Publications

* Indicates Shippensburg University Undergraduate Student Researcher Co-author

 

(1)  Dendrinou-Samara, C.; Alexiou, M.; Zaleski, C. M.; Kampf, J. W.; Kirk, M. L.; Kessissoglou, D. P.; Pecoraro, V. L.  “Synthesis and Magnetic Properties of a Metallacryptate that Behaves as a Single-Molecule Magnet,” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.  2003, 42, 3763-3766.

 

(2)  Dendrinou-Samara, C.; Zaleski, C. M.; Evagorou, A.; Kampf, J. W.; Pecoraro, V. L.; Kessissoglou, D. P.  “A Cationic 24-MC-8 Manganese Cluster with Ring Metals Possessing Three Oxidation States [MnII4MnIII6MnIV2(m4-O)2(m3-O)4(m3-OH)4(m3-OCH3)2(pko)12](OH)(ClO4)3,” Chem. Comm.  2003, 2668-2669.

 

(3)  Alexiou, M.; Dendrinou-Samara, C.; Karagianni, A.; Biswas, S.; Zaleski, C. M.; Kampf, J. W.; Yoder, D.; Penner-Hahn, J. E.; Pecoraro, V. L.; Kessissoglou, D. P. “Models for the Lower S States of Photosystem II: A Trinuclear Mixed-Valent MnII/MnIV/MnII Complex,” Inorg. Chem. 2003, 42, 2185-2187.

 

(4)  Alexiou, M.; Zaleski, C. M.; Dendrinou-Samara, D.; Kampf, J. W.; Kessissoglou, D. P.; Pecoraro, V. L.  “Trinuclear Mixed-Valent MnII/MnIV/MnII Complexes – Structure and Magnetic Behavior,” Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2003, 629, 2348-2355.

 

(5)  Zaleski, C. M.; Depperman, E. C.; Kampf, J. W.; Kirk, M. L.; Pecoraro, V. L.  “Synthesis, Structure, and Magnetic Properties of a Large Lanthanide – Transition Metal Single-Molecule Magnet,” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 3911-3914.

 

(6)  Zaleski, C. M.; Depperman, E. C.; Dendrinou-Samara, C., Alexiou, M.; Kampf, J. W.; Kessissoglou, D. P.; Kirk, M. L.; Pecoraro, V. L.  “Metallacryptate Single-Molecule Magnets: The Effect of Lower Molecular Symmetry on Blocking Temperature,” J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2005, 127, 12862-12872.

 

(7)  Afrati, T.; Dendrinou-Samara, C.; Zaleski, C. M.; Kampf, J. W.; Pecoraro, V. L.; Kessissoglou, D. P.  “Synthesis and Structure of [18-MCCuII(N)pko-6]6+:  A New Member of Anion Encapsulating Metallamacrocycles,” Inorg. Chem. Comm. 2005, 8, 1173-1176.

 

(8)  Hsieh, W.-Y.; Zaleski, C. M.; Pecoraro, V. L.; Liu, S.  “Mn(II) Complexes of Monoanionic Bidentate Chelators:  the X-Ray Crystal Structures of Mn(DHA)2(CH3OH)2 and [Mn(ema)2(H2O)]2·2H2O,” Inorg. Chim. Acta  2006, 359, 228-236.

 

(9)  Zaleski, C. M.; Depperman, E. C.; Kampf, J. W.; Kirk, M. L.; Pecoraro, V. L.  “Using LnIII[15-MCCuII(N)(S)-pheHA-5]3+ Complexes to Construct Chiral Single-Molecule Magnets and Chains of Single-Molecule Magnets,” Inorg. Chem.  2006, 45, 10022-10024.

 

(10)  Zaleski, C. M.; Kampf, J. W.; Mallah, T.; Kirk, M. L.; Pecoraro, V. L.  “Assessing the Slow Magnetic Relaxation Behavior of LnIII4MnIII6 Metallacrowns,” Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 1954-1956.

