recent publications
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Kleinmans, R., Apolinar, O., Derosa, J., Karunananda, M. K., Li, Z. Q., Tran, V., Wisniewski, S. R., Engle, K. M.
Ni-Catalyzed 1,2-Diarylation of Alkenyl Ketones: A Comparative Study of Carbonyl-Directed Reaction Systems
Organic Letters
2021
23:5311-5316
DOI:10.1021/acs.orglett.1c01447
PMID:34213351
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Ni, H., Li, Z. Q., Tran, V. T., Engle, K. M.
Modular synthesis of non-conjugated N-(quinolin-8-yl) alkenyl amides via cross-metathesis
Tetrahedron
2021
93
DOI:10.1016/j.tet.2021.132279
PMID:34393281
PMCID:PMC8360400
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Liu, Z. L., Oxtoby, L. J., Liu, M. Y., Li, Z. Q., Tran, V., Gao, Y., Engle, K. M.
A Transient Directing Group Strategy Enables Enantioselective Multicomponent Organofluorine Synthesis
Journal of the American Chemical Society
2021
143:8962-8969
DOI:10.1021/jacs.1c03178
PMID:34077182
PMCID:PMC8222155
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Wethman, R., Derosa, J., Tran, V., Kang, T., Apolinar, O., Abraham, A., Kleinmans, R., Wisniewski, S. R., Coombs, J. R., Engle, K. M.
An Under-Appreciated Source of Reproducibility Issues in Cross-Coupling: Solid-State Decomposition of Primary Sodium Alkoxides in Air
ACS Catalysis
2021
11:502-508
DOI:10.1021/acscatal.0c04124
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Kim, N., Tran, V. T., Apolinar, O., Wisniewski, S. R., Eastgate, M. D., Engle, K. M.
Ni(COD)(DMFU): A Heteroleptic 16-Electron Precatalyst for 1,2-Diarylation of Alkenes
Synlett
2021
DOI:10.1055/a-1344-6040
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Apolinar, O., Tran, V. T., Kim, N., Schmidt, M. A., Derosa, J., Engle, K. M.
Sulfonamide Directivity Enables Ni-Catalyzed 1,2-Diarylation of Diverse Alkenyl Amines
ACS Catalysis
2020
10:14234-14239
DOI:10.1021/acscatal.0c03857
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Wang, X., Li, Z. Q., Mai, B. K., Gurak, J. A., Xu, J. E., Tran, V. T., Ni, H., Liu, Z., Liu, Z., Yang, K. S., Xiang, R., Liu, P., et al.
Controlling cyclization pathways in palladium(ii)-catalyzed intramolecular alkene hydro-functionalization via substrate directivity
Chemical Science
2020
11:11307-11314
DOI:10.1039/d0sc03409f
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Li, Z. Q., Fu, Y., Deng, R. H., Tran, V., Gao, Y., Liu, P., Engle, K. M.
Ligand-Controlled Regiodivergence in Nickel-Catalyzed Hydroarylation and Hydroalkenylation of Alkenyl Carboxylic Acids
Angewandte Chemie-International Edition
2020
59
DOI:10.1002/anie.202010840
PMID:32894810
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Oxtoby, L. J., Li, Z. Q., Tran, V., Erbay, T. G., Deng, R. H., Liu, P., Engle, K. M.
A transient-directing-group strategy enables enantioselective reductive Heck hydroarylation of alkenes
Angewandte Chemie-International Edition
2020
DOI:10.1002/anie.202001069
PMID:32196876
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Derosa, J., Apolinar, O., Kang, T., Tran, V. T., Engle, K. M.
Recent developments in nickel-catalyzed intermolecular dicarbofunctionalization of alkenes
Chemical Science
2020
11:4287-4296
DOI:10.1039/c9sc06006e
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Tran, V. T., Li, Z. Q., Apolinar, O., Derosa, J., Joannou, M. V., Wisniewski, S. R., Eastgate, M. D., Engle, K. M.
Ni(COD)(DQ): An air-stable 18-electron nickel(0)-olefin precatalyst
Angewandte Chemie-International Edition
2020
DOI:10.1002/anie.202000124
PMID:32065839
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Tran, V. T., Li, Z. Q., Gallagher, T. J., Derosa, J., Liu, P., Engle, K. M.
Integrating allyl electrophiles into nickel-catalyzed conjunctive cross-coupling
Angewandte Chemie-International Edition
2020
59:7029-7034
DOI:10.1002/anie.201915454
PMID:31958202
PMCID:PMC7184930
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Tran, V. T., Nimmagadda, S. K., Liu, M., Engle, K. M.
Recent applications of chiral phosphoric acids in palladium catalysis
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
2020
18:618-637
DOI:10.1039/c9ob02205h
PMID:31907504
PMCID:PMC7032947
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Derosa, J.*, Kang, T.*, Tran, V., Wisniewski, S. R., Karunananda, M. K., Jankins, T. C., Xu, K. L., Engle, K. M.
Nickel-catalyzed 1,2-diarylation of alkenyl carboxylates: a gateway to 1,2,3-trifunctionalized building blocks
Angewandte Chemie-International Edition
2020
1201-1205
DOI:10.1002/anie.201913062
PMID:31693286
(* = equal contribution)
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Derosa, J., Kleinmans, R., Tran, V. T., Karunananda, M. K., Wisniewski, S. R., Eastgate, M. D., Engle, K. M.
Nickel-catalyzed 1,2-diarylation of simple alkenyl amides
Journal of the American Chemical Society
2018
140:17878-17883
DOI:10.1021/jacs.8b11942
PMID:30525575
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Tran, V. T., Gurak Jr., J. A., Yang, K. S., Engle, K. M.
Activation of diverse carbon-heteroatom and carbon-carbon bonds via palladium(II)-catalysed β-X elimination
Nature Chemistry
2018
10:1126-1133
DOI:10.1038/s41557-018-0110-z
PMID:30127512
PMCID:PMC6195844
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Derosa, J., van der Puyl, V. A., Tran, V. T., Liu, M., Engle, K. M.
Directed nickel-catalyzed 1,2-dialkylation of alkenyl carbonyl compounds
Chemical Science
2018
9:5278-5283
DOI:10.1039/c8sc01735b
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Derosa, J., Tran, V. T., van der Puyl, V. A., Engle, K. M.
Carbon-carbon pi bonds as conjunctive reagents in cross-coupling
Aldrichimica Acta
2018
51:21-32
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Derosa, J.*, Tran, V. T.*, Boulous, M. N., Chen, J. S., Engle, K. M.
Nickel-catalyzed β,γ-dicarbofunctionalization of alkenyl carbonyl compounds via conjunctive cross-coupling
Journal of the American Chemical Society
2017
139:10657-10660
DOI:10.1021/jacs.7b06567
PMID:28738150
(* = equal contribution)
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Gurak, J. A., Tran, V. T., Sroda, M. M., Engle, K. M.
N-alkylation of 2-pyridone derivatives via palladium(II)-catalyzed directed alkene hydroamination
Tetrahedron
2017
73:3636-3642
DOI:10.1016/j.tet.2017.03.091
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