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147) Linh N. V. Le, Tianyi He, Justin P. Joyce, Paul H. Oyala, Serena DeBeer, and Theodor Agapie. "Molybdenum-Iron-Sulfur Cluster with a Bridging Carbide Ligand as a Partial FeMoco Model: CO Activation, EPR Studies, and Bonding Insight." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 11216-11226. link

135) Linh N.V. Le, Justin P. Joyce, Paul H. Oyala, Serena DeBeer, and Theodor Agapie. "Highly Activated Terminal Carbon Monoxide Ligand in an Iron-Sulfur Cluster Model of FeMco with Intermediate Local Spin State at Fe." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 5045-5050. link

134) Davide Lionetti, Sandy Suseno, Angela A. Shiau, Graham de Ruiter, and Theodor Agapie. "Redox Processes Involving Oxygen: The Surprising Influence of Redox-Inactive Lewis Acids." JACS Au. 2024, 4, 344-368. link

130) Angela A. Shiau, Heui Beom Lee, Paul H. Oyala, and Theodor Agapie. "Coordination Number in High-Spin—Low-Spin Equilibrium in Cluster Models of the S2 State of the Oxygen Evolving Complex." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 14592-14598. link

125) Anna G. Scott and Theodor Agapie. "Synthesis of a Fe3-Carbyne Motif by Oxidation of an Alkyl Ligated Iron-Sulfur (WFe3S3) Cluster." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 2-6. link

122) Angela A. Shiau, Heui Beom Lee, Paul H. Oyala, and Theodor Agapie. "MnIV4O4 Model of the S3 Intermediate of the Oxygen-Evolving Complex: Effect of the Dianionic Disiloxide Ligand." Inorg. Chem. 2022, 62, 1791-1796. link

114) Linh N. V. Le, Gwendolyn A. Bailey, Anna G. Scott, and Theodor Agapie. "Partial Synthetic Models of FeMoco with Sulfide and Carbyne Ligands: Effect of Interstitial Atom in Nitrogenase Active Site" PNAS, 2021, 118, e2109241118. link

109) Heui Beom Lee, Angela A. Shiau, David A. Marchiori, Paul H. Oyala, Byung-Kuk Yoo, Jens T. Kaiser, Douglas C. Rees, R. David Britt, and Theodor Agapie. "CaMn3IVO4 Cubane Models of the Oxygen Evolving Complex: Spin Ground States S < 9/2 and the Effect of Oxo Protonation" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 17671-17679. link

103) Charles H. Arnett, Isabel Bogacz, Ruchira Chatterjee, Junko Yano, Paul H. Oyala, and Theodor Agapie. "Mixed-Valent Diiron μ-Carbyne, μ-Hydride Complexes: Implications for Nitrogenase" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 44, 18795-18813. link

99) Charles H. Arnett and Theodor Agapie. "Activation of an Open Shell, Carbyne-Bridged Diiron Complex Toward Binding of Dinitrogen" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 10059-10068. link

97) Heui Beom Lee, David A. Marchiori, Ruchira Chatterjee, Paul H. Oyala, Junko Yano, R. David Britt, and Theodor Agapie. "S = 3 Ground State for a Tetranuclear MnIV4O4 Complex Mimicking the S3 State of the Oxygen Evolving Complex" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 3753-3761. link

95) Zachary Mathe, Dimitrios A. Pantazis, Heui Beom Lee, Richard Gnewkow, Benjamin E. Van Kuiken, Theodor Agapie, and Serena DeBeer. "Calcium Valence-to-Core X-ray Emission Spectroscopy: A Sensitive Probe of Oxo Protonation in Structural Models of the Oxygen-Evolving Complex" Inorg. Chem., 2019, 58, 16292-16301. link

94) Charles H. Arnett, Jens T. Kaiser, and Theodor Agapie. "Remote Ligand Modifications Tune Electronic Distribution and Reactivity in Site-Differentiated, High-Spin Iron Clusters: Flipping Scaling Relationships" Inorg. Chem., 2019, 58, 15971-15982. link

