Tassone, J.P; Mawhinney, R.C.; Spivak, G.J. "An Examination of the Effects of Borate Group Proximity on Phosphine Donor Power in Anionic (Phosphino)tetraphenylborate Ligands", J. Organomet. Chem.2015, 776, 1.
Walker, J.M.; Tassone, J.P.; Jenkins, H.A.; Spivak, G.J. "The Synthesis of an Anionic, Tetraphenylborate-functionalized, [P,N]-Hybrid Phosphinobenzimidazole Ligand and its Hemilabile Behaviour in Ruthenium Zwitterion Chemistry", J. Organomet. Chem.2014, 761, 56-63.
Beach, M.T.; Walker, J.M.; Wang, R.; Spivak, G.J. "Ruthenium Piano-Stool Complexes Containing Mono- or Bidentate Pyrrolidinylalkylphosphines and Their Reactions with Small Molecules", J. Organomet. Chem.2011, 696, 3198-3205.
Walker, J.M.; Cox, A.M.; Wang, R.; Spivak, G.J. "Synthesis and Reactivity of [(PhB(CH2PPh2)3-κ3P)Ru(NCMe)3]PF6 and Its Potential as a Transfer Hydrogenation Catalyst", Organometallics2010, 29, 6121-6124.
Walker, J.M.; McEwan, A; Pycko, R., Tassotto, M.L.; Gottardo, C.; Th'ng, J.; Wang, R.; Spivak, G.J. "[Tris(pyrazolyl)methane]ruthenium Complexes Capable of Inhibiting Cancer Cell Growth", Eur. J. Inorg. Chem.2009, 4629-4633.
Beach, M.T.; Walker, J.M.; Larocque, T.G.; Deagle, J.L.; Wang, R.; Spivak, G.J. "The (Phosphino)tetraphenylborate Ligand in Ruthenium-Arene Chemistry", J. Organomet. Chem.2008, 693, 2921-2928.
Beach, N.J.; Walker, J.M.; Jenkins, H.A.; Spivak, G.J. "Ruthenium Vinylidene and Carbyne Complexes Containing a Multifunctional Tridentate Ligand with a PNN Donor Set", J. Organomet. Chem.2006, 691, 4147-4152.
Beach, N.J.; Williamson, A.E.; Spivak, G.J. "A Comparison of Cp*- and Tp-Ruthenium Carbyne Complexes Prepared via Site Selective Electrophilic Addition to Neutral Ruthenium Vinylidenes", J. Organomet. Chem.2005, 690, 4640-4647.
Beach, N.J.; Jenkins, H.A.; Spivak, G.J. "Electrophilic Attack on Cp*Cl(PPh3)Ru(CCHR): Carbyne Formation vs. Chloride Abstraction", Organometallics2003, 22, 5179-5181.
Beach, N.J.; Spivak, G.J. "Ruthenium complexes supported by 2,6-bis(pyrazol-1-yl)pyridines" Inorg. Chim. Acta2003, 343, 244-252.
Lin, M.; Spivak, G.J.; Baird, M.C. "Kinetics Study of β-Methyl Elimination from a Metallocene Compound of the Type Cp2HfR(µ-Me)B(C6F5)3 (R = Alkyl)", Organometallics2002, 21, 2350-2352.
Ferrando, G.; Gerard, H.; Spivak, G.J.; Coalter, J.N., III; Eisenstein, O.; Caulton, K.G. "Facile C(sp2)/OR Bond Cleavage by Ru or Os", Inorg. Chem.2001, 40, 6610-6621.
Spivak, G.J.; Caulton, K.G. "Hydrogen Migration and HCl Elimination Promoted by Metal-Centred Nucleophilic Attack on Osmium Hydrido-Carbynes", Organometallics1998, 17, 5260-5266.
Spivak, G.J.; Vittal, J.J.; Puddephatt, R.J. "Heteronuclear Hexaplatinum Cluster Complexes: Structure as a Function of Electron Count", Inorg. Chem.1998, 37, 5474-5481.
Huang, D.; Spivak, G.J.; Caulton, K.G. "Mechanistic and Thermodynamic Aspects of Methylene Transfer from CH2N2 to MHCl(CO)L2 (M = Ru, Os; L = tertiary phosphine): Non- least Motion Behavior and Extreme Dependence on Phosphine Identity", New J. Chem.1998, 1023-1025.
