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Modular Synthesis of Dehydroprolines by an Energy-Transfer Enabled Cloke-Wilson Rearrangement

Austin D. Marchese and Prof. Tomislav Rovis

Chem. Int. Ed. Eng. 2024. e20241702.

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Dual Nickel/Photoredox-Catalyzed Aryl Etherification Enabled by an Oxidative Near-Infrared-to-Blue Triplet–Triplet Annihilation Upconversion System Leveraging Spin-Forbidden Excitation

Logan R. Beck, Katherine A. Xie, Brendan C. Lainhart, Trevor C. Sherwood, Eric R. Welin, Candice L. Joe, Tomislav Rovis*

ACS Catal. 2024, 14, XXX, 18515–18522

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Low-energy photoredox catalysis

David C. Cabanero & Tomislav Rovis

Nat. Rev. Chem. 2024, XX, XX.

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Rh(III)-Catalyzed Alkene Anti Nucleoamidation to Access Diverse Heterocycles

Noah Wagner-Carlberg, Julia R. Dorsheimer, Tomislav Rovis*

ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 22, 17033–17038

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A Unified Method for Oxidative and Reductive Decarboxylative Arylation with Orange Light-Driven Ir/Ni Metallaphotoredox Catalysis

Katherine A. Xie, Eva Bednarova, Candice L. Joe, Trevor C. Sherwood, Eric R. Welin, Tomislav Rovis*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 37, 25780–25787

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Crafting Unnatural Peptide Macrocycles via Rh(III)-Catalyzed Carboamidation

Christopher W. Lamartina, Cassandra A. Chartier, Jillian M. Hirano, Neel H. Shah*, Tomislav Rovis*

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024, 146, 30, 20868–20877

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Photoinduced Ligand-to-Metal Charge Transfer in Base-Metal Catalysis

Sean M. Treacy, Tomislav Rovis*

Synthesis 2024, 56, 13, 1967-1978

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Photoredox-Catalyzed Generation of Tertiary Anions from Primary Amines via a Radical Polar Crossover

Austin D. Marchese, Julia R. Dorsheimer, Prof. Tomislav Rovis

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024 , 63 , 6, e202317563.

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Photocatalytic Activation of Aryl(trifluoromethyl) Diazos to Carbenes for High-Resolution Protein Labeling with Red Light

David C. Cabanero,† Stavros K. Kariofillis,† Andrew C. Johns, Jinwoo Kim, Jizhi Ni, Sangho Park, Dann L. Parker Jr., Carlo P. Ramil, Xavier Roy, Neel H. Shah*, and Tomislav Rovis*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 2, 1337–1345

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Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Remote Hydroamidation of Internal Alkenes Via Chain Walking

Noah Wagner-Carlberg and Tomislav Rovis*

ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 24, 16337–16343

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Late-Stage Isotopic Exchange of Primary Amines

Julia R. Dorsheimer and Tomislav Rovis*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 44, 24367–24374

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Orange Light-Driven C(sp2)–C(sp3) Cross-Coupling via Spin-Forbidden Ir(III) Metallaphotoredox Catalysis

Katherine A. Xie, Eva Bednarova, Candice L. Joe, Chenxi Lin, Trevor C. Sherwood, Eric M. Simmons, Brendan C. Lainhart, and Tomislav Rovis*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 36, 19925–19931

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Electrochemically Controlled Ruthenium-Catalyzed Olefin
Metathesis

Jennifer A. Nguyen, David C. Cabanero, Tomislav Rovis*

Synlett 2023, 34, 1477–1481

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Alkane Solvent-Derived Acylation Reaction Driven by Electric Fields

Xiye Wang, Boyuan Zhang, Brandon Fowler, Latha Venkataraman*, and Tomislav Rovis*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 22, 11903–11906

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Dynamic crosslinking compatibilizes immiscible mixed plastics