90) Christopher Reed and Theodor Agapie. "A Terminal FeIII-Oxo in a Tetranuclear Cluster: Effects of Distal Metal Centers on Structure and Reactivity" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 9479-9484. link

89) Heui Beom Lee and Theodor Agapie. "Redox Tuning via Ligand-Induced Geometric Distortions at a YMn3O4 Cubane Model of the Biological Oxygen Evolving Complex" Inorg. Chem., 2019, 58, 14998-15003. link

88) Heui Beom Lee, Paul H. Oyala, and Theodor Agapie. "Synthesis, Electronic Structure, and Spectroscopy of Multinuclear Mn Complexes Relevant to the Oxygen Evolving Complex of Photosystem II; in Oxygen Production and Reduction in Artificial and Natural Systems; James Barber, Alexander V. Ruban, and Peter J. Dixon, Ed.; World Scientific: Singapore, 2019; pp. 259-283. link

86) Davide Lionetti, Sandy Suseno, Emily Y. Tsui, Luo Lu, Troy A. Stich, Kurtis M. Carsch, Robert J. Nielsen, William A. Goddard, III, R. David Britt, and Theodor Agapie. "Effects of Lewis Acidic Metal Ions (M) on Oxygen-Atom Transfer Reactivity of Heterometallic Mn3MO4 Cubane and Fe3MO(OH) and Mn3MO(OH) Clusters" Inorg. Chem., 2019, 58, 2336-2345. link

84) Heui Beom Lee, Angela A. Shiau, Paul H. Oyala, David A. Marchiori, Sheraz Gul, Ruchira Chatterjee, Junko Yano, R. David Britt, and Theodor Agapie. "Tetranuclear [MnIIIMn3IVO4] Complexes as Spectroscopic Models of the S2 State of the Oxygen Evolving Complex in Photosystem II" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 17175-17187. link

81) Christopher J. Reed and Theodor Agapie. "Thermodynamics of Proton and Electron Transfer in Tetranuclear Clusters with Mn-OH2/OH Motifs Relevant to H2O Activation by the Oxygen Evolving Complex in Photosystem II" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 10900-10908. link

78) Charles H. Arnett, Matthew J. Chalkley, and Theodor Agapie. "A Thermodynamic Model for Redox-Dependent Binding of Carbon Monoxide at Site-Differentiated, High Spin Iron Clusters" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 5569-5578. link

75) Christopher J. Reed and Theodor Agapie. "Tetranuclear Fe Clusters with a Varied Interstitial Ligand: Effects on the Structure, Redox Properties, and Nitric Oxide Activation" Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56, 13360-13367. link

73) Markus Kubin, Jan Kern, Sheraz Gul, Thomas Kroll, Ruchira Chatterjee, Heike Löchel, Franklin D. Fuller, Raymond G. Sierra, Wilson Quevedo, Christian Weniger, Jens Rehanek, Anatoly Firsov, Hartawan Laksmono, Clemens Weninger, Roberto Alonso-Mori, Dennis L. Nordlund, Benedikt Lassalle-Kaiser, James M. Glownia, Jacek Krzywinski, Stefan Moeller, Joshua J. Turner, Michael P. Minitti, Georgi L. Dakovski, Sergey Koroidov, Anurag Kawde, Jacob S. Kanady, Emily Y. Tsui, Sandy Suseno, Zhiji Han, Ethan Hill, Taketo Taguchi, Andrew S. Borovik, Theodor Agapie, Johannes Messinger, Alexei Erko, Alexander Föhlisch, Uwe Bergmann, Rolf Mitzner, Vittal K. Yachandra, Junko Yano, and Philippe Wernet. "Soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy of metalloproteins and high-valent metal-complexes at room temperature using free-electron lasers" Structural Dynamics 2017, 4, 054307. link

