Publications

(a) Journal Articles

    J. P. Mack, J. A. Boatz, M. Gerken
    "Synthesis, NMR and vibrational spectroscopic characterization, and computational study of the cis-IO2F32- anion"
    Inorganic Chemistry 2008, 47, 3243-3247.

    M. Gerken, P. Hazendonk, A. Iuga, J. Nieboer, M. Tramsek, E. Goreshnik, B. Zemva, S. Zheng, J. Autschbach
    "Solid-state NMR spectroscopic study of coordination compounds of XeF2 with metal cations and the crystal structure of
    [Ba(XeF2)5][AsF6]2"
    Inorganic Chemistry 2007, 46, 6069-6077.

    A. Iuga, D. Iuga, A. Cross, M. Gerken, P. Hazendonk
    "Observation of satellite signals due to scalar coupling to spin-1/2 isotopes in solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy"
    Journal of Chemical Physics2007, 126, 054305/1-054305/10.

    M. A. M. Forgeron, R. E. Wasylishen, M. Gerken, G. J. Schrobilgen
    "Solid-state 129Xe and 131Xe NMR study of the perxenate anion XeO64-"
    Inorganic Chemistry 2007, 46, 3585-3592.

    S. Schneider, M. Gerken, R. Haiges, T. Schroer, J. A. Boatz, D. A. Dixon, D. J. Grant, K. O. Christe
    "Synthesis and Characterization of Silyldichloramines, their Reactions with F- Ions, instability of N2Cl2 and NCl2-, and Formation of NCl3"
    Inorganic Chemistry 2007, 46, 93-102.

    M. Gerken, P. Hazendonk, A. Iuga, J. P. Mack, H. P. A. Mercier, G. J. Schrobilgen
    "The solid-state 19F NMR spectrum of [N(CH3)4][IO2F2], a vibrational study of [N(CH3)4][IO3] and [N(CH3)4][IO3]•2H2O, and the X-ray crystal
    structures of [N(CH3)4][IO2F2] and [N(CH3)4][IO3]"
    Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 2006, 127, 1328-1338.

    R. Haiges, M. Gerken, A. Iuga, R. Bau, K. O. Christe
    "Are the NF4+ Cations in NF4BF4 Really Nontetrahedral?"
    Inorganic Chemistry 2006,45, 7981-7984.

    R. Haiges, J. A. Boatz, A. Vij, V. Vij, M. Gerken, S. Schneider, T. Schroer, M. Yousufuddin, K. O. Christe
    "Polyazide Chemistry. Preparation and Characterization of As(N3)5, Sb(N3)5, and [P(C6H5)4][Sb(N3)6]"
    Angewandte Chemie, 2004, 116, 6844-6848; Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, English2004, 43, 6676-6680.

    M. Gerken, J. P. Mack, G. J. Schrobilgen, R. J. Suontamo
    "Synthesis, vibrational and NMR spectroscopic characterization of [N(CH3)4][IO2F2] and X-ray crystal structure of [N(CH3)4]2[IO2F2][HF2]"
    Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, 2004, 125, 1663-1670.

    M. Gerken, P. Hazendonk, J. Nieboer, G. J. Schrobilgen
    "NMR spectroscopic study of xenon fluorides in the gas phase and of XeF2 in the solid state"
    Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, 2004, 125, 1163-1168.

    A. Vij, W. W. Wilson, V. Vij, R. Corley, F. S. Tham, M. Gerken, R. Haiges, S. Schneider, T. Schroer, R. I. Wagner
    "Methyl Tin(IV) Derivatives of HOTeF5 and HN(SO2CF3)2: A Solution Multinuclear NMR Study and X-ray Crystal Structures of
    (CH3)2SnCl(OTeF5) and [(CH3)3Sn(H2O)2][N(SO2CF3)2]"
    Inorganic Chemistry, 2004, 43, 3189-3199.

    R. Haiges A. Vij, J. A. Boatz, S. Schneider, T. Schroer, M. Gerken, K. O. Christe
    "First Structural Characterization of Binary As(III) and Sb(III) Azides"
    Chemistry, A European Journal, 2004, 10, 508-517.

    R. Haiges, J. A. Boatz, A. Vij, M. Gerken, S. Schneider, T. Schroer, K. O. Christe
    "Polyazide Chemistry. Preparation and Characterization of Te(N3)4 and [P(C6H5)4]2[Te(N3)6] and Evidence for [N(CH3)4]2[Te(N3)5] "
    Angewandte Chemie, 2003, 115, 6027-6031.

    J. A. Boatz, K. O. Christe, D. A. Dixon, B. A. Fir, M. Gerken, R. Z. Gnann,  H. P. A. Mercier, and G. J. Schrobilgen
    "Synthesis and Characterization of the trans-IO2F52- Dianion"
    Inorganic Chemistry, 2003, 42, 5282-5292.

    K. O. Christe, M.Gerken, R. Haiges, S. Schneider, T. Schroer, I. Tsyba, R. Bau
    "The (SO2)2N3- Anion"
    Inorganic Chemistry, 2003, 42, 416-419.

