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QUALIFICATION HIGHLIGHTS

• Leading expert in Inorganic Chemistry, Crystallography, Energetic Materials, Polynitrogen Chemistry, and Fluorine Chemistry with over 20 years of research experience and more than 100 peer-reviewed papers.

• Consultant for NASA/JPL for energetic materials and reaction systems.

• Principle Investigator for research programs funded by ONR, DTRA and AFOSR.

• Advisor of graduate and undergraduate students; Instructor of courses in X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, Nanomaterials and Energetic Materials.

• Associate editor for RSC Advances and guest editor for Crystals.

• US citizen, fully bilingual in English and German.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 2010-pres Associate Professor (Research) and Director of the X-ray Crystallographic Facility

• Co-leader of a research group in Inorganic Chemistry, Energetic Materials, Superacid and Fluorine Chemistry.

• Expert in Inorganic Chemistry, Polynitrogen Compounds, High-Oxygen Carriers, Nitro and Nitramine Compounds, Nitration Reactions, Azides, Superacid Chemistry, Fluorine Chemistry, Coordination Chemistry and Metallic Compounds.

• Instructor of graduate and undergraduate courses in X-ray Crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, Chemical Nanotechnology and Chemical Research.

• Director of the X-ray Crystallographic Facility and Crystallographer.

• Chair of the chemical safety committee.

• Author of publications, patents and grant proposals.

Royal Society of Chemistry 2013-2017 Associate Editor for RSC Advances

American Chemical Society, Division of Fluorine Chemistry 2013-2017 Vice/Chair (2013-2015) and Chair of the Division

• Oversight and advisement of the Executive Committee of the Division.

• Representation of the Division at ACS Headquarters.

• Advisor to fellow scientists, journalists and the public.

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 2001-2010 Senior Research Scientist and Lecturer

• Research in Polynitrogen, Fluorine, and Energetic Materials Chemistry.

• Prepared scientific peer-review publications and gave scientific presentations.

University of Wuppertal, Germany 2000-2001 Postdoctoral Fellow

• Research in Organometallic and Organofluorine chemistry.

• Synthesis of isotopic labeled compounds such as silanes.

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EDUCATION

Ph.D., Chemistry - 2000 University of Wuppertal, Germany with Prof. Reint Eujen

Thesis title: “Difluorocarbene-Reactions of Bis(trifluoromethyl)cadmium: Synthesis of partially fluorinated organic compounds”

M.Sc. (Diplom), Chemistry - 1997 University of Wuppertal, Germany with Prof. Reint Eujen

Thesis title: “The Chemistry of Bis(trifluoromethyl)cadmium: Reactions with covalent inorganic halides”

B.Sc. (Vordiplom), Chemistry - 1994 University of Wuppertal, Germany

Chemical-technical Assistant - 1990 Chemical Institute Dr. Flad, Stuttgart, Germany

CERTIFICATION & TRAINING

• APEX DUO with Fixed Chi Stage Maintenance Certification, Bruker AXS, 2011

HONORS & AWARDS

• Robert Bau Award of the University of Southern California, 2011

• Arthur Adamson Award of the University of Southern California, 2004

• Research Stipend of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, 2001

• Award for Excellence in Master’s Thesis, University of Wuppertal, 1994

• Work was featured on the covers of Angewandte Chemie, Inorganic Chemistry and Chemistry - A European Journal, and was highlighted in Angewandte Chemie and Chemical & Engineering News.

AFFILIATIONS

• American Chemical Society, ACS

• Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, GdCh (German Chemical Society)

• American Crystallographic Association, ACA

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List of Publications

Energetic Materials Publications

1. Christe, K. O.; Boatz, J. A.; Gerken, M.; Haiges, R.; Schneider, S.; Schroer, T.; Tham, F.

S.; Vij, A.; Vij, V.; Wagner, R. I.; Wilson, W. W., Synthesis and characterization of the

SO2N3-, (SO2)2N3

-, and SO3N3- anions. Inorganic Chemistry 2002, 41 (16), 4275-4285.

2. Gerken, M.; Schneider, S.; Schroer, T.; Haiges, R.; Christe, K. O., Improved synthesis of

CsN3. Zeitschrift fur Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie 2002, 628 (5), 909-910.

3. Christe, K. O.; Gerken, M.; Haiges, R.; Schneider, S.; Schroer, T.; Tsyba, I.; Bau, R., The

(SO2)2N3- anion. Inorganic Chemistry 2003, 42 (2), 416-419.

4. Haiges, R.; Boatz, J. A.; Vij, A.; Gerken, M.; Schneider, S.; Schroer, T.; Christe, K. O.,

Polyazide chemistry: Preparation and characterization of Te(N3)4 and [P(C6H5)4]2[Te(N3)6]

and evidence for [N(CH3)4]Te(N3)5]. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2003, 42

(47), 5847-5851.

5. Haiges, R.; Boatz, J. A.; Schneider, S.; Schroer, T.; Yousufuddin, M.; Christe, K. O., The

binary group 4 azides [Ti(N3)4], [P(C6H5)4)][Ti(N3)5], and [P(C6H5)4]2[Ti(N3)6] and on

linear Ti-N-NN coordination. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2004, 43 (24),

3148-3152.

6. Haiges, R.; Boatz, J. A.; Vij, A.; Vij, V.; Gerken, M.; Schneider, S.; Schroer, T.;

Yousufuddin, M.; Christe, K. O., Polyazide chemistry: Preparation and characterization of

As(N3)5, Sb(N3)5, and [P(C6H5)4][Sb(N3)6]. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition

2004, 43 (48), 6676-6680.

7. Haiges, R.; Schneider, S.; Schroer, T.; Christe, K. O., High-energy-density materials:

Synthesis and characterization of N5+[P(N3)6]-, N5

+[B(N3)4]-, N5+[HF2]-·nHF, N5

+[BF4]-,

N5+[PF6]-, and N5

+[SO3F]-. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2004, 43 (37), 4919-

4924.

8. Haiges, R.; Vij, A.; Boatz, J. A.; Schneider, S.; Schroer, T.; Gerken, M.; Christe, K. O.,

First structural characterization of binary As-III and Sb-III azides. Chemistry - A European

Journal 2004, 10 (2), 508-517.

9. Haiges, R.; Boatz, J. A.; Bau, R.; Schneider, S.; Schroer, T.; Yousufuddin, M.; Christe, K.

O., Polyazide chemistry: The first binary group 6 azides, Mo(N3)6, W(N3)6, [Mo(N3)7]-, and

[W(N3)7]-, and the [NW(N3)4]- and [NMo(N3)4]- ions. Angewandte Chemie-International

Edition 2005, 44 (12), 1860-1865.

