Steven J. Rettig

Research.com Recognitions

• 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
• 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Best Publications

• Transformation of Coordinated Dinitrogen by Reaction with Dihydrogen and Primary Silanes

  Michael D. Fryzuk;Jason B. Love;Steven J. Rettig;Victor G. Young

  469
  Citations

• Reaction chemistry of BMOV, bis(maltolato)oxovanadium(IV), a potent insulin mimetic agent

  Chris Orvig;P. Caravan;Lucio Gelmini;Nicholas Glover

  339
  Citations

• Synthesis and characterization of lanthanide [Ln(L)]2 complexes of N4O3 amine phenol ligands with phenolate oxygen bridges: evidence for very weak magnetic exchange between lanthanide ions

  Shuang Liu;Lucio Gelmini;Steven J. Rettig;Robert C. Thompson

  291
  Citations

• 1,1'-Bis(alkylarylphosphino)ferrocenes: synthesis, metal complex formation, and crystal structure of three metal complexes of Fe(.eta.5-C5H4PPh2)2

  Ian R. Butler;William R. Cullen;Tae Jeong. Kim;Steven J. Rettig

  289
  Citations

• Synthesis of meso-phenyl-4,6-dipyrrins, preparation of their Cu(II), Ni(II), and Zn(II) chelates, and structural characterization of bis[meso-phenyl-4,6-dipyrrinato]Ni(II)

  Christian Brückner;Veranja Karunaratne;Steven J. Rettig;David Dolphin

  220
  Citations

• The Use of Dipyrromethene Ligands in Supramolecular Chemistry

  Yongjun Zhang;Alison Thompson;Steven J. Rettig;David Dolphin

  197
  Citations

• The reactivity of five-coordinate Ru(II) (1,4-bis(diphenylphosphino)butane) complexes with the N-donor ligands: ammonia, pyridine, 4-substituted pyridines, 2,2′-bipyridine, bis(o-pyridyl)amine, 1,10-phenanthroline, 4,7-diphenylphenanthroline and ethylenediamine

  Salete L. Queiroz;Alzir A. Batista;Glaucius Oliva;Maria Teresa do Pi. Gambardella

  193
  Citations

• Neutral water-soluble aluminum complex of neurological interest

  Martin M. Finnegan;Steven J. Rettig;Chris. Orvig

  193
  Citations

• NEW MODE OF COORDINATION FOR THE DINITROGEN LIGAND : A DINUCLEAR TANTALUM COMPLEX WITH A BRIDGING N2 UNIT THAT IS BOTH SIDE-ON AND END-ON

  Michael D. Fryzuk;Samuel A. Johnson;Steven J. Rettig

  180
  Citations

• Crystal and molecular structure of phenylboronic acid, C6H5B(OH)2

  Steven J. Rettig;James Trotter

  179
  Citations

• Vanadium Complexes as Insulin Mimetic Agents: Coordination Chemistry and in Vivo Studies of Oxovanadium(IV) and Dioxovanadate(V) Complexes Formed from Naturally Occurring Chelating Oxazolinate, Thiazolinate, or Picolinate Units†

  Marco Melchior;Katherine H. Thompson;Janet M. Jong;Steven J. Rettig

  174
  Citations

• Crystal Structure and Magnetic Properties of Polybis(formamide)bis(m-formato)cobalt(II): An Extended Two-Dimensional Square Lattice Material Which Exhibits Spontaneous Magnetization below 9 K.

  Steven J. Rettig;Robert C. Thompson;James Trotter;Shihua Xia

  170
  Citations

• Insulin-Enhancing Vanadium(III) Complexes

  Marco Melchior;Steven J. Rettig;Barry D. Liboiron;Katherine H. Thompson

  165
  Citations

• Stereoselective formation of rhodium and iridium hydrides via intramolecular hydrogen bonding

  Michael D. Fryzuk;Patricia A. MacNeil;Steven J. Rettig

  165
  Citations

• End-on versus side-on bonding of dinitrogen to dinuclear early transition-metal complexes

  Michael D. Fryzuk;T. S. Haddad;Murugesapillai Mylvaganam;David H. McConville

  158
  Citations

• Catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation of imines. Use of rhodium(I)/phosphine complexes and characterization of rhodium(I)/imine complexes

  Adam G. Becalski;William R. Cullen;Michael D. Fryzuk;Brian R. James

  152
  Citations

• Living Polymerization of α-Olefins: Catalyst Precursor Deactivation via the Unexpected Cleavage of a B−C6F5 Bond

  John D. Scollard;David H. McConville;Steven J. Rettig

  145
  Citations

• Reduction of dinitrogen by a zirconium phosphine complex to form a side-on-bridging N2 ligand. Crystal structure of {[Pri2PCH2SiMe2)2N]ZrCl}2(.mu.-.eta.2:.eta.2-N2)

  Michael D. Fryzuk;T. S. Haddad;Steven J. Rettig

  138
  Citations

• Aluminum and gallium compounds of 3-hydroxy-4-pyridinones: synthesis, characterization, and crystallography of biologically active complexes with unusual hydrogen bonding

  William O. Nelson;Timothy B. Karpishin;Steven J. Rettig;Chris Orvig

  137
  Citations

• Complex polymeric cations of copper(I) with graphite- and diamond-related lattices; crystal structures of poly-tris(.mu.-2,5-dimethylpyrazine)dicopper(I) hexafluorophosphate and poly-bis(.mu.-2,5-dimethylpyrazine)copper(I) hexafluorophosphate

  Tom Otieno;Steven J. Rettig;Robert C. Thompson;James Trotter

  129
  Citations

• The synthesis and structure of

  Ian R. Butler;William R. Cullen;Steven J. Rettig

  17
  Citations