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38.Cosby, T.P.L., Bhattacharjee, A., Henneberry, S.K., LeBlanc, J., Caputo, C.B.* “Unlocking Lewis acidity via the redox non-innocence of a phenothiazine-substituted borane” Chem. Commun. 2024, 60, 5391-5394.
37.Goonesignhe, C., Jung, H.J., Betinol, I.O., Gaffen, J.R., Garrard, C.N., Chang, J., Hosseini, K., Roshandel, H., Nyamayaro, K., Patrick, B., Ezhova, M., Caputo, C.B., Baumgartner, T., Reid, J.P., Mehrkhodavandi, P.* “Rethinking the Lewis Acidity of Cationic Gallium and Indium Catalysts” ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 16148-16157.
36.Bonanno, N., Jeeva, F., Bhattacharjee, A., Garrard, C.N., Leblanc, J., Hunter, H.N., Caputo, C.B.* “Substituent Effects of Amines on Genipin Dye Formation – Insights into Dye Origin” Dyes and Pigments, 2023, 220, 111681.
35.Cosby, T.P.L., Caputo, C.B.* “Exploration of Bic(pentafluorophenyl)borinic Acid as an Electronically Saturated Bench-top Stable Lewis Acid Catalyst” RSC Sustain., 2023, 1, 1547-1553.
34.Laturski, A.E., Gaffen, J.R., Demay-Drouhard, P., Caputo, C.B.*, Baumgartner, T.* “Probing the Impact of Solvent on the Strength of Lewis Acids via Fluorescent Lewis Adducts” Precis. Chem. 2023, 1, 49-56.
33.Torres, L.C., Brar, A., LeBlanc, J., Ameyaw. C.B., Caputo, C.B.* “Reactivity of Alkynyl Phosphines with Lewis Acids for the Synthesis of Allenic Phosphonium Borate Zwitterions” Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2023, e202200383 – Invited article for Doug Stephans 70th Birthday Special Issue.
32.Demay-Drouhard, P., Gaffen, J.R., Caputo, C.B.,* Baumgartner T.* “Fluorescence-based Measurement of the Lewis Acidities of Lanthanide Triflates in Solution” Can. J. Chem. 2023, 101, 146-153 – Invited article for Suning Wang Special Issue.
31.Mallov, I., Jeeva, F., Caputo, C.B.* “An Edible Genipin Based Sensor for Biogenic Amine Detection” J. Chem. Technol. Biot., 2022, 97, 830-836. 
30.Nodeh-Farahani, D., Bentley, J.N., Crilley, L.R., Caputo, C.B., VandenBoer, T.C.; “A Boron Dipyrromethene (BODIPY) Based Probe for Selective Passive Sampling of Atmospheric Nitrous Acid (HONO) Indoors” Analyst, 2021, 146,5756 – 5766. 
29.Torres, L.C., Dobrovetsky, R., Caputo, C.B.* “Allenic Phosphonium Borate Zwitterions via a Phosphonium Allenylidene Intermediate” Chemical Communications, 2021, 57, 8272-8275.
28.Bentley, J.N., Simoes, S.A., Pradhan, E., Zeng, T., Caputo, C.B.*, “The Synthesis, Properties, and Reactivity of Lewis Acidic Aminoboranes” Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2021, 19, 4796 – 4802.
27.Mehta, M., Caputo, C.B.* “Rivaling Transition Metal Reactivity – An Exploration of Frustrated Lewis Pairs Chemistry” – Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry 2021, Elsevier pg. 169-220, DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-818429-5.00003-X (Invited Book Chapter)  
26.Bentley, J.N., Elgadi, S.A., Gaffen, J.R., Demay-Drouhard, P., Baumgartner, T.*, Caputo, C.B.* “Fluorescent Lewis Adducts: A Refined Guide for Lewis Acidity.” Organometallics, 2020, 39, 3645-3655.
25.Pradhan, E., Bentley, J.N., Caputo, C.B., Zeng, T.* “Designs of Singlet Fission Chromophores with a Diazadiaborine Framework” ChemPhotoChem, 2020, 4, 5279-5287.  
24.Bentley, J.N., Pradhan, E., Zeng, T., Caputo, C.B.* “Bis(pentafluorophenyl)phenothiazylborane – An Intramolecular Frustrated Lewis Pair Catalyst for Stannane Dehydrocoupling” Dalton Trans. 2020, 49, 16054-16058.
23.Gaffen, J.R., Bentley, J.N., Torres, L.C., Chu, C., Baumgartner, T.*, Caputo, C.B.* “A Simple and Effective Method of Determining Lewis Acidity Using Fluorescence” Chem, 2019, 5, 1567-1583.
22.Bentley, J.N., Caputo, C.B.* “Substituent Effects on the Lewis Acidity of 4,6-Di-tertbutylcatechol Boronate Esters”, Tetrahedron, 2019, 75, 31-35.
21.Bentley, J.N., Caputo, C.B.* “Catalytic Hydroarylation of Olefins with Phenols using B(C6F5)3”, Organometallics, 2018, 37, 3654-3658.
