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Roland Roesler

ResearcherChemistryUniversity of Calgary

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Roland Roesler

Researcher

Chemistry

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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4 publications in the last five years, latest in 2024.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 8 research grants (8 NSERC), most recently in 2024.

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Research

Ligand design Small molecule activation n-heterocyclic carbenes cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbenes organometallic chemistry catalysis chelating ligands reactive intermediates

Latest papers

An isolable, chelating bis[cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbene] stabilizes a strongly bent, dicoordinate Ni(0) complex.
Nature communications · 2024 · senior author
Synthesis and Ligand Properties of Chelating Bis(N-heterocyclic carbene)-Stabilized Bis(phosphinidenes).
Inorganic chemistry · 2023
Bis[cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbene] isomers: Stable trans-bis(CAAC) versus facile olefin formation for cis-bis(CAAC).
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) · 2022 · senior author

All 19 publications

Latest funding

Design and applications of multidentate ligands incorporating the N-heterocyclic carbene motif
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$36,000
Selective extraction of rare earth elements from Canadian resources
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$500,000
Essential Upgrade to the Departmental EPR Spectrometer
NSERC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$150,000

All 12 grants and awards

19 publications.

An isolable, chelating bis[cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbene] stabilizes a strongly bent, dicoordinate Ni(0) complex.

Puerta Lombardi BM, Faas MR, West D, Suvinen RA, Tuononen HM, Roesler R

Nature communications2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47036-7 PMID: 38653986

Synthesis and Ligand Properties of Chelating Bis(N-heterocyclic carbene)-Stabilized Bis(phosphinidenes).

Siewert JE, Puerta Lombardi BM, Jannsen N, Roesler R, Hering-Junghans C

Inorganic chemistry2023

DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c02264 PMID: 37782848

Bis[cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbene] isomers: Stable trans-bis(CAAC) versus facile olefin formation for cis-bis(CAAC).

Puerta Lombardi BM, Pezoulas ER, Suvinen RA, Harrison A, Dubrawski ZS, Gelfand BS, Tuononen HM, Roesler R

Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1039/d2cc01476a PMID: 35583166

Haptotropism in a Nickel Complex with a Neutral, π-Bridging cyclo-P4 Ligand Analogous to Cyclobutadiene.

Gendy C, Valjus J, Tuononen HM, Roesler R

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/anie.202115692 PMID: 35108437

Side-on Coordination in Isostructural Nitrous Oxide and Carbon Dioxide Complexes of Nickel.

Puerta Lombardi BM, Gendy C, Gelfand BS, Bernard GM, Wasylishen RE, Tuononen HM, Roesler R

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/anie.202011301 PMID: 33111387

Nickel as a Lewis Base in a T-Shaped Nickel(0) Germylene Complex Incorporating a Flexible Bis(NHC) Ligand.

Gendy C, Mansikkamäki A, Valjus J, Heidebrecht J, Hui PC, Bernard GM, Tuononen HM, Wasylishen RE, Michaelis VK, Roesler R

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201809889 PMID: 30408328

Ammonia Activation by a Nickel NCN-Pincer Complex featuring a Non-Innocent N-Heterocyclic Carbene: Ammine and Amido Complexes in Equilibrium.

Brown RM, Borau Garcia J, Valjus J, Roberts CJ, Tuononen HM, Parvez M, Roesler R

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2015Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201500453 PMID: 25865317

More electron rich than cyclopentadienyl: 1,2-diaza-3,5-diborolyl as a ligand in ferrocene and ruthenocene analogs.

Ly HV, Moilanen J, Tuononen HM, Parvez M, Roesler R

Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)2011Senior author

DOI: 10.1039/c1cc12281a PMID: 21706075

Anionic N-heterocyclic carbenes with N,N'-bis(fluoroaryl) and N,N'-bis(perfluoroaryl) substituents.

Hobbs MG, Knapp CJ, Welsh PT, Borau-Garcia J, Ziegler T, Roesler R

Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2010Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/chem.201001698 PMID: 20981666

Characterization of beta-B-agostic isomers in zirconocene amidoborane complexes.