10. Haiges, R.; Schroer, T.; Yousufuddin, M.; Christe, K. O., The syntheses and structures of

Ph4EN3 (E = P, As, Sb), an example for the transition from ionic to covalent azides within

the same main group. Zeitschrift fur Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie 2005, 631 (13-

14), 2691-2695.

11. Schroer, T.; Haiges, R.; Schneider, S.; Christe, K. O., The race for the first generation of

the pentazolate anion in solution is far from over. Chemical Communications 2005, (12),

1607-1609.

12. Haiges, R.; Boatz, J. A.; Schroer, T.; Yousufuddin, M.; Christe, K. O., Experimental

evidence for linear metal-azido coordination: The binary Group 5 azides [Nb(N3)5],

[Ta(N3)5], [Nb(N3)6]-, and [Ta(N3)6]- and 1 : 1 acetonitrile adducts [Nb(N3)5)(CH3CN)] and

[Ta(N3)5)(CH3CN)]. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2006, 45 (29), 4830-4835.

13. Jones, C. B.; Haiges, R.; Schroer, T.; Christe, K. O., Oxygen-balanced energetic ionic

liquid. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2006, 45 (30), 4981-4984.

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14. Kunikeev, S. D.; Taylor, H. S.; Schroer, T.; Haiges, R.; Jones, C. J. B.; Christe, K. O., New

signal processing method for the faster observation of natural-abundance 15N NMR spectra

and its application to N5+. Inorganic Chemistry 2006, 45 (1), 437-442.

15. Haiges, R.; Boatz, J. A.; Yousufuddin, M.; Christe, K. O., Monocapped trigonal-prismatic

transition-metal heptaazides: Syntheses, properties, and structures of [Nb(N3)7]2- and

[Ta(N3)7]2-. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2007, 46 (16), 2869-2874.

16. Klapötke, T. M.; Krumm, B.; Scherr, M.; Haiges, R.; Christe, K. O., The binary

selenium(IV) azides Se(N3)4, [Se(N3)5]-, and [Se(N3)6]2-. Angewandte Chemie-International

Edition 2007, 46 (45), 8686-8690.

17. Christe, K. O.; Haiges, R.; Wilson, W. W.; Boatz, J. A., Synthesis and Properties of N7O+.

Inorganic Chemistry 2010, 49 (3), 1245-1251.

18. Haiges, R.; Boatz, J. A.; Christe, K. O., The Syntheses and Structure of the Vanadium(IV)

and Vanadium(V) Binary Azides V(N3)4, [V(N3)6]2-, and [V(N3)6]-. Angewandte Chemie-

International Edition 2010, 49 (43), 8008-8012.

19. Christe, K. O.; Haiges, R.; Boatz, J. A.; Brooke Jenkins, H. D.; Garner, E. B.; Dixon, D. A.,

Why Are [P(C6H5)4]+N3− and [As(C6H5)4]+N3

− Ionic Salts and Sb(C6H5)4N3 and

Bi(C6H5)4N3 Covalent Solids? A Theoretical Study Provides an Unexpected Answer.

Inorganic Chemistry 2011, 50 (8), 3752-3756.

20. Haiges, R.; Boatz, J. A.; Williams, J. M.; Christe, K. O., Preparation and Characterization

of the Binary Group 13 Azides M(N3)3 and M(N3)3⋅CH3CN (M=Ga, In, Tl), [Ga(N3)5]2−,

and [M(N3)6]3− (M=In, Tl). Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2011, 50 (38), 8828-

8833.

21. Haiges, R.; Rahm, M.; Dixon, D. A.; Garner, E. B.; Christe, K. O., Binary Group 15

Polyazides. Structural Characterization of [Bi(N3)4]−, [Bi(N3)5]2–, [bipy·Bi(N3)5]2–,

[Bi(N3)6]3–, bipy·As(N3)3, bipy·Sb(N3)3, and [(bipy)2·Bi(N3)3]2 and on the Lone Pair

Activation of Valence Electrons. Inorganic Chemistry 2012, 51 (2), 1127-1141.

22. Bélanger-Chabot, G.; Rahm, M.; Haiges, R.; Christe, K. O., [BH3C(NO2)3]−: The First

Room-Temperature Stable (Trinitromethyl)borate. Angewandte Chemie-International

Edition 2013, 52 (42), 11002-11006.

23. Haiges, R.; Christe, K. O., Energetic High-Nitrogen Compounds: 5-(Trinitromethyl)-2H-

tetrazole and -tetrazolates, Preparation, Characterization, and Conversion into 5-

(Dinitromethyl)tetrazoles. Inorganic Chemistry 2013, 52 (12), 7249-7260.

24. Haiges, R.; Jones, C. B.; Christe, K. O., Energetic Bis(3,5-dinitro-1H-1,2,4-

triazolyl)dihydro- and dichloroborates and Bis(5-nitro-2H-tetrazolyl)-, Bis(5-

(trinitromethyl)-2H-tetrazolyl)-, and Bis(5-(fluorodinitromethyl)-2H-

tetrazolyl)dihydroborate. Inorganic Chemistry 2013, 52 (9), 5551-5558.

25. Haiges, R.; Rahm, M.; Christe, K. O., Unprecedented Conformational Variability in Main

Group Inorganic Chemistry: the Tetraazidoarsenite and -Antimonite Salts A+[M(N3)4]- (A

= NMe4, PPh4, (Ph3P)2N; M = As, Sb), Five Similar Salts, Five Different Anion Structures.

Inorganic Chemistry 2013, 52 (1), 402-414.

26. Haiges, R.; Buszek, R. J.; Boatz, J. A.; Christe, K. O., Preparation of the First

Manganese(III) and Manganese(IV) Azides. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition

2014, 53 (31), 8200-8205.

27. Haiges, R.; Deokar, P.; Christe, K. O., Coordination Adducts of Niobium(V) and

Tantalum(V) Azide M(N3)5 (M=Nb, Ta) with Nitrogen Donor Ligands and their Self-

Ionization. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2014, 53 (21), 5431-5434.

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28. Rahm, M.; Bélanger-Chabot, G.; Haiges, R.; Christe, K. O., Nitryl Cyanide, NCNO2.

Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2014, 53 (27), 6893-6897.

29. Yu, T.; Liu, Y.-Z.; Haiges, R.; Christe, K. O.; Lai, W.-P.; Wu, B., 4-Oxo- or 1-oxo-N7O+?

A computational and experimental study. RSC Advances 2014, 4 (54), 28377-28389.

