Publications — The Nava Lab

30. Sun, J.; Lai, Y.A.; Sun, J.; Du, Y.; Jolly, B. J.; Sheng, H.; Lai, T.Y.; Chen, H.M.; Constentin, C.; Nava, M.;* Liu, C. Automating electroanalytic experimentation accelerates the discovery of concerted proton-electron transfer. Submitted

29. “Solid-State Ionomer Interlayers Enable Stretchable Bulk Monolayer MoS2 Membranes with Thickness-Scalable Bright Luminescence.” Zhou, B; Li, C.; Yang, Z.; Hu, B.; Wang, R.; Zhang, Y.; Zhang, A.; Riu, M.L.Y.; Nava, M.; Huang, Y.; Duan, X. Submitted

**28.** “Synthesis
of [Os(bpy)2(py)(OH2)](PF6)x Substituted Pyridine Complexes; Characterization of a Singly Bridged H3O2−
Ligand.“ Sun, J.; Sun, J.; Jolly, B.J.; Riu, M.L.Y.; Kerr, T.A.; Lai, Y.A.; Pung, M.J.; Liu, C.; Nava, M.* *Dalton Trans.* **2025**, 54, 5109-5118.

**Link**

**27.** “Metal-Ligand Cooperativity Enables Zero-Valent Metal
Transfer” Riu, M.L.Y.; Shan, J.R.; Houk, K.N.; Nava, M.* *Chem Sci.* **2025***, 16,* 3888-3894.

**Link**; *Chemrxiv* **Link**

**26.** “Determination of Initial Rates of Lipopolysaccharide Transport” Nava, M.;† Rowe, S. J.;† Taylor, R. J.; Kahne, D.; Nocera, D. G. *Biochemistry*. **2024**, *63,* 2440-2448. † These authours contributed equally

**Link**

**25.** “The Coupling of Synthesis and Electrochemistry to Enable the Reversible Storage of Hydrogen as Metal Hydrides” *Nava, M.; Zarnitsa, L. M.; Riu, M.L.Y. *Precis. Chem.* **2024**, 2, 563-569.

**Link**

**24.** “Electrophotocatalytic perfluoroalkylation by LMCT excitation of Ag(II) perfluoroalkyl carboxylates” Campbell, B. M; Gordon, J. B; Gonzalez, M. I.; Reynolds, K. G.; Nava, M.; Nocera, D. G. *Science* **2024**, *383*, 279-284.

**Link**

Prior to UCLA

23. "Chemical Challenges that the Peroxide Dianion Presents to Rechargeable Lithium-Air Batteries" Nava, M.; Thorarinsdottir, A. E.; Lopez, N.; Cummins, C. C.; Nocera, D. G. Chem. Mater. 2022, 34, 3883 - 3892. Link

22. "Polypyrrole-Silicon Nanowire Arrays for Controlled Intracellular Cargo Delivery" Loh, D. M..; Nava, M.; Nocera, D. G. Nano Lett. 2021, 22, 366 - 371. Link

21. "How Radical are `Radical' Photocatalysts? A Closed-Shell Meisenheimer Complex is Identified as a Super-reducing Photoreagent" Rieth, A. J.; Gonzalez, M. C.; Kudisch, B. J.; Nava, M.; Nocera, D. G. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 14352 - 14359. Link

20. "Lithium Superoxide Encapsulated in a Benzoquinone Anion Matrix" Nava, M.; Zhang, S.; Pastore, K. S.; Feng, X.; Lancaster, K. M.; Nocera, D. G.; Cummins, C. C. P. N. A. S. U.S.A. 2021, 118, e2019392118. Link

19. "Synchrotron-Based High Resolution Far-Infrared Spectroscopy of trans-Butadiene" Martin-Drumel, M.; Porterfield, J. P.; Goubet, M.; Asselin, P.; Georges, R.; Soulard, P.; Nava, M.; Changala, B. P.; Billinghurst, B.; Pirali, O.; McCarthy, M. C.; Baraban, J. H. J. Phys. Chem. A. 2020, 124, 2427 - 2435. Link

18. "Anthracene as a Launchpad for a Phosphinidene Sulfide and for Generation of a Phosphorus-Sulfur Material Having the Composition P₂S, a Vulcanized Red Phosphorus That Is Yellow" Transue, W. J.; Nava, M.; Terban, M. W.; Yang, J.; Greenber, M. W.; Wu, G.; Foreman, E. S.; Mustoe, C. L.; Kennepohl, P.; Owen, J. S.; Billinge, S. J. L.; Kulik, H. J.; Cummins, C. C. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 431 - 440. Link

17. "Synthetic and Spectroscopic Investigations Enabled by Modular Synthesis of Molecular Phosphaalkyne Precursors" Transue, W. J.; Yang, J.; Nava, M.; Sergeyev, I. V.; Barnum, T. J.; McCarthy, M. C.; Cummins, C. C. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 17985 - 17991. Link

