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Our book on “Main Group Strategies towards Functional Hybrid Materials” 
(Editors T. Baumgarter and F. Jäkle; ISBN: 978-1-119-23597-2)
is now available here

Tuning Electrostatics to Promote Ordered Monolayers of Phosphole-Lipids
Z. Alinia, D. Miao, T. Baumgartner, C. E. DeWolf*    
Langmuir 202440, 22301-22313. (link)

Viologen-based solution-processable ionic porous polymers for electrochromic applications
H. Miao, L. Chen, F. Xing, H. Li, T. Baumgartner*, X. He*    
Chem. Sci. 202415, 7576-7585. (link)

Multivalency unlocked: The unique redox traits of the ‟tripak’’ system
N. Asok, T. Baumgartner*    
Chem 202410, 756-758. (link)
(invited Preview article)

Modified Viologen- and Carbonylpyridinium-based Electrodes for Organic Batteries
X. He*, L. Chen, T. Baumgartner*    
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 202416, 48689-48705. (link)
(invited Spotlight article for Forum on ‘Organic Battery Materials’)

Rethinking the Lewis Acidity of Cationic Gallium and Indium Catalysts
C. Goonesinghe, H.-J. Jung, I. O. Betinol, J. R. Gaffen, C. N. Garrard, J. Chang, K. Hosseini, H. Roshandel, K. Nyamayaro, B. Patrick, M. Ezhova, C. B. Caputo, T. Baumgartner, J. P. Reid, P. Mehrkhodavandi*    
ACS Catal. 202313, 16148-16157. (link)

Development of the P-Arylation of Dithieno[3,2-b:2’,3’-d]phosphole with Aryl Iodonium Salts
A. Hussein, N. Asok, V. A. Béland, J. R. Gaffen, J. LeBlanc, T. Baumgartner*    
ChemPlusChem 2023, e202300133. (link)
(invited article for special collection ‘Pnictogen Chemistry’)

Not So Innocent After All: Interfacial Chemistry Determines Charge-Transport Efficiency in Single-Molecule Junctions
A. Daaoub, J. M. F. Morris, V. A. Béland, P. Demay-Drouhard, A. Hussein, S. J. Higgins, H. Sadeghi, R. J. Nichols, A. Vezzoli*, T. Baumgartner*, S. Sangtarash*    
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 202362, e202302150. (link)

Exploring the Lewis Acidity and Reactivity of Neutral Pentacoordinate Dithienophospholes
N. Asok, B. A. Zondag, E. Pradhan, M. Odagwe, J. LeBlanc, J. C. Walsh, G. J. Bodwell, T. Zeng*, T. Baumgartner*    
Chem. Eur. J. 202329, e202300173. (link)
(invited article for special collection ‘ISNA-19’)

Unique Phosphorus-Based Avenues for the Tuning of Functional Materials
N. Asok, J. R. Gaffen, T. Baumgartner*    
Acc. Chem. Res. 202356, 536-547. (link)
(invited account article, ‘most read’ in 03/2023)

Probing the Impact of Solvent on the Strength of Lewis Acids via Fluorescent Lewis Adducts
A. E. Laturski, J. R. Gaffen, P. Demay-Drouhard, C. B. Caputo*, T. Baumgartner*
Precis. Chem. 20231, 49-56. (link)
(invited article for new journal launch, ‘most read’ in 2023)

Fluorescence-based Measurement of the Lewis Acidities of Lanthanide Triflates in Solution
P. Demay-Drouhard, J. R. Gaffen, C. B. Caputo*, T. Baumgartner*
Can. J. Chem. 2023, 101, 146-153. (link)
(invited article for special issue: Celebrating the Life of Suning Wang; Editor’s Choice)
ChemRxiv: https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-zprf5

Cost-Effective Vat Orange 3-Derived Organic Cathodes for Electrochemical Energy Storage
L. Chen, F. Xing, Q. Lin, A. Waqas, X. Wang, T. Baumgartner*, X. He*
Batteries & Supercaps 20235, e202200406. (link)
(invited article for special collection on organic batteries, cover feature)

Rational Design of Bio-Derived Four-Electron-Accepting Carbonyl-N-methylpyridinium Species for High-Performance Lithium/Organic Batteries
X. Wang, W. Xue, G. Guo, L. Chen, T. Baumgartner, X. He*
Cell Rep. Phys. Sci. 2022, 3, 100951(link)
ChemRxiv: https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2021-cf3m