Forster TD, Tuononen HM, Parvez M, Roesler R

Journal of the American Chemical Society2009Senior author

DOI: 10.1021/ja901460y PMID: 19397261

Design and applications of multidentate ligands incorporating the N-heterocyclic carbene motif

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Roesler, Roland

Keywords: ligand design; n-heterocyclic carbenes; cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbenes; organometallic chemistry; catalysis; chelating ligands; reactive intermediates; small molecule activation; synthetic chemistry; reaction mechanisms

$36,000

Selective extraction of rare earth elements from Canadian resources

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Roesler, Roland R

Keywords: coordination chemistry; electrochemistry; electrolysis; lanthanides; ligand design; machine learning; metal extraction; metal separation; organic synthesis; rare earth elements

$500,000

Essential Upgrade to the Departmental EPR Spectrometer

Co-investigatorNSERC2019Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Piers, Warren

$150,000

Bi- and tridentate ligand designs incorporating N-heterocyclic carbenes

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Roesler, Roland

Keywords: Boron; Ligand-assisted reactivity; Ligand design; Main group chemistry; N-heterocyclic carbene; Nickel; Pincer ligand; Ruthenium; Silicon; Small molecule activation

$120,000

Critical X-Ray Source Upgrade to Chemistry Department X-ray Diffraction Facility

Co-investigatorNSERC2017Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Piers, Warren

$142,960

Departmental Powder X-ray Diffractometer

Co-investigatorNSERC2015Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Trudel, Simon

$149,999

Design and applications of main group element frameworks

Principal investigatorNSERC2013Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Roesler, Roland

$170,000

Design, synthesis and applications of molecular materials containing main group frameworks

Principal investigatorNSERC2008Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Roesler, Roland

$240,000

CCD single crystal x-ray diffractometer

Co-investigatorNSERC2008Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Shimizu, George

$149,279

Design, synthesis and applications of molecular materials containing main group frameworks

Principal investigatorNSERC2006Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Roesler, Roland

$84,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Roland Roesler

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An isolable, chelating bis[cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbene] stabilizes a strongly bent, dicoordinate Ni(0) complex.

Synthesis and Ligand Properties of Chelating Bis(N-heterocyclic carbene)-Stabilized Bis(phosphinidenes).

Bis[cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbene] isomers: Stable trans-bis(CAAC) versus facile olefin formation for cis-bis(CAAC).

Haptotropism in a Nickel Complex with a Neutral, &#x3c0;-Bridging cyclo-P4 Ligand Analogous to Cyclobutadiene.

Side-on Coordination in Isostructural Nitrous Oxide and Carbon Dioxide Complexes of Nickel.

Nickel as a Lewis Base in a T-Shaped Nickel(0) Germylene Complex Incorporating a Flexible Bis(NHC) Ligand.

Ammonia Activation by a Nickel NCN-Pincer Complex featuring a Non-Innocent N-Heterocyclic Carbene: Ammine and Amido Complexes in Equilibrium.

More electron rich than cyclopentadienyl: 1,2-diaza-3,5-diborolyl as a ligand in ferrocene and ruthenocene analogs.

Anionic N-heterocyclic carbenes with N,N'-bis(fluoroaryl) and N,N'-bis(perfluoroaryl) substituents.

Characterization of beta-B-agostic isomers in zirconocene amidoborane complexes.

Design and applications of multidentate ligands incorporating the N-heterocyclic carbene motif

Selective extraction of rare earth elements from Canadian resources

Essential Upgrade to the Departmental EPR Spectrometer

Bi- and tridentate ligand designs incorporating N-heterocyclic carbenes

Critical X-Ray Source Upgrade to Chemistry Department X-ray Diffraction Facility

Departmental Powder X-ray Diffractometer

Design and applications of main group element frameworks

Design, synthesis and applications of molecular materials containing main group frameworks

CCD single crystal x-ray diffractometer

Design, synthesis and applications of molecular materials containing main group frameworks

Haptotropism in a Nickel Complex with a Neutral, π-Bridging cyclo-P4 Ligand Analogous to Cyclobutadiene.