72) Graham de Ruiter, Kurtis M. Carsch, Michael K. Takase, and Theodor Agapie. "Selectivity of C-H versus C-F Bond Oxygenation by Homo- and Heterometallic Fe4, Fe3Mn, and Mn4 Clusters" Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 10744-10749. link

70) Kurtis M. Carsch, Graham de Ruiter, and Theodor Agapie. "Intramolecular C-H and C-F Bond Oxygenation by Site-Differentiated Tetranuclear Manganese Models of the OEC" Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56, 9044-9054. link

69) Zhiji Han, Kyle T. Horak, Heui Beom Lee, and Theodor Agapie. "Tetranuclear Manganese Models of the OEC Displaying Hydrogen Bonding Interactions: Application to Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation to Hydrogen Peroxide" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 9108-9111. link

67) Heui Beom Lee, Emily Y. Tsui, and Theodor Agapie. "CaMn4O2 model of the biological oxygen evolving complex: synthesis by cluster expansion on low symmetry ligand" Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 6832-6835. link

65) Graham de Ruiter, Kurtis M. Carsch, Sheraz Gul, Ruchira Chatterjee, Niklas B. Thompson, Michael K. Takase, Junko Yano, and Theodor Agapie. "Accelerated Oxygen Atom Transfer and C-H Bond Oxygenation by Remote Redox Changes in Fe3Mn-Iodosobenzene Adducts" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 129, 4850-4854. link

61) Po-Heng Lin, Emily Y. Tsui, Fatemah Habib, Muralee Murugesu, and Theodor Agapie "Effect of the Mn Oxidation State on Single-Molecule-Magnet Properties: MnIII vs MnIV in Biologically Inspired DyMn3O4 Cubanes" Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55, 6095-6099. link

59) Davide Lionetti, Graham de Ruiter, and Theodor Agapie "A Trans-Hyponitrite Intermediate in the Reductive Coupling and Deoxygenation of Nitric Oxide by a Tricopper-Lewis Acid Complex" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 5008-5011. link

57) Graham de Ruiter, Niklas B. Thompson, Michael K. Takase, and Theodor Agapie "Intramolecular C-H and C-F Bond Oxygenation Mediated by a Putative Terminal Oxo Species in Tetranuclear Iron Complexes" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 1486-1489. link

55) Jacob S. Kanady, Jose Mendoza-Cortes, William A. Goddard III, and Theodor Agapie. "Oxygen-Evolving Complex of Photosystem II: Insights from Computation and Synthetic Models" in Metalloproteins: Structure, Functions, and Interactions; Art E. Cho and William A. Goddard III, Ed.; CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL, 2015; pp. 165-204.

53) Graham de Ruiter, Niklas B. Thompson, Davide Lionetti, and Theodor Agapie "Nitric Oxide Activation by Distal Redox Modulation in Tetranuclear Iron Nitrosyl Complexes" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 14094-14106. link

50) Sandy Suseno, Charles C. L. McCrory, Rosalie Tran, Sheraz Gul, Junko Yano, and Theodor Agapie "Molecular Mixed-Metal Manganese Oxido Cubanes as Precursors to Heterogeneous Oxygen Evolution Catalysts" Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 13420-13430. link

48) Po-Heng Lin, Michael K. Takase, and Theodor Agapie "Investigations of the Effect of the Non-Manganese Metal in Heterometallic-Oxido Cluster Models of the Oxygen Evolving Complex of Photosystem II: Lanthanides as Substitutes for Calcium" Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 59-64. link

47) Vlad Martin-Diaconescu, Marcello Gennari, Bertrand Gerey, Emily Tsui, Jacob Kanady, Rosalie Tran, Jacques Pécaut, Dimitrios Maganas, Vera Krewald, Eric Gouré, Carole Duboc, Junko Yano, Theodor Agapie, Marie-Noelle Collomb, and Serena DeBeer "Ca K-Edge XAS as a Probe of Calcium Centers in Complex Systems" Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 1283-1292. link

46) Davide Lionetti and Theodor Agapie "Inorganic Chemistry: How Calcium Affects Oxygen Formation" Nature 2014, 513, 495-496. link