 

(11)  Zaleski, C. M.; Cutland-Van Noord, A. D.; Kampf, J. W.; Pecoraro, V. L.  “Controlling the Polymorph of LnIII(NO3)3-x(OH)x[15-MCCuII(N)S-pheHA-5] Complexes Through Solvent Type and LnIII Ion Choice,” Cryst. Growth Des., 2007, 7, 1098-1105.

 

(12)  Afrati, T.; Zaleski, C. M.; Dendrinou-Samara, C.; Mezei, G.; Kampf, J. W.; Pecoraro, V. L.; Kessissoglou, D. P.  “Di-2-pyridyl Ketone Oxime in Copper Chemistry: Di-, Tri-, Penta- and Hexanuclear Complexes,” Dalton Trans. 2007, 2658-2668.

 

(13)  Mezei, G.; Zaleski, C. M.; Pecoraro, V. L. “Structural and Functional Evolution of Metallacrowns,” Chem. Rev.  2007, 107, 4933-5003.

 

(14)  Meelich, K.; Zaleski, C. M.; Pecoraro, V. L. “Using Small Molecule Complexes to Elucidate Features of Photosynthetic Water Oxidation,” Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 2008, 363, 1271-1281.

 

(15)  Zaleski, C. M.; Weng, T.-C.; Dendrinou-Samara, C.; Alexiou, M.; Kanakaraki, P.; Hsieh, W.-Y.; Kampf, J.; Penner-Hahn, J. E.; Pecoraro, V. L.; Kessissoglou, D. P. “Structural and Physical Characterization of Tetranuclear [MnII3MnIV] and [MnII2MnIII2] Valence-Isomer Manganese Clusters,” Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 6127-6136.   

 

(16) Emerich, B.*; Smith, M.*; Zeller, M.; Zaleski, C. M.  “Synthesis and crystal structure of MnII(OAc)2[15-MCMnIII(N)shi-5](Im)3(EtOH)3  (shi3- = salicylhydroximate, -OAc = acetate, Im = imidazole, and EtOH = ethanol)”  J. Chem. Crystallogr.  2010, 40, 769-777.

 

(17) Herring, J.*; Zeller, M.; Zaleski, C. M. “Bis(tetraethylammonium) bis(dimethylformamide) tetrakis(m-N,2-dioxidobenzene-1-carboximidato) pentacopper(II)” Acta Cryst. 2011, E67, m419-m420.

 

(18) Tigyer, B. R.*; Zeller, M.; Zaleski, C. M. “Di-m-acetato- bis(dimethylformamide) tetrakis(1-ethylimidazole)pentakis(m-N,2-dioxidobenzene-1-carboximidato) pentamanganese(III)manganese(II)-diethyl ether-dimethylforamide-methanol-water (1/1/1/1/0.12)” Acta Cryst. 2011, E67, m1041-m1042.

 

(19) Zaleski, C. M.; Lim, C. -S; Cutland-Van Noord, A. D.; Kampf, J. W.; Pecoraro, V. L. “Effects of the central lanthanide ion crystal radius on the 15-MCCuII(N)pheHA-5 Structure” Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 7707-7717.

 

(20) Zaleski, C. M.; Tricard, S.; Depperman, E. C.; Wernsdorfer, W.; Mallah, T.; Kirk, M. L.; Pecoraro, V. L.  “Single Molecule Magnet Behavior of a Pentanuclear Mn-Based Metallacrown Complex: Solid State and Solution Magnetic Studies”  Inorg. Chem.  2011, 50, 11348-11352 .

 

(21) Tigyer, B. R.*; Zeller, M.; Zaleski, C. M. “Pentakis(m3-N,2-dioxidobenzene-1-carboximidato)di-m2-formato-pentakis(1H-imidazole)methanolpentamanganese(III)-manganese(II)-methanol-water (1/3.36/0.65)” Acta Cryst. 2012, E68, m1521-m1522.

 

(22) Sirovetz, B. J.*; Walters, N. E.*; Bender, C. N.*; Lenivy, C. M.*; Troup, A. S.*; Predecki, D. P.; Richardson, J. N; Zaleski, C. M. “A Multiweek Upper-Division Inorganic Laboratory Based on Metallacrowns” J. Chem. Ed. 2013, 90, 782 – 785.