30. Belanger-Chabot, G.; Rahm, M.; Haiges, R.; Christe, K. O., Ammonia-

(Dinitramido)boranes: High-Energy-Density Materials. Angewandte Chemie-International

Edition 2015, 54 (40), 11730-11734.

31. Christe, K. O.; Dixon, D. A.; Vasiliu, M.; Wagner, R. I.; Haiges, R.; Boatz, J. A.; Ammon,

H. L., Are DTTO and iso-DTTO Worthwhile Targets for Synthesis? Propellants,

Explosives, Pyrotechnics 2015, 40 (4), 463-468.

32. Christe, K. O.; Wilson, W. W.; Belanger-Chabot, G.; Haiges, R.; Boatz, J. A.; Rahm, M.;

Prakash, G. K. S.; Saal, T.; Hopfinger, M., Synthesis and Characterization of

Fluorodinitroamine, FN(NO2)2. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2015, 54 (4),

1316-1320.

33. Gupta, V.; Wieman, S.; Didkovsky, L.; Haiges, R.; Yao, Y.; Wu, W.; Gruntman, M.;

Erwin, D.; Fineschi, S.; Fennelly, J., Investigation of Contamination of Thin-Film

Aluminum Filters by MMH-NTO Plumes Exposed to UV Radiation. In Solar Physics and

Space Weather Instrumentation VI, 2015; Vol. 9604.

34. Haiges, R.; Belanger-Chabot, G.; Kaplan, S. M.; Christe, K. O., Preparation and

characterization of 3,5-dinitro-1H-1,2,4-triazole. Dalton Transactions 2015, 44 (16), 7586-

7594.

35. Haiges, R.; Belanger-Chabot, G.; Kaplan, S. M.; Christe, K. O., Synthesis and structural

characterization of 3,5-dinitro-1,2,4-triazolates. Dalton Transactions 2015, 44 (7), 2978-

2988.

36. Haiges, R.; Christe, K. O., 5-(Fluorodinitromethyl)-2H-tetrazole and its tetrazolates -

Preparation and Characterization of New High Energy Compounds. Dalton Transactions

2015, 44 (22), 10166-10176.

37. Haiges, R.; Skotnitzki, J.; Fang, Z.; Dixon, D. A.; Christe, K. O., The Molybdenum(V) and

Tungsten(VI) Oxoazides [MoO(N3)3], [MoO(N3)3 · 2CH3CN], [(bipy) MoO(N3)3],

[MoO(N3)5]2-, [WO(N3)4], and [WO(N3)4 · CH3CN]. Angewandte Chemie-International

Edition 2015, 54 (51), 15550-15555.

38. Haiges, R.; Skotnitzki, J.; Fang, Z.; Dixon, D. A.; Christe, K. O., The First

Molybdenum(VI) and Tungsten(VI) Oxoazides MO2(N3)2, MO2(N3)2⋅2 CH3CN,

(bipy)MO2(N3)2, and [MO2(N3)4]2− (M=Mo, W). Angewandte Chemie-International

Edition 2015, 54 (33), 9581-9585.

39. Haiges, R.; Vasiliu, M.; Dixon, D. A.; Christe, K. O., The Vanadium(V) Oxoazides

[VO(N3)3], [(bipy)VO(N3)3], and [VO(N3)5]2-. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition

2015, 54 (31), 9101-9105.

40. Wilson, W. W.; Clough, A. J.; Haiges, R.; Rahm, M.; Christe, K. O., Syntheses of

Diphenylaminodiazidophosphane and Diphenylaminofluoroazidophosphane. Inorganic

Chemistry 2015, 54 (24), 11859-11867.

41. Deokar, P.; Vasiliu, M.; Dixon, D. A.; Christe, K. O.; Haiges, R., The Binary Group 4

Azides [PPh4]2[Zr(N3)6] and [PPh4]2[Hf(N3)6]. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition

2016, 55 (46), 14348-14352.

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42. Haiges, R.; Vasiliu, M.; Dixon, D. A.; Christe, K. O., The niobium oxoazides [NbO(N3)3],

[NbO(N3)3·2CH3CN], [(bipy)NbO(N3)3], Cs2[NbO(N3)5] and [PPh4]2[NbO(N3)5]. Dalton

Transactions 2016, 45 (26), 10523-10529.

43. Belanger-Chabot, G.; Kaplan, M.; Deokar, P.; Szimhardt, N.; Haiges, R.; Christe, K. O.,

Synthesis and Characterization of Nitro-, Trinitromethyl-, and Fluorodinitromethyl-

substituted Triazolyl- and Tetrazolyl-trihydridoborate Anions. Chemistry - A European

Journal 2017.

44. Belanger-Chabot, G.; Rahm, M.; Haiges, R.; Christe, K. O., Dinitramidoborates: A

Fascinating Case of Competing Oxygen and Nitrogen Donors and Tautomerism.

Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2017, 56 (36), 10881-10885.

45. Haiges, R.; Vasiliu, M.; Dixon, D. A.; Christe, K. O., The Uranium(VI) Oxoazides

[UO2(N3)2 · CH3CN], [(bipy)2(UO2)2(N3)4], [(bipy)UO2(N3)3]-, [UO2(N3)4]2-, and

[(UO2)2(N3)8]4-. Chemistry - A European Journal 2017, 23 (3), 652-664.

46. Saal, T.; Rahm, M.; Christe, K. O.; Haiges, R., Protonation of Nitramines: Where Does the

Proton Go? Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2017, 56 (32), 9587-9591.

Other publications

47. Eujen, R.; Haiges, R., Reactions of donor-free (CF3)2Cd with phosphorus(V) halides:

Insertion of difluorocarbene and direct synthesis of (CF3)3PF2. Zeitschrift fur

Naturforschung Section B-A Journal of Chemical Sciences 1998, 53 (12), 1455-1460.

48. Christe, K. O.; Gerken, M.; Haiges, R.; Schneider, S.; Schroer, T.; Tham, F. S.; Vij, A.,

Tritylsulfinylamine: a new member in the family of sulfinylamines. Solid State Sciences

2002, 4 (11-12), 1529-1534.

49. Gerken, M.; Boatz, J. A.; Kornath, A.; Haiges, R.; Schneider, S.; Schroer, T.; Christe, K.

O., The 19F NMR shifts are not a measure for the nakedness of the fluoride anion. Journal

of Fluorine Chemistry 2002, 116 (1), 49-58.

50. Haiges, R.; Christe, K. O., An improved method for product separation in metathetical

reactions and its demonstration for the synthesis of anhydrous cesium salts. Zeitschrift fur

Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie 2002, 628 (8), 1717-1718.

