Search Results - "Lummiss, Justin A. M."
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A robotic platform for flow synthesis of organic compounds informed by AI planning
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (09-08-2019)“…The synthesis of complex organic molecules requires several stages, from ideation to execution, that require time and effort investment from expert chemists…”
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A General Decomposition Pathway for Phosphine-Stabilized Metathesis Catalysts: Lewis Donors Accelerate Methylidene Abstraction
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (09-11-2016)“…Sterically accessible Lewis donors are shown to accelerate decomposition during catalysis, for a broad range of Grubbs-class metathesis catalysts. These…”
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Chemical Plants: High-Value Molecules from Essential Oils
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (21-11-2012)“…As society faces a future of dwindling petrochemical supplies at increasing cost, much attention has been focused on methods to degrade biomass into renewable…”
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The divergent effects of strong NHC donation in catalysis
Published in Chemical science (Cambridge) (01-01-2015)“…Strong σ-donation from NHC ligands (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene) is shown to have profoundly conflicting consequences for the reactivity of transition-metal…”
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Olefin Metathesis at the Dawn of Implementation in Pharmaceutical and Specialty-Chemicals Manufacturing
Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (07-03-2016)“…The recent uptake of molecular metathesis catalysts in specialty‐chemicals and pharmaceutical manufacturing is reviewed. The metathesis industry: Olefin…”
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Decomposition of Olefin Metathesis Catalysts by Brønsted Base: Metallacyclobutane Deprotonation as a Primary Deactivating Event
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (22-11-2017)“…Brønsted bases of widely varying strength are shown to decompose the metathesis-active Ru intermediates formed by the second-generation Hoveyda and Grubbs…”
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Donor-Induced Decomposition of the Grubbs Catalysts: An Intercepted Intermediate
Published in Organometallics (08-12-2014)“…The σ-alkyl species RuCl2(CH2PCy3)(py)3 (3a) is intercepted on adding pyridine to the first-generation Grubbs catalyst 1a during RCM or to the isolated…”
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Operation of the Boomerang Mechanism in Olefin Metathesis Reactions Promoted by the Second-Generation Hoveyda Catalyst
Published in ACS catalysis (03-07-2014)“…A long-standing question in olefin metathesis centers on whether the “release–return” (boomerang) mechanism contributes to the productivity of Hoveyda-class…”
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Towards More Efficient, Greener Syntheses through Flow Chemistry
Published in Chemical record (01-07-2017)“…Technological advances have an important role in the design of greener synthetic processes. In this Personal Account, we describe a wide range of thermal,…”
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Ethylene-Promoted versus Ethylene-Free Enyne Metathesis
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (12-10-2011)“…The role of ethylene in promoting metathesis of acetylenic enynes is probed within the context of ring-closing enyne metathesis, using first- and…”
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Computer-designed repurposing of chemical wastes into drugs
Published in Nature (London) (28-04-2022)“…As the chemical industry continues to produce considerable quantities of waste chemicals 1 , 2 , it is essential to devise ‘circular chemistry’ 3 – 8 schemes…”
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Sterically Driven Olefin Metathesis: The Impact of Alkylidene Substitution on Catalyst Activity
Published in Organometallics (14-03-2016)“…The dramatic reactivity difference between the Grubbs metathesis catalysts and their resting-state methylidene derivatives was probed in an integrated…”
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Amine-Mediated Degradation in Olefin Metathesis Reactions that Employ the Second-Generation Grubbs Catalyst
Published in ChemCatChem (01-02-2014)“…Amine‐mediated decomposition during olefin metathesis reactions that employ the second‐generation Grubbs catalyst is studied. For most amines, the dominant…”
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Reactions of Grubbs Catalysts with Excess Methoxide: Formation of Novel Methoxyhydride Complexes
Published in Organometallics (26-03-2012)“…On exposure to NaOMe (≥3 equiv) in CH2Cl2–MeOH at 23 °C, the first-generation Grubbs catalyst RuCl2(PCy3)2(CHPh) (1a) is immediately transformed into the…”
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Clean, Convenient, High-yield Access to Second-generation Ru Metathesis Catalysts from Commercially Available Precursors
Published in ChemCatChem (01-12-2012)“…Expedient routes are described to the three dominant ruthenium catalysts currently used for olefin metathesis: the second‐generation Grubbs, Hoveyda, and…”
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Olefinmetathese als aufstrebende Methode zur Herstellung von Pharmazeutika und Spezialchemikalien
Published in Angewandte Chemie (07-03-2016)“…Dieser Kurzaufsatz behandelt die kürzliche Einführung molekularer Metathesekatalysatoren in die Produktion von Spezialchemikalien und Pharmazeutika. Die…”
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The divergent effects of strong NHC donation in catalysisElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Rate profiles for decomposition of u-GIIm and s-GIIm; X-ray crystallographic details; NOESY spectra, and derivation of the [PCy3]-independence of decomposition. CCDC 1400077. For ESI and crystallographic data in CIF or other electronic format see DOI: 10.1039/c5sc02592c
Published 09-11-2015“…Strong σ-donation from NHC ligands (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene) is shown to have profoundly conflicting consequences for the reactivity of transition-metal…”
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The divergent effects of strong NHC donation in catalysis† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Rate profiles for decomposition of u-GIIm and s-GIIm; X-ray crystallographic details; NOESY spectra, and derivation of the [PCy3]-independence of decomposition. CCDC 1400077. For ESI and crystallographic data in CIF or other electronic format see DOI: 10.1039/c5sc02592c
Published in Chemical science (Cambridge) (06-10-2015)“…The inverse relationship between NHC donicity and catalyst initiation. Strong σ-donation from NHC ligands (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene) is shown to have…”
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