Publications

Publications from Bryn Mawr College: (BMC undergraduates denoted with bold)

17. Poison to promise: The resurgence of organophosphorus fluoride chemistry

Chappell, W. P.; Schur, N.; Vogel, J. A.; Sammis, G. M.; Melvin, P. R.; Ball, N. D.  Chem, 2024, 10, 1.

16. Expanded Access to Fluoroformamidines via a Modular Synthetic Pathway

Vogel, J. A.; Miller, K. F.; Shin, E.; Krussman, J. M.; Melvin, P. R. Org. Lett. 2024, 26, 1277.

16. A Modified Beckmann Rearrangement for the Facile Synthesis of Amidines and Imidates via Imidoyl Fluoride Intermediates

Vogel, J. A.; Miller, K. F.; Shin, E.; Krussman, J. M.; Melvin, P. R. RSC Adv. 2023, 13, 30129.

15. Rapid Generation of P(V) - F Bonds Through the Use of Sulfone Iminium Fluoride Reagents

Miller, L. P.; Vogel, J. A.; Harel, S.; Krussman, J. M.; Melvin, P. R. Org. Lett. 2023, 25, 1834.

14. Synthesis of Highly Reactive Sulfone Iminium Fluorides and Their Use in Deoxyfluorination and Sulfur Fluoride Exchange Chemistry

Vogel, J. A.; Hammami, R.; Ko, A.; Datta, H.; Eiben, Y. N.; Labenne, K. J.; McCarver, E. C.; Yilmaz, E. Z.; Melvin, P. R. Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 5962.

Publications prior to Bryn Mawr College:

13. Room Temperature Deoxyfluorination of Benzaldehydes with Sulfuryl Fluoride and Tetramethylammonium Fluoride

Melvin, P. R.; Ferguson, D. M.; Schimler, S. D.; Bland, D. C.; Sanford, M. S. Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 1350.

12. Deoxyfluorination of (Hetero)aryl Aldehydes Using Tetramethylammonium Fluoride and Perfluorobutanesulfonyl Fluoride or Trifluoromethanesulfonic Anhydride

Ferguson, D. M.; Melvin, P. R.; Sanford, M. S. Isr. J. Chem. 2019, 60, 3.

11. Rapidly Activating Pd-Precatalysts for Suzuki-Miyaura and Buchwald-Hartwig Couplings of Aryl Esters

Dardir, A. H.; Melvin, P. R.; Davis, R. M.; Hazari, N.; Mohadjer Beromi, M. J. Org. Chem. 2018, 83, 469.

10. DFT Investigation of Suzuki–Miyaura Reactions with Aryl Sulfamates Using a Dialkylbiarylphosphine-Ligated Palladium Catalyst

Melvin, P. R.; Nova, A.; Balcells, D.; Hazari, N.; Tilset, M. Organometallics, 2017, 36, 3664.

9. Well-defined nickel and palladium precatalysts for cross-coupling

Hazari, N.; Melvin, P. R.; Mohadjer Beromi, M. Nat. Rev. Chem., 2017, 1, 25.

8. Pd-Catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura and Hiyama–Denmark Couplings of Aryl Sulfamates

Melvin, P. R.; Hazari, N.; Mohadjer Beromi, M.; Shah, H.; Williams, M. Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 5784.

7. Dinitrogen-Facilitated Reversible Formation of a Si–H Bond in a Pincer-Supported Ni Complex

Charboneau, D. J.; Balcells, D.; Hazari, N.; Lant, H.; Mayer, J. M.; Melvin, P. R.; Mercado, B. Q.; Morris, W. D.; Repisky, M.; Suh, H. Organometallics, 2016, 35, 3154.

6. Quaternary Organic Solar Cells Enhanced by Cocrystalline Squaraines with Power Conversion Efficiencies >10%

Goh, T.; Huang, J.; Yager, K. G.; Sfeir, M. Y.; Nam, C.; Tong, X.; Guard, L. M.; Melvin, P. R.; Antonio, F.; Bartolome, B. G.; Lee, M. L.; Hazari, N.; Taylor, A. D. Adv. Energy Mater. 2016, 6, 1600660.

5. Comparison of the catalytic activity for the Suzuki–Miyaura reaction of (η5-Cp)Pd(IPr)Cl with (η3-cinnamyl)Pd(IPr)(Cl) and (η3-1-t-Bu-indenyl)Pd(IPr)(Cl)

Melvin, P. R.; Hazari, N.; Lant, H. M. C.; Peczak, I. L.; Shah, H. P. Biel. J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2476.

4. Understanding Precatalyst Activation in Cross-Coupling Reactions: Alcohol Facilitated Reduction from Pd(II) to Pd(0) in Precatalysts of the Type (η3-allyl)Pd(L)(Cl) and (η3-indenyl)Pd(L)(Cl)

Melvin, P. R.; Balcells, D.; Hazari, N.; Nova, A. ACS Catal., 2015, 5, 5596.

3. Design of a Versatile and Improved Precatalyst Scaffold for Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling: (η3-1-tBu-indenyl)2(μ-Cl)2Pd2

Melvin, P. R.; Nova, A.; Balcells, D.; Dai, W.; Hazari, N.; Hruszkewycz, D. P.; Shah, H. P.; Tudge, M. T. ACS Catal., 2015, 5, 3680.

2. Synthesis and Properties of NHC-Supported Palladium(I) Dimers with Bridging Allyl, Cyclopentadienyl, and Indenyl Ligands

Dei, W.; Chalkley, M.; Brudvig, G.; Hazari, H.; Melvin, P. R.; Pokhrel, R.; Takase, M. Organometallics, 2013, 32, 5114.

Harding, B.; Melvin, P. R.; Dougherty, W.; Kassel, S.; Goodson, F. Organometallics, 2013, 32, 3570.