Tailored Solvatochromic NIR Phosphorus-Chromophores via Selective P−N and P−C Chemistry in P-Heteropines
Z. Yang, X. Li, K. Yang, Z. Zhang, Y. Wang, N. Yu, T. Baumgartner, Y. Ren*
Org. Lett. 202224, 2045-2049 (link)

Conjugated Polymers with Benzoyl-N-methylpyridinium units: An Effective Design Strategy for High-Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries
G. Guo, X. Wang, L. Chen, T. Baumgartner, X. He*
Chem. Mater. 202133, 4596-4605 (link)

Donor–acceptor–acceptor-type near-infrared fluorophores that contain dithienophosphole oxide and boryl groups: Effect of the boryl group on the nonradiative decay
Y. Sugihara, N. Inai, M. Taki, T. Baumgartner, R. Kawakami, T. Saitou, T. Imamura, T. Yanai*, S. Yamaguchi*
Chem. Sci. 202112, 6333-6341. (link)
(Hot Article Collection)

Structure-reactivity studies on hypervalent square-pyramidal dithieno[3,2-b:2’,3’-d]phospholes    
N. Asok, J. R. Gaffen, E. Pradhan, T. Zeng*, T. Baumgartner*    
Dalton Trans. 202150, 2243-2252. (link)

Fluorescent Lewis Adducts: A Practical Guide to Relative Lewis Acidity
J. N. Bentley, S. A. Elgadi, J. R. Gaffen, P. Demay-Drouhard, T. Baumgartner*, C. B. Caputo*
Organometallics 202039, 3645-3655. (link)
(‘most read’ in 10/2020 and 11/2020)
ChemRxiv: https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.10292957.v2

Highly Luminescent 4-Pyridyl-Extended Dithieno[3,2-b:2′,3′-d]phospholes
P. Demay-Drouhard, T. Baumgartner*
J. Org. Chem. 202085, 14627-14633. (link)
(invited article for special issue: The New Golden Age of Organophosphorus Chemistry)
ChemRxiv: https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.12455357.v1

Phosphoryl- and Phosphonium-Bridged Viologens as Stable Two- and Three-Electron Acceptors for Organic Electrodes
C. R. Bridges, A. M. Borys, V. A. Béland, J. R. Gaffen, T. Baumgartner*
Chem. Sci. 202011, 10483-10487(link)
ChemRxiv: https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.12711770.v1

Lewis Acids and Bases as Molecular Dopants for Organic Semiconductors
C. R. Bridges*, T. Baumgartner*
J. Phys. Org. Chem. 202033, e4077. (link)
(invited review, cover page)
YorkSpace: http://hdl.handle.net/10315/38844

Phosphaviologen-based Pyrene-Carbon Nanotube Composites for Stable Battery Electrodes 
C. R. Bridges, M. Stolar, T. Baumgartner*
Batteries & Supercaps 20203, 268-274. (link)
(cover page); highlighted on BBC World Service Radio,  inverse.comAdvanced Science NewsElectronicsWeekly.com
YorkSpace: http://hdl.handle.net/10315/38130

Poly(5-vinylbenzothiadiazole) for High-Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries 
L. Chen, C. R. Bridges, G. Gao, T. Baumgartner*, X. He*
ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 20192, 7315-7320. (link)
YorkSpace: http://hdl.handle.net/10315/38131

A Simple and Effective Method of Determining Lewis Acidity by Using Fluorescence 
J. R. Gaffen, J. N. Bentley, L. C. Torres, C. Chu, T. Baumgartner,* C. B. Caputo*
Chem 20195, 1567-1583. (link)

Using boron to tune the geometry of a non-fullerene acceptor for improved organic solar cell performance 
T. A. Welsh, A. Laventure, A. F. Alahmadi, G. Zhang, T. Baumgartner, Y. Zou, F. Jäkle,* G. C. Welch*
ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 20192, 1229-1240. (link)

Synthesis a Trivalent P-Chloro-Dithienophosphole and Its Reactivity of with Organometallic Reagents
J. R. Gaffen, Z. Wang, T. Baumgartner*
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2019, 1612-1620. (link)
(invited article for special issue honouring Koop Lammertsma and Edgar Niecke)
YorkSpace: http://hdl.handle.net/10315/37637

