Recent Research Highlights
Sigman, M.S.; Werner, E.W. "Imparting Catalyst-Control upon Classical Palladium-Catalyzed Alkenyl C-H Bond Functionalization" Acc. Chem. Res., 2011, ASAP.
Harper, K.C.; Sigman, M.S. "Three-Dimensional Correlation of Steric and Electronic Free Energy Relationships Guides Asymmetric Propargylation" Science, 2011, 333, 1875-1878.
DeLuca, R.J.; Sigman, M.S. "Anti-Markovnikov Hydroalkylation of Allylic Amine Derivatives via a Palladium-Catalyzed Reductive Cross-Coupling Reaction" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, 11454-11457.
Werner, E.W.; Sigman, M.S. "Operationally Simple and Highly (E)-Styrenyl-Selective Heck Reactions of Electronically Nonbiased Olefins" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, 9692-9695.
Podhajsky, S.M.; Iwai, Y.; Cook-Sneathen, A.; Sigman, M.S. "Asymmetric Palladium-Catalyzed Hydroarylation of Styrenes and Dienes" Tetrahedron, 2011, 67, 4435-4441.
Michel, B.W.; Steffens, L.D.; Sigman, M. S. "On the Mechanism of the Palladium-Catalyzed tert-Butylhydroperoxide-Mediated Wacker-Type Oxidation of Alkenes Using Quinoline-2-Oxazoline Ligands" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, 8317-8325.
Pathak, T.J.; Sigman, M. S. "Palladium-Catalyzed Hydrofunctionalization of Vinyl Phenol Derivatives with Heteroaromatics" Org. Lett., 2011, 13, 2774-2777.
McCombs, J. R.; Michel, B.W.; Sigman, M. S. "Catalyst-Controlled Wacker-Type Oxidation of Homoallylic Alcohols in the Absence of Protecting Groups" J. Org. Chem., 2011, 76, 3609-3613.
Liao, L.; Jana, R.; Urkalan, K.B.; Sigman, M. S. "A Palladium-Catalyzed Three-Component Cross-Coupling of Conjugated Dienes or Terminal Alkenes with Vinyl Triflates and Boronic Acids" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, 5784-5787.
Jana, R.; Pathak, T. P.; Sigman, M. S. "Advances in Transition Metal (Pd,Ni,Fe)-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions Using Alkyl- organometallics as Reaction Partners" Chem. Rev., 2011, 111, 1417-1492.
Harper, K. C.; Sigman, M. S.* "Predicting and Optimizing Asymmetric Catalyst Performance Using the Principles of Experimental Design and Steric Parameters" Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 2011, 108, 2179-2183.