 

(23) Tigyer, B. R.*; Zeller, M.; Zaleski, C. M. “m3-Acetato m2-acetato(dimethylformamide) pentakis(m -N,2-dioxidobenzene-1-carboximidato) pentakis(1-methyl-1H-imidazole) pentamanganese(III)-manganese(II)–diethyl ether–dimethylformamide–methanol–water (1/1/1/1/0.49)” Acta Cryst. 2013, E69, m393 –m394.

 

(24) Lutter, J. C.*; Kampf, J. W.; Zeller, M.; Zaleski, C. M. “Di-m-propionato di(dimethylformamide) pentakis(m-N,2-dioxidobenzene-1-carboximidato) tetrakis(1-methylimidazole) pentamanganese(III)manganese(II)-dimethylformamide-methanol-(1/0.24/1.36)” Acta Cryst. 2013, E69, m483—m484.

 

(25) Azar, M. R.*; Boron, T. T., III; Lutter, J. C.*; Daly, C. I.*; Zegalia, K. A.*; Nimthong, R.; Ferrence, G. M.; Zeller, M.; Kampf, J. W.; Pecoraro, V. L.; Zaleski, C. M. “Controllable Formation of Heterotrimetallic Coordination Compounds – Systematically Incorporating Lanthanide and Alkali Metal Ions into the Manganese 12-Metallacrown-4 Framework” Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 1729 – 1742.

 

(26) Daly, C. I.*; Zeller, M.; Zaleski, C. M. “Crystal structure of di-m-chloro­acetato-hexa­kis­(di­methyl­formamide)­tetra­kis­(m-N,2-dioxido­benzene-1-carboximidato)tetra­manganese(III)disodium di­methyl­formamide disolvate” Acta Cryst. 2014, E70, 494 – 498.

 

(27) Mengle, K. A.*; Longenecker, E. J.*; Zeller, M.; Zaleski, C. M. “One-Dimensional Coordination Polymers of 12-Metallacrown-4 Complexes: {Na2(L)2[12-MCMnIII(N)shi-4]}n, where L is either -O2CCH2CH3 or -O2CCH2CH2CH3” J. Chem. Crystallogr. 2015, 45, 36 – 43 .

 

(28)  Zaleski, C. M.; Lutter, J. C.*; Zeller, M. “Crystallization of the MnII[12-MCMnIII(N)shi-4]2+ Structure with 1,2,4-Triazolate from Methanol” J. Chem. Crystallogr. 2015, 45, 142 – 150.

 

(29) Chow, C. Y.; Trivedi, E. R.; Pecoraro, V. L.; Zaleski, C. M. “Heterometallic Mixed 3d-4f Metallacrowns: Structural Versatility, Molecular Magnetism, and Luminescence” Comments Inorg. Chem. 2015, 35, 214 – 253.

 

(30) Travis, J. R*.; Zeller, M.; Zaleski, C. M. “Crystal structure of di-m-chloro­acetato-hexa­kis­(di­methyl­formamide)­tetra­kis­(m-N,2-dioxido­benzene-1-carboximidato)tetra­manganese(III)disodium di­methyl­formamide disolvate” Acta Cryst. 2015, E71, 1300 – 1306.

 

(31) Travis, J. R*.; Zeller, M.; Zaleski, C. M. “Facile Carboxylate Ligand Variation of Heterotrimetallic 12-Metallacrown-4 Complexes” Polyhedron, 2016, 114, 29 – 36.

 

(32) Boron, T. T., III; Lutter, J. C.*; Daly, C. I.*; Chow, C. Y.; Davis, A. H.; Nimthong-Roldán, R.; Zeller, M.; Kampf, J. W.; Zaleski, C. M.; Pecoraro, V. L. “The Nature of the Bridging Anion Controls the Single-Molecule Magnetic Properties of DyX4M 12-Metallacrown-4 Complexes” Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55, 10597 - 10607.