Ryan W. Clarke, Tobias Sandmeier, Kevin A. Franklin, Dominik Reich, Xiao Zhang, Nayan Vengallur, Tarak K. Patra, Robert J. Tannenbaum, Sabin Adhikari, Sanat K. Kumar, Tomislav Rovis and Eugene Y.-X. Chen

Nature. 2023, 616, 731–739

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Deep Red to Near-Infrared Light-Controlled Ruthenium-Catalyzed Olefin Metathesis

David C. Cabanero, Jennifer A. Nguyen, Catherine S. J. Cazin, Steven P. Nolan, and Tomislav Rovis*

ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 7, 4384–4390

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Photoinduced Nickel-Catalyzed Selective N-Demethylation of Trialkylamines Using C(sp2)–Bromides as HAT Reagents

Xiao Zhang, Yangyang Shen, and Tomislav Rovis*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 6, 3294–3300

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Coupling of alpha-bromoamides and unactivated alkenes to form gamma-lactams through EDA and
photocatalysis

Sean M. Treacy, Daniel R. Vaz, Syed Noman, Cedric Tard, and Tomislav Rovis*

Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 1569

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Modular Synthesis of Unnatural Peptides via Rh(III)-Catalyzed Diastereoselective Three-Component Carboamidation Reaction

Christopher W. Lamartina, Cassandra A. Chartier, Sumin Lee, Neel H. Shah*, and Tomislav Rovis*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 2, 1129–1135

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Overcoming Photochemical Limitations in Metallaphotoredox Catalysis: Red-Light-Driven C–N Cross-Coupling

Samantha L. Goldschmid, Nicholas Eng Soon Tay, Candice L. Joe, Brendan C. Lainhart, Trevor C. Sherwood, Eric M. Simmons, Melda Sezen-Edmonds, and Tomislav Rovis*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 49, 22409–22415

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Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Anti-Markovnikov Hydroamidation of Unactivated Alkenes Using Dioxazolones as Amidating Reagents

Noah Wagner-Carlberg and Tomislav Rovis*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 49, 22426–22432

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Targeted activation in localized protein environments via deep red photoredox catalysis

Nicholas Eng Soon Tay, Keun Ah Ryu, John L. Weber, Aleksandra K. Olow, David C. Cabanero, David R. Reichman, Rob C. Oslund, Olugbeminiyi O. Fadeyi & Tomislav Rovis

Nat. Chem. 2023, 15, 101–109

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Tuning through-space interactions via the secondary coordination sphere of an artificial metalloenzyme leads to enhanced Rh(III)-catalysis

Isra S. Hassan, Jack T. Fuller, Vanessa N. Dippon, Angeline N. Ta, Michael W. Danneman, Brian R. McNaughton,* Anastassia N. Alexandrova* and Tomislav Rovis*

Chem. Sci., 2022, 13, 9220-9224

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Rh(III)-Catalyzed Intra- and Intermolecular 3,4-Difunctionalization of 1,3-Dienes via Rh(III)-π-Allyl Amidation with 1,4,2-Dioxazolones

Finn Burg and Tomislav Rovis*

ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 15, 9690–9697

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Development of optimized drug-like small molecule inhibitors of the SARS-CoV-2 3CL protease for treatment of COVID-19

Hengrui Liu, Sho Iketani, Arie Zask, Nisha Khanizeman, Eva Bednarova, Farhad Forouhar, Brandon Fowler, Seo Jung Hong, Hiroshi Mohri, Manoj S. Nair, Yaoxing Huang, Nicholas E. S. Tay, Sumin Lee, Charles Karan, Samuel J. Resnick, Colette Quinn, Wenjing Li, Henry Shion, Xin Xia, Jacob D. Daniels, Michelle Bartolo-Cruz, Marcelo Farina, Presha Rajbhandari, Christopher Jurtschenko, Matthew A. Lauber, Thomas McDonald, Michael E. Stokes, Brett L. Hurst, Tomislav Rovis*, Alejandro Chavez*, David D. Ho*, and Brent R. Stockwell *

