Empowering Women in Organic Chemistry (EWOC) at Five Years: Giving Back and Getting Back
Elinor H. Cantor, Margaret M. Faul, Donna M. Huryn, Lara Kallander, Rebecca T. Ruck, Mary P. Watson
This editorial was published in the following ACS Journals:
ACS Catal. 2023, 13 (20), 13225-13231
Org. Lett. 2023, 25 (40)7271-7277
J. Org. Chem. 2023, 88 (20), 14257-14263
Organometallics 2023, 42 (19), 2685-2691
Biochemistry 2023, 62 (20), 2895-2901
Org. Process Res. Dev. 2023, 27 (11), 1841-1847
J. Med. Chem. 2023, 66 (19), 13347-13353
ACS Med. Chem. Lett. 2023, 14 (10), 1311-1317
ACS Org. Inorg. Au 2023, 3 (6), 321-327
ACS Cent. Sci. 2023, 9 (10), 1846-1852

Faraday Discuss. 2023, 247, 324-332

Primary vs. Secondary Alkylpyridinium Salts: A Comparison Under Electrochemical and Chemical Reduction Conditions
Bria Garcia, Jessica Sampson, Mary P. Watson, Dipannita Kalyani

ACS Catal. 2023, 13 (14), 9336-9345

Nickel-Catalyzed Electroreductive Coupling of Alkylpyridinium Salts and Aryl Halides
Jiantao Fu, Windsor Lundy, Rajdip Chowdhury, J. Cameron Twitty, Long P. Dinh, Jessica Sampson, Yu-hong Lam, Christo S. Sevov, Mary P. Watson, Dipannita Kalyani

J. Org. Chem. 2023, ASAP

2,6-Bis(pyrazol-1-yl)pyridine (1-bpp) as a General Ligand for the Negishi Alkylation of Alkylpyridinium Salts
Kristen M. Baker, Olivia P. Bercher, J. Cameron Twitty, Thomas Mortimer, Mary P. Watson
Highlighted in OPR&D: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.oprd.3c00291

ACS Catal. 2023, 13 (7), 4778-4789

Reductive Enzyme Cascades for Valorization of Polyethylene Terephthalate Deconstruction Products
Madan R. Gopal, Roman M. Dickey, Neil D. Butler, Michael R. Talley, Daniel T. Nakamura, Ashlesha Mohapatra, Mary P. Watson, Wilfred Chen, Aditya M. Kunjapur

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145 (10), 5684-5695

Diversifying Amino Acids and Peptides via Deaminative Reductive Cross-Couplings Leveraging High-Throughput Experimentation
J. Cameron Twitty, Yun Hong, Bria Garcia, Stephanie Tsang, Jennie Liao, Danielle M. Schultz, Jennifer Hanisak, Susan L. Zultanski, Amelie Dion, Dipannita Kalyani, Mary P. Watson

Annu. Rev. Mater. Res. 2022, 10, 249-280

Innovations Toward the Valorization of Plastics Waste
Zachary R. Hinton, Michael R. Talley, Pavel A. Kots, Anne V. Le, Tan Zhang, Michael E. Mackay, Aditya M. Kunjapur, Peng Bai, Dionisios G. Vlachos, Mary P. Watson, Michael C. Berg, Thomas H. Epps, III, LaShanda T.J. Korley

ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 2022, 10, 15749-15759

Oxidative Functionalization of Long-Chain Liquid Alkanes by Pulsed Plasma Discharges at Atmospheric Pressure
Darien K. Nguyen, Panagiotis Dimitrakellis, Michael R. Talley, Robert O’Dea, Thomas H. Epps, III, Mary P. Watson, Dionisios G. Vlachos

Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 7735

α-Chiral Amines via Thermally Promoted Deaminative Addition of Alkylpyridinium Salts to Sulfinimines Kristen M. Baker, Amanda Tallon, Richard P. Loach, Olivia P. Bercher, Matthew A. Perry, Mary P. Watson Highlighted in OPR&D: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.oprd.1c00447

Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 7059

Deaminative Reductive Methylation of Alkylpyridinium Salts Olivia P. Bercher, Shane Plunkett, Thomas E. Mortimer, Mary P. Watson

Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 6242

Nickel-Catalyzed Deaminative Cyanation: Nitriles and One-Carbon Homologation from Alkyl Amines Jianyu Xu, J. Cameron Twitty, Mary P. Watson Highlighted in Synform (https://www.thieme.de/en/thieme-chemistry/synform-nickel-catalyzed-deaminative-cyanation-165917.htm) and Organic Chemistry Highlights (https://www.organic-chemistry.org/Highlights/2022/30May.shtm)