 

(33) Atzeri, C.; Marzaroli, V.; Quaretti, M.; Travis, J. R.*; Di Bari, L.; Zaleski, C. M.; Tegoni, M. “Elucidation of 1H-NMR Paramagnetic Features of Heterotrimetallic Lanthanide(III)/Manganese(III) 12-Metallacrown-4 Complexes” Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56, 8257-8269.

 

(34) Lutter, J. C.; Zaleski, C. M.; Pecoraro, V. L. “Metallacrowns: Supramolecular Constructs with Potential in Extended Solids, Solution-State Dynamics, Molecular Magnetism, and Imaging” In Advances in Inorganic Chemistry; van Eldik, R. and Puchta, R., Eds.; Academic Press: Cambridge, MA, 2018; Vol. 71, pp 177 – 246.

 

(35)  Naugle, M. S.*; Keller, B. T.*; Zeller, M.; Zaleski, C. M.   Di-m-chlorido-bis[chlorido(dimethylformamide-kN)(3,5-diphenyl-1H-pyrazole)copper(II)]. IUCrData 2018, 3, x181186.

 

(36)  Van Trieste, G. P., III*; Zeller, M.; Zaleski, C. M.  Synthesis and crystal structure of a pentacopper(II) 12-metallacrown-4: cis-diaquatetrakis(dimethylformamide-kO)manganese(II) tetrakis(m3-N,2-dioxidobenzene-1-carboximidate)pentacopper(II) dimethylformamide monosolvate [Mn(C3H7NO)4(H2O)2][Cu5(C7H4NO3)4]·C3H7NO. Acta Cryst. 2020, E76, 747 – 751.

 

(37) Zaleski, C. M. and Zeller, M.  Synthesis and crystal structure of two manganese-based 12-metallacrown-4 complexes: Na2(3-chlorobenzoate)2[12-MCMn(III)N(shi)-4](DMF)6 and MnNa(3-chlorobenzoate)3[12-MCMn(III)N(shi)-4](DMF)(H2O)4·4DMF ·0.72H2O. Acta Cryst. 2020, E76, 848 – 856.

 

(38) Manickas, E. C.*; Zeller, M.; Zaleski, C. M.  Crystal Structure of Two Heterotrimetallic Dysprosium-Manganese-Sodium 12-Metallacrown-4 Complexes with the Bridging Ligands 3-Hydroxybenzoate and 4-Hydroxybenzoate. Acta Cryst. 2020, E76, 1213 – 1221.

 

(39) Travis, J. R.*; Van Trieste, G. P., III*; Zeller, M.; Zaleski, C. M.  Crystal Structures of Two Dysprosium-Aluminum-Sodium [3.3.1] Metallacryptates that form Two-Dimensional Sheets. Acta Cryst. 2020, E76, 1378 – 1390.

 

(40) Rheam, R. E.*; Zeller, M.; Zaleski, C. M.  Crystal structures of three anionic lanthanide-aluminum [3.3.1] metallacryptate complexes. Acta Cryst. 2020, E76, 1458 – 1466. [This article was the cover art for the September 2020 issue.]

 

(41) Lewis, A. J.*; Garlatti, E.; Cugini, F.; Solzi, M.; Zeller, M.; Carretta, S.; Zaleski, C. M. Slow Magnetic Relaxation of a 12-Metallacrown-4 Complex with a Manganese(III)-Copper(II) Heterometallic Ring Motif. Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 11894 – 11900.

 

(42) Hall, A. J.*; Zeller, M.; Zaleski, C. M.  Synthesis and Crystal Structure of a Heterobimetallic Nickel-Manganese 12-Metallacrown-4 Methanol Disolvate Monohydrate Compound. Acta Cryst. 2020, E76, 1720 – 1724.

 

(43) Helm, D. L.*; Zeller, M.; Zaleski, C. M.  The Importance of Synthetic Conditions on Manganese-Based 12-Metallacrown-4 Formation. J. Chem. Crystallogr. 2021, 51, 205 – 214.