51. Schneider, S.; Haiges, R.; Schroer, T.; Boatz, J.; Christe, K. O., The [NH3Cl]+. Angewandte

Chemie-International Edition 2004, 43 (39), 5213-5217.

52. Vij, A.; Wilson, W. W.; Vij, V.; Corley, R. C.; Tham, F. S.; Gerken, M.; Haiges, R.;

Schneider, S.; Schroer, T.; Wagner, R. I., Methyl tin(IV) derivatives of HOTeF5 and

HN(SO2CF3)2: A solution multinuclear NMR study and the X-ray crystal structures of

(CH3)2SnCl(OTeF5) and [(CH3)3Sn(H2O)2][N(SO2CF3)2]. Inorganic Chemistry 2004, 43

(10), 3189-3199.

53. Haiges, R.; Gerken, M.; Iuga, A.; Bau, R.; Christe, K. O., Are the NF4+ cations in NF4BF4

really nontetrahedral? Inorganic Chemistry 2006, 45 (19), 7981-7984.

54. Haiges, R.; Wagner, R.; Boatz, J. A.; Yousufuddin, M.; Etzkorn, M.; Prakash, G. K. S.;

Christe, K. O.; Chapman, R. D.; Welker, M. E.; Kreutzberger, C. B., Preparation,

characterization, and crystal structures of the SO3NHF- and SO3NF2- ions. Angewandte

Chemie-International Edition 2006, 45 (31), 5179-5184.

55. Christe, K. O.; Hegge, J.; Hoge, B.; Haiges, R., Convenient access to trifluoromethanol.

Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2007, 46 (32), 6155-6158.

56. Schneider, S.; Gerken, M.; Haiges, R.; Schroer, T.; Boatz, J. A.; Dixon, D. A.; Grant, D. J.;

Christe, K. O., Synthesis and characterization of silyldichloramines, their reactions with F-

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ions, instability of N2Cl2 and NCl2-, and formation of NCl3. Inorganic Chemistry 2007, 46

(1), 93-102.

57. Nguyen, M. T.; Matus, M. H.; Ngan, V. T.; Haiges, R.; Christe, K. O.; Dixon, D. A.,

Energetics and mechanism of the decomposition of trifluoromethanol. Journal of Physical

Chemistry A 2008, 112 (6), 1298-1312.

58. Prakash, G. K.; Wang, F.; Shao, N.; Mathew, T.; Rasul, G.; Haiges, R.; Stewart, T.; Olah,

G. A., A persistent alpha-fluorocarbanion and its analogues: preparation, characterization,

and computational study. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2009, 48 (29), 5358-

5362.

59. Christe, K. O.; Dixon, D. A.; Grant, D. J.; Haiges, R.; Tham, F. S.; Vij, A.; Vij, V.; Wang,

T. H.; Wilson, W. W., Dinitrogen Difluoride Chemistry. Improved Syntheses of cis- and

trans-N2F2, Synthesis and Characterization of N2F+Sn2F9-, Ordered Crystal Structure of

N2F+Sb2F11-, High-Level Electronic Structure Calculations of cis-N2F2, trans-N2F2, F2N=N,

and N2F+, and Mechanism of the trans-cis Isomerization of N2F2. Inorganic Chemistry

2010, 49 (15), 6823-6833.

60. Christe, K. O.; Dixon, D. A.; Haiges, R.; Hopfinger, M.; Jackson, V. E.; Klapötke, T. M.;

Krumm, B.; Scherr, M., Selenium(IV) fluoride and oxofluoride anions. Journal of Fluorine

Chemistry 2010, 131 (7), 791-799.

61. West, W. C.; Shevade, A.; Soler, J.; Kulleck, J.; Smart, M. C.; Ratnakumar, B. V.; Moran,

M.; Haiges, R.; Christe, K. O.; Prakash, G. K. S., Sulfuryl and Thionyl Halide-Based

Ultralow Temperature Primary Batteries. Journal of the Electrochemical Society 2010, 157

(5), A571-A577.

62. Blazewska, K. M.; Haiges, R.; Kashemirov, B. A.; Ebetino, F. H.; McKenna, C. E., A

serendipitous phosphonocarboxylate complex of boron: when vessel becomes reagent.

Chemical Communications 2011, 47 (22), 6395-6397.

63. Błażewska, K. M.; Ni, F.; Haiges, R.; Kashemirov, B. A.; Coxon, F. P.; Stewart, C. A.;

Baron, R.; Rogers, M. J.; Seabra, M. C.; Ebetino, F. H.; McKenna, C. E., Synthesis,

stereochemistry and SAR of a series of minodronate analogues as RGGT inhibitors.

European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2011, 46 (10), 4820-4826.

64. Christe, K. O.; Dixon, D. A.; Haiges, R.; Hopfinger, M.; Jackson, V. E.; Klapötke, T. M.;

Krumm, B.; Scherr, M., Corrigendum to “Selenium(IV) fluoride and oxofluoride anions”

[J. Fluorine Chem. 131 (2010) 791–799]. Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 2011, 132 (5),

373.

65. Czaun, M.; Goeppert, A.; May, R.; Haiges, R.; Prakash, G. K. S.; Olah, G. A., Hydrogen

Generation from Formic Acid Decomposition by Ruthenium Carbonyl Complexes.

Tetraruthenium Dodecacarbonyl Tetrahydride as an Active Intermediate. ChemSusChem

2011, 4 (9), 1241-1248.

66. Prakash, G. K. S.; Wang, F.; Ni, C.; Shen, J.; Haiges, R.; Yudin, A. K.; Mathew, T.; Olah,

G. A., Conformational Study of 9-Dehydro-9-Trifluoromethyl Cinchona Alkaloids via 19F

NMR Spectroscopy: Emergence of Trifluoromethyl Moiety as a Conformational Stabilizer

and a Probe. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2011, 133 (26), 9992-9995.

67. Prakash, G. K. S.; Wang, F.; Rahm, M.; Shen, J.; Ni, C.; Haiges, R.; Olah, G. A., On the

Nature of C-H center dot center dot center dot F?C Interactions in Hindered CF3?C(sp3)

Bond Rotations. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2011, 50 (49), 11761-11764.

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68. Wang, S.; Hall, L.; Diev, V. V.; Haiges, R.; Wei, G.; Xiao, X.; Djurovich, P. I.; Forrest, S.

R.; Thompson, M. E., N,N-Diarylanilinosquaraines and Their Application to Organic

Photovoltaics. Chemistry of Materials 2011, 23 (21), 4789-4798.

