Research
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Latest papers
A Spectroscopic and Crystallographic Study of the Polymorphism of [SF3][SbF6], and Structural Characterization of [SF3][AsF6].
Inorganic chemistry · 2026 · senior author
Synthesis and Characterization of [MF5(terpy)]+ (M = Mo, W) Salts: Autoionization of MF6 Induced by a Tridentate Ligand.
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2025 · senior author
Synthesis and Reactivity of [SF3]+ Adducts with Organic Bases.
Inorganic chemistry · 2025 · senior author
Latest funding
- $186,000
Donor-Stabilized Fluorido Cations and New Tungsten-Based Weakly Coordinating Anions
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
- $306,000
Sulfur in Inorganic Fluorine Chemistry and the Development of a New Class of Weakly Coordinating Anions
NSERC · 2013 · Principal investigator
- $150,000
Solution- and Solid-State 500 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility Upgrade
NSERC · 2012 · Co-investigator
32 publications.
A Spectroscopic and Crystallographic Study of the Polymorphism of [SF3][SbF6], and Structural Characterization of [SF3][AsF6].
Chaudhary P, Hazendonk P, Gerken M
Synthesis and Characterization of [MF5(terpy)]+ (M = Mo, W) Salts: Autoionization of MF6 Induced by a Tridentate Ligand.
van Hoeve MD, Adamitz TPK, O'Donnell F, Wetmore SD, Gerken M
Synthesis and Reactivity of [SF3]+ Adducts with Organic Bases.
O'Donnell F, Chaudhary P, Yao Y, Wetmore SD, Gerken M
A Joyful Journey: Tungsten(VI) and Tungsten(V) Fluorides Meet N-Heterocyclic Carbenes and Cyclic (Alkyl)(Amino)Carbenes.
Riethmann M, Eyßelein L, Krummenacher I, Bertermann R, Braunschweig H, Gerken M, Finze M, Radius U
Neutral Adducts of Molybdenum Hexafluoride: Structure and Bonding in MoF6(NC5H5) and MoF6(NC5H5)2.
van Hoeve MD, Bell R, O'Donnell F, Hazendonk P, Wetmore SD, Gerken M
Fluoride-Ion Donor Properties of AsF5.
O'Donnell F, Wetmore SD, Gerken M
Interaction Modes Between SF4 and Ketones; Study of Intermediates in Deoxofluorination Reactions.
Stuart D, O'Donnell F, Wetmore SD, Gerken M
Helge Willner (1947-2022).
Finze M, Gerken M
Donor-Stabilised [SbF4 ]+ : SbF5 as a Fluoride-Ion Donor.
O'Donnell F, Turnbull D, Wetmore SD, Gerken M
Recent advances in sulfur tetrafluoride chemistry: syntheses, structures, and applications.
Matsumoto K, Gerken M
Donor-Stabilized Fluorido Cations and New Tungsten-Based Weakly Coordinating Anions
Principal investigators: Gerken, Michael
Keywords: fluorine chemistry; coordination geometries; x-ray crystallography; nmr spectroscopy; vibrational spectroscopy; transition metal compounds; main group compounds; weakly coordinating anions
Sulfur in Inorganic Fluorine Chemistry and the Development of a New Class of Weakly Coordinating Anions
Principal investigators: Gerken, Michael
Solution- and Solid-State 500 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility Upgrade
Principal investigators: Hazendonk, Paul
Synthesis and Characterization of Transition-Metal Sulfide Fluorides, and Main-Group Fluorides and Oxide Fluorides
Principal investigators: Gerken, Michael
X-ray diffraction facility
Principal investigators: Gerken, Michael
Novel transition metal sulfide fluorides and pentafluorosulfanyl fluorides
Principal investigators: Gerken, Michael
MNR spectrometer
Principal investigators: Dibble, Peter
Novel transition metal sulfide fluorides and pentafluorosulfanyl fluorides and their application
Principal investigators: Gerken, Michael
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Michael Gerken and Paul Hazendonk: 10 shared papers
- Michael Gerken and Douglas Turnbull: 8 shared papers
- Paul Hazendonk and Douglas Turnbull: 3 shared papers
- Michael Gerken and Mario Bieringer: 1 shared paper
- Paul Hazendonk and Mario Bieringer: 1 shared paper
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