A Highly Stable Organic Radical Cation 
M. Berville, J. Richard, M. Stolar, S. Choua, N. Le Breton, C. Gourlaouen, C. Boudon, L. Ruhlmann, T. Baumgartner, J. A. Wytko,* J. Weiss*
Org. Lett. 201820, 8004-8008. (link

An Unexpected ‘Step-Conjugated’ Biphosphole via Unique P-P Bond Formation
Z. Wang, N. Asok, J. Gaffen, Y. Gottlieb, W. Bi, C. Gendy, R. Dobrovetsky,* T. Baumgartner*
Chem 20184, 2628-2643. (link)       
(for a ‘preview’, see here)

Functional Conjugated Pyridines via Main-Group Element Tuning
M. Stolar, T. Baumgartner*
Chem. Commun. 201854, 3311-3322. (link)
(invited Feature article)

On the Reactivity of P-Chloro Dithieno[3,2-b:2’,3’-d]phosphole Oxide
Z. Wang, D. Spasyuk, T. Baumgartner*
Can. J. Chem. 2018 96, 555-560. (link)
(invited article for special issue honouring Neil Burford)

Dithienophosphole-based molecular electron acceptors constructed using direct (hetero)arylation cross-coupling methods
T. A. Welsh, A. Laventure, T. Baumgartner, G. C. Welch*
J. Mater. Chem. C 2018 6, 2148-2154. (link)

Exploration of Hypervalent Lewis Acid/Base Interactions in 2-(2’-Thiazolyl)-3-thienylphosphanes
N. Grenon, T. Baumgartner* 
Inorg. Chem. 201857, 1630-1644. (link)

Electron-Accepting pi-Conjugated Species with 1,8-Naphthalic Anhydride or Diketophosphanyl Units
S. Sánchez, A. Y. Y. Woo, T. Baumgartner* 
Mater. Chem. Front. 20171, 2324-2334. (link)

Viologens and their Application as Functional Materials
L. Striepe, T. Baumgartner*
Chem. Eur. J. 201723, 16924-16940. (link)
(‘most accessed’ in 11/2017-10/2018, ‘most cited’ in 2019)

Water-Soluble Phosphaviologens for Effective Photoinduced Charge Separation
M. Stolar, B. Heyne, T. Baumgartner*
Organometallics 201736, 2685-2691. (link)
(invited article for themed issue: Tailoring the Optoelectronic Properties of Organometallic Compounds with Main Group Elements)

Synthesis and properties of electron accepting star-shaped phosphaviologen oligomers
L. Striepe, M. Vespa, T. Baumgartner*
Org. Chem. Front. 20174, 717-723. (link)
(invited article for themed issue: Novel π-electron molecular scaffolds)

Cooperative-Assembly of Phosphole-Lipids and Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Y. Ren, J. Gao, A. K. Hailey, T. Baumgartner, Y.-L. Loo*
Chem. Mater. 201628, 8407-8414. (link)

Xylene-Bridged Phosphaviologen Oligomers and Polymers as High-Performance Electrode Modifiers for Li-Ion Batteries
M. Stolar, C. Reus, T. Baumgartner*
Adv. Energy Mater. 20166, 1600944. (link)

Dithienophosphole-based Phosphinamides with Intriguing Self-Assembly Behavior
Z. Wang, B. S. Gelfand, T. Baumgartner*
Angew. Chem. 2016128, 3542-3546;  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 201655, 3481-3485. (link)

Tuning the Aggregation-Induced Emission Behavior and Self-Assembly of Phosphole-Lipids
Z. Wang, B. S. Gelfand, P. Dong, S. Trudel, T. Baumgartner*
J. Mater. Chem. C 20164, 2936-2944. (link)
(invited article for themed issue:  Shape-Responsive Fluorophores)

A Structure-Property Study Toward pi-Extended Phosphole Chromophores with Ambipolar Redox Properties
Y. Ren, T. Baumgartner*
Can. J. Chem. 201694, 297-304. (link)
(University of Calgary 50th anniversary issue)

Stimuli-Responsive Chromism in Organophosphorus Chemistry
C. Reus, T. Baumgartner*
Dalton Trans. 201645, 1850-1855. (link)
(invited Frontier article for themed issue: Phosphorus Chemistry: Discoveries and Advances)