69. Krylov, I. S.; Zakharova, V. M.; Serpi, M.; Haiges, R.; Kashemirov, B. A.; McKenna, C.

E., Structure of Cyclic Nucleoside Phosphonate Ester Prodrugs: An Inquiry. J Org Chem

2012, 77 (1), 684-689.

70. Krylova, V. A.; Djurovich, P. I.; Aronson, J. W.; Haiges, R.; Whited, M. T.; Thompson, M.

E., Structural and Photophysical Studies of Phosphorescent Three-Coordinate Copper(I)

Complexes Supported by an N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligand. Organometallics 2012, 31

(22), 7983-7993.

71. Nieboer, J.; Haiges, R.; Hillary, W.; Yu, X.; Richardet, T.; Mercier, H. P. A.; Gerken, M.,

Fluoride-Ion Acceptor Properties of WSF4: Synthesis, Characterization, and

Computational Study of the WSF5– and W2S2F9

– Anions and 19F NMR Spectroscopic

Characterization of the W2OSF9– Anion. Inorganic Chemistry 2012, 51 (11), 6350-6359.

72. Prakash, G. K. S.; Shao, N.; Zhang, Z.; Ni, C.; Wang, F.; Haiges, R.; Olah, G. A., Facile

synthesis of α-monofluoromethyl alcohols: Nucleophilic monofluoromethylation of

aldehydes using TMSCF(SO2Ph)2. Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 2012, 133 (0), 27-32.

73. Prakash, G. K. S.; Wang, F.; Zhang, Z.; Ni, C.; Haiges, R.; Olah, G. A., Enantioselective

Synthesis of α-Stereogenic γ-Keto Esters via Formal Umpolung. Organic Letters 2012, 14

(13), 3260-3263.

74. Haiges, R. In Preparation of transition metal fluorides using ClF3, John Wiley & Sons,

Inc.: 2013; pp 100-107, 5 plates.

75. Nikolaev, V. A.; Supurgibekov, M. B.; Haiges, R.; Linden, A.; Prakash, G. K. S.,

Thermolysis of trifluoromethyl-containing vinyldiazocarbonyl compounds and X-ray

crystal structure analysis of unexpected reaction products. Journal of Fluorine Chemistry

2013, 156 (0), 322-326.

76. Prakash, G. K. S.; Gurung, L.; Jog, P. V.; Tanaka, S.; Thomas, T. E.; Ganesh, N.; Haiges,

R.; Mathew, T.; Olah, G. A., Direct Synthesis of Diverse β-Fluoroethylamines by a

Multicomponent Protocol. Chemistry – A European Journal 2013, 19 (11), 3579-3583.

77. Prakash, G. K. S.; Ni, C.; Wang, F.; Zhang, Z.; Haiges, R.; Olah, G. A.,

Difluoro(sulfinato)methylation of N-Sulfinyl Imines Facilitated by 2-Pyridyl Sulfone:

Stereoselective Synthesis of Difluorinated β-Amino Sulfonic Acids and

Peptidosulfonamides. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2013, n/a-n/a.

78. Taylor, H. S.; Haiges, R.; Kershaw, A., Increasing Sensitivity in Determining Chemical

Shifts in One Dimensional Lorentzian NMR Spectra. Journal of Physical Chemistry A

2013, 117 (16), 3319-3331.

79. Czaun, M.; Goeppert, A.; Kothandaraman, J.; May, R. B.; Haiges, R.; Prakash, G. K. S.;

Olah, G. A., Formic Acid As a Hydrogen Storage Medium: Ruthenium-Catalyzed

Generation of Hydrogen from Formic Acid in Emulsions. ACS Catalysis 2014, 4 (1), 311-

320.

80. Haiges, R.; Deokar, P.; Christe, K. O., Adduct Formation of Tantalum(V)- and Niobium(V)

Fluoride with Neutral Group 15 Donor Ligands, an Example for Ligand Induced Self-

Ionization. Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie 2014, 640 (8-9), 1568-

1575.

81. Krylova, V. A.; Djurovich, P. I.; Conley, B. L.; Haiges, R.; Whited, M. T.; Williams, T. J.;

Thompson, M. E., Control of emission colour with N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands

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in phosphorescent three-coordinate Cu(I) complexes. Chemical Communications 2014, 50

(54), 7176-7179.

82. Liu, Y.; Djurovich, P. I.; Haiges, R.; Thompson, M. E., Synthesis and photophysical

characterization of a bis-pincer osmium complex. Polyhedron 2014, 84 (0), 136-143.

83. Prakash, G. K. S.; Krishnamoorthy, S.; Ganesh, S. K.; Kulkarni, A.; Haiges, R.; Olah, G.

A., N-Difluoromethylation of Imidazoles and Benzimidazoles Using the Ruppert–Prakash

Reagent under Neutral Conditions. Organic Letters 2014, 16 (1), 54-57.

84. Prakash, G. K. S.; Wang, F.; Zhang, Z.; Haiges, R.; Rahm, M.; Christe, K. O.; Mathew, T.;

Olah, G. A., Long-Lived Trifluoromethanide Anion: A Key Intermediate in Nucleophilic

Trifluoromethylations. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2014, 53 (43), 11575-

11578.

85. Prakash, G. K. S.; Zhang, Z.; Wang, F.; Rahm, M.; Ni, C.; Iuliucci, M.; Haiges, R.; Olah,

G. A., Stereoselective Synthesis of Fluoroalkenoates and Fluorinated Isoxazolidinones: N-

Substituents Governing the Dual Reactivity of Nitrones. Chemistry - A European Journal

2014, 20 (3), 831-838.

86. Baxter, A. F.; Christe, K. O.; Haiges, R., Convenient Access to alpha-Fluorinated

Alkylammonium Salts. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2015, 54 (48), 14535-

14538.

87. Kothandaraman, J.; Czaun, M.; Goeppert, A.; Haiges, R.; Jones, J.-P.; May, R. B.; Prakash,

G. K. S.; Olah, G. A., Amine-Free Reversible Hydrogen Storage in Formate Salts

Catalyzed by Ruthenium Pincer Complex without pH Control or Solvent Change.

ChemSusChem 2015, 8 (8), 1442-1451.

88. Prakash, G. K. S.; Papp, A.; Munoz, S. B.; May, N.; Jones, J.-P.; Haiges, R.; Esteves, P.

M.; Mathew, T., Lewis Acid Catalyzed Condensation-Cyclization Cascade: Direct

Synthesis of Di/Trifluoromethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinazolines. Chemistry - A European

Journal 2015, 21 (28), 10170-10178.

