Publications

137. "Nickel-Catalyzed Enantioselective Diboration of 1,2-Dihydropyridines: Application and Insight into the Selectivity and Mechanism"

Berwanger, M.R., Kubenik, T.K., Liang, H., Morken, J.P. ACS Catal. 2025. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5c04376

136. "Tetrahydronaphthalenes by Enantioselective Migratory Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling of meso Bis(Boronic Esters)" Published as part of the Special Topic Dedicated to Prof. Paul Knochel

Lee, P., Eugene, B.D., Allais, C., Singer, R.A. Morken, J.P. Synthesis 2025. DOI: 10.1055/a-2668-2585

135. "Catalytic Enantioselective Diboration of 1,2-Dihydropyridines"

Liang, H., Morken, J.P. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202511813

134. "Direct Observation of Alkyl Group Transmetalation from Boron to Copper: Impact of Structure Modification and the Critical Role of Copper–Oxygen Preassociation in Stereospecificity"

Liang, H., Morken, J.P.  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c03197

133. "Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Stereodivergent Desymmetrization of Cyclic 1,4-Allyldiboronates"

Liang, H., Battistoni, L.D., Tcyrulnikov, S., Allais, C., Singer, R.A., Morken, J.P.  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c16020

132. "Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of meta benzene isosteres"

Zhang, M., Chapman, M., Sarode, B.R., Xiong, B., Liang, H., Chen, J.K., Weerapana, E., Morken, J.P.  Nature 2024. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07865-4

131. "Stereospecific Phosphination and Thioetherification of Organoboronic Esters"

Liang, H., Berwanger, M.R., Morken, J. P.  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c06526

130. "Platinum-Catalyzed Enantioselective Diboration of Monosubstituted Alkenes"

Gao, C.; Lee, P.S., Morken, J. P.  Org. Synth. 2024, 101, 229. DOI: 10.15227/orgsyn.101.0229

129. "Site-Selective Activation and Stereospecific Functionalization of Bis(boronic esters) Derived from 2-Alkenes: Construction of Propionates and Other 1,2-Difunctional Motifs"

Xu, N., Holmgren, J.L., Morken, J. P.  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202408436. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202408436.

128. "Tandem Diboration-Protoboration of Terminal Alkynes: A Practical Route to α-Substituted Alkenyl Boronates"

Kong, Z., Park, J., Fei, M., Warfield, J., Wang, D., Morken, J. P.  Synlett 2024, 35, A-F. DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1774906.

126. "Substrate Plasticity Enables Group-Selective Transmetalation: Catalytic Stereospecific Cross-Couplings of Tertiary Boronic Esters"

Liang, H.; Morken, J. P.  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 20755-20760. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c07129.

125. "1,2-Diborylsilanes: Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis and Site-Selective Cross-coupling"

Kong, Z.; Hu, W.; Morken, J. P. ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 11522-11527. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c01789.

124. "Enantioselective Construction of Carbocyclic and Heterocyclic Tertiary Boronic Esters by Conjunctive Cross-Coupling Reaction"

Zhang, X.; Gao, C.; Morken, J. P. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 16344–16349. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c05815.

123. "Stereospecific Transformations of Alkylboronic Esters Enabled by Direct Boron-to-Zinc Transmetalation"

Liang, H.; Morken, J. P. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 9976–9981. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c01677.

122. "Desymmetrization of Vicinal Bis(boronic) Esters by Enantioselective Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reaction"

Zhang, M.; Lee, P. S.; Allais, C.; Singer, R. A.; Morken, J. P. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 8308–8313. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c01571.

121. "Palladium-Catalyzed Conjunctive Cross-Coupling with Electronically Asymmetric Ligands"

Gao, C.; Wilhelmsen, C. A.; Morken, J. P. J. Org. Chem. 2023, 88 (3), 1828–1835. DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c02341.

120. "Copper-Catalyzed Coupling of Alkyl Vicinal Bis(boronic Esters) to an Array of Electrophiles"

Xu, N.; Kong, Z.; Wang, J. Z.; Lovinger, G. J.; Morken, J. P. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144 (39), 17815–17823. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c02817.

119. "Copper-Catalyzed Stereospecific Transformations of Alkylboronic Esters"

Xu, N.; Liang, H.; Morken, J. P. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144 (26), 11546–11552. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c04037.

118. "Stereocontrolled Pericyclic and Radical Cycloaddition Reactions of Readily Accessible Chiral Alkenyl Diazaborolidines"

Zhang, M.; Xu, P.; Vendola, A. J.; Allais, C.; Dechert Schmitt, A.-M.; Singer, R. A.; Morken, J. P. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202205454, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202205454.

117. "Enantioselective Synthesis of Tertiary Β-Boryl Amides by Conjunctive Cross-Coupling of Alkenyl Boronates and Carbamoyl Chlorides"

Wilhelmsen, C. A.; Zhang, X.; Myhill, J. A.; Morken, J. P. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202116784, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202116784.

116. "Enantiomerically Enriched α-Borylzinc Reagents by Nickel-Catalyzed Carbozincation of Vinylboronic Esters"

Zhang, C.; Hu, W.; Lovinger, G. J.; Jin, J.; Chen, J.; Morken, J. P. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 14189–14195. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c05274.

115. "α-Boryl Organometallic Reagents in Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis"

Zhang, C.; Hu, W.; Morken, J. P. ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 10660–10680. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c02496.

114. "Construction of Azacycles by Intramolecular Amination of Organoboronates and Organobis(Boronates)"

Xu, P.; Zhang, M.; Ingoglia, B.; Allais, C.; Dechert-Schmitt, A.-M. R.; Singer, R. A.; Morken, J. P. Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 3379–3383. DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c00856.

113. "Diastereoselective Diboration of Cyclic Alkenes: Application to the Synthesis of Aristeromycin"

Vendola, A. J.; Allais, C.; Dechert-Schmitt, A.-M. R.; Lee, J. T.; Singer, R. A.; Morken, J. P. Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 2863–2867. DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c00353.