recent publications

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  • Chen, X., Dobereiner, G., Hao, X. S., Giri, R., Maugel, N., Yu, J. Q. Cu(II)-mediated oxidative dimerization of 2-phenylpyridine derivatives Tetrahedron  2009 65:3085-3089  DOI:10.1016/j.tet.2008.10.053
  • Giri, R., Shi, B. F., Engle, K. M., Maugel, N., Yu, J. Q. Transition metal-catalyzed C-H activation reactions: Diastereoselectivity and enantioselectivity Chemical Society Reviews  2009 38:3242-3272  DOI:10.1039/b816707a  PMID:19847354
  • Giri, R., Maugel, N., Foxman, B. M., Yu, J. Q. Dehydrogenation of inert alkyl groups via remote C-H activation: Converting a propyl group into a π-allylic complex Organometallics  2008 27:1667-1670  DOI:10.1021/om8000444
  • Mei, T. S., Giri, R., Maugel, N., Yu, J. Q. Pd(II)-catalyzed monoselective ortho halogenation of C-H bonds assisted by counter cations: a complementary method to directed ortho lithiation Angewandte Chemie-International Edition  2008 47:5215-5219  DOI:10.1002/anie.200705613  PMID:18523942
  • Shi, B. F., Maugel, N., Zhang, Y. H., Yu, J. Q. Pd(ii)-catalyzed enantioselective activation of c(sp(2))-h and c(sp(3))-h bonds using monoprotected amino acids as chiral ligands Angewandte Chemie-International Edition  2008 47:4882-4886  DOI:10.1002/anie.200801030  PMID:18484582
  • Giri, R., Maugel, N., Li, J. J., Wang, D. H., Breazzano, S. P., Saunders, L. B., Yu, J. Q. Palladium-catalyzed methylation and arylation of sp2 and sp3 C-H bonds in simple carboxylic acids Journal of the American Chemical Society  2007 129:3510-3511  DOI:10.1021/ja0701614  PMID:17335217