Structure-Property Studies of P-Triarylamine-Substituted Dithieno[3,2-b:2’,3’-d]phospholes
H. Puntscher, P. Kautny, B. Stöger, A. Tissot, C. Hametner, H. R. Hagemann, J. Fröhlich, T. Baumgartner,* D. Lumpi*
RSC Adv. 20155, 93797-93807. (link)

A Convenient N-Arylation Route for Electron-Deficient Pyridines: The Case of pi-Extended Electrochromic Phosphaviologens
C. Reus, M. Stolar, J. Vanderkley, J. Nebauer, T. Baumgartner*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015137, 11710-11717. (link)

Synthesis and Tunability of Highly Electron-Accepting, N-Benzylated ‘Phosphaviologens’
M. Stolar, J. Borau-Garcia, M. Toonen, T. Baumgartner*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015137, 3366-3371. (link)
(Highlighted in SYNFACTS 05/2015)

P-Containing Heteroarenes: Synthesis, Properties, Applications
M. Stolar, T. Baumgartner* 
in: Polycyclic Arenes and Heteroarenes: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications, Wiley-VCH, 2015309-329. (link)
(invited book chapter)

Organophosphorus Avenues Toward Self-Assembled Conjugated Soft Materials 
Z. Wang, T. Baumgartner* 
Chem. Rec. 201515, 199-217. (link
(invited personal account article for special issue on Novel Aromatics – Nozoe/ISNA)

Insights on the Design and Electron-Acceptor Properties of Conjugated Organophosphorus Materials 
T. Baumgartner 
Acc. Chem. Res. 201447, 1613-1622. (link
(invited account article)

Synthesis and Properties of Cholesteric Click-Phospholes
X.-M. He, J.-B. Lin, W. H. Kan, S. Trudel, T. Baumgartner*
Org. Lett. 201416, 1366-1369. (link)

Phosphorus-Containing Materials for Organic Electronics
M. Stolar, T. Baumgartner* 
Chem. Asian J. 20149, 1212-1225. (link)
(invited focus review & featured article, most cited list)

P-Terthienyl Functionalized Dithieno[3,2-b:2’,3’-d]phospholes    
C. J. Chua, Y. Ren, M. Stolar, S. Xing, T. Linder, T. Baumgartner*
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2014, 1767-1774. (link)
(invited contribution for cluster issue on Advances in Phosphorus Chemistry)

Molecular Engineering of “Click”-Phospholes Towards Self-Assembled Luminescent Soft Materials
X.-M. He, J.-B. Lin, W. H. Kan, P. Dong, S. Trudel, T. Baumgartner* 
Adv. Funct. Mater. 2014, 24, 897-906. (link)
(front cover page)

Synthesis and Properties of a Dicationic pi-Extended Dithieno[3,2-c:2’,3’-e]-2,7-diketophosphepin 
X.-M. He, T. Baumgartner* 
Organometallics 201332, 7625-7628. (link)

Synthesis of P-Triazole Dithienophospholes and a Cyclodextrin-based Sensor via Click Chemistry
X.-M. He, P. Zhang, J.-B. Lin, H. V. Huynh, S. E. Navarro Muñoz, C.-C. Ling, T. Baumgartner*  
Org. Lett. 201315, 5322-5325. (link)

Phosphinine-Lipids: A Successful Marriage between Electron-Acceptor and Self-Assembly Features
X.-M. He, J.-B. Lin, W. H. Kan, T. Baumgartner*
Angew. Chem. 2013125, 9160-9164; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 201352, 8990-8994. (link)

Luminescent P-Benzyl Dithienophospholes – A Joint Experimental and Theoretical Investigation
Z. Wang, A. Y. Y. Woo, T. Baumgartner*
Aust. J. Chem. 201366, 1171-1178. (link)
(invited contribution for ‘research front’ issue on main group chemistry)

Organic n-Type Materials for Charge Transport and Charge Storage Applications
M. Stolar, T. Baumgartner*
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 201315, 9007-9024. (link)
(invited perspective, ‘most accessed’ in 05-06/2013)

Halochromic Generation of White Light Emission Using a Single Dithienophosphole Luminophore
H. V. Huynh, X.-M. He, T. Baumgartner*
Chem. Commun. 201349, 4899-4901. (link)
(highlighted under “Noteworthy Chemistry” on ACS website)

