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Publications

Merging Excited-State Copper Catalysis and Triplet Nitro(hetero)arenes for Direct Synthesis of 2-Aminophenol Derivatives

Shah, J.A..; Banerjee, A.; Mukherjee, U.; Ngai, M.-Y.*,
Highlighted in SynFacts

Expanding Reaction Profile of Allyl Carboxylates via 1,2-Radical Migration (RaM): Visible-Light-Induced Phosphine-Catalyzed 1,3-Carbobromination of Allyl Carboxylates

Zhao, G.; Lim S.; Musaev, D. G.; Ngai, M.-Y.*,

Synthesis of Ketonylated Carbocycles via Excited-State Copper-Catalyzed Radical Carbo-Aroylation of Unactivated Alkenes

Sarkar, S.; Banerjee, A.; Ngai, M.-Y.*,

Excited-State Palladium-Catalyzed ?-Selective C1-Ketonylation

Zhao, G.;# Mukherjee, U.# Zhou, L.; Mauro, J. N.; Wu, Y.; Liu, P.*; Ngai, M.-Y.*,

Book Chapter: (Hetero)aryl C-H Amination via Organic Electrochemistry

Shah, J. A.; Ngai, M.-Y.*

Excited-State Copper-Catalyzed [4+1] Annulation Reaction Enables Modular Synthesis of ?,?-Unsaturated-?-Lactams

Sarkar, S.; Banerjee, A.; Shah, J.; Mukherjee, U.; Frederiks, N. C.; Johnson, C. J.*; Ngai, M.-Y.*,
Highlighted in Org. Chem. Abstracts, 2023.

C2-Ketonylation of Carbohydrates via Excited-State Palladium-Catalyzed 1,2-Spin-Center Shift

Zhao, G.; Mukherjee, U.; Zhou, L.; Wu, Y.; Yao, W.; Mauro, J. N.; Liu, P.*; Ngai, M.-Y.*,

Excited-State Palladium-Catalyzed Radical Migratory Mizoroki-Heck Reaction Enables C2-Alkenylation of Carbohydrates

Yao, W.; # Zhao, G.;# Zhou, L.; Wu, Y.; Mukherjee, U.; Liu, P.*; Ngai, M.-Y.*,
Highlighted in ACS Cent. Sci. 2023, 9, 2175

Excited-State Copper Catalysis for the Synthesis of Heteroarenes

Banerjee, A.; Sarkar, S.; Shah, J. A.; Frederiks, N. C.; Bazan Bergamino, E. A.; Johnson, C. J.; Ngai, M.-Y.*

Asymmetric Photocatalysis Enabled by Chiral Organocatalysts

Yao, W.; Bazan-Bergamino, E. A.; Ngai, M.-Y.*

Nickel-Catalyzed Radical Migratory Coupling Enables C-2 Arylation of Carbohydrates

Zhao, G.; Yao, W.; Kevlishvili, I.; Mauro, J. N.; Liu, P.*; Ngai, M.-Y.*
Highlighted in Org. Chem. Highlights, 2022.
Highlighted in Chem-Station, 2022.

Excited-State Palladium-Catalyzed 1,2-Spin-Center Shift Enabled Selective C-2 Reduction, Deuteration, and Iodination of Carbohydrates

Zhao, G.#; Yao, W.#; Mauro, J. N.; Ngai, M.-Y.*
Highlighted in Org. Chem. Highlights, 2022.

Redox-Neutral TEMPO Catalysis Toward Direct Radical (Hetero)Aryl C-H Di- and Trifluoromethoxylation

Lee, J. W.#; Lim, S.#; Maienshein, D. N.; Liu, P.*; Ngai, M.-Y.*
Highlighted in Synfacts, 2020, 16, 1342.

