Massimiliano Delferro, Ph.D.

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Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University

 PUBLICATIONS

• Linda A. Williams, Neng Guo, Massimiliano Delferro, Alessandro Motta, Ignazio L. Fragalà, Christopher L. Marshall, Jeffrey T. Miller, and Tobin J. Marks “Direct Visualization of a Heterogeneous Single-Site Catalyst Having Nearly 100% Active Sites”, submitted

• Changle Chen, Casey J. Stephenson, Michael P. Weberski Jr., Massimiliano Delferro, Tobin J. Marks “Phenoxyiminato-Based Nickel(II) Ethylene Polymerization Catalysts-An Effect of Hemilabile Pendant Ligand on Ethylene Oligomerization”, submitted

• Michael P. Weberski Jr., Changle Chen, Massimiliano Delferro, Tobin J. Marks “Catalyst Center- Catalyst Center Enchainment Cooperativity and Deactivation Pathway in Bimetallic Nickel(II) Phenoxyiminato-Based Ethylene Polymerization Catalysts”, submitted

• Jiaxi Wang, Neng Guo, Irene Bassanetti, Massimiliano Delferro,  Tobin J. Marks “Statistical Strategies to Enchainment Cooperativity between Single-Site Olefin Polymerization Catalysts. Maximizing Heterometallic Ion Pairing via a Dendrimeric Tetranuclear Cocatalyst/Activator”, submitted

• Irene Bassanetti, Christina Twist, Ming-Gil Kim, Massimiliano Delferro, Yip-Wah Chung, Luciano Marchiò, Q. Jane Wang, Tobin J. Marks “Pyrazole-Pyridine Silver complexes as Molecularly-Engineered Lubricants”, submitted

• Michael P. Weberski Jr., Changle Chen, Massimiliano Delferro, Cristiano Zuccaccia, Alceo Macchioni, and Tobin J. Marks “Suppression of β-H Chain Transfer in Nickel(II)-Catalyzed Ethylene Polymerization via Weak Secondary Ligand Interactions“, Organometallics, in Press

• Massimiliano Delferro, Claudia Graiff, Luciano Marchiò, Lisa Elviri, Marcello Mazzani, Mauro Riccò, Giovanni Predieri “Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Magnetic Properties of the Heteroleptic Dinuclear Nickel Selenite Complex [{Ni(TMEDA)SeO₃}₂]”, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2011, 22, 3327–3333.

• Massimiliano Delferro, Tobin J. Marks “Multinuclear olefin polymerization catalysts”, Chem. Rev. 2011, 111, 2450-2485.

• Massimiliano Delferro, Linda A. Williams, Michael P. Weberski, Tobin J. Marks “Designed center-surface and center-center cooperative effects in the catalytic syntheses of new polymer architectures”, Polymer Preprints, 2010, 51, 374-375.

• Massimiliano Delferro, Jennifer P. McInnis, Tobin J Marks “Ethylene polymerization characteristics of an electron- deficient nickel(II) phenoxyiminato catalyst modulated by non-innocent intramolecular hydrogen-bonding.” Organometallics 2010, 29, 5040-5049.

• Massimiliano Delferro, Claudia Graiff, Lisa Elviri, Giovanni Predieri “Sef-Assembly of Polyoxoselenitopalladate Nanostars [Pd15(μ3-SeO3)10(μ3-O)10Na]9- and their Supramolecular Pairing in the Solid State.” Dalton Trans. 2010, 39, 4479-4481.

• Massimiliano Delferro, Michael P. Weberski Jr., Brandon A. Rodriguez, Tobin J. Marks "Tetraaquabis{2,7-bis[(2,6 diisopropylphenyl)iminomethyl] naphthalene-1,8-diolato}di-μ3-hydroxido-di-μ2-hydroxido bis(trimethylphosphine oxide)tetranickel(II)–trimethylphosphine oxide–ethyl ether–water (1/2/2/2)", Acta Cryst. 2010, E66, m258.

• Daniele Cauzzi, Massimiliano Delferro, Claudia Graiff, Roberto Pattacini, Giovanni Predieri and Antonio Tiripicchio, “Coordination properties of the multifunctional S,N,S zwitterionic ligand EtNHC(S)Ph2P=NPPh2C(S)NEt.” Coord. Chem. Rev. 2010, 254 (5-6), 753-764.

• Massimiliano Delferro, Luciano Marchio, Matteo Tegoni, Saverio Tardito, Renata Franchi-Gazzola, Maurizio Lanfranchi “Synthesis, structural characterisation and solution chemistry of ruthenium(III) triazole-thiadiazine complexes.” Dalton Trans., 2009, 19, 3766-3773.

• Massimiliano Delferro, Matteo Tegoni, Vincenzo Verdolino, Daniele Cauzzi, Claudia Graiff, Antonio Tiripicchio “Oxidative Addition of Iodomethane to Charge-Tuned Rhodium(I) Complexes.” Organometallics 2009, 28 (7), 2062-2071.

• Brandon A Rodriguez, Massimiliano Delferro, Tobin J Marks “Bimetallic Effects for Enhanced Polar Comonomer Enchainment Selectivity in Catalytic Ethylene Polymerization.” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131 (16), 5902-5919.

• Massimiliano Delferro, Roberto Pattacini, Daniele Cauzzi, Claudia Graiff, Mattia Terenghi, Giovanni Predieri, Antonio Tiripicchio “Reactivity of the zwitterionic ligand EtNHC(S)Ph2P=NPPh2C(S)NEt towards [Ru3(CO)12]. Sulfur transfer and ligand fragmentation leading to the methideylamide [-N(Et)-CH(R)-] μ3-bridging moiety.” Dalton Trans., 2009, 3, 544–549.

• Massimiliano Delferro, Daniele Cauzzi, Roberto Pattacini, Matteo Tegoni, Claudia Graiff, Antonio Tiripicchio “A study on the coordinative versatility of the zwitterionic S,N,S ligand EtNHC(S)Ph2P = NPPh2C(S)NEt in its anionic, neutral and cationic forms - Determination of absolute pKa values in CH2Cl2 of Rh(I) complexes.” Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2008, 14, 2302–2312.

• Brandon A Rodriguez, Massimiliano Delferro, Tobin J Marks “Neutral bimetallic nickel(II) phenoxyiminato catalysts for highly branched polyethylenes and ethylene-norbornene copolymerizations” Organometallics2008, 27, 2166– 2168.

 PATENTS

• Tobin J Marks, Brandon A Rodriguez, Massimiliano Delferro “Neutral Bimetallic Transition Metal Phenoxyiminato Catalysts and Related Polymerization Methods.” US Patent, 2009, 61,105,116.