    K. O. Christe, M.Gerken, R. Haiges, S. Schneider, T. Schroer, F. S. Tham, A. Vij
    "Tritylsulfinylamine: A New Member in the Family of Sulfinylamines."
    Solid State Sciences, 2002, 4, 1529-1534.

    K. O. Christe, J. A. Boatz,  M. Gerken, R. Haiges, S. Schneider, T. Schroer, F. S. Tham, A. Vij, V. Vij, R. I. Wagner, and W. W. Wilson
    "Synthesis and Characterization of the SO2N3-, (SO2)2N3-, and SO3N3- Anions"
    Inorganic Chemistry, 2002, 41, 4275-4285.

    M. Gerken, J. A. Boatz, A. Kornath, R. Haiges, S. Schneider, T. Schroer, K. O. Christe
    "The 19F NMR Shifts are not a Measure for the Nakedness of the Fluoride Anion"
    Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, 2002, 116, 49-58.

    K. O. Christe, M. Gerken, S. Schneider, T. Schroer
    "Improved Synthesis of CsN3"
    Zeitschrift für allgemeine und anorganische Chemie, 2002, 628, 909-910.

    M. Gerken, D. A. Dixon, G. J. Schrobilgen
    "The OsO3F+ and Os2O6F3+ Cations, Their Syntheses and Study by Raman and 19F NMR Spectroscopy and Electron Structure Calculations;
    and the X-ray Crystal Structures of [OsO3F][PnF6] (Pn = As, Sb), [OsO3F][HF]2[AsF6], [OsO3F][HF][SbF6], and [OsO3F][Sb3F16]"
    Inorganic Chemistry, 2002, 41, 259-277.

    M. Gerken and G. J. Schrobilgen
    "Solution Multi-NMR and Raman Spectroscopic Study of Thermodynamically Unstable XeO4; the First 131Xe NMR Study of a Chemically
    Bound Xenon Species "
    Inorganic Chemistry, 2002, 41, 198-204.

    B. Fir, M. Gerken, B. E. Pointner, H. P. A. Mercier, D. A. Dixon, G. J. Schrobilgen
    "An X-ray Crystallographic Study of [Xe2F3][SbF6] and Dimorphism in [Xe2F3][SbF6]"
    Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, 2000, 105, 159-167.

    M. Gerken, D. A. Dixon, G. J. Schrobilgen
   "The OsO4F-, OsO4F22-, and OsO3F3- Anions and Their Study by Vibrational and NMR Spectroscopy and Density Functional Calculations;
    and the X-ray Crystal Structures of [N(CH3)4][OsO4F] and [N(CH3)4][OsO3F3]"
    Inorganic Chemistry, 2000, 39, 4244-4255.

    M. Gerken, P. Kolb, A. Wegner, H. P. A. Mercier, H. Borrmann, D. A. Dixon, G. J. Schrobilgen
    "Tetrachloro- and tetrabromoarsonium(V) Cations: Raman and 75As, 19F NMR Spectroscopic Characterization and X-ray Crystal Structures
    of AsCl4+ As(OTeF5)6- and AsBr4+ AsF(OTeF5)5-"
    Inorganic Chemistry, 2000, 39, 2813-2824.

    J. Campbell, L. A. Devereux, M. Gerken, H. P. A. Mercier, A. M. Pirani, G. J. Schrobilgen
    "Ditin(IV) Chalcogenide Anions: 77Se, 119Sn and 125Te Solution NMR Study of the Sn2Ch64- and Sn2Ch74- (Ch = Se, Te), X-Ray Crystal
    Structures and Raman Spectra of K+(N(CH3)4+)3Sn2Se64-, (enH+)2(2,2,2-crypt-K+)2Sn 2Se64-, (K+)2(2,2,2-crypt-K+)2Sn2Te64- and X-Ray
    Crystal Structures of K+(2,2,2-crypt-K+)2HOSnTe33- and K+(2,2,2-crypt-K+)2HOSnTe33- en."
    Inorganic Chemistry, 1996, 35, 2945-2962.

(b) Contributions to Books

    M. Gerken, G. J. Schrobilgen
    "Osmium(VIII) Oxide and Oxide Fluoride Chemistry"
    In Inorganic Chemistry Highlights; G. Meyer, D. Naumann, L. Wesemann, Eds.; Wiley-VCH, 2005, 243-266.

    M. Gerken, H. P. A. Mercier, G. J. Schrobilgen
    "Syntheses and Structures of the Oxide Fluorides of the Main-Group and Transition Metal Elements"
    In Advanced Inorganic Fluorides: Synthesis, Characterization and Application; T. Nakajima, A. Tressaud, B. Zemva, eds., Elsevier Science,
    1999, 117 - 174.

(c) Review Articles

    M. Gerken, G. J. Schrobilgen
    "The Impact of Multi-NMR Spectroscopy on the Development of Noble-Gas Chemistry."
    Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2000, 197, 335-395.