89. Chapovetsky, A.; Do, T. H.; Haiges, R.; Takase, M. K.; Marinescu, S. C., Proton-Assisted

Reduction of CO2 by Cobalt Aminopyridine Macrocycles. Journal of the American

Chemical Society 2016, 138 (18), 5765-5768.

90. Deokar, P.; Leitz, D.; Stein, T. H.; Vasiliu, M.; Dixon, D. A.; Christe, K. O.; Haiges, R.,

Preparation and Characterization of Antimony and Arsenic Tricyanide and Their 2,2 '-

Bipyridine Adducts. Chemistry - A European Journal 2016, 22 (37), 13251-13257.

91. Diev, V. V.; Femia, D.; Zhong, Q.; Djurovich, P. I.; Haiges, R.; Thompson, M. E., A

quinoidal bis-phenalenyl-fused porphyrin with supramolecular organization and broad

near-infrared absorption. Chemical Communications 2016, 52 (9), 1949-1952.

92. Haiges, R.; Baxter, A. F.; Goetz, N. R.; Axhausen, J. A.; Soltner, T.; Kornath, A.; Christe,

K. O., Protonation of nitriles: isolation and characterization of alkyl- and arylnitrilium ions.

Dalton Transactions 2016, 45 (20), 8494-8499.

93. Korovina, N. V.; Das, S.; Nett, Z.; Feng, X.; Joy, J.; Haiges, R.; Krylov, A. I.; Bradforth, S.

E.; Thompson, M. E., Singlet Fission in a Covalently Linked Cofacial Alkynyltetracene

Dimer. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2016, 138 (2), 617-627.

94. Rodriguez, E. E.; Cao, H. B.; Haiges, R.; Melot, B. C., Single crystal magnetic structure

and susceptibility of CoSe2O5. J Solid State Chem 2016, 236, 39-44.

95. Baxter, A. F.; Christe, K. O.; Haiges, R., The crystal structure of carbamoyl fluoride,

NH2COF. Structural Chemistry 2017, 28 (2), 303-307.

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96. Chapovetsky, A.; Haiges, R.; Marinescu, S. C., Synthesis and characterization of a

tetranickel complex supported by a dithiolate framework with pendant ether moieties.

Polyhedron 2017, 123, 9-13.

97. Christe, K. O.; Haiges, R.; Vasiliu, M.; Dixon, D. A., Formation Mechanism of NF4+ Salts

and Extraordinary Enhancement of the Oxidizing Power of Fluorine by Strong Lewis

Acids. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2017, 56 (27), 7924-7929.

98. Downes, C. A.; Yoo, J. W.; Orchanian, N. M.; Haiges, R.; Marinescu, S. C., H2 evolution

by a cobalt selenolate electrocatalyst and related mechanistic studies. Chemical

Communications 2017, 53 (53), 7306-7309.

99. Haiges, R.; Deokar, P.; Vasiliu, M.; Stein, T. H.; Dixon, D. A.; Christe, K. O., Preparation

and Characterization of Group 13 Cyanides. Chemistry - A European Journal 2017, 23

(38), 9054-9066.

100. Haiges, R.; Vasiliu, M.; Dixon, D. A.; Christe, K. O., The Uranium(VI) Oxoazides

[UO2(N3)2·CH3CN], [(bipy)2(UO2)2(N3)4], [(bipy)UO2(N3)3]-, [UO2(N3)4]2-, and

[(UO2)2(N3)8]4-. Chemistry – A European Journal 2017, 23 (3), 652-664.

101. McAnally, R. E.; Bender, J. A.; Estergreen, L.; Haiges, R.; Bradforth, S. E.; Dawlaty, J.

M.; Roberts, S. T.; Rury, A. S., Defects Cause Subgap Luminescence from a Crystalline

Tetracene Derivative. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2017, 8 (24), 5993-6001.

102. Saal, T.; Rahm, M.; Christe, K. O.; Haiges, R., Protonation of Nitramines: Where Does the

Proton Go? Angewandte Chemie International Editon 2017, 56 (32), 9587-9591.

103. Christe, K. O.; Haiges, R.; Rahm, M.; Dixon, D. A.; Vasilu, M., Misconceptions on

fluoronium ions and hypervalent fluorine cations. Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 2017,

204, 6-10.

104. Belanger-Chabot, G.; Rahm, M.; Haiges, R.; Christe, K. O.; Dinitramidoborates: A

fascinating case of competing oxygen and nitrogen dodnors and tautomerism. Angewandte

Chemie International Edition 2017, 56 (36), 10881-10885.

104. Chapovetsky, A.; Welborn, M.; Luna, J. M.; Haiges, R.; Miller, T. F., III; Marinescu, S. C.,

Pendant Hydrogen-Bond Donors in Cobalt Catalysts Independently Enhance CO2

Reduction. ACS Central Science 2018, 4 (3), 397-404.

105. Niu, S.; Joe, G.; Zhao, H.; Zhou, Y.; Orvis, T.; Huyan, H.; Salman, J.; Mahalingam, K.;

Urwin, B.; Wu, J.; Liu, Y.; Tiwald, T. E.; Cronin, S. B.; Howe, B. M.; Mecklenburg, M.;

Haiges, R.; Singh, D. J.; Wang, H.; Kats, M. A.; Ravichandran, J., Giant optical anisotropy

in a quasi-one-dimensional crystal. Nature Photonics 2018, 12 (7), 392-396.

106. Yuan, S.; Shen, C.; Deng, B.; Chen, X.; Guo, Q.; Ma, Y.; Abbas, A.; Liu, B.; Haiges, R.;

Ott, C.; Nilges, T.; Watanabe, K.; Taniguchi, T.; Sinai, O.; Naveh, D.; Zhou, C.; Xia, F.,

Air-Stable Room-Temperature Mid-Infrared Photodetectors Based on hBN/Black Arsenic

Phosphorus/hBN Heterostructures. Nano Letters 2018, 18 (5), 3172-3179.

107. Baxter, A. F.; Schaab, J.; Christe, K. O.; Haiges, R., Perfluoroalcohols: The Preparation

and Crystal Structures of Heptafluorocyclobutanol and Hexafluorocyclobutane-1,1-diol.

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2018, 57 (27), 8174-8177.

108. Baxter, A. F.; Schaab, J.; Hegge, J.; Saal, T.; Vasiliu, M.; Dixon, D. A.; Haiges, R.;

Christe, K. O., a-Fluoroalcohols: Synthesis and Characterization of Perfluoro-

methanol, -ethanole, -n-propanol, and their Oxonium Salts. Chemistry - A European

Journal, accepted.