Dithieno[3,2-b:2’,3’-d]phospholes: A Look Back at the First Decade
C. Romero-Nieto,* T. Baumgartner*
SYNLETT 201324, 920-937. (link)
(invited account)

Conjugated Main Group Polymers for Optoelectronics
X.-M. He, T. Baumgartner*
RSC Adv. 20133, 11334-11350. (link)
(invited review, ‘most accessed’ in 07-08/2013)

Dithiazolo[5,4-b:4′,5′-d]phosphole: A highly luminescent electron-accepting building block
X.-M. He, A. Y. Y. Woo, J. Borau-Garcia, T. Baumgartner*
Chem. Eur. J. 201319, 7620-7630. (link)

Molecular Engineering of the Physical Properties of Highly Luminescent pi-Conjugated Phospholes
Y. Ren, F. Biegger, T. Baumgartner*
J. Phys. Chem. C 2013117, 4748-4758. (link)

Perfluorophenylene-Bridged Bisphospholes: Synthesis and Unexpected Photophysical Properties
Y. Ren, A. Orthaber, R. Pietschnig,* T. Baumgartner*
Dalton Trans. 201342, 5314-5321. (link)

Dithieno[3,2-c:2’,3’-e]-2,7-diketophosphepin: A Unique Building Block for Multifunctional pi-Conjugated Materials
X.-M. He, J. Borau-Garcia, A. Y. Y. Woo, S. Trudel, T. Baumgartner*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013135, 1137-1147. (link)

Phosphorus-Containing Polymers  
Y.-y. Carpenter, T. Baumgartner*
Comprehensive Inorg. Chem. II Vol. 1 (Jan Reedijk and Kenneth Poeppelmeier, eds.), 893-932, Elsevier, Oxford 2013. (link)
(invited book series chapter)

Charge-Transfer Properties of Lateral Triphenylamine-Dithienophosphole Diads
C. J. Chua, Y. Ren, T. Baumgartner*
Org. Lett. 201214, 1588-1591. (link)
(Highlighted in SYNFACTS 06/2012)

Structure-Property Studies of Bichromophoric, PAH-Functionalized Dithieno[3,2-b:2’,3’-d]phospholes
C. J. Chua, Y. Ren, T. Baumgartner*
Organometallics 201231, 2425-2436. (link)

Synthesis and Unexpected Halochromism of Carbazole-Functionalized Dithienophospholes
M. Stolar, T. Baumgartner*
New J. Chem. 2012, 36, 1153-1160. (link)
(inside cover page; ‘most accessed’ in 03/2012)

Combining Form with Function: The Dawn of Phosphole-Based Functional Materials
Y. Ren, T. Baumgartner*
Dalton Trans. 201241, 7792-7800. (link)
(Invited contribution for special issue “New Talent Americas”; ‘most accessed’ in 03/2012)

Bio-Inspired Phosphole-Lipids: From Highly Fluorescent Organogels to Mechanically Responsive FRET
Y. Ren, W. H. Kan, V. Thangadurai, T. Baumgartner*
Angew. Chem. 2012124, 4031-4035; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 201251, 3964-3968. (link)
(Highlighted in the June 2012 issue of the Canadian Chemical News, ACCN)

Structure-Property Studies Toward the Stimuli-Responsive Behavior of Benzyl Phospholium Acenes
Y. Ren, T. Baumgartner*
Inorg. Chem. 201251, 2669-2678. (link)

External-Stimuli Responsive Photophysics and Liquid Crystal Properties of Self-Assembled ‘Phosphole-Lipids’
Y. Ren, W. H. Kan, M. A. Henderson, P. G. Bomben, C. P. Berlinguette, V. Thangadurai, T. Baumgartner*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011133, 17014-17026. (link)
(highlighted under “Noteworthy Chemistry” on ACS website)

Room Temperature Multifunctional Organophosphorus Gels and Liquid Crystals
C. Romero-Nieto, M. Marcos, S. Merino, J. Barberá, T. Baumgartner,* J. Rodríguez-López*
Adv. Funct. Mater. 201121, 4088-4099. (link)

Dithienophosphole-Based Polythiophenes: A Versatile Scaffold For Luminescent Metal-Containing Polymers
J. T. Wilson, T. Baumgartner*
ACS Polym. Preprints 201152, 844-845.