Book Chapter: Direct Trifluoromethoxylation of Aromatics and Heteroaromatics

Lee, J. W.; Lee, K. N.; Ngai, M.-Y.*

Photocatalytic Aroyl-(Hetero)arylation of Unactivated Alkenes: Pathway to 1,4-, 1,6- and 1,7-Diketones

Sarkar, S.#; Banerjee, A.#; Yao, W.; Patterson, E. V.; Ngai, M.-Y.*

β-Selective Aroylation of Alkenes by Photoredox Catalysis

Lei, Z.#; Banerjee, A.#; Kusevska, E.; Rizzo, E. R.; Liu, P.*; Ngai, M.-Y.*

Synthesis of Tri- and Difluoromethoxylation Compounds via Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis

Lee, J. W.; Lee, K. N.; Ngai, M.-Y.*

Catalytic Difluoromethoxylation of Arenes and Heteroarenes

Lee, J. W.#; Zheng, W.#; Morales-Rivera, C. A.; Liu, P.*; Ngai, M.-Y.*
Highlighted in ChemistryView, 2019.
Highlighted in Synfacts, 2019, 15, 0520.
Highlighted in Chem. Sci. Editors Choice Collection, 2019.

Acyl Radical Chemistry via Photoredox Catalysis

Banerjee, A.#; Lei, Z.#; Ngai, M.-Y.*

Recent Development of Catalytic Trifluoromethoxylation Reactions

Lee, K. N.; Lee, J. W.; Ngai, M.-Y.*

Redox-active Reagents for Photocatalytic Generation of the OCF3 Radical and (Hetero)aryl C-H Trifluoromethoxylation

Zheng, W.; Lee, J. W.; Morales-Rivera, C. A.; Liu, P.*; Ngai, M.-Y.*

Transition-Metal-Free C-H Amidation and Chlorination: Synthesis of N/N'-Mono-Substituted Imidazopyridin-2-ones

Lee, K. N.; Spiegowski, D. N.; Lee, J. W.; Lim, S.; Zhao, F.; Ngai, M.-Y.*,

Catalytic C-H Trifluoromethoxylation of Arenes and Heteroarenes

Zheng, W.; Morales-Rivera C. A.; Lee, J. W.; Liu, P.*; Ngai, M.-Y.*
Highlighted in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 7942.

Recent Developments in Transition-Metal Photoredox-Catalysed Reactions of Carbonyl Derivatives

Lee, K. N.; Ngai, M.-Y.*

Selective C-O Bond Formation via Photocatalytic Radical Coupling Strategy: Access to Perfluoroalkoxylated (ORF) Arenes and Heteroarenes

Lee, J. W.; Spiegowski, D. N.; Ngai, M.-Y.*,
Highlighted in Synfacts, 2017, 13, 1142.

β-Selective Reductive Coupling of Alkenylpyridines with Al-dehydes and Imines via Synergistic Lewis Acid/Photoredox Catalysis

Lee, K. N.#; Lei, Z.#; Ngai, M.-Y.*

Development of [18F]Maleimide-Based Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3β Ligands for Positron Emission Tomography Imaging

Kongzhen Hu, K.; Patnaik, D.; Collier, T. L.; Lee, K. N.; Gao, H.; Swoyer, M. R.; Rotstein, B. H.; Krishnan, H. S.; Liang, S. H.; Wang, J.; Yan, Z.; Hooker, J. M.; Vasdev, N.; Haggarty, S. J.; Ngai, M.-Y.*

Mechanistic Studies on Intramolecular C-H Trifluoromethoxylation of (Hetero)arenes via OCF3-Migration

Lee, K. N.; Lei, Zhen; Morales-Rivera C.A.; Liu, P.; Ngai, M.-Y.*

Synthesis of Trifluoromethoxylation of (Hetero)arenes via OCF3-Migration.

Lee, K. N.; Lee, J. W.; Ngai, M.-Y.*

Access to a New Class of Synthetic Building Blocks via Trifluoromethoxylation of Pyridines and Pyrimidines.