20.Caputo, C.B., Stephan, D.W. “Non-Conventional Lewis acids and bases in Frustrated Lewis pair chemistry” Structure and Bonding, 2017, In: Mingos, D. Michael P. ed. The Chemical Bond III: 100 years old and getting stronger.1-29 (Invited Book Chapter for 100th anniversary of Lewis Acid Base Chemistry)  
19.Zhu, J., Perez, M., Caputo, C.B.,Stephan, D.W.“Use of Trifluoromethyl Groups for Catalytic Benzylation and Alkylation with Subsequent Hydrodefluorination” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2016, 55, 1417-1421.
18.Vom Stein, T., Perez, M., Dobrovetsky, R., Winkelhaus, D., Caputo, C.B., Stephan, D.W. “Electrophilic Fluorophosphonium Cations in FLP Hydrogen Activation and Catalytic Hydrogenation of Olefins” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 10178-10182.
17.Caputo, C.B., Winkelhaus, D., Dobrovetsky, R., Hounjet, L.J., Stephan, D.W. “Synthesis and Lewis Acidity of Fluorophosphonium Cations” Dalton Trans. 2015, 44, 12256-12264.
16.Perez, M., Qu, Z.W., Caputo, C.B., Hounjet, L.J., Hansen,A., Grimme, S., Stephan, D.W. “Electrophilic Phosphonium Cation Hydrosilylation Catalysis of Ketones, Imines and Nitriles, Selectivity and Mechanism” Chem. Eur. J., 2015, 21, 6491-6500.
15.Perez, M., Caputo, C.B., Dobrovetsky, R., Stephan, D.W. “Olefin Transfer Hydrogenation via Electrophilic Phosphonium Catalysis of Heteroatom-Silane Dehydrocoupling” Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 2014,111,10917-10921.
14.Ekkert, O., Caputo, C.B., Pranckenvicius, C., Daniliuc, C.G., Kehr, G., Erker, G., Stephan, D.W. “Reactivity of an Intramolecular Fluorophosphonium-Fluoroborate” Chem. Eur. J., 2014, 20, 11287-11290.
13.Perez, M., Hounjet, L.J., Caputo, C.B., Dobrovetsky, R., Stephan, D.W. “Olefin Isomerization and Hydrosilylation Catalysis by Lewis Acidic Organofluorophosphonium Salts” J. Am. Chem. Soc.,2013,135, 18308-18310.
12.Caputo, C.B., Hounjet, L.J., Dobrovetsky, R., Stephan, D.W. “Lewis Acidity of Organofluorophosphonium Salts: Hydrodefluorination by a Saturated Acceptor” Science, 2013, 341, 1374-1377.
11.Hounjet, L.J., Bannwarth, C., Garon, C.N., Caputo, C.B., Grimme, S., Stephan, D.W. “Ether/B(C6F5)3 Combinations Function as Hydrogenation Catalysts” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013,52, 7492-7495.
10.Hounjet, L.J., Caputo C.B., Stephan, D.W. “The Lewis Acidity of Fluorophosphonium Salts: Access to Mixed Valent Phosphorus(III)/(V) Species” Dalton Trans. 2013, 42, 2629-2635. 
9.Caputo, C.B.,Zhu, K., Vukotic, V.N., Loeb, S.J., Stephan, D.W. “Heterolytic Activation of H2 Using a Mechanically Interlocked Molecule as a Frustrated Lewis Base.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 960-963.
8.Hounjet, L.J., Caputo, C.B.,Stephan, D.W. “Phosphorous as a Lewis Acid: CO2 Sequestration with Amidophosphoranes.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 4714-4717.
7.Caputo, C.B., Geier, S.J., Winkelhaus, D., Mitzel, N.W., Vukotic, V.N., Loeb, S.J., Stephan, D.W. “Reactions of Substituted Pyridines with Electrophilic Boranes.” Dalton Trans. 2012,41, 2131-2139.  
6.Caputo, C.B., Stephan, D.W. “Activation of Alkyl C-F Bonds by B(C6F5)3.: Stoichiometric and Catalytic Transformations.” Organometallics 2012, 31, 27-30.
5.Caputo, C.B., Geier, S.J., Ouyang, E.Y., Kreitner, C., Stephan, D.W. “Chloro- and Phenoxy-Phosphines in Frustrated Lewis Pair Additions to Alkynes.”  Dalton Trans. 2012,41, 237-242.
4.Caputo, C.B., Vukotic, V.N., Sirizzotti, N.M., Loeb, S.J. “A Tetrapyridine Ligand with a Rigid Tetrahedral Core Forms Metal-Organic Frameworks with PtS type Architecture.” Chem. Comm. 2011, 47, 8545-8547.  
3.Kreitner, C., Geier, S.J., Stanlake, L.J.E., Caputo, C.B., Stephan, D.W. “Ring openings of lactone and ring contractions of lactide by frustrated Lewis pairs.”Dalton Trans. 2011, 40, 6771-6777.
2.Katare, Y.K., Scott, A.P., Laframboise, A., Li, W., Alyasha’e, Z., Caputo, C.B.,Loeb, S.J., Zielinski, B. “Release of free and conjugated forms of the putative pheromonal steroid, 11-oxo-etiocholanolone, by reproductively mature male round goby (Neogobius melanostomus).” Biology of Reproduction 2011, 84, 288–298.
1.Knight, L.K., Vukotic, V.N., Viljoen, E., Caputo, C.B., Loeb, S.J. “Eliminating the need for independent counterions in the construction of metal-organic rotaxane frameworks (MORFs).” Chem. Comm. 2009, 37, 5585-5587.