5. Intramolecular PCET of α-Keto Acids: Synthesis of Trifluoromethyl Ketones via Ketyl Radicals
Rifat N. Nabi, Kimberly A. Jarquin, Anupam Karmakar, Kyle E. Brunner, and Daniel K. Kim*, Chem. Eur. J. 2025 e202501613. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202501613
4. The Duality of Dioxolanyl Radicals Towards C–C Bond Construction
Kyra L. Samony^, Justin J. Chang^, and Daniel K. Kim*, Synlett 2025. DOI: 10.1055/a-2599-8435
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3. Unified Hydrogen Atom Transfer Approach To Construct Vicinal Functionality
Justin J. Chang, Munnu Kumar, Misato Okamoto, Emily S. Vergara-Pimentel, and Daniel K. Kim*, Org. Lett. 2025. DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c04767
Highlighted Cover Art for Organic Letters, Vol. 27, Issue 17
This cover art illustrates three reagents (from left to right): 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolane, 2-oxazolidinone, and 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-oxathiolane. Direct hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) using photocatalyst n-tetrabutylammonium decatungstate (TBADT), highlighted by the light source, can activate these reagents to selectively couple with electron-deficient olefins. Unmasking these reagents reveals vicinally functionalized 1,2-diol, 1,2-amino-alcohol, and 1,2-thio-alcohol motifs. The cover art was designed and created by Kyra L. Samony and Professor Daniel K. Kim.
2. Acetal Radicals: Synthetic Access and Applications
Kyra L. Samony, Daniel K. Kim*, ChemCatChem 2023, 15, e202301091. https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202301091.
1. Hydrotrifluoroacetylation of Alkenes via Designer Masked Acyl Reagents
Sangil Han^, Kyra L. Samony^, Rifat N. Nabi, Campbell A. Bache, and Daniel K. Kim*, JACS, 2023, 145 (21), 11530–11536. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c04294.
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Highlight in OPRD: Some Items of Interest to Process R&D Chemists and Engineers
Highlight in Synfacts: Photocatalyzed Access to Protected Trifluoromethyl Ketones through C–C Bond Formation
Beryl X. Li*, Daniel K. Kim*, Steven Bloom, Richard Y.-C. Huang, Jennifer X. Qiao, William R. Ewing, Daniel G. Oblinsky, Gregory D. Scholes, and David W. C. MacMillan, Nat. Chem. 2021, in press (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-021-00733-y). *denotes co-first authors
Daniel K. Kim, Jan Riedel, Raphael S. Kim, and Vy M. Dong, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 10208–10211.
Jung-Woo Park, Kevin G. M. Kou, Daniel K. Kim, and Vy M. Dong. Chem. Sci., 2015, 6, 4479–4483.
Qing-An Chen, Daniel K. Kim, and Vy M. Dong. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 3772–3775.
Timothy W. Funk, Andrew R. Mahoney, Rebecca A. Sponenburg, Kathryn P. Zimmerman, Daniel K. Kim, and Emily E. Harrison. Organomet. 2018, 37, 1133–1140.
Taylor N. Plank, Jessica L. Drake, Daniel K. Kim, and Timothy W. Funk, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2012, 354, 597–601.
Kim, D.K. and Dong, V.M. (2020). Synthesis of C-C Bonds by Cobalt‐Catalysed Hydrofunctionalisations. In Cobalt Catalysis in Organic Synthesis (eds M. Hapke and G. Hilt).
Cobalt Catalysis in Organic Synthesis (eds M. Hapke and G. Hilt), Wiley, 2020.