Nature Communications, 2022, 13, 1891

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Tuning the Electrochemical and Photophysical Properties of Osmium-Based Photoredox Catalysts

Samantha L. Goldschmid, Eva Bednářová‡, Logan R. Beck‡, Katherine Xie, Nicholas E. S. Tay, Benjamin D. Ravetz, Jun Li, Candice L. Joe, Tomislav Rovis*

Synlett 2022, 33, 3, 247-258

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Photocatalyzed Triplet Sensitization of Oximes Using Visible Light Provides a Route to Nonclassical Beckmann Rearrangement Products

Xiao Zhang and Tomislav Rovis*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 50, 21211–21217

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Photons or Electrons? A Critical Comparison of Electrochemistry and Photoredox Catalysis for Organic Synthesis

Nicholas E. S. Tay, Dan Lehnherr*, and Tomislav Rovis*

Chem. Rev. 2022, 122, 2, 2487–2649

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Dual Nickel/Photoredox-Catalyzed Deaminative Cross-Coupling of Sterically Hindered Primary Amines

Julia R. Dorsheimer, Melissa A. Ashley, and Tomislav Rovis*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 46, 19294–19299

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Site-Selective α-C–H Functionalization of Trialkylamines via Reversible Hydrogen Atom Transfer Catalysis

Yangyang Shen, Ignacio Funez-Ardoiz, Franziska Schoenebeck*, and Tomislav Rovis*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 45, 18952–18959

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Diastereoselective Three-Component 3,4-Amino Oxygenation of 1,3-Dienes Catalyzed by a Cationic Heptamethylindenyl Rhodium(III) Complex

Finn Burg and Tomislav Rovis*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 43, 17964–17969

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Late-Stage N-Me Selective Arylation of Trialkylamines Enabled by Ni/Photoredox Dual Catalysis

Yangyang Shen and Tomislav Rovis*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 40, 16364–16369

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Rh(III)-Catalyzed Three-Component Syn-Carboamination of Alkenes Using Arylboronic Acids and Dioxazolones

Sumin Lee and Tomislav Rovis*

ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 14, 8585–8590

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Iron-Catalyzed Photoinduced LMCT: A 1° C–H Abstraction Enables Skeletal Rearrangements and C(sp3)–H Alkylation

Yi Cheng Kang, Sean M. Treacy, and Tomislav Rovis*

ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 12, 7442–7449

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Iron-Catalyzed C(sp3)–H Alkylation through Ligand-to-Metal Charge Transfer

Yi Cheng Kang, Sean M. Treacy, Tomislav Rovis*

Synlett 2021; 32(17): 1767-1771

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Copper Catalyzed C(sp3)–H Bond Alkylation via Photoinduced Ligand-to-Metal Charge Transfer

Sean M. Treacy and Tomislav Rovis*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 7, 2729–2735

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Development of a Platform for Near-Infrared Photoredox Catalysis

Benjamin D. Ravetz, Nicholas E. S. Tay, Candice L. Joe*, Melda Sezen-Edmonds, Michael A. Schmidt, Yichen Tan, Jacob M. Janey, Martin D. Eastgate, and Tomislav Rovis*

ACS Cent. Sci. 2020, 6, 11, 2053–2059

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Photoredox-Catalyzed Deaminative Alkylation via C–N Bond Activation of Primary Amines

Melissa A. Ashley, Tomislav Rovis

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 43, 18310–18316

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A site-selective amination catalyst discriminates between nearly identical C–H bonds of unsymmetrical disubstituted alkenes

Honghui Lei, Tomislav Rovis

Nature Chemistry volume 12, 725–731 (2020)

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Direct Regio‐ and Diastereoselective Synthesis of δ ‐Lactams from Acrylamides and Unactivated Alkenes Initiated by Rh(III)‐Catalyzed C−H Activation

Sumin Lee, Natthawat Semakul, Tomislav Rovis

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020 , 59 , 4965.