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Patents

1. R. Haiges, K. O. Christe, C. B. Jones, High-performing stable green replacements for

ammonium perchlorate, US 2014/0350266 A1

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List of Presentations

1. "Protonation and methylation reactions of nitriles", R, Haiges, T. Saal, A. Baxter, A. Nitzer, K.

Christe, 22nd International Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry, Oxford, UK, July 22-27, 2018.

2. "Two decades of research on ephemeral -perfluoroalcohols", K. Christe, J. Hegge, J. Schaab, A.

Baxter, R. Haiges, M. Vasiliu, D. Dixon, 22nd International Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry,

Oxford, UK, July 22-27, 2018.

3. "HF addition reactions across C≡N and C=O bonds", A. Baxter, J. Schaab, J. Hegge, T. Saal, R.

Haiges, K. Christe, 22nd International Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry, Oxford, UK, July 22-

27, 2018.

4. “Methylation of nitriles: isolation and characterization of N-methyl nitrilium ions”, T. Saal, A.

Nitzer, K. O. Christe, R. Haiges, 255st ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 18,

2018.

5. “Lewis adducts and protonations of nitriles”, T. Saal, R. Haiges, K. O. Christe, 254st ACS

National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 20 – August 24, 2017.

6. “Protonation and addition reactions of nitriles, azides and isocyanates with anhydrous HF”, R.

Haiges, T. Saal, A. Baxter, K. O. Christe, 22nd Winter Fluorine Conference, Clearwater Beach,

FL, January 15 – January 20, 2017.

7. “Energetic Materials Research at USC: Synthesis of Novel Energetic Compounds”, R. Haiges,

NAWS China Lake, CA, December 14, 2016.

8. “Reactions of nitriles with anhydrous HF: Synthesis of nitrilium and -fluoroalkylammonium

ions”, R. Haiges, A. F. Baxter, K. O. Christe, 251st ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA,

March 13 – March 17, 2016.

9. “Reactions of Alcohols, Nitriles and Nitro-Compounds with anhydrous HF and Superacids”, R.

Haiges. 49./50. Kollegseminar, FU Berlin, Germany, January 12-13, 2016.

10. “Recent progress in the chemistry of iodine fluorides, oxofluorides, and oxides”, R. Haiges, K. O.

Christe, 249th ACS National Meeting, Denver, CO, March 22 – March 27, 2015.

11. “Synthesis of fluoroalkylamines and -ammonium salts by HF addition across C≡N bonds”, R.

Haiges, A. Baxter, K. O. Christe, 22nd Winter Fluorine Conference, St. Pete Beach, January 11 –

January 16, 2015.

12. “Self-Ionization Reactions of Tantalum(V) and Niobium(V) fluorides: Complex Formation with

Neutral Group 15 Donor Ligands”, 248th ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, August 10 –

August 14, 2014.

13. “New Materials for Fast Energy Release“, DTRA Basic Research Technical Review, Springfield,

VA, July 31 – August 02, 2014.

14. “Fluorine in the Chemistry of Highly Reactive and Energetic Materials”, Keynote Lecture, 36th

Fluorine Conference of Japan, Tsukuba, Japan, October 3 – October 4, 2013.

15. “New Materials for Fast Energy Release“, DTRA Basic Research Technical Review, Springfield,

VA, July 25, 2013.

16. “Fluorodinitromethyl- and trinitromethyl-azoles: Green replacements for ammonium

perchlorate”, R. Haiges, K. Christe, 21st Winter Fluorine Conference, St. Pete Beach, January 13-

18, 2013.

17. “Iodine fluoride, oxofluoride and oxide chemistry”, K. Christe, R. Haiges, 21st Winter Fluorine

Conference, St. Pete Beach, January 13-18, 2013.

18. “Polyazides: Chemistry with a "Click" R. Haiges, Seminar at Arizona State University, Tempe,

AZ, August 20, 2012.

19. “Synthesis and Characterization of Halogen-based Energetic Materials for Agent Defeat”, R.

Haiges, DTRA Basic Research Technical Review, Springfield, VA, July 24, 2012.

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20. “Green Energetic Materials: Binary group 15 polyazides” R. Haiges, K. O. Christe, M. Rahm, D.

A. Dixon, 243rd ACS National Meeting, San Diego, March 25 – March 29, 2012.

21. “On the free pair activation of valence electrons” M. Rahm, R. Haiges, K. O. Christe, 243rd ACS

National Meeting, San Diego, March 25 – March 29, 2012.

22. “Synthesis and Characterization of azido phosphanes and phosphonitrilic azides and their reaction

chemistry” W. W. Wilson, A. Clough, R. Haiges, K. O. Christe, 243rd ACS National Meeting,

San Diego, March 25 – March 29, 2012.

23. “Facile synthesis of α-monofluoromethyl alcohols: Nucleophilic monofluoromethylation of

aldehydes using TMSCF(SO2Ph)2” G. K. S. Prakash, Z. Zhang, N. Shao, C. Ni, F. Wang, R.

Haiges, G. A. Olah, 243rd ACS National Meeting, San Diego, March 25 – March 29, 2012.

24. “Efforts towards cinchona alkaloid conformations and their catalytic functions in asymmetric

synthesis: Exploitation of trifluoromethyl moiety as a conformational stabilizer and a probe” G.

K. S. Prakash, F. Wang, J. Shen, M. Rahm, C. Ni, R. Haiges, G. Rasul, G. A. Olah, 243rd ACS National Meeting, San Diego, March 25 – March 29, 2012.

25. “In situ formation of tetraruthenium dodecacarbonyl tetrahydride from ruthenium(III) chloride in

the catalytic decomposition of formic acid to hydrogen and carbon dioxide” M. Czaun, A.

Goeppert, R. May, M. Sax, J. Zhang, R. Haiges, G. K. S. Prakash, G. Olah, 243rd ACS National

Meeting, San Diego, March 25 – March 29, 2012.

26. “The 2011 Nobel Awards: Who/What/Why: Quasicrystals”, R. Haiges, The Dornsife Commons,

University of Southern California, October 20, 2011.

27. “X-ray Diffraction at USC”, Bruker AXS X-ray diffraction workshop, University of Southern

California, October 19, 2011.

28. “Metal Fluorides as Precursors for Environmentally Friendly Energetic Materials: Possible

Replacements for Lead Diazide” R. Haiges, K. O. Christe, 20th Winter Fluorine Conference, St.

Pete Beach, January 9-14, 2011.

29. “Conformational study via 19F NMR spectroscopy: Emergence of trifluoromethyl label as a

conformational stabilizer and a probe”, G. K. S. Prakash, F. Wang, C. Ni, J. Shen, A. K. Yudin,

R. Haiges, T. Mathew, G. A. Olah, 20th Winter Fluorine Conference, St. Pete Beach, January 9-

14, 2011.

