Sierra Ciccone

Innovative synthetic chemist specializing in inorganic and organometallic synthesis, air-sensitive techniques, and reaction development. Expertise in glovebox and Schlenk line chemistry, analytical characterization, and troubleshooting complex reactions. Developed new synthetic methodologies and contributed to impactful publications through multidisciplinary collaboration.

• Huh, D. N., Ciccone, S. R., Bekoe, S., Roy, S., Ziller, J. W., Furche, F., Evans, W. J., Synthesis of LnII-in-Cryptand Complexes by Chemical Reduction of LnIII-in-Cryptand Precursors: Isolation of a NdII-in-Cryptand Complex., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 12/20, 59, 16141–16146
• Huh, D. N., Bruce, J. P., Balasubramani, S. G., Ciccone, S. R., Furche, F., Hemminger, J. C., Evans, W. J., High-Resolution X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Organometallic (C5H4SiMe3)3LnIII and [(C5H4SiMe3)3LnII]1- Complexes (Ln = Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb)., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 10/21, 143, 16610-16620
• Huh, D. N., Barlow, J. M., Ciccone, S. R., Ziller, J. W., Yang, J. Y., Evans, W. J., Stabilization of U(III) to Oxidation and Hydrolysis by Encapsulation using 2.2.2-Cryptand., Inorg. Chem., 12/20, 59, 17077-17083
• Huh, D. N., Ciccone, S. R., Moore, W. N. G., Ziller, J. W., Evans, W. J., Synthesis of Ba(II) Analogs of Ln(II)-in-(2.2.2-Cryptand) and Layered Hexagonal Net Ln(II) Complexes, [(THF)Cs(µ-η5:η5-C5H4SiMe3)3LnII]n., Polyhedron, 12/21, 210, 115393
• Goodwin, C. A. P., Ciccone, S. R., Bekoe, S., Majumdar, S., Scott, B. L., Ziller, J. W., Gaunt, A. J., Furche, F., Evans, W. J., 2.2.2-Cryptand Complexes of Neptunium(III) and Plutonium(III)., Chem. Comm., 02/22, 58, 997-700
• Green, K., Honeycutt, A. P., Ciccone, S. R., Grice, K. A., Petersen, J. L., Hoover, J. M., A Redox Transmetalation Step in Nickel-Catalyzed C–C Coupling Reactions., ACS Catal., 09/23, 13, 6375–6381