I have a vast expertise in the computational and theoretical chemistry of transition metal complexes, including the simulation of their redox properties, photoredox catalysis, small molecule activation and rational design of properties via large-scale first principle DFT calculations.

• Ph D in Chemistry, Budapest University of Technology and Economics (2008)

• Phosphorus and Arsenic Atom Transfer to Isocyanides to Form pi-Backbonding Cyanophosphide and Cyanoarsenide Titanium Complexes ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION 60 32 (2021), Anders Reinholdt, Mehrafshan G. Jafari, Christian Sandoval-Pauker, Ernesto Ballestero-Martinez, Michael R. Gau, Matthias Driess, Balazs Pinter, Daniel J. Mindiola.
• Pursuit of an Electron Deficient Titanium Nitride INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 60 8 (2021), Lauren N. Grant, Mrinal Bhunia, Balazs Pinter, Christophe Rebreyend, Maria E. Carroll, Patrick J. Carroll, de Bruin, Bas, Daniel J. Mindiola.
• Status report on copper (I) complexes in photoredox catalysis; photophysical and electrochemical properties and future prospects POLYHEDRON 199 (2021), Christian Sandoval-Pauker, Gabriela Molina-Aguirre, Balazs Pinter.
• A DFT Study on the Redox Active Behavior of Carbene and Pyridine Ligands in the Oxidative and Reductive Quenching Cycles of Ruthenium Photoredox Catalysts CATALYSTS 10 1 (2020), Edinson Medina, Balazs Pinter.
• Electron Density Difference Analysis on the Oxidative and Reductive Quenching Cycles of Classical Iridium and Ruthenium Photoredox Catalysts JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A 124 21 (2020), Edinson Medina, Balazs Pinter.
• Isolation of a Bimetallic Cobalt(III) Nitride and Examination of Its Hydrogen Atom Abstraction Chemistry and Reactivity toward H-2 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 142 18 (2020), Debabrata Sengupta, Christian Sandoval-Pauker, Emily Schueller, Angela M. Encerrado-Manriquez, Alejandro Metta-Magana, Wen-Yee Lee, Ram Seshadri, Balazs Pinter, Skye Fortier.
• Pyridine Wingtip in [Pd(Py-tzNHC)(2)](2+) Complex Is a Proton Shuttle in the Catalytic Hydroamination of Alkynes ORGANIC LETTERS 22 6 (2020), Miha Virant, Mateja Mihelac, Martin Gazvoda, Andrej E. Cotman, Anja Frantar, Balazs Pinter, Janez Kosmrlj.
• Reversible oxidative-addition and reductive-elimination of thiophene from a titanium complex and its thermally-induced hydrodesulphurization chemistry CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS 56 10 (2020), Alejandra Gomez-Torres, J. R. Aguilar-Calderon, Carlos Saucedo, Aldo Jordan, Alejandro Metta-Magana, Balazs Pinter, Skye Fortier.
• Use of anethole-type ligands to design cytotoxic organometallic ruthenium compounds: An experimental and computational study JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY 908 (2020), Ricardo A. Delgado, Antonio Galdamez, Catherine Tessini, Sebastian Ramirez-Rivera, Gisela Aquea, Giuliano Bernal, Balazs Pinter, Franz A. Thomet.
• Accessing rare metal-ligand multiple bonds of early transition metals: Nuclephilic, electrophilic, and radical reactivity ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 258 (2019), Lauren Grant, Daniel Mindiola, Balazs Pinter.
• Finding a soft spot for vanadium: a P-bound OCP ligand CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS 55 42 (2019), Lauren N. Grant, J. Krzystek, Balazs Pinter, Joshua Telser, Hansjorg Grutzmacher, Daniel J. Mindiola.
• A Scandium-Stabilized Diisophosphaethynolate Ligand: [OCPPCO](4-) ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION 57 4 (2018), Lauren N. Grant, Balazs Pinter, Brian C. Manor, Hansjorg Grutzmacher, Daniel J. Mindiola.
• Characterization of chalcogen bonding interactions via an in-depth conceptual quantum chemical analysis JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY 39 10 (2018), De Vleeschouwer, Freija, Mats Denayer, Balazs Pinter, Paul Geerlings, De Proft, Frank.
• Conceptual Insights into DFT Spin-State Energetics of Octahedral Transition-Metal Complexes through a Density Difference Analysis CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL 24 20 (2018), Balazs Pinter, Artiom Chankisjijev, Paul Geerlings, Jeremy N. Harvey, De Proft, Frank.
• Mechanism of copper-free Sonogashira reaction operates through palladium-palladium transmetallation NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 9 (2018), Martin Gazvoda, Miha Virant, Balazs Pinter, Janez Kosmrlj.
• Methylidyne Transfer Reactions with Niobium ORGANOMETALLICS 37 20 (2018), Takashi Kurogi, Balazs Pinter, Daniel J. Mindiola.
• Molecular Zirconium Nitride Super Base from a Mononuclear Parent Imide JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 140 50 (2018), Lauren N. Grant, Balazs Pinter, Jun Gu, Daniel J. Mindiola.
• Spin-state energetics of iron(II) porphyrin from the particle-particle random phase approximation EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL B 91 11 (2018), Balazs Pinter, Rachael Al-Saadon, Zehua Chen, Weitao Yang.
• A Planar Ti2P2 Core Assembled by Reductive Decarbonylation of O--CP and P-P Radical Coupling CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL 23 26 (2017), Lauren N. Grant, Balazs Pinter, Brian C. Manor, Riccardo Suter, Hansjorg Grutzmacher, Daniel J. Mindiola.
• A Terminal Iron(IV) Nitride Supported by a Super Bulky Guanidinate Ligand and Examination of Its Electronic Structure and Reactivity JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 139 44 (2017), Arnab Maity, Jesse Murillo, Alejandro J. Metta-Magana, Balazs Pinter, Skye Fortier.
• Heterolytic Splitting of Molecular Hydrogen by Frustrated and Classical Lewis Pairs: A Unified Reactivity Concept SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 7 (2017), Gabriella Skara, De Vleeschouwer, Freija, Paul Geerlings, De Proft, Frank, Balazs Pinter.
• Heterolytic splitting of molecular hydrogen by frustrated and classical Lewis pairs: A unified reactivity concept ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 254 (2017), Gabriella Skara, De Vleeschouwer, Freija, Paul Geerlings, De Proft, Fran, Balazs Pinter.
• Molecular titanium nitrides: nucleophiles unleashed CHEMICAL SCIENCE 8 2 (2017), Lauren N. Grant, Balazs Pinter, Takashi Kurogi, Maria E. Carroll, Gang Wu, Brian C. Manor, Patrick J. Carroll, Daniel J. Mindiola.
• Planar Ti2P2 core assembled by reductive decarbonylation of -O-C P ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 253 (2017), Lauren Grant, Balazs Pinter, Brian Manor, Hansjorg Grutzmacher, Daniel Mindiola.

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