Zachary Davis-Gilbert

2018 Ph.D.

"Development, Mechanism, and Application of Titanium(II/IV) Catalysed C-N Bond Forming Reactions"

Now Employed at: RTI International

2017-2018 UMN Doctoral Dissertation Fellow

2012 B.S. Appalachain State University

9. 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

8. In Situ Catalyst Generation and Benchtop-Compatible Entrypoints for Ti-Catalyzed Nitrene Transfer Reactions

Organometallics 2018, 37, 4439

Davis-Gilbert, Z. W.; Kawakita, K.; Blechschmidt, D. C.; Tsurugi, H.*; Mashima, K.*; Tonks, I. A.*

7. Mechanism of Ti-Catalyzed Oxidative Nitrene Transfer in [2+2+1] Pyrrole Synthesis

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 7267

Davis-Gilbert, Z. W.; Wen, X.; Goodpaster, J. D.*; Tonks, I. A.*

6. Titanium(IV) Compounds and Methods for Forming Heterocyclic Compounds Using Same

US Patent No. 10065976

Gilbert, Z. W.; Tonks, I. A.*

5. Titanium Redox Catalysis: Insights and Applications of an Earth-Abundant Metal

Dalton Trans. 2017, 46, 11522

Davis-Gilbert, Z. W.; Tonks, I. A.*

4. 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.*

3. Ti-catalyzed Multicomponent Oxidative Carboamination of Alkynes with Alkenes and Diazenes

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016 138, 14570

Davis-Gilbert, Z. W.; Yao, L. J.; Tonks, I. A.*

2. ZnCl2 Capture Promotes Ethylene Polymerization by a Salicylaldiminato Ni Complex Bearing a Pendent 2,2-Bipyridine Group

Organometallics 2016, 35, 2429

Smith, A. J.; Kalkman, E. D.; Gilbert, Z. W.; Tonks, I. A.*

1. Catalytic Formal [2+2+1] Synthesis of Pyrroles from Alkynes and Diazenes via TiII/TiIV Redox Catalysis

Nature Chemistry 2016, 8, 63

Gilbert, Z. W.; Hue, R. J.; Tonks, I. A.*