Publications

63. Autonomous changes in polymer materials driven by chemical fuels
Chamoni W. H. Rajawasam, Dominik Konkolewicz,* and C. Scott Hartley*
ChemSystemsChem, in press
[Published version]

62. Photoresponsive polymers for carbodiimide-fueled transient hydrogels
Ibrahim O. Raji, Torin C. Wilcox, C. Scott Hartley, and Dominik Konkolewicz*
Polym. Chem., in press
[Published version | Preprint | Raw data]

61. Controlling carbodiimide-driven reaction networks through the reversible formation of pyridine adducts
William S. Salvia, Georgia Mantel, Nirob K. Saha, Chamoni W. H. Rajawasam, Dominik Konkolewicz,* and C. Scott Hartley*
Chem. Commun. 2024, 60, 12876–12879
[Published version | DOE-PAGES | Preprint | Raw data]

60. Transient covalent polymers through carbodiimide-driven assembly
Nirob K. Saha, William S. Salvia, Dominik Konkolewicz,* and C. Scott Hartley*
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202404933
[Published version | DOE-PAGES | Preprint | Raw data]
Published open access.

59. Carbodiimide-driven toughening of interpenetrated polymer networks
Chamoni W. H. Rajawasam, Corvo Tran, Jessica L. Sparks, William H. Krueger, C. Scott Hartley,* and Dominik Konkolewicz*
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202400843
[Published version | DOE-PAGES | Preprint | Raw data]
Published open access.

58. Observing the transient assembly and disassembly of carboxylic anhydrides in the organic chemistry laboratory
Sumalatha Peddi, Jacob R. Franklin, and C. Scott Hartley*
J. Chem. Educ. 2024, 101, 145–150
[Published version | NSF-PAR | Preprint]

57. PET-RAFT polymerization of star polymers with folded ortho-phenylene cores
Kate G. E. Bradford, Viraj C. Kirinda, Emma A. Gordon, C. Scott Hartley,* and Dominik Konkolewicz*
Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2023, 44, 2300094
[Published version | NSF-PAR | Raw data]
Published open access.

56. Chemically fueled reinforcement of polymer hydrogels
Chamoni W. H. Rajawasam, Corvo Tran, Michael Weeks, Kathleen S. McCoy, Robert Ross-Shannon, Obed J. Dodo, Jessica L. Sparks, C. Scott Hartley,* and Dominik Konkolewicz*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 5553–5560
[Published version | DOE-PAGES | Preprint | Raw data]

55. Engineering chiral induction in centrally functionalized ortho-phenylenes
Sumalatha Peddi, Juliana M. Livieri, Gopi Nath Vemuri, and C. Scott Hartley*
J. Org. Chem. 2023, 88, 788–795
[Published version | NSF-PAR | Preprint | Raw data]

54. Conformational control of ortho-phenylenes by terminal amides
Govinda Prasad Devkota, William P. Carson, and C. Scott Hartley*
J. Org. Chem. 2023, 88, 1331–1338
[Published version | NSF-PAR | Preprint | Raw data]

53. Carbodiimide-induced formation of transient polyether cages
Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain, Isuru M. Jayalath, Renuka Baral, and C. Scott Hartley*
ChemSystemsChem 2022, 4, e202200016
[Published version | DOE-PAGES | Preprint | Raw data]
Featured on the cover. Published open access.

52. Aromatic foldamers as molecular springs in network polymers
K. Andrew Miller, Obed J. Dodo, Govinda Prasad Devkota, Viraj C. Kirinda, Kate G. E. Bradford, Jessica Sparks, C. Scott Hartley,* and Dominik Konkolewicz*
Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 5590–5593
[Published version | NSF-PAR | Raw data]

51. Guest-driven control of folding in a crown-ether-functionalized ortho-phenylene
Sumalatha Peddi, Molly C. Bookout, Gopi Nath Vemuri, and C. Scott Hartley*
J. Org. Chem. 2022, 87, 3686–3690
[Published version | NSF-PAR | Preprint | Raw data]

50. Tailoring lifetimes and properties of carbodiimide-fueled covalently crosslinked polymer networks
Obed Dodo, Leilah Petit, Chamoni Rajawasam, C. Scott Hartley,* and Dominik Konkolewicz*
Macromolecules 2021, 54, 9860–9867
[Published version | DOE-PAGES | Raw data]