Azadibenzophospholes – Functional Building Blocks with Pronounced Electron-Acceptor Character
S. Durben, T. Baumgartner*
Inorg. Chem. 201150, 3823-3836. (link)

3,7-Diazadibenzophosphole Oxide – A Phosphorus-Bridged Viologen-Analogue with Dramatically Lowered Reduction Threshold
S. Durben, T. Baumgartner*
Angew. Chem. 2011123, 8096-8100; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 7948-7952. (link)

Consolidation of Organometallic and Organic Chromophore Design Elements: Cyclometalated Ru(II) Complexes Functionalized with Triphenylamines
K. C. D. Robson, B. D. Koivisto, A. Yella, B. Sporinaova, M. K. Nazeeruddin, T. Baumgartner, M. Grätzel, C. P. Berlinguette*
Inorg. Chem. 201150, 5494-5508. (link)

End-Group Functionalization of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) as an Efficient Route to Photosensitize Nanocrystalline TiO2 Films for Photovoltaic Applications”
R. A. Krüger, T. J. Gordon, T. Baumgartner,* T. C. Sutherland*
ACS Appl. Mater. & Interfaces 20113, 2031-2041. (link)

Dually Switchable Heterotetracenes – Addressing the Photophysical Properties and Self-Organization of the P-S-System
Y. Ren, T. Baumgartner*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 1328-1340. (link)

Band-Gap Engineering of Polythiophenens via Dithienophosphole-Doping
R. A. Krüger, T. J. Gordon, T. C. Sutherland,* T. Baumgartner*
J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem. 201149, 1201-1209. (link)

Synthesis of pi-Extended Thiadiazole (Oxides) and Their Electronic Properties
T. Linder, E. Badiola, T. Baumgartner,* T. C. Sutherland*
Org. Lett. 201012, 4520-4523. (link)

Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Donor-Acceptor Dithienophospholes
C. Romero-Nieto, K. Kamada, D. T. Cramb, S. Merino, J. Rodríguez-López,* T. Baumgartner*
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2010, 5225-5231. (link)

Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Bipyridine-Extended Dithienophosphole Chromophores for Transition Metal Complexation
D. R. Bai, T. Baumgartner*
Organometallics 201029, 3289-3297. (link)

Triphenylamine-Modified Ruthenium(II) Terpyridine Complexes: Enhancement of Light Absorption by Conjugated Bridging Motifs
K. C. D. Robson, B. D. Koivisto, T. J. Gordon, T. Baumgartner, C. P. Berlinguette*
Inorg. Chem. 201049, 5335-5337. (link)

Solution growth of anatase TiO2 nanowires from transparent conducting glass substrates
P. A. Sedach, T. J. Gordon, S. Y. Sayed, T. Fuerstenhaupt, R. Sui, T. Baumgartner, C. P. Berlinguette*
J. Mater. Chem. 201020, 5063-5069. (link)

Extended 2,5-Diazaphosphole Oxides – Promising Electron Acceptor Building Blocks for pi-Conjugated Organic Materials
T. Linder, T. C. Sutherland,* T. Baumgartner*
Chem. Eur. J. 201016, 7101-7105. (link)

Ladder-Type pi-Conjugated 4-Hetero-1,4-Dihydrophosphinines – A Structure-Property Study
Y. Ren, T. Baumgartner*
Chem. Asian J. 20105, 1918-1929. (link)
(‘most accessed’ in 06/2010 list)

Structure-Property Relationships of Acylated Asymmetric Dithienophospholes
T. J. Gordon, L. D. Szabo, T. Linder, C. P. Berlinguette, T. Baumgartner*
C.R. Chimie 201013, 971-979. (link)
(invited contribution for special issue “Phosphorus Chemistry Today”)

Dithienophosphole-capped pi-Conjugated Oligomers
S. Durben, T. Linder, T. Baumgartner*
New J. Chem. 2010, 34, 1585-1592. (link)
(invited contribution for special issue on main group chemistry)

Metal-Rich Organometallics
R. A. Krüger, T. Baumgartner*
Dalton Trans. 201039, 5759-5767. (link)
(invited perspective & inside cover page)

Trendbericht Anorganische Chemie 2009: Hauptgruppenchemie
T. Baumgartner,* R. Pietschnig*
Nachr. Chem. 201058, 239-249. (link)

