Race research group - Publications

Independent Publications

Aziridine Opening via a Phenonium Ion Enables Synthesis of Complex Phenethylamines

Holst, H. M.; Floreancig, J. T.; Ritts, C. B.; Race, N. J.* Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 501

Homologation of electron-rich benzyl bromide derivatives via diazo C–C bond insertion

Modak, A.; Alegre-Requina, J. V.; De Lescure, L.; Rynders, K. J.; Paton, R. S.*; Race, N. J.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 86

Revisiting the ‘Phenonium Phenomenon’: Regiodivergent Opening of Nonsymmetrical Phenonium Ions with Halide Nucleophiles

Holst, H. M.#; McGuire, S. B.#; Race, N. J.* Synpacts, 2021, 32, 01

Reagent control enables selective and regiodivergent opening of unsymmetrical phenonium ions

Xu, S.; Holst, H. M.; McGuire, S. B.; Race, N. J.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 8090

Mentored publications

Enantioselective C2-alkylation of indoles via a redox-relay Heck reaction of 2-indole triflates

Race, N. J.#; Yuan, Q.#; Sigman, M. S.* (# equal contribution) Chem, Eur. J. 2019, 25, 512

Recent developments in the use of aza-Heck cyclizations for the synthesis of chiral N-heterocycles

Race, N. J.; Hazelden, I. R.; Faulkner, A.; Bower, J. F.* Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 5248

Enantioselective Narasaka-Heck cyclizations: synthesis of tetrasubstituted nitrogen-bearing stereocenters

Race, N. J.#; Faulkner, A.#; Fumagalli, G.; Yamauchi, T.; Scott, J. S.; Rydén-Landergren, M.; Sparkes, H.; Bower, J. F.* (# equal contribution); Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 1981 [highlighted in SYNFACTS, 2017, 13, 182; Org. Process Res. Dev. 2017, 21, 279]

Palladium-catalyzed enantioselective intermolecular coupling of phenols and allylic alcohols

Race, N. J.; Schwalm, C. S.; Nakamuro, T.; Sigman, M. S.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 15881 [highlighted in SYNFACTS 2017, 13, 279; C&E News, 5th December 2016]

Dichotomous mechanistic behavior in Narasaka-Heck cyclizations: electron rich Pd-catalysts generate iminyl radicals

Race, N. J.; Faulkner, A.; Shaw, M. H.; Bower, J. F.* Chem. Sci. 2016, 7, 1508

Copper catalyzed Heck-like cyclizations of oxime esters

Faulkner, A.#; Race, N. J.#; Scott, J. S.; Bower, J. F.* (# equal contribution) Chem. Sci. 2014, 5, 2416

Palladium catalyzed cyclizations of oxime esters with 1,2-disubstituted alkenes: synthesis of dihydropyrroles

Race, N. J.; Bower, J. F.* Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 4616. [highlighted on "organic-chemistry.com"]

Substituted pyrroles via olefin cross-metathesis

Donohoe, T. J.;* Race, N. J.; Bower, J. F.; Callens, C. K. A. Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 4094

Book chapters

Race, N. J.; Patel, H. H.; Sigman, M. S.* The Wacker Oxidation, Science of Synthesis: Catalytic Oxidation in Organic Synthesis, 2017, 1, 429

Race, N. J.; Bower, J. F.* Synthesis of Heteroaromatic Compounds by Alkene and Enyne Metathesis, Prunet J. (Eds) Topics in Heterocyclic Chemistry, vol. 47, Springer, Cham (2015)

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