49. Fluorine labeling of ortho-phenylenes to facilitate conformational analysis
Viraj C. Kirinda, Gopi Nath Vemuri, Nicholas G. Kress, Kaitlyn M. Flynn, Nuwanthika Dilrukshi Kumarage, Briana R. Schrage, David L. Tierney, Christopher J. Ziegler, and C. Scott Hartley*
J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86, 15085–15095
[Published version | NSF-PAR | Preprint | Raw data]

48. Substituent effects on transient, carbodiimide-fueled geometry changes in diphenic acids
Isuru M. Jayalath, Madelyn M. Gerken, Georgia Mantel, and C. Scott Hartley*
J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86, 12024–12033
[Published version | DOE-PAGES | Preprint | Raw data]

47. Folding-controlled assembly of ortho-phenylene-based macrocycles
Viraj C. Kirinda and C. Scott Hartley*
Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 6992–7002
[Published version | NSF-PAR | Preprint | Raw data]

46. The transient covalent bond in abiotic nonequilibrium systems
Lasith S. Kariyawasam, Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain, and C. Scott Hartley*
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 12648–12658
[Published version | DOE-PAGES]

45. Chemically fueled transient geometry changes in diphenic acids
Isuru M. Jayalath, Hehe Wang, Georgia Mantel, Lasith S. Kariyawasam, and C. Scott Hartley*
Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 7567–7571
[Published version | DOE-PAGES | Preprint | Raw data]

44. ortho-Phenylene-based macrocyclic hydrocarbons assembled using olefin metathesis
Viraj C. Kirinda, Briana R. Schrage, Christopher J. Ziegler, and C. Scott Hartley*
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2020, 5620–5625
[Published version | NSF-PAR | Preprint | Raw data]

43. Dissipative assembly of macrocycles comprising multiple transient bonds
Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain, Joshua L. Atkinson, and C. Scott Hartley*
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 13807–13813
[Published version | DOE-PAGES | Preprint | Raw data]
Selected by the editors at a "Hot Paper".

42. Structure–property effects in the generation of transient aqueous benzoic acid anhydrides by carbodiimide fuels
Lasith S. Kariyawasam, Julie C. Kron, Run Jiang, André J. Sommer, and C. Scott Hartley*
J. Org. Chem. 2020, 85, 682–690
[Published version | DOE-PAGES | Preprint | Raw data]

41. Macrocycles of higher ortho-phenylenes: assembly and folding
Zacharias J. Kinney, Viraj C. Kirinda, and C. Scott Hartley*
Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 9057–9068
[Published version | Preprint | Raw data]

40. Understanding thermodynamic control in covalent self-assembly: a mixed synthetic–computational experiment for the undergraduate organic-chemistry laboratory
Adam G. L. Schafer, Ellen J. Yezierski, and C. Scott Hartley*
J. Chem. Educ. 2019, 96, 1230–1235
[Published version]

39. Chemically fueled covalent crosslinking of polymer materials
Borui Zhang, Isuru M. Jayalath, Jun Ke, Jessica L. Sparks, C. Scott Hartley,* and Dominik Konkolewicz*
Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 2086–2089
[Published version | DOE-PAGES | Raw data]

38. Twist sense control in terminally functionalized ortho-phenylenes
Gopi Nath Vemuri, Rathiesh R. Pandian, Brian J. Spinello, Erika B. Stopler, Zacharias J. Kinney, and C. Scott Hartley*
Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 8260–8270
[Published version | NSF-PAR | Raw data]

37. Linker-directed assembly of twisted ortho-phenylene-based macrocycles
Zacharias J. Kinney and C. Scott Hartley*
Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 3327–3331
[Published version | Raw data]

36. Dissipative assembly of aqueous carboxylic acid anhydrides fueled by carbodiimides
Lasith S. Kariyawasam and C. Scott Hartley*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 11949–11955
[Published version]

35. Twisted macrocycles with folded ortho-phenylene subunits
Zacharias J. Kinney and C. Scott Hartley*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 4821–4827
[Published version]

34. Solvent effects on the folding of ortho-phenylene oligomers
Gopi Nath Vemuri, Meng Chu, Han Dong, Brian J. Spinello, and C. Scott Hartley*
Org. Biomol. Chem. 2017, 15, 845–851
[Published version]

33. Two- and three-tiered stacked architectures by covalent assembly
Fengfeng Ren, Kody J. Day, and C. Scott Hartley*
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 8620–8623
[Published version]
Selected by the editors at a "Hot Paper".

