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Independent Publications

ugrad authors; grad student authors; postdoctoral authors

19. Photo-initiated rupture of azobenzene micelles to enable the spectroscopic analysis of antimicrobial peptide dynamics

    Matthew G. Roberson, Julia M. Duncan, Keveen J. Flieth, Laina M. Geary*, Matthew J. Tucker*

    submitted

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18. Silver catalyzed proto- and sila-Nakamura-type α-vinylation of silyl enol ethers with dichloroacetylene. Divergent formation of stereochemically pure tri- and tetrasubstituted olefins

    Lun Li, Kimberly A. Wasik, Brian J. Frost, Laina M. Geary*

    Tetrahedron Letters 2020, 61, 151370

17. Nitrous oxie promoted Pauson-Khand Cycloadditions

    J. David Ricker, Vahid Mohammadrezaei, Thomas J. Crippen, Austin M. Zell, Laina M. Geary*

    Organometallics 2018, 37, 4556-4559

16. Synthesis of olefins via a Wittig reaction mediated by triphenylarsine

    Lun Li, Jared C. Stimac, Laina M. Geary*

    Tetrahedron Letters 2017, 58, 1379-1381

15. Recent advances in the Pauson-Khand reaction

    J. David Ricker, Laina M. Geary*

    Topics in Catalysis 2017, 60, 609-619

Postdoctoral

14. Ruthenium-catalyzed transfer hydrogenation for C-C bond formation: hydrohydroxyalkylation and hydroaminoalkylation via reactant redox pairs

    Felix Perez, Susumu Oda, Laina M. Geary, Michael J. Krische*

    Topics in Current Chemistry 2016, 374, 35

13. Ring expansion of cyclic 1,2-diols to form medium sized rings via ruthenium catalyzed transfer hydrogenative [4+2] cycloaddition

    Zachary A. Kasun, Laina M. Geary, Michael J. Krische*

    Chemical Communications 2014, 50, 7545-7547

12. Benzannulation iva ruthenium catalyzed diol-diene [4+2] cycloaddition: one- and two-directional syntheses of fluoranthenes and acenes

    Laina M. Geary, Te-Yu Chen, T. Patrick Montgomery, Michael J. Krische*

    Journal of the American Chemical Society 2014, 136, 5920-5922

11. Successive C-C coupling of dienes to vicinally dioxygenated hydrocarbons: ruthenium catalyzed [4+2] cycloaddition across the diol, hydroxycarbonyl, or dione oxidation levels.

    Laina M. Geary, Ben W. Glasspoole, Mary M. Kim, Michael J. Krische*

    Journal of the American Chemical Society 2013, 135, 3796-3799

10. Ruthenium-catalyzed reductive coupling of 1,3-enynes and aldehydes by transfer hydrogenation: anti-diastereoselective carbonyl propargylation.

    Laina M. Geary, Joyce C. Leung, Michael J. Krische*

    Chemistry: A European Journal 2012, 18, 16823-16827

9. Direct, redox-neutral prenylation and geranylation of secondary carbinol C-H bonds: C4-regioselectivity in ruthenium-catalyzed C-C coupling of dienes to alpha-hydroxy esters.

    Joyce C. Leung, Laina M. Geary, Te-Yu Chem, Jason R. Zbieg, Michael J. Krische*

    Journal of the American Chemical Society 2012, 134, 15700-15703

8. Enantioselective carbonyl propargylation by iridum-catalyzed transfer hydrogenative coupling of alcohols and propargyl chloride 

    Sang Kook Woo,  Laina M. Geary, Michael J. Krische*

    Angewandte Chemie, Internation Edition 2012, 51, 7830-7834

7. Diastereo- and enantioselective iridum-catalyzed carbonyl propargylation from the alcohol or aldehyde oxidation level: 1,3-enynes as allenylmetal equivalents 

    Laina M. Geary, Sang Kook Woo, Michael J. Krische*

    Angewandte Chemie, Internation Edition 2012, 51, 2972-2976

Graduate Work

6. A Diversity-Oriented Approach to the Palladium-Catalyzed Modular Assembly of Conjugated Compounds and Heterocycles: High-Value Compounds from Trichloroethylene  

    Laina M. Geary*

    Ph. D. Thesis 2011

5. A palladium-catalyzed modular assembly of electron-rich alkenes, dienes, trienes and enynes from (E)-1,2-dichorovinyl phenyl ether  

    Laina M. Geary, Philip G. Hultin*

    Journal of Organic Chemistry 2010, 75, 6354-6371

4. 2-Substituted benzo[b]furans from (E)-1,2-dichorovinyl ethers: scope and mechanistic investigations into the one-pot Suzuki coupling/direct arylation

    Laina M. Geary, Philip G. Hultin*

    European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2010, 5563-5573 (cover)

3. Modular construction of 2-substituted benzo[b]furans from1,2-dichorovinyl ethers

    Laina M. Geary, Philip G. Hultin*

    Organic Letters 2009, 11, 5478-5481

2. The state-of-the-art in asymmetric synthesis: the aldol reaction as a case study

    Laina M. Geary, Philip G. Hultin*

    Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 2009, 20, 131-173

1. Practical synthesis of fluorous oxazolidinone chiral auxiliaries from alpha amino acids

    Jason E. Hein, Laina M. Geary, Ashley A. Jaworski Philip G. Hultin*

    Journal of Organic Chemistry 2005, 70, 9940-9946

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