Adam Pearce

2020 Ph.D.

"Redox non-innocence and formation of nitrogen-nitrogen bonds in organometallic reactions"

Now Employed at: NIH F32 NRSA Postdoc, Yale University (Jim Mayer)

2014 B.S. University of Central Arkansas

9. α-Diimine Synthesis via Titanium-Mediated Multicomponent Diimination of Alkynes with C-Nitrosos

Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 1469.

Preprint available on chemRxiv

Frye, C. W.; Egger, D. T.; Kounalis, E.; Pearce, A. J.; Cheng, Y.; Tonks, I. A.*

8. Generation of Masked TiII Intermediates from TiIV Amides via β-H Abstraction or Alkyne Deprotonation: An Example of Ti-Catalyzed Nitrene-Coupled Transfer Hydrogenation

Organometallics 2020, 39, 3771.

Pearce, A. J.; Cheng, Y.; Dunscomb, R. J.; Tonks, I. A.*

7. Multicomponent Pyrazole Synthesis from Alkynes, Nitriles, and Titanium Imido Complexes via Oxidatively Induced N–N Bond Coupling

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 4390

Pearce, A. J.; Harkins, R. P.; Reiner, B. R.; Wotal, A. C.; Dunscomb, R. J.; Tonks, I. A.*

6. The 4-Electron Cleavage of an N=N Double Bond by a Trimetallic TiNi2 Complex

Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 11762

Dunn, P. L.; Chatterjee, S.; MacMillan, S. N.; Pearce, A. J.; Lancaster, K. M.*; Tonks, I. A.*

5. Modern Applications of Low Valent Early Transition Metals in Synthesis and Catalysis

Nature Reviews Chemistry 2019, 3, 15

Beaumier, E. P.; Pearce, A. J.; See, X. Y.; Tonks, I. A.*

4. Oxidative Nitrene Transfer from Azides to Alkynes via Ti(II)/Ti(IV) Redox Catalysis: Formal [2+2+1] Synthesis of Pyrroles

Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 6891

Pearce, A. J.; See, X. Y.; Tonks, I. A.*

3. Generation of TiII Alkyne Trimerization Catalysts in the Absence of Strong Metal Reductants

Organometallics 2017, 36, 1383

See, X. Y.; Beaumier, E. P.; Davis-Gilbert, Z. W.; Dunn, P. L.; Pearce, A. J.; Wheeler, T. A.; Tonks, I. A.*

2. Redox Noninnocent Behavior of a Terminal Iridium Hydrazido2-

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 13169

Pearce, A. J.; Cassbaum, A.; Frontiera, R. R.; Tonks, I. A.*

1. b-oxo-δ-diimine Ni Complexes: A Comparison of Tautomeric Active Species in Ethylene Polymerization Catalysis

Organometallics 2016, 35, 2076

Chiu, H.-C.; Pearce, A. J.; Dunn, P. L.; Cramer, C. J.; Tonks, I. A.*