16. "Sulfur monoxide thermal release from an anthracene-based precursor, spectroscopic identification, and transfer reactivity" Joost, M.; Nava, M.; Transue, W. J.; Martin-Drumel, M.; McCarthy, M. C.; Patterson, D.; Cummins, C. C. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 2018, 115, 5866 - 5871. Link

15. "The Molecular Structure of gauche-1,3-Butadiene: Experimental Establishment of Non-planarity" Baraban, J. H.; Martin-Drumel, M.; Changala, B. P.; Eibenberger, S.; Nava, M.; Patterson, D.; Stanton, J. F.; Ellison, B. G.; McCarthy, M. C. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 1821 - 1825. Link

14. "An exploding N-isocyanide reagent formally composed of anthracene, dinitrogen and a carbon atom" Joost, M.; Nava, M.; Transue, W. J.; Cummins, C. C. Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 11500 - 11503. Link

13. "Mechanism and Scope of Phosphinidene Transfer from Dibenzo-7-phosphanorbornadiene Compounds" Transue, W. J.; Velian, A.; Nava, M.; Garcia-Iriepa, C.; Temprado, M.; Cummins, C. C. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 10822 - 10831. Link

12. "On the incompatibility of lithium-O₂ battery technology with CO₂" Zhang, S.;^A Nava, M;^A Chow, G.; Lopez, N.; Wu, G.; Britt, R. D.; Nocera, D. G.; Cummins, C. C. Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 6117 - 6122. Link
^ANote: These authors contributed equally.

11. "Spontaneous and Selective Formation of HSNO, a Crucial Intermediate Linking H₂S and Nitroso Chemistries" Nava, M.; Martin-Drumel, M.; Lopez, C. A.; Crabtree, K. N.; Womack, C. C.; Nguyen, T. L.; Thorwirth, S.; Cummins, C. C.; Stanton, J. F.; McCarthy, M. C. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 11441 - 11444. Link

10. "Crystalline Metaphosphate Acid Salts: Synthesis in Organic Media, Structures, Hydrogen-Bonding Capability, and Implication of Superacidity" Chakarawet, K.; Knopf, I.; Nava, M.; Jiang, Y.; Stauber, J. M.; Cummins, C. C. Inorg. Chem. 2016, 136, 11894 - 11897. Link

9. "A Molecular Precursor to Phosphaethyne and Its Application in Synthesis of the Aromatic 1,2,3,4-Phosphatriazolate Anion" Transue, W. J.; Velian, A.; Nava, M.; Martin-Drumel, M.; Womack, C. C.; Jiang, J.; Hou, G.; Wang, X.; McCarthy, M. C.; Field, R. W.; Cummins, C. C. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 6731 - 6734. Link

8. "Anion-Receptor Mediated Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide to Carbonate by Peroxide Dianion" Nava, M.; Lopez, N.; Müller, P.; Wu, G.; Nocera, D. G.; Cummins, C. C. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 14562 - 14565. Link

7. "Ultrafast Photoinduced Electron Transfer from Peroxide Dianion" Anderson, B. L.; Maher, A. G.; Nava, M.; Lopez, N.; Cummins, C. C.; Nocera, D. G. J. Phys. Chem. B. 2015, 119, 7422 - 7429. Link

6. "A Retro Diels-Alder Route to Diphosphorus Chemistry: Molecular Precursor Synthesis, Kinetics of P₂ Transfer to 1,3-Dienes, and Detection of P₂ by Molecular Beam Mass Spectrometry" Velian, A.; Nava, M.; Temprado, M.; Zhou, Y.; Field, R. W.; Cummins, C. C. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 13586 - 13589. Link

5. "Dihydrogen Tetrametaphosphate, [P₄O₁₂H₂]^2-: Synthesis, Solubilization in Organic Media, Preparation of its Anhydride [P₄O₁₁]^2- and Acidic Methyl Ester, and Conversion to Tetrametaphosphate Metal Complexes via Protonolysis" Jiang, Y.; Chakarawet, K.; Kohut, A. L.; Nava, M.; Marino, N.; Cummins, C. C. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 11894 - 11897. Link

4. "Electron-Transfer Studies of a Peroxide Dianion"
Ullman, A. M.; Sun, X.; Graham, D. J.; Lopez, N.; Nava, M.; Cuevas, R.; Müller, P; Rybak-Akimova, E. V.; Cummins, C. C.; Nocera, D. G. Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 5384 - 5391. Link

3. "The Strongest Brønsted Acid: Protonation of Alkanes by H(CHB₁₁F₁₁) at Room Temperature" Nava, M.; Stoyanova, I. V.; Cummings, S.; Stoyanov, E. S.; Reed, C. A. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 53, 1131 - 1134. Link

2. "Triethylsilyl Peruoro-Tetraphenylborate, [Et₃Si⁺][F₂₀-BPh₄^-], Widely Used Nonexistent Compound"
Nava, M.; Reed, C. A. Organomet. 2011, 30, 4798 - 4800. Link