Highly Luminescent Terpyridinyl-ethynyl Functionalized Dithieno[3,2-b:2’,3’-d]phospholes: Synthesis, Properties and Complexation Behavior
D. R. Bai, C. Romero-Nieto, T. Baumgartner*
Dalton Trans. 201039, 1250-1260. (link)

Simple and Efficient Generation of White Light-Emission From Organophosphorus Building Blocks
C. Romero-Nieto, S. Durben, I. M. Kormos, T. Baumgartner*
Adv. Funct. Mater. 200914, 3625-3631. (link)
(‘most accessed’ list 10/2009; part of a virtual ‘hot topic’ issue issue on organic electronics 10-11/2009)

Synthesis and Properties of Ladder-type 1,4-Dihydro-1,4-phosphasilins
Y. Ren, T. Linder, T. Baumgartner*
Can. J. Chem. 200987, 1222-1229. (link)

Dendrimeric OPV-Extended Dithieno[3,2-b:2’,3’-d]phospholes – Synthesis, Self-Organization and Optical Properties
C. Romero-Nieto, S. Merino, J. Rodríguez-López,* T. Baumgartner*
Chem. Eur. J. 200915, 4135-4145. (link)

Fluorinated Dithieno[3,2-b:2’,3’-d]phospholes with Highly Stabilized LUMO Levels
Y. Ren, Y. Dienes, S. Hettel, M. Parvez, B. Hoge,* T. Baumgartner*
Organometallics 200928, 734-740. (link)

2,6-Bis(tributyltin)benzo[1,2-b:5,4-b’]dithiophene: A New Synthon for Organic Semiconductors
M. P. Boone, Y. Dienes, T. Baumgartner*
Arkivoc 2009(v), 90-101. (link)
(commemorative issue for Ted Sorensen)

Tuning the Photophysical Properties and Solid-State Organization of Perfluorophenyl-functionalized Dithieno[3,2-b:2’,3’-d]phospholes
Y. Dienes, U. Englert, T. Baumgartner*
Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2009635, 238-244. (link)
(commemorative section for Edgar Niecke)

Toward Low-Band Gap Dithienophosphole Copolymers for Application in Organic Solar Cells
S. Durben, D. Nickel, R. A. Krüger, T. C. Sutherland, T. Baumgartner*
J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem. 200846, 8179-8190. (link)

Phosphorus-Based Heteropentacenes: Efficiently Tunable Materials for Organic n-Type Semiconductors
Y. Dienes, M. Eggenstein, T. Kárpáti, T. C. Sutherland, L. Nyulászi,* T. Baumgartner*
Chem. Eur. J. 200814, 9878-9889. (link)
(highlighted with an invited frontispiece)

A New Polymorph of Dimesitylborinic Acid
M. Kuhlmann, T. Baumgartner, M. Parvez*
Acta Cryst. E 200864, o1185. (link)

Selective Tuning of the Band-Gap of pi-Conjugated Dithieno[3,2-b:2’,3’-d]phospholes Toward Different Emission Colors
Y. Dienes, S. Durben, T. Kárpáti, T. Neumann, U. Englert, L. Nyulászi,* T. Baumgartner*
Chem. Eur. J. 200713, 7487-7500. (link)

A Reference for a Rapidly Growing Field
T. Baumgartner
Adv. Synth. Catal. 2007349, 1811-1812. (link)
(Book Review: Functional Organic Materials, Wiley-VCH)

Recent Developments in Phosphole-Containing Oligo- and Polythiophene Materials
M.G. Hobbs, T. Baumgartner*
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2007, 3611-3628. (link)
(invited microreview & cover page; ‘most cited’ list)

Cationic Dithieno[3,2-b:2’,3’-d]phospholes: A New Building Block for Luminescent Conjugated Polyelectrolytes
S. Durben, Y. Dienes, T. Baumgartner*
Org. Lett. 20068, 5893-5896. (link)

Organophosphorus pi-conjugated materials
T. Baumgartner,* R. Réau*
Chem. Rev. 2006106, 4681-4727. (link)
(invited review)

Redox-Active, Multinuclear (Ferrocenylethynyl)phosphanes and Their Palladium and Platinum Complexes
T. Baumgartner,* M. Fiege, F. Pontzen, R. Arteaga-Müller
Organometallics 200625, 5657-5664. (link)