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Synthesis of Sterically Hindered Primary Amines by Concurrent Tandem Photoredox Catalysis

Michael C. Nicastri, Dan Lehnherr, Yu‐hong Lam, Daniel A. DiRocco, and Tomislav Rovis

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 2, 987-998

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Electrochemical Synthesis of Hindered Primary and Secondary Amines via Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer

Dan Lehnherr, Yu-hong Lam, Michael C. Nicastri, Jinchu Liu, Justin A. Newman, Erik L. Regalado, Daniel A. DiRocco, and Tomislav Rovis

Journal of the American Chemical Society 2020, 142, 1, 468-478

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Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Three-Component 1,2-Diamination of Unactivated Terminal Alkenes

Sumin Lee, Young Jin Jang, Erik J. T. Phipps, Honghui Lei, Tomislav Rovis

Synthesis 2020; 52(08): 1247-1252

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Regioselective Alkylative Cross-Coupling of Remote Unactivated C(sp3)–H Bonds

Scott M. Thullen, Sean M. Treacy, and Tomislav Rovis

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 36, 14062-14067

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A Rh(III)-Catalyzed Formal [4+1] Approach to Pyrrolidines from Unactivated Terminal Alkenes and Nitrene Sources

Sumin Lee, Honghui Lei, and Tomislav Rovis

Journal of the American Chemical Society 2019, 141, 32, 12536-12540

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Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Cyclopropanation of Unactivated Olefins Initiated by C–H Activation

Erik J. T. Phipps, Tiffany Piou, Tomislav Rovis

Synlett 2019; 30(15): 1787-1790

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Ligand Controlled Ir-Catalyzed Regiodivergent Oxyamination of Unactivated Alkenes

Honghui Lei, John H. Conway Jr., Caleb C. Cook, and Tomislav Rovis

Journal of the American Chemical Society 2019, 141, 30, 11864-11869

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Rh(III)-Catalyzed C-H Activation-Initiated Directed Cyclopropanation of Allylic Alcohols

Erik J. T. Phipps and Tomislav Rovis

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, 141, 6807-6811

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Visible-Light-Controlled Ruthenium-Catalyzed Olefin Metathesis

Cedric Theunissen, Melissa A. Ashley, and Tomislav Rovis

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, 141, 6791-6796

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Asymmetric delta-Lactam Synthesis with a Monomeric Streptavidin Artificial Metalloenzyme

Isra S. Hassan, Angeline N. Ta, Michael W. Danneman, Natthawat Semakul, Matthew Burns, Corey H. Basch, Vanessa N. Dippon, Brian R. McNaughton, and Tomislav Rovis

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, 141, 4815-4819

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Photoredox Catalyzed Site Selective alpha-C(sp3)-H Alkylation of Primary Amine Derivatives

Melissa A. Ashley, Dr. Chiaki Yamauchi, Dr. John C. K. Chu, Shinya Otsuka,?Hideki Yorimitsu, Tomislav Rovis

Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 4002-4006

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Ir-Catalyzed Intermolecular Branch-Selective Allylic C-H Amidation of Unactivated Terminal Olefins

Honghui Lei and Tomislav Rovis

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, 141, 2268-2273

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Photoredox catalysis using infrared light via triplet fusion upconversion

Benjamin D. Ravetz, Andrew B. Pun, Emily M. Churchill, Daniel N. Congreve, Tomislav Rovis & Luis M. Campos

Nature., 2019, 565, 343-346

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Photoinduced Ligand-to-Metal Charge Transfer Enables Photocatalyst-Independent Light-Gated Activation of Co(II)

Benjamin D. Ravetz, Jason Y. Wang, Kyle E. Ruhl, and Tomislav Rovis

ACS Catal., 2019, 9, 200-204

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The Catalytic Alkylative Desymmetrization of Anhydrides in a Formal Synthesis of Ionomycin

