Photocatalysis as a mechanistic probe for the Staudinger β-lactam synthesis

Popescu, M. V.; Parker, N. A.; Jia, Z.; Solon, P.; Alegre-Requena, J. V.; Paton, R. S.; Smith, M. D. Chem Catal. 2025, 5, 101493

Influence of dihydrophenazine photoredox catalyst excited state character and reduction potentials on control in organocatalyzed atom transfer radical polymerization

Puffer, K. O.; Portela, B. S.; Olson-Gwin, A. J.; Chism, K. A.; Dworakowska, S.; Crace, E.; Paton, R. S.; Miyake, G. M. ACS Catal. 2025, 15, 5002–5013

Computer-Aided Design of Stability Enhanced Nicotinamide Cofactor Biomimetics

Platt, A.; Klem, H.; Mallinson, S.; Bomble, Y.; Paton, R. S. Green Chem. 2025, 27, 6831–6844

Enantioconvergent Cross-Nucleophile Coupling: Cu-Catalyzed Deborylative Cyanation

Vu, J.; Haug, G. C.; Zhao, C.; Chang, C. J.; Paton, R. S.; Dong, Y. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202408745

Organocatalyzed Carbonylation of Alkyl Halides Driven by Visible Light

Liu, X.; Portela, B. S.; Wiedenbeck, A.; Chrisman, C. H.; Paton, R. S.; Miyake, G. M. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202410928

Late-Stage “Benzenoid-to-Troponoid” Skeletal Modification of the Cephalotanes: Total Synthesis of Harringtonolide and Computational Analysis

Wiesler, S.; Sennari, G.;  Popescu, M. P.; Gardner, K. E.; Aida, K., Paton, R. S.; Sarpong. R. Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 4125

A Deconstruction-Reconstruction Strategy for Pyrimidine Diversification

Uhlenbruck, B. J. H.; Josephitis, C. M.; Lescure, L.; Paton, R. S.; McNally, A. Nature 2024, 631, 87–93

Radical Chlorination of Non-Resonant Heterobenzylic C‒H Bonds and High-Throughput Diversification of Heterocycles

Golden, D. L.; Flynn, K. M.; Aikonen, S.; Kalyani, D.; Krska, S. W.; Paton, R. S.; Stahl, S. S. Chem. 2024, 10, 1593-1605