32. Folding of ortho-phenylenes
C. Scott Hartley*
Acc. Chem. Res. 2016, 49, 646–654
[Published version]

31. Smectic-A and hexatic-B liquid crystal phases of sanidic alkyl-substituted dibenzo[fg,op]naphthacenes
Paul J. Repasky, Deña M. Agra-Kooijman, Satyendra Kumar,* and C. Scott Hartley*
J. Phys. Chem. B 2016, 120, 2829–2837
[Published version]

30. Visualizing molecular chirality in the organic chemistry laboratory using cholesteric liquid crystals
Maia Popova, Stacey Lowery Bretz, and C. Scott Hartley*
J. Chem. Educ. 2016, 93, 1096–1099
[Published version | NSF-PAR]
Featured on the cover. Published open access.

29. Tetrabenzanthanthrenes by mitigation of rearrangements in the planarization of ortho-phenylene hexamers
Jian He, Sanyo Mathew, Zacharias J. Kinney, Rachel M. Warrell, James S. Molina, and C. Scott Hartley*
Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 7245–7248
[Published version]

28. Enhanced helical folding of ortho-phenylenes through the control of aromatic stacking interactions
Sanyo Mathew, Laura A. Crandall, Christopher J. Ziegler, and C. Scott Hartley*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 16666–16675
[Published version]
Featured as a JACS Spotlight.

27. Solution-phase dimerization of an oblong shape-persistent macrocycle
Meng Chu, Ashley N. Scioneaux, and C. Scott Hartley*
J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 9009–9017
[Published version]

26. Intramolecular charge transfer in donor-bridge- acceptor compounds with paired linearly conjugated or cross-conjugated pathways
Nicole M. Dickson-Karn,* Courtney M. Olson, Wade C. W. Leu, and C. Scott Hartley
J. Phys. Org. Chem. 2014, 27, 661–669
[Published version]

25. Graphene synthesis: nanoribbons from the bottom-up (News & Views)
C. Scott Hartley*
Nat. Chem. 2014, 6, 91–92
[Published version]

24. Board-like dibenzo[fg,op]naphthacenes: synthesis, characterization, self-assembly, and liquid crystallinity
Jian He, Dena M. Agra-Kooijman, Gautam Singh, Chen Wang, Cherrelle Dugger, Jianbo Zeng, Ling Zang, Satyendra Kumar, and C. Scott Hartley*
J. Mater. Chem. C 2013, 15, 6714–6722
[Published version]

23. A push–pull macrocycle with both linearly conjugated and cross-conjugated bridges
Wade C. W. Leu and C. Scott Hartley*
Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 3762–3765
[Published version]

22. The role of arene–arene interactions in the folding of ortho-phenylenes
Sanyo M. Mathew, James T. Engle, Christopher J. Ziegler, and C. Scott Hartley*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 6714–6722
[Published version]
Please note a small correction published to the SI of this paper.

21. opp-Dibenzoporphyrins as a light-harvester for dye-sensitized solar cells
Rohit Deshpande, Bo Wang, Lin Dai, Lin Jiang, C. Scott Hartley, Shouzhong Zou, Hong Wang,* and Lei Kerr*
Chem. Asian. J. 2012, 11, 2662–2669
[Published version]

20. Water-soluble ionic benzoporphyrins
Lin Jiang, Ross A. Zaenglein, James T. Engle, Chris Mittal, C. Scott Hartley, Christopher J. Ziegler, and Hong Wang*
Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 6927–6929
[Published version]

19. ortho-Phenylene oligomers with terminal push–pull subsitution
Jian He, Sanyo M. Mathew, Sarah D. Cornett, Stephan C. Grundy, and C. Scott Hartley*
Org. Biomol. Chem. 2012, 10, 3398–3405
[Published version]

18. Push–pull macrocycles: donor–acceptor compounds with paired linearly conjugated or cross-conjugated pathways
Wade C. W. Leu, Amanda E. Fritz, Katherine M. Digianantonio, and C. Scott Hartley*
J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 2285–2298
[Published version]

17. Excited-state behavior of ortho-phenylenes
C. Scott Hartley*
J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 9188–9191
[Published version]

16. Parent o-phenylene oligomers: synthesis, conformational behavior, and characterization
Sanyo M. Mathew and C. Scott Hartley*
Macromolecules 2011, 44, 8425–8432
[Published version]

15. Synthesis and characterization of self-assembled liquid crystals: p-alkoxybenzoic acids
Jana Jensen, Stephan C. Grundy, Stacey Lowery Bretz, and C. Scott Hartley*
J. Chem. Educ. 2011, 88, 1133–1136
[Published version]
Featured on the cover.