Kevin M. Oberg, Brian M. Cochran, Matthew J. Cook, and Tomislav Rovis

Synthesis, 2018, 50, 4343-4350

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Generation of Phosphoranyl Radicals via Photoredox Catalysis Enables Voltage-Independent Activation of Strong C-O Bonds

Erin E. Stache, Alyssa B. Ertel, Tomislav Rovis, and Abigail G. Doyle

ACS Catal., 2018, 8, 11134-11139

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Direct alpha-alkylation of primary aliphatic amines enabled by CO2 and electrostatics

Juntao Ye, Indrek Kalvet, Franziska Schoenebeck and Tomislav Rovis

Nature Chemistry, 2018, 10, 1037-1041

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Stereodivergent Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed cis-Cyclopropanation Enabled by Multivariate Optimization

Tiffany Piou, Fedor Romanov-Michailidis, Melissa A. Ashley, Maria Romanova-Michaelides, and Tomislav Rovis

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2018, 140, 9587-9593

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External Regulation of Cobalt-Catalyzed Cycloaddition Polymerization with Visible Light

Benjamin D. Ravetz, Kyle E. Ruhl, and Tomislav Rovis

ACS Catalysis, 2018, 8, 5323-5327

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Ir(III)-Catalyzed Carbocarbation of Alkynes through Undirected Double C-H Bond Activation of Anisoles

Dr. Fedor Romanov-Michailidis, Benjamin D. Ravetz, Daniel W. Paley, and Prof. Tomislav Rovis

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2018, 140, 5370-5374

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Electronic and Steric Tuning of a Prototypical Piano Stool Complex: Rh(III) Catalysis for C-H Functionalization

Dr. Tiffany Piou and Prof. Tomislav Rovis

Accounts of Chemical Research, 2018, 51, 170-180

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Complementary Strategies for Directed C(sp3)-H Functionalization: A Comparison of Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Activation, Hydrogen Atom Transfer, and Carbene/Nitrene Transfer

John C. K. Chu and Prof. Tomislav Rovis

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2018, 57, 62-101

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Cluster Preface: Alkene Halofunctionalization

Jeffrey N. Johnston and Tomislav Rovis

Synlett, 2018, 29, 399-400

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Regiodivergent Iridium(III)-Catalyzed Diamination of Alkenyl Amides with Secondary Amines: Complementary Access to gamma- or delta-Lactams

John H. Conway Jr. and Prof. Tomislav Rovis

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2018, 140, 135-138

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Rhodium-Catalyzed Desymmetrization of meso-Glutaric Anhydrides to Access Enantioenriched anti,anti-Polypropionates

Brian M. Cochran, Daniel D. Henderson, Scott M. Thullen and Prof. Tomislav Rovis

Synlett, 2018, 29, 306-309

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A Mild Hydroaminoalkylation of Conjugated Dienes Using a Unified Cobalt and Photoredox Catalytic System

Scott M. Thullen and Prof. Tomislav Rovis

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2017, 139, 15504-15508

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Experimental and Computational Gas Phase Acidities of Conjugate Acids of Triazolylidene Carbenes: Rationalizing Subtle Electronic Effects

Yijie Niu, Ning Wang, Alberto Munoz, Jiahui Xu, Hao Zheng, Prof. Tomislav Rovis and Prof. Jeehuin K. Lee

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2017, 139, 14917-14930

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Directed gamma-C(sp3)-H Alkylation of Carboxylic Acid Derivatives through Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis

Dian-Feng Chen, John C. K. Chu, and Prof. Tomislav Rovis

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2017, 139, 14897-14900

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Enantioselective N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed nucleophilic dearomatization of alkyl pyridiniums

Darrin M. Flanigan and Prof. Tomislav Rovis

Chemical Science, 2017, 8, 6566-6569

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Cluster Preface: Catalytic Aerobic Oxidations