 

(44) Travis, J. R.*; Smihosky, A. M.*; Kauffman, A. C.*; Ramstrom, S. E.*; Lewis, A. J.#; Nagy, S. G.#; Rheam, R. E.#; Zeller, M; Zaleski, C. M.  Syntheses and Crystal Structures of Two Classes of Aluminum-Lanthanide-Sodium Heterotrimetallic 12-Metallacrown-4 Compounds: Individual Molecules and Dimers of Metallacrowns. J. Chem. Crystallogr. 2021, 51, 372 – 393.

 

(45) Foley, C. M.*; Armanious, M. A.*; Smihosky, A. M.*; Zeller, M; Zaleski, C. M.  Syntheses and Crystal Structures of a Series of Manganese-Lanthanide-Sodium 12-Metallacrown-4 Dimers. J. Chem. Crystallogr. 2021, 51, 465 – 482.

 

(46) Michael, C. H.*; Zeller, M.; Zaleski, C. M.  Syntheses and Crystal Structures of a Series of Dysprosium-Manganese-Sodium 12-Metallacrown-4 Compounds with Halogenated Benzoate Bridging Anions. J. Chem. Crystallogr. 2021, 51, 562 – 574.

 

(47) Lutter, J. C.; Boron, T. T., III; Chadwick, K. E.*; Davis, A. H.; Kleinhaus, S.; Kampf, J. W.; Zaleski, C. M.; Pecoraro, V. L. Identification of Slow Magnetic Relaxation and Magnetocoolant Capabilities of Heterobimetallic Lanthanide-Manganese Metallacrown-Like Compounds. Polyhedron 2021, 202, 115190.

 

(48) Elisseva, S. V.; Travis, J. R.*; Nagy, S. G.*; Smihosky, A. M.*; Foley, C. M.*; Kauffman, A. C.*; Zaleski,C. M.; Petoud, S. Visible and Near-infrared Emitting Heterotrimetallic Lanthanide-Aluminum-Sodium 12-Metallacrown-4 Compounds: Discrete Monomers and Dimers. Dalton Trans. 2022, 51, 5989 – 5996.

 

(49) Aziz, O. A.*; Zeller, M.; Zaleski, C. M. Crystal structure of an indium-salicylhydroximate complex cation: [In4(H2shi)8(H2O)6](NO3)4·8.57H2O. Acta Cryst. 2022, E78, 926 – 931.

 

(50) Lutter, J. C.; Zaleski, C. M.  A Structural Examination of Metallacrowns with Main Group Elements in the Ring Positions. In Advances in Metallacrown Chemistry; Zaleski, C. M., Ed.; Spinger Nature: Cham, Switzerland, 2022; pp 333 – 377.

 

(51) Salerno, E. V.; Foley, C. M.*; Marzaroli, V.; Schneider, B. L.; Sharin, M. D.; Kampf, J. W.; Marchiò, L.; Zeller, M.; Guillot, R.; Mallah, T.; Tegoni, M.; Pecoraro, V. L.; Zaleski, C. M. Unique Dimerization Topology and Countercation Binding Modes in 12-Metallacrown-4 Compounds. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2022, 2022, e202200439.

 

(52) Aziz, O. A.*; Zeller, M.; Zaleski, C. M. Crystal Structure of a Heterotrimetallic 12-metallacrown-4 with 2-Propylvalerate Anion Bridges. Acta Cryst. 2022, E78, 1178-1183.

 

(53) Scalia, J. C.*; Zeller, M.; Zaleski, C. M. Synthesis and Crystal Structure of an Adjoined Metallacrown: An Archetypal 12-Metallacrown-4 Connected to a Collapsed 11-Metallacrown-4. J. Chem. Crystallogr. 2023, 53, 307-320.

 

(54) Stewart, J. W.*; Irons, E. M.*; Osorio Abanto, G.*; Zeller, M.; Zaleski, C. M.; Predecki, D. P. Synthesis and Crystal Structures of N,2,4,6-tetramethylanilinium trifluoromethanesulfonate and N-isopropylidene-N,2,4,6-tetramethylanilinium trifluoromethanesulfonate. Acta Cryst. 2024, E80, 543-549.