Evan Beaumier

2021 Ph.D.

"Early Transition Metal-Catalyzed Nitrene Transfer Reactions"

Now employed at: Eastman Chemical

Position after UMN: NSF CSP Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington University St. Louis (Tolman)

2020 UMN Chemistry Best Ph.D. Thesis Award

2015 B.S. Michigan State University

9. Cp2Ti(II)-mediated Rearrangement of Cyclopropylimines 

Organometallics 2023, 43, 1311.

Kim, J.; Egger, D. T.; Frye, C. W.; Beaumier, E. P.; Tonks, I.A.* 

8. Ring-Opening Oxidative Amination of Methylenecyclopropanes with Diazenes via TiII/TiIV Redox Catalysis 

Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 7204

Beaumier, E. P.; Ott, A. A.; Wen, X.; Davis-Gilbert, Z. W.; Wheeler, T. A.; Topczewski, J. J.; Goodpaster, J. D.*; Tonks, I. A.* 

Preprint available on chemRxiv 

Highlighted in Synfacts 2020, 16, 1055

7. Cp2Ti(n2-tBuNCNtBu): a Complex Featuring an Unusual Coordination Mode of Carbodiimide Bearing a Free Carbene

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020 142, 8006

Beaumier, E. P.; Harkins, R. P.; McGreal, M. E.; Gordon, C.; Copéret, C.; Goodpaster, J. D.; Tonks, I. A.* 

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6. Synthesis and Characterization of Tantalum-Based Early-Late Bimetallic Complexes Supported by 2-(diphenylphosphino)pyrrolide Ligands 

Polyhedron 2020, 181, 114471

Dunn, P. L.; Beaumier, E. P.; Tonks, I. A.* 

5. Carbodiimide Synthesis via Ti-Catalyzed Nitrene Transfer from Diazenes to Isocyanides  

ACS Catal. 2019, 9, 11753

Beaumier, E. P.; McGreal, M.; Pancoast, A. R.; Wilson, R. H.; Moore, J. T.; Graziano, B. J.; Goodpaster, J. D.; Tonks, I. A.*

4. Synthesis of Pyridylimido Complexes of Tantalum and Niobium by Reductive Cleavage of the N=N Bond of 2,2’-Azopyridine: Precursors for Early-Late Heterobimetallic Complexes.  

Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 15155

Kawakita, K.; Kakiuchi, Y.; Beaumier, E. P.; Tonks, I. A.*, Tsurugi, H.*, Mashima, K.*

3. Bis(imido)vanadium(V)-Catalyzed [2+2+1] Coupling of Alkynes and Azobenzenes Giving Multi-Substituted Pyrroles

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 4194

Kawakita, K.; Beaumier, E. P.; Kakiuichi, Y.; Tsurugi, H.*; Tonks, I. A.*; Mashima, K.*

2. 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.*

1. 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.*