ACS Catalysis 2021, 11, 8456

Dissection of Alkylpyridinium Structures to Understand Deamination Reactions Sergei Tcyrulnikov, Qiuqi Cai, J. Cameron Twitty, Jianyu Xu, Abderrahman Atifi, Olivia P. Bercher, Glenn P. A. Yap, Joel Rosenthal, Mary P. Watson, Marisa C. Kozlowski

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 8608

Overcoming the Naphthyl Requirement in Stereospecific Cross-Couplings to Form Quaternary Stereocenters Jianyu Xu, Olivia P. Bercher, Mary P. Watson Highlighted on Organic Chemistry Portal (https://www.organic-chemistry.org/abstracts/lit7/965.shtm)

ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 1604

Nickel-Catalyzed, Stereospecific C–C and C–B Cross-Couplings via C–N and C–O Bond Activation Jianyu Xu, Olivia P. Bercher, Michael R. Talley, Mary P. Watson

ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 13820

Enantioselective Alkynylation of Unstabilized Cyclic Iminium Ions Weiye Guan, Samantha O. Santana, Jennie Liao, Kelci Henninger, Mary P. Watson Highlighted in Synfacts (Synfacts 2021, 17(02), 0170)

Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 13484

Nickel-Catalyzed Synthesis of Dialkyl Ketones from the Coupling of N-Alkyl Pyridinium Salts with Activated Carboxylic Acids Jiang Wang, Megan E. Hoerrner, Mary P. Watson, Daniel J. Weix

Science 2020, 367, 509

Stitching Two Chiral Centers with One Catalyst Jianyu Xu, Mary P. Watson This perspective on “Catalyst-controlloed doubly enantioconvergent coupling of racemic alkyl nucleophiles and electrophiles” by Huo, Gorsline, and Fu describes the advances for a general scientific audience.

Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 9738

Engaging Alkenes and Alkynes in Demaminative Alkyl–Alkyl and Alkyl–Vinyl Cross-Couplings of Alkylpyridinium Salts Kristen M. Baker, Diana Lucas Baca, Shane Plunkett, Mitchell E. Daneker, Mary P. Watson Highlighted in Organic Chemistry Portal

Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 7356

Deaminative Arylation of Amino Acid-derived Pyridinium Salts Megan E. Hoerrner, Kristen M. Baker, Corey H. Basch, Earl M. Bampo, Mary P. Watson

Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 2941

Deaminative Reductive Cross-Electrophile Couplings of Alkylpyridinium Salts and Aryl Bromides Jennie Liao, Corey H. Basch, Megan E. Hoerrner, Michael R. Talley, Brian P. Boscoe, Joseph W. Tucker, Michelle R. Garnsey, Mary P. Watson

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 2257

Harnessing Alkylpyridinium Salts as Electrophiles in Deaminative Alkyl–Alkyl Cross-Couplings Shane Plunkett, Corey H. Basch, Samantha O. Santana, Mary P. Watson Highlighted in Org. Process Res. Dev. 2019, 23, 289 and Synfacts 2019, 15, 0511 and Organic Chemistry Portal

Chem. Commun. 2018, Advance Article

Asymmetric Synthesis via Stereospecific C–N and C–O Bond Activation of Alkyl Amine and Alcohol Derivatives Sarah M. Pound, Mary P. Watson Invited Feature Article

Synthesis 2018, 50, 3231

Vinylation of Benzylic Amines via C–N Bond Functionalization of Benzylic Pyridinium Salts Weiye Guan, Jennie Liao, Mary P. Watson Invited for Special Topic: Modern Coupling Approaches and their Strategic Applications in Synthesis

Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 3030

Transforming Benzylic Amines into Diarylmethanes: Cross-Couplings of Benzylic Pyridinium Salts via C–N Bond Activation Jennie Liao, Weiye Guan, Brian P. Boscoe, Joseph W. Tucker, John W. Tomlin, Michelle R. Garnsey, Mary P. Watson In collaboration with Pfizer Highlighted in Synfacts 2018, 14, 0858

Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 4355

Stereospecific, Nickel-Catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling of Allylic Pivalates to Deliver Quaternary Stereocenters Kelsey M. Cobb, Javon M. Rabb-Lynch, Megan E. Hoerrner, Alex Manders, Qi Zhou, Mary P. Watson

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 5313

Harnessing Alkyl Amines as Electrophiles for Nickel-Catalyzed Cross Couplings via C–N Bond Activation Corey H. Basch, Jennie Liao, Jianyu Xu, Jacob J. Piane, Mary P. Watson Highlighted on “In the Pipeline” (http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2017/04/07/couple-your-primary-amines), Design for Science (http://d4sci.com/activating-carbon-nitrogen-bonds-alkyl-amines-as-alkylating-agents/), a JACS Spotlight (http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.7b03767), a OPR&D highlight (http://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.oprd.7b00193), and Also included in the JACS Young Investigators Virtual Issue

Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 6006

Enantioselective, Copper-Catalyzed Alkynylation of Ketimines to Deliver Isoquinolines with α-Diaryl Tetrasubstituted Stereocenters Srimoyee Dasgupta, Jixin Liu, Clarissa A. Shoffler, Glenn P. A. Yap, Mary P. Watson

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 12057

Stereospecific Cross Couplings To Set Benzylic, All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters in High Enantiopurity Qi Zhou, Kelsey M. Cobb, Tianyu Tan, Mary P. Watson Highlighted in Synfacts 2016, 12(11), 1175

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 11989

Accessing Both Retention and Inversion Pathways in Stereospecific, Nickel-Catalyzed Miyaura Borylations of Allylic Pivalates Qi Zhou, Harathi D. Srinivas, Songnan Zhang, Mary P. Watson Highlighted in Synfacts 2016, 12(11), 1152

Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 136

Nickel-Catalyzed Borylation of Benzylic Ammonium Salts: Stereospecific Synthesis of Enaptioenriched Benzylic Boronates Corey H. Basch, Kelsey M. Cobb, Mary P. Watson Highlighted in Synfacts 2016, 12(4), 0375

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2696 Enantioselective Additions of Copper Acetylides to Cyclic Iminium and Oxocarbenium Ions Jixin Liu, Srimoyee Dasgupta, Mary P. Watson   Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 14154 Enantioselective, Copper(I)-Catalyzed Alkynylation of Oxocarbenium Ions to Set Diaryl Tetrasubstituted Stereocenters Srimoyee Dasgupta, Thomas Rivas, Mary P. Watson Highlighted in Synfacts 2016, 12(2), 0169   Synlett 2015, 26, 2702 Stereoselective Synthesis of Trisubstituted Vinyl Bromides via Addition of Alkynes to Oxocarbenium Ions Andrew R. Ehle, Melissa G. Morris, Brian D. Klebon, Glenn P. A. Yap, Mary P. Watson Invited contribution to special issue highlighting 2015 EuCheMS Young Investigator Workshop participants   Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 3857 Diastereoselective, Zinc-Catalyzed Alkynylation of alpha-Bromo Oxocarbenium Ions Tatsiana Haidzinskaya, Hilary A. Kerchner, Jixin Liu, Mary P. Watson   J. Org. Chem. 2015, 80, 4003 Enantioselective Copper-Catalyzed Alkynylation of Benzopyranyl Oxocarbenium Ions Harathi D. Srinivas, Prantik Maity, Glenn P. A. Yap, Mary P. Watson   Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 3596 Enantiospecific, Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Couplings of Allylic Pivalates and Arylboroxines Harathi D. Srinivas, Qi Zhou, Mary P. Watson   Tetrahedron 2014, 70, 4257 A General, Simple Catalyst for Enantiospecific Cross Couplings of Benzylic Ammonium Triflates and Boronic Acids: No Phosphine Ligand Required Danielle M. Shacklady-McAtee, Kelsey M. Roberts, Corey H. Basch, Ye-Geun Song, Mary P. Watson Invited contribution to Symposium in Print in Honor of Prof. Sarah Reisman’s Tetrahedron Young Investigator Award – Congratulations, Sarah! Highlighted in Synfacts 2014, 10, 1060   J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 3307 Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Couplings of Benzylic Pivalates with Arylboroxines: Stereospecific Formation of Diarylalkanes and Triarylmethanes Qi Zhou, Harathi D. Srinivas, Srimoyee Dasgupta, Mary P. Watson Highlighted in Synfacts 2013, 9, 646     J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 280 NIckel-Catalyzed Cross Couplings of Benzylic Ammonium Salts and Boronic Acids: Stereospecific Formation of Diarylethanes via C–N Bond Activation Prantik Maity, Danielle M. Shacklady-McAtee, Glenn P. A. Yap, Eric R. Sirianni, Mary P. Watson   Synlett 2012, 23, 1705 Controlling Enantioselectivity in Additions to Cyclic Oxocarbenium Ions via Transition-Metal Catalysis Mary P. Watson, Prantik Maity   Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 1202 Nickel(0)-Catalyzed Heck Cross-Couplings via Activation of Aryl C–OPiv Bonds Andrew R. Ehle, Qi Zhou, Mary P. Watson One of the top 10 most read articles in Org. Lett. Jan–Mar 2012   J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 17142 Copper-Catalyzed Enantioselective Additions to Oxocarbenium Ions: Alkynylation of Isochroman Acetal Prantik Maity, Harathi D. Srinivas, Mary P. Watson Highlighted in Synfacts 2012, 8, 78 and as a SynStory (Dec 2011)   Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 3490 Nickel(0)-Catalyzed Cyclization of N-Benzoylaminals for Isoindolinone Synthesis Danielle M. Shacklady-McAtee, Srimoyee Dasgupta, Mary P. Watson  Go to Publications from Mary’s Supervised Career