Shannon S. Stahl and Prof. Tomislav Rovis

Synlett, 2017, 28, 1546-1547

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A Photochemical Two-Step Formal [5+2] Cycloaddition: A Condensation-Ring-Expansion Approach to Substituted Azepanes

Scott M. Thullen, David M. Rubush, and Prof. Tomislav Rovis

Synlett, 2017, 28, 2755-2758

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Dual Nickel- and Photoredox-Catalyzed Enantioselective Desymmetrization of Cyclic meso-Anhydrides

Erin E. Stache, Prof. Tomislav Rovis and Prof. Abigail G. Doyle

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2017, 56, 3679-3683

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Correlating Reactivity and Selectivity to Cyclopentadienyl Ligand Properties in Rh(III)-Catalyzed C-H Activation Reactions: An Experimental and Computational Study

Tiffany Piou, Fedor Romanov-Michailidis, Maria Romanova-Michaelides, Kelvin E. Jackson, Natthawat Semakul, Trevor D. Taggart, Brian S. Newell, Christopher D. Rithner, Robert S. Paton, and Tomislav Rovis

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2017, 139, 1296-1310

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Heptamethylindenyl (Ind*) enables diastereoselective benzamidation of cyclopropenes via Rh(III)-catalyzed C-H activation

Natthawat Semakul, Kelvin E. Jackson, Robert S. Paton, and Tomislav Rovis

Chemical Science, 2016, 8, 1015-1020

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N-Heterocyclic Carbene and Chiral Bronsted Acid Cooperative Catalysis for a Highly Enantioselective [4+2] Annulation

Dian-Feng Chen and Tomislav Rovis

Synthesis, 2016, 49, 293-298

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Amide-directed photoredox-catalysed C-C bond formation at unactivated sp3 C-H bonds

John C.K. Chu and Tomislav Rovis

NATURE, 2016, 539, 272-275

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Visible Light-Gated Cobalt Catalysis for a Spatially and Temporally Resolved [2+2+2] Cycloaddition

Kyle E. Ruhl and Tomislav Rovis

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2015, 138, 15527-15530

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Rhodium-catalysed syn-carboamination of alkenes via a transient directing group

Tiffany Piou and Tomislav Rovis

NATURE, 2015, 527, 86-90

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Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Allylic C(sp3)-H Activation of Alkenyl Sulfonamides: Unexpected Formation of Azabicycles

Alexis Archambeau, Tomislav Rovis

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2015, 54, 13337-13340

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Organocatalytic Reactions Enabled by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

Darrin M. Flanigan, Fedor Romanov-Michailidis, Nicholas A. White, and Tomislav Rovis

CHEMICAL REVIEWS, 2015, 15, 9307-9387

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Oxidatively Initiated NHC-Catalyzed Enantioselective Synthesis of 3,4-Disubstituted Cyclopentanones from Enals

Nicholas A. White and Tomislav Rovis

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2015, 137, 10112-10115

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Organic chemistry: Natural polarity inverted

Fedor Romanov-Michailidis, Tomislav Rovis

NATURE, 2015, 523, 417-418

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Expedient Access to 2,3-Dihydropyridines from Unsaturated Oximes by Rh(III)-Catalyzed C-H Activation

Fedor Romanov-Michailidis, Kassandra F. Sedillo, Jamie M. Neely, and Tomislav Rovis

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2015, 137, 8892-8895

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Influence of Electronic Effects on the Reactivity of Triazolylidene-Boryl Radicals: Consequences for the use of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Boranes in Organic and Polymer Synthesis

Sofia Telitel, Anne-Laure Vallet, Darrin M. Flanigan, Dr. Bernadette Graff, Dr. Fabrice Morlet-Savary, Prof. Tomislav Rovis, Prof. Jacques Lalevee and Dr. Emmanuel Lacote

CHEMISTRY - A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, 2015, 21, 13772-13777

