Burford, and M. J. Ferguson, “2,2-Bipyridine Complexes of Antimony: Sequential Fluoride Ion Abstraction from SbF3 by Exploiting the Fluoride Ion Affinity of Me3Si+”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 52(7), 2042-2045.
[04] E. MacDonald, L. Doyle, S. S. Chitnis, U. Werner-Zwanziger, N. Burford, and A. Decken, “Me3P Complexes of P-block Lewis Acids SnCl4, [SnCl3]1+, and [SnCl2]2+”, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48(64), 7922-7924.
[03] S. S. Chitnis, E. MacDonald, N. Burford, U. Werner-Zwanziger, and R. McDonald, “P-P Menschutkin Preparation of Prototypical Phosphinophosphonium Salts”, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48(59), 7359-7361.
[02] S. S. Chitnis, B. Peters, E. Conrad, N. Burford, R. McDonald, and M. J. Ferguson, “Structural Diversity for Phosphine Complexes of Stibenium and Stibinidenium Cations”, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 12331-12333.
[01] F. Lollmahomed, W. J. Leigh, L. A. Huck, S. S. Chitnis, and C. R. Harrington, “Time-Resolved Spectroscopic Studies of the Reactivities of Transient Germylenes in Methanol and Tetrahydrofuran Solution”, Organometallics, 2009, 28(5), 1484-1494.