Coalter, J.N.; Spivak, G.J.; Gerard, H.; Clot, E.; Eisenstein, O.; Caulton, K.G. "Carbenes from Olefins using RuHCl(P-i-Pr3)2. Influence of the Olefin Substituent", J. Am. Chem. Soc.1998, 120, 9388-9389.
Sterenberg, B.T.;Spivak, G.J.; Yap, G.P.A.; Puddephatt, R.J. "Trinuclear and Tetranuclear Platinum-Iridium Cluster Complexes: A Remarkable Metal for Metal Substitution Reaction", Organometallics1998, 17, 2433-2439.
Gao, Y.; Holah, D.G.; Hughes, A.N.; Spivak, G.J.; Havighurst, M.D.; Lundeen, C.; Magnuson, V.R. "Some Reaction Chemistry of trans-[Fe(H)(eta-2-H2)(eta-2-dppm)2][BF4]. The Crystal and Molecular Structure of trans-[Fe(H)(CH3CN)(eta-2-dppm)2][BF4], dppm = bis(diphenylphosphino)methane", Polyhedron1998, 17, 3881-3888.
Spivak, G.J.; Coalter, J.N.; Olivan, M.; Eisenstein, O.; Caulton, K.G. "Osmium Converts Terminal Olefins to Carbynes: "-Hydrogen Migration Redox Isomers with Reversed Stability for Ru and Os", Organometallics1998, 17, 999-1001.
Spivak, G.J.; Puddephatt, R.J. "Coordination, Fluxionality and Fragmentation in Reactions of Platinum Cluster Complexes with Alkynes", J. Organomet. Chem.1998, 551, 383-386.
Spivak, G.J.; Yap, G.P.A.; Puddephatt, R.J. "Pt3Ir Cluster Complexes: Butterfly Clusters with Iridium at a Wingtip", Polyhedron1997, 16, 3861.
Spivak, G.J.; Puddephatt, R.J. "Evidence for Long Range Electronic Effects in Hexaplatinum Clusters: The Case of Phosphite Ligand Addition and Migration", invited paper, Inorg. Chim. Acta1997, 264, 1-3.
Spivak, G.J.; Gao, Y.; Holah, D.G.; Hughes, A.N.; Havighurst, M.D.; Magnuson, V.R.; Polyakov, V. "Reactions of Fe(III) with LiAlH4 and LiBH4 in the Presence of Bis(diphenylphosphino)methane (dppm) and CO. The Crystal and Molecular Structures of trans-[Fe(Cl)(CO)(eta-2-dppm)2][FeCl4], trans-[FeH2(eta-2-dppm)2] and cis-[Fe(S2CH)(eta-2-dppm)2][BF4]", Polyhedron1997, 16, 2797-2807.
Spivak, G.J.; Holah, D.G.; Hughes, A.N.; Krysa, E.; Havighurst, M.D.; Magnuson,V.R. "A Convenient Synthetic Route to Bi- and Trinuclear Palladium and Platinum Complexes. The Crystal Structures of [M3(µ3-CO)(Cl)(µ-dppm)3]Cl, M = Pd, Pt, dppm = bis(diphenylphosphino)methane", Polyhedron1997, 16, 2353-2359.
Spivak, G.J.; Hao, L.; Manojlovic-Muir, Lj.; Muir, K.W.; Yufit, D.; Vittal, J.J.; Puddephatt, R.J. "The Bicluster Oxidative Addition as a Route to Bicapped Hexaplatinum Clusters", invited paper, Inorg. Chim. Acta1997, 265, 65-74.
Spivak, G.J.; Hao, L.; Vittal, J.J.; Puddephatt, R.J. "Bicluster Oxidative Addition: The Bicapped Trigonal Prism in [Pt6(µ3-SnBr3)2(µ-CO)6(µ-Ph2PCH2PPh2)3] and Related Clusters", J. Am. Chem. Soc.1996, 118, 225-226.
Hao, L; Spivak, G.J.; Vittal, J.J.; Xiao, J.; Puddephatt, R.J. "The First Octahedral Platinum Cluster: Structure as a Function of Electron Count in Pt6 Clusters", J. Am. Chem. Soc.1995, 117, 7011-7012.
