"Intramolecular Reactions of Trivalent Phosphorus and Carbonyl Compounds" by S. D. Harper, 1981, University of Illinois - Urbana

"Lithiation of Oxy-Arenes; New Methodology for Electrophilic Aromatic Substitutions: Attemped Synthesis of Thiaheptalenes and Heterocyclic Pyrene Systems" by A. Bashir Hashemi, 1983, University of Illinois - Urbana

"Diazotetrakis(trifluoromethyl)cyclopentadiene and Ylides of Electronegative Elements" by E. P. Janulis, 1983, University of Illinois - Urbana

"Syntheses and Structures of the First 10-P-3 and 10-As-3 Species: Intramolecular Oxidative Cyclization Reactions of Trivalent Arsenic and Carbonyl Compounds" by S. A. Culley, 1984, University of Illinois - Urbana

"Synthesis and Reactions of Perfluorinated 4-Diazopyrazoles: 4-Diazobis(trifluoromethyl)pyrazole: Synthesis and Photolysis of Compounds Derived from 3,4-Bis(trifluoromethyl)-1,2-dithiete" by D. H. Champion , 1984, University of Illinois - Urbana

"The Synthesis and Reactions of 2-Diazo-4,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)-imidazole, A Carbene Precursor to Stable Ylide and Hypervalent Compounds" by C. F. Palmer, 1987, University of Illinois - Urbana (together with Professor J. C. Martin)

"The Chemistry of Nucleophilic Carbenes" by Roland Krafczyk, May 1998, Technische Universität - Braunschweig (together with Professor Dr. Reinhard Schmutzler)

"Toward the Syntheses of Tricyclic-tris(carbene)s and Bicyclic-bis(carbene)s and their Metal Complexes" by Wenjian Li , May 2004, The University of Alabama

"Designer Carbenes" by Hyo-Joong Kim , May 2004, The University of Alabama

"New Architectures in Imidazoyl-2-ylidene Chemistry" by Daniela Ţapu , August 2005, The University of Alabama