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Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed C-H Activation: An Oxidative Intramolecular Heck-Type Reaction Directed by a Carboxylate

Tyler A. Davis, Chuanqi Wang, Tomislav Rovis

SYNLETT, 2015, 26, 1520-1524

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Zn-Catalyzed Enantio- and Diastereoselective Formal [4 + 2] Cycloaddition Involving Two Electron-Deficient Partners: Asymmetric Synthesis of Piperidines from 1-Azadienes and Nitro-Alkenes

John C. K. Chu, Derek M. Dalton, and Tomislav Rovis

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2015, 137, 445-4452

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Cluster Preface: Catalysis Using Sustainable Metals - Part II

Matthew J. Gaunt, Hak-Fun Chow, Tomislav Rovis

SYNLETT, 2015, 26, 306

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Enantioselective Rhodium-Catalyzed Isomerization of 4-Iminocrotonates: Asymmetric Synthesis of a Unique Chiral Synthon

Wen-Zhen Zhang, John C. K. Chu, Kevin M. Oberg, Tomislav Rovis

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2015, 137, 553-555

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Ligand design for Rh(III)-catalyzed C-H activation: an unsymmetrical cyclopentadienyl group enables a regioselective synthesis of dihydroisoquinolones

Todd K. Hyster, Derek M. Dalton, Tomislav Rovis

CHEMICAL SCIENCE, 2015, 6, 254-258

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Rh(I)-Bisphosphine-Catalyzed Asymmetric, Intermolecular Hydroheteroarylation of alpha-Substituted Acrylate Derivatives

Claire M. Filloux, Tomislav Rovis

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2014, 137, 508-517

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Catalysis Using Sustainable Metals - Part I

Matthew Gaunt, Tomislav Rovis, Hak-Fun Chow

SYNLETT, 2014, 25, 2715-2716

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Enantioselective N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed beta-Hydroxylation of Enals Using Nitroarenes: An Atom Transfer Reaction That Proceeds via Single Electron Transfer

Nicholas A. White, Tomislav Rovis

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2014, 136, 14674-14677 (2014)

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Rh(III)-Catalyzed Cyclopropanation Initiated by C-H Activation: Ligand Development Enables a Diastereoselective [2 + 1] Annulation of N-Enoxyphthalimides and Alkenes

Tiffany Piou, Tomislav Rovis

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2014, 136, 11292-11295

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Stereoelectronic Basis for the Kinetic Resolution of N-Heterocycles with Chiral Acylating Reagents

Sheng-Ying Hsieh, Benedikt Wanner, Philip Wheeler, Andre M. Beauchemin, Tomislav Rovis, Jeffrey W. Bode

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2014, 20, 7228-7231

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Cobaltate Anion Couples Terminal Dienes with Trifluoroacetic Anhydride: A Direct Fluoroacylation of 1,3-Diene

Benjamin L. Kohn, Tomislav Rovis

CHEMICAL SCIENCE, 2014, 5, 2889-2892

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A Late-Stage Strategy for the Functionalization of Triazolium-Based NHC Catalysts

Kerem E. Ozboya, Tomislav Rovis

SYNLETT, 2014, 25, 2665-2668

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Rapid Construction of (-)-Paroxetine and (-)-Femoxetine via an N-Heterocylic Carbene Catalyzed Homoenolate Addition to Nitroalkanes

Nicholas A. White, Kerem E. Ozboya, Darrin M. Flanigan, Tomislav Rovis

ASIAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 2014, 3, 442-444 (2014)

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Stereoselective Synthesis of Dioxolanes and Oxazolidines via a Desymmetrization Acetalization/Michael Cascade

David M. Rubush, Tomislav Rovis

SYNLETT, 2014, 25, 713-717

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Rh(III)-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Coupling of Acrylic Acids with Unsaturated Oxime Esters: Carboxylic Acids Serve as Traceless Activators

Jamie M. Neely, Tomislav Rovis

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2014, 136, 2735-2738

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