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Arene Ring Expansion by Ruthenium η6-Arene Complexes

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Whitehurst, W. G.; Schulte, T.; Wang, Z.; Waldbach, F.; Ritter, T.*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202421608.

DOI: 10.1002/anie.202421608

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Redox-Neutral, Iron-Mediated Directed C–H Activation: General Principles and Mechanistic Insights

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Zhang, T.; Whitehurst, W. G.; Pecoraro, M. V.; Kim, J.; Koenig, S. G.; Chirik, P. J.*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024146, 30637–30652.

DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c12329

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C(sp3)–C(sp2) Reductive Elimination versus β-H Elimination from Cobalt(III) Intermediates in Catalytic C–H Functionalization

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Whitehurst, W. G.; Kim, J.; Koenig, S. G.*; Chirik, P. J.*

ACS Catal. 202313, 8700–8708.

DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c01874

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C–H Activation by Isolable Cationic Bis(phosphine) Cobalt(III) Metallacycles

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Whitehurst, W. G.; Kim, J.; Koenig, S. G.*; Chirik, P. J.*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022144, 19186–19195.

DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c08865

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Three-Component Coupling of Arenes, Ethylene, and Alkynes Catalyzed by a Cationic Bis(phosphine) Cobalt Complex: Intercepting Metallacyclopentenes for C–H Functionalization

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Whitehurst, W. G.; Kim, J.; Koenig, S. G.*; Chirik, P. J.*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022144, 4530–4540.

DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c12646

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Synthesis and Reactivity of Stable Alkyl-Pd(IV) Complexes Relevant to Monodentate N-directed C(sp3)–H Functionalization Processes

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Whitehurst, W. G.; Gaunt, M. J.*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020142, 14169–14177.

DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c04732

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A General Carbonyl Alkylative Amination for Tertiary Amine Synthesis

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Kumar, R.; Flodén, N. J.; Whitehurst, W. G.; Gaunt, M. J.*

Nature 2020581, 415–420.

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2213-0

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Carboxylate-Assisted Oxidative Addition to Aminoalkyl PdII Complexes: C(sp3)–H Arylation of Alkylamines by Distinct PdII/PdIV Pathway

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Whitehurst, W. G.; Blackwell, J. H.; Hermann, G. H.; Gaunt, M. J.*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 201958, 9054–9059.

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201902838

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Palladium-catalyzed C(sp3)–H Bond Functionalization of Aliphatic Amines​​

He, C.; Whitehurst, W. G.; Gaunt, M. J.* Chem 20195, 1031–1058. DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2018.12.017

Selective Reductive Elimination at Alkyl Palladium(IV) by Dissociative Ligand Ionization: Catalytic C(sp3)–H Amination to Azetidines

Nappi, M.; He, C.; Whitehurst, W. G.; Chappell, B. G. N.; Gaunt, M. J.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 201857, 3178–3182. 

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201800519

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