Department of Chemistry,
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Highly enantioselective direct reductive coupling of conjugated alkynes and alpha-ketoesters via rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation.
Journal of the American Chemical Society Jan, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16417351
Iridium-catalyzed C-C bond forming hydrogenation: direct regioselective reductive coupling of alkyl-substituted alkynes to activated ketones.
Journal of the American Chemical Society Jan, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17212400
Hydrogen-mediated C-C bond formation: a broad new concept in catalytic C-C coupling.
The Journal of organic chemistry Feb, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17288361
Allylic amines via iridium-catalyzed C-C bond forming hydrogenation: imine vinylation in the absence of stoichiometric byproducts or metallic reagents.
Journal of the American Chemical Society Jul, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17571894
Enantiomerically enriched allylic alcohols and allylic amines via C-C bond-forming hydrogenation: asymmetric carbonyl and imine vinylation.
Accounts of chemical research Dec, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17784728
Enantioselective iridium-catalyzed imine vinylation: optically enriched allylic amines via alkyne-imine reductive coupling mediated by hydrogen.
Journal of the American Chemical Society Oct, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17914825
Enantioselective iridium-catalyzed carbonyl allylation from the alcohol or aldehyde oxidation level using allyl acetate as an allyl metal surrogate.
Journal of the American Chemical Society May, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18444616
Ruthenium catalyzed C-C bond formation via transfer hydrogenation: branch-selective reductive coupling of allenes to paraformaldehyde and higher aldehydes.
Organic letters Jul, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18533665
Enantioselective iridium-catalyzed carbonyl allylation from the alcohol or aldehyde oxidation level via transfer hydrogenative coupling of allyl acetate: departure from chirally modified allyl metal reagents in carbonyl addition.
Journal of the American Chemical Society Nov, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18841896
Ligand-accelerated enantioselective propargylation of aldehydes via allenylzinc reagents.
Organic letters Apr, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21391717
Pd-catalyzed aryl C-H imidation with arene as the limiting reagent.
Journal of the American Chemical Society Sep, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23998528
Trifluoromethoxylation of arenes: synthesis of ortho-trifluoromethoxylated aniline derivatives by OCF3 migration.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) Dec, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25358501
A Highly Convergent Total Synthesis of Leustroducsin B.
Journal of the American Chemical Society Sep, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 26313159