44) Jacob S. Kanady, Po-Heng Lin, Kurtis M. Carsch, Robert J. Nielsen, Michael K. Takase, William A. Goddard III, and Theodor Agapie "Towards Models for the Full Oxygen-Evolving Complex of Photosystem II by Ligand Coordination to Lower the Symmetry of the Mn3CaO4 Cubane: Demonstration that Electronic Effects Facilitate Binding of a Fifth Metal" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 14373-14376. link

39) David E. Herbert, Davide Lionetti, Jonathan Rittle, and Theodor Agapie "Heterometallic Triiron-Oxo/Hydroxo Clusters: Effect of Redox-Inactive Metals" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 19075-19078. link

38) Emily Y. Tsui, Jacob S. Kanady, and Theodor Agapie "Synthetic Cluster Models of Biological and Heterogeneous Manganese Catalysts for O2 Evolution" Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 13833-13848. link (Award Paper also featured on the cover)

34) Jacob S. Kanady, Rosalie Tran, Jamie A. Stull, Luo Lu, Troy A. Stich, Michael W. Day, Junko Yano, David R. Britt, and Theodor Agapie "Role of Oxido Incorporation and Ligand Lability in Exapanding Redox Accessibility of Structurally Related Mn4 Clusters" Chem. Sci. 2013, 4, 3986-3996. link

31) Emily Y. Tsui and Theodor Agapie "Reduction Potentials of Heterometallic Manganese-Oxido Cubane Complexes Modulated by Redox-Inactive Metals" Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2013, 110, 10084-10088. link

29) Emily Y. Tsui, Rosalie Tran, Junko Yano, and Theodor Agapie "Redox-inactive metals modulate the reduction potential in heterometallic manganese—oxido clusters" Nature Chem. 2013, 5, 293-299. link (commentaries in Nature Chemistry and Caltech News)

28) Jacob S. Kanady, Jose L. Mendoza-Cortes, Emily Y. Tsui, Robert J. Nielsen, William A. Goddard, III, and Theodor Agapie "Oxygen Atom Transfer and Oxidative Water Incorporation in Cuboidal Mn3MOn Complexes Based on Synthetic, Isotopic Labeling, and Computational Studies" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 1073-1082. link

27) Davide Lionetti, Michael W. Day, and Theodor Agapie "Metal-Templated Ligand Architectures for Trinuclear Chemistry: Tricopper Complexes and Their O2 Reactivity" Chem. Sci. 2013, 4, 785-790. link

22) Charlotte A. Whited, Jeffrey J. Warren, Katherine D. Lavoie, Emily E. Weiner, Theodor Agapie, Jay R. Winkler, and Harry B. Gray "Gating NO Release from Nitric Oxide Synthase" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 27-30. link

21) Jacob S. Kanady, Emily Y. Tsui, Michael W. Day, and Theodor Agapie "A Synthetic Model of the Mn3Ca Subsite of the Oxygen-Evolving Complex in Photosystem II" Science 2011, 333, 733-736. link (commentaries in Chemical & Engineering News, Chemistry World, and Education in Chemistry)

19) Emily Y. Tsui, Jacob S. Kanady, Michael W. Day, and Theodor Agapie "Trinuclear First Row Transition Metal Complexes of a Hexapyridyl, Trialkoxy 1,3,5-Triarylbenzene Ligand" Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 4189-4191 link

17) Emily Y. Tsui, Michael W. Day, and Theodor Agapie "Trinucleating Copper: Synthesis and Magnetostructural Characterization of Complexes Supported by a Hexapyridyl 1,3,5-Triarylbenzene Ligand" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 1668-1672 link

12) Theodor Agapie, Sandy Suseno, Joshua J. Woodward, Stefan Stoll, R. David Britt, and Michael A. Marletta "NO formation by a catalytically self-sufficient bacterial nitric oxide synthase from Sorangium cellulosums" Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2009, 106 (38), 16221-16226. link