Synthesis and optoelectronic properties of transition metal complexes incorporating dithieno[3,2-b:2’,3’-d]phosphole ligands
Y. Dienes, M. Eggenstein, T. Neumann, U. Englert, T. Baumgartner*
Dalton Trans. 2006, 1424-1433. (link)

Synthesis and Unexpected Reactivity of Si-H Functionalized Dithieno[3,2-b:2’,3’-d]phospholes 
T. Baumgartner,* W. Wilk
Org. Lett. 20068, 503-506. (link)

Highly sensitive sensory materials for fluoride ions based on the dithieno[3,2-b:2’,3’-d]phosphole system
T. Neumann, Y. Dienes, T. Baumgartner*
Org. Lett. 20068, 495-497. (link)
(‘most cited articles in 2006’ list)

pi-Conjugated heterocyclic fused bithiophene materials
T. Baumgartner
J. Inorg. Organomet. Poly. Mater. 200515, 389-409. (link)
(invited review)

From Model Compounds to Extended pi-Conjugated Systems: Synthesis and Properties of Dithieno[3,2-b:2’,3’-d]phospholes
T. Baumgartner,* W. Bergmans, T. Kárpáti, T. Neumann, M. Nieger, L. Nyulászi*
Chem. Eur. J. 200511, 4687-4699. (link

Synthesis and X-ray single-crystal structure study of 5,5′-bis(silyl)-functionalized 3,3′-dibromo-2,2′-dithiophenes
T. Baumgartner
Appl. Organomet. Chem. 200519, 859-863. (link)

The Dithieno[3,2-b:2’,3’-d]phosphole System: A Novel Building Block for Highly Luminescent pi-Conjugated Materials
T. Baumgartner,* T. Neumann, B. Wirges
Angew. Chem. 2004116, 6323-6328; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.200443, 6197-6201. (link)

Synthesis and Properties of New Phosphorus-Functionalized Bithiophene Materials
T. Baumgartner
Macromol. Symp. 2003196, 279-288. (link)


Bis{mu-1,4-bis[(diphenylphosphanyl)ethynyl]benzene-k2P:P’}bis[transdiiodidopalladium(II)] chloroform trisolvate 
W. Y. Chan, T. Baumgartner, A. J. Lough, I. Manners*
Acta Cryst. E 200763, M2886-U293. (link)   

Metallochain Cluster Complexes and Metallomacrocyclic Triangles Based on Coordination Bonds between Palladium or Platinum and Diphosphinoacetylene Ligands 
T. Baumgartner, K. Huynh, S. Schleidt, A. J. Lough, I. Manners*
Chem. Eur. J. 20028, 4622-4632. (link)    

Nucleophilically Assisted and Cationic Ring-Opening Polymerization (ROP) of Tin-bridged [1]ferrocenophanes 
T. Baumgartner, F. Jäkle, R. Rulkens, G. Zech, A. J. Lough, I. Manners*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002124, 10062-10070 (link)

Unusual Approaches to Organophosphorus Compounds – The Surprising Reactivity of Bis(methylene)phosphoranes and Related Phosphoranylidene Carbenoids 
T. Baumgartner, P. Moors, M. Nieger, H. Hupfer, E. Niecke*
Organometallics 200221, 4919-4926. (link)

Phosphavinylidene carbenoids [P]=C(Li)X (X=Br,Cl,F): Structure and dynamics
T. Baumgartner, D. Gudat, M. Nieger, E. Niecke*
Phosphorus, Sulfur & Silicon 1999147, 25. (link)

Lithium Phosphoranylidene Carbenoides Mes*-P(=E)=C(X)Li(THF)3 (E=NMes*, C(SiMe3)2, X=Br,Cl,F): Synthesis, and Structural Investigations in Solution and Solid State 
T. Baumgartner, D.Gudat,* E. Niecke,* M. Nieger, T. Schiffer
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999121, 5953-5960. (link)

Lithium Phosphoranylidene Ylides Mes*-P(=E)=C(H)Li(THF)3 (E=NMes*,(SiMe3)2)-Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Transmetalation
T. Baumgartner, B. Schinkels, D. Gudat,* M. Nieger, E. Niecke*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997119, 12410-12411. (link)