Robin Harkins

2021 Ph.D.

"Palladium catalyzed carbonylation reactions: kinetic investigations and application towards polymer synthesis"

Now Employed at: LKT Laboratories, St. Paul, MN

4. Carbonylative Co- and Terpolymerizations of 10-undecen-1-ol: A Route to Polyketoesters with Tunable Compositions

ACS Catalysis 2022, 12, 14629.

Lo, S.-Y.; Folster, C. P.; Harkins, R. P.; Anderson, R. J.; Lien, Y.-L.; Chiu, H.-C.; Carpenter, A. E.; Tonks, I. A.*

3. Development and Applications of Selective Hydroesterification Reactions

Trends in Chemistry 2021, 3, 469.

Folster, C. P.; Harkins, R. P.; Lo, S.-Y.; Sachs, J. D.; Tonks, I. A.*

2. 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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1. 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.*