30. “Ruthenium carbonyls as active catalysts for the decomposition of formic acid to H2 and CO2” M.

Czaun, A. Goeppert, R. May, J. Zhang, M. Sax, G. K. S. Prakash, G. Olah, R. Haiges, 242nd ACS

National Meeting, Denver, August 28 – September 1, 2011.

31. “Nitrogen fluorides”, R. Haiges, SYNCON 2010, Pasadena, May 13, 2010.

32. “Clean and Environmentally Benign, Next-Generation Green Energetic Materials”, R. Haiges,

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, March 30, 2010.

33. “Synthesis, Characterization, and Multimillion-Atom Simulation of Halogen-based Energetic

Materials for Agent Defeat” K. Christe, R. Haiges, W. Wilson, I. Fedorov, R. Wagner, P.

Vashista, R. Kalia, A. Nakano, DTRA Basic Research Program Technical Review, Springfield,

VA, October 28, 2009.

34. “Synthesis of Transition Metal Oxofluorides and Novel Oxoazides” R. Haiges, W. W. Wilson. K.

O. Christe, 19th Winter Fluorine Conference, St. Pete Beach, January 11-16, 2009.

35. “On the Existence of NF4[N(NO2)2] and NF4NO3 and Their Decomposition Reactions” W. W.

Wilson, R. Haiges, K. O. Christe, 19th Winter Fluorine Conference, St. Pete Beach, January 11-

16, 2009.

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36. “Synthesis of Novel High-Oxygen Carriers” R. Haiges, K. O. Christe, C. Jones, W. W. Wilson,

R. Wagner, ONR Molecule Synthesis Program Planning Meeting, Arlington, VA, September 9-

10, 2008.

37. “Synthesis of fluoroalkyl-amines and ammonium salts by HF addition across CN bonds” R.

Haiges, K. O. Christe, 15th European Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry, Praque, Poland, July

15-20, 2007.

38. “Why did all attempts to make (CF3)2NO+ fail?” K. O. Christe, R. Haiges, 234th ACS National

Meeting, Boston, August 19 – 23, 2007.

39. “Reactions of XeF+ with Azides and Improved Syntheses of Transition Metal Fluorides” R.

Haiges, K. O. Christe, D. A. Dixon, 18th Winter Fluorine Conference, St. Pete Beach, January 14-

19, 2007.

40. “Reactions of the ONF2+ cation with HN3 and (CH3)3SiN3. Syntheses and Characterization of the

N3NOF+ and N7O+ Cations” R. Haiges, K. O. Christe, D. A. Dixon, 18th Winter Fluorine

Conference, St. Pete Beach, January 14-19, 2007.

41. “New Developments in Fluorine and Azido Chemistry” R. Haiges, K. O. Christe, 18th ISFC -

International Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry, Bremen, Germany, July 30 – August 4, 2006.

42. “W(N3)6 and Mo(N3)6 – Syntheses and Characterization of the first neutral hexaazides”, R.

Haiges, M. Yousufuddin, K. O. Christe, 17th Winter Fluorine Conference, St. Pete Beach, January

9-14, 2005.

43. “Fluoride/Azide Ligand Exchange”, R. Haiges, S. Schneider, T. Schroer, M. Gerken, J. Boatz, A.

Vij, M. Yousufuddin, K. O. Christe, 14th European Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry, Poznan,

Poland, July 11 – 16, 2004.

44. “Improved Synthesis and Reaction Chemistry of FN3”, W. W. Wilson, K. O. Christe, A. Vij, R.

Haiges, 14th European Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry, Poznan, Poland, July 11 – 16, 2004.

45. “N5+HF2

- (n HF): Synthesis, properties, and reaction chemistry.”, R. Haiges, S. Schneider, T.

Schroer, K. O. Christe, 227th ACS National Meeting, Anaheim, March 28 – April 1, 2004.

46. “N5+HF2

-(nHF): Synthesis, properties, and reaction chemistry” R. Haiges, S. Schneider, S.

Schroer, K. O. Christe, 227th ACS National Meeting, Anaheim, March 28 – April 1, 2004.

47. “Polynitrogen chemistry: Recent developments in pentazole and polyazide chemistry.”; A. Vij, V.

Vij, R. Haiges, K. O. Christe, 227th ACS National Meeting, Anaheim, March 28 – April 1, 2004.

48. “Main group polyazido compounds.“, R. Haiges, R. Bau, J. A. Boatz, K. O. Christe, M. Gerken,

S. Schneider, T. Schroer, A. Vij, F. S. Tham, I. Tsyba, R. I. Wagner, 225th ACS National

Meeting, New Orleans, March 23 – 27, 2003.

49. “Azide and fluoride reactions with (R3Si)xNCly (x, y = 1, 2) compounds.“, S. Schneider, K. O.

Christe, M. Gerken, R. Haiges, T. Schroer, I. Tsyba, R. Bau, 225th ACS National Meeting, New

Orleans, March 23 – 27, 2003.

50. “Towards new polynitrogen species: The search for viable precursors.“, J. A. Boatz, K. O.

Christe, R. Haiges, S. Schneider, T. Schroer, A. Vij, V. Vij, W. W. Wilson, 225th ACS National

Meeting, New Orleans, March 23 – 27, 2003.

51. "Recent Progress in Nitrogen Fluoride Chemistry", A. Vij, W. W. Wilson, V. Vij, J. Sheehy, J. A.

Boatz, M. Gerken, S. Schneider, T. Schroer, R. Haiges, R. Wagner, F. S. Tham, and K. O.

Christe, 13th European Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry, Bordeaux, France, July 15 - 20, 2001.

52. "Recent Progress in Nitrogen Fluoride Chemistry", A. Vij, W. W. Wilson, V. Vij, J. Sheehy, J. A.

Boatz, M. Gerken, S. Schneider, T. Schroer, R. Haiges, R. Wagner, F. S. Tham, and K. O. Christe, 13th European Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry, Bordeaux, France, July 15 - 20, 2001.

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53. ”Perfluoroalkyl groups for the stabilization of high oxidation state transition metals“, R. Eujen, R.

Haiges, B. Hoge, N. Jahn, 12th European Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry, Berlin, Germany,

August 29 – September 2, 1998.

54. “Difluorocarbene reactions of bis(trifluoromethyl)cadmium: Asymmetric

difluorocyclopropanations”, R. Haiges, R. Eujen, B. Hoge, 8th German Symposium on Fluorine

Chemistry, Schmitten, Germany, September 28 – 30, 1998.