Feng, P.#; Lee, K. N.#; Lee, J. W.; Zhan, C, Ngai, M.-Y.*
Top 50 Articles of 2016: Organic Chemistry (50 most downloaded Chemical Science articles of 2016).
Highlighted in Org. Process Res. Dev., 2015, 19, 1918.

Protocol for the Synthesis of ortho-Trifluoromethoxylated Aniline Derivatives.

Feng, P; Ngai, M.-Y.*

A Highly Convergent Total Synthesis of Leustroducsin B.

Trost, B. M.; Biannic, B.; Brindle, C. S.; O'Keefe, B. M.; Hunter, T. J.; Ngai, M.-Y.

Trifluoromethoxylation of Arenes: Synthesis of Ortho-Trifluoromethoxylated Aniline Derivatives by OCF3-Migration

Hojczyk, K. N.; Feng, P; Zhan, C, Ngai, M.-Y.*

Pd-Catalyzed Aryl C-H Imidation with Arene as the Limiting Reagent

Boursalian, G. B.#; Ngai, M.-Y.#; Hojczyk, K. N.; Ritter, T.

Ligand Accelerated Enantioselective Propargylation of Aldehydes via Allenylzinc Reagents

Trost, B. M.; Ngai, M.-Y.; Dong, G.-B.

Enantioselective Iridium Catalyzed Carbonyl Allylation From the Alcohol or Aldehyde Oxidation Level via Transfer Hydrogenative Coupling of Allyl Acetate

Kim, I.-S.; Ngai, M.-Y.; Krische, M. J.

Ruthenium Catalyzed C-C Bond Forming Transfer Hydrogenation: Reductive Coupling of Allenes to Paraformaldehyde and Higher Aldehydes

Ngai, M.-Y.; Skucas, E.; Krische, M. J.

Enantioselective C-H Allylation of Alcohols Employing Allyl Acetate: Iridium Catalyzed Carbonyl Allylation from the Alcohol Oxidation Level

Kim, I.-S.; Ngai, M.-Y.; Krische, M. J.

Enantioselective Iridium Catalyzed Imine Vinylation: Optically Enriched Allylic Amines via Alkyne-Imine Reductive Coupling Mediated by Hydrogen,

Ngai, M.-Y.; Barchuk, A.; Krische, M. J.

Enantiomerically Enriched Allylic Alcohols and Allylic Amines via C-C Bond Forming Hydrogenation: Asymmetric Carbonyl and Imine Vinylation

Skucas, E.; Ngai, M.-Y.; Komanduri V.; Krische, M. J.

Allylic Amines via Iridium Catalyzed C-C Bond Forming Hydrogenation: Imine Vinlyation in the Absence of Stoichiometric Byproducts or Metallic Reagents

Barchuk, A.; Ngai, M.-Y.; Krische, M. J.

Hydrogen-Mediated C-C Bond Formation: A Broad New Concept in Catalytic C-C Coupling

Ngai, M.-Y.; Kong, J.-R.; Krische, M. J.

Iridium Catalyzed C-C Bond Forming Hydrogenation: Direct Regioselective Reductive Coupling of Alkyl-Substituted Alkynes to Activated Ketones

Ngai, M.-Y.; Barchuk, A.; Krische, M. J.

Lessons in Green Chemistry from the Smallest of Molecules: C-C Bond Formation via Catalytic Hydrogenation

Ngai, M.-Y.; Krische, M. J.

Highly Enantioselective Direct Reductive Coupling of Conjugated Alkynes and ?-Ketoesters via Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation

Kong, J.-R.; Ngai, M.-Y.; Krische, M. J.

[(O^N^N)PtX] Complexes as a New Class of Light-Emitting Materials for Electrophosphorescent Devices

Kwok, C.-C.; Ngai, M.-Y.; Chan, S.-C.; Sham, I. H. T.; Che, C.-M.; Zhu, N.
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