14. Triphenylene-fused porphyrins
Lin Jiang, James T. Engle, Laura Sirk, C. Scott Hartley, Christopher J. Ziegler, and Hong Wang*
Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 3020–3023
[Published version]

13. Conformational analysis of o-phenylenes: helical oligomers with frayed ends
C. Scott Hartley* and Jian He
J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75, 8627–8636
[Published version]

12. ortho-Phenylenes: unusual conjugated oligomers with a surprisingly long effective conjugation length
Jian He, Jason L. Crase, Shriya H. Wadumethrige, Khushabu Thakur, Lin Dai, Shouzhong Zou, Rajendra Rathore, and C. Scott Hartley*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 13848–13857
[Published version]

11. Covalent ladder formation becomes kinetically trapped beyond four rungs
Erin L. Elliott, C. Scott Hartley, and Jeffrey S. Moore*
Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 5028–5030
[Published version]

10. Programmed dynamic covalent assembly of unsymmetrical macrocycles
C. Scott Hartley and Jeffrey S. Moore*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 11682–11683
[Published version]

9. Covalent assembly of molecular ladders
C. Scott Hartley, Erin L. Elliott, Jeffrey S. Moore*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 4512–4513
[Published version]

8. Formation of smectic phases in binary liquid crystal mixtures with a huge length ratio
Nadia Kapernaum,* Friederike Knecht, C. Scott Hartley, Jeffrey C. Roberts, Robert P. Lemieux, and Frank Giesselmann
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1118–1125
[Published version]

7. Systematic variation of length ratio and the formation of smectic A and smectic C phases
Nadia Kapernaum, C. Scott Hartley, Jeffrey C. Roberts, Florian Schoerg, Daniel Krueerke, Robert P. Lemieux, and Frank Giesselmann*
ChemPhysChem 2010, 11, 2099–2107
[Published version]

6. Molecular length distribution and the formation of smectic phases
Nadia Kapernaum, C. Scott Hartley, Jeffrey C. Roberts, Robert P. Lemieux, and Frank Giesselmann*
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, no. 65
[Published version]

5. Electroclinic effect in chiral SmA* liquid crystals induced by atropisomeric biphenyl dopants: amplification of the electroclinic coefficient using achiral additives
C. Scott Hartley, Nadia Kapernaum, Jeffrey C. Roberts, Frank Giesselmann, and Robert P. Lemieux*
J. Mater. Chem. 2006, 16, 2329–2337
[Published version]
Featured on the inside front cover.

4. Ferroelectric liquid crystals induced by atropisomeric biphenyl dopants: correlation between the sign of induced polarization and the absolute configuration
C. Scott Hartley, Ruiyao Wang, and Robert P. Lemieux*
Chem. Mater. 2004, 16, 5297–5303
[Published version]

3. Ferroelectric liquid crystals induced by atropisomeric biphenyl dopants: the effect of chiral perturbations on achiral dopants
C. Scott Hartley and Robert P. Lemieux*
Liq. Cryst. 2004, 31, 1101–1108
[Published version]

2. Detection of chiral perturbations in ferroelectric liquid crystals induced by an atropisomeric biphenyl dopant
C. Scott Hartley, Carmen Lazar, Michael D. Wand, and Robert P. Lemieux*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 13513–13518
[Published version]

1. Ferroelectric liquid crystals induced by atropisomeric biphenyl dopants: dependence of the polarization power on the nature of the symmetry-breaking groups
Despina Vizitiu, Carmen Lazar, Joshua P. Radke, C. Scott Hartley, Matthew A. Glaser, and Robert P. Lemieux*
Chem. Mater. 2001, 13, 1692–1699
[Published version]