Potassium Metabisulfite’s Role in Developing a Robust Platform for Enantioenriched N-Alkylpyridinium Salts as Piperidine Precursors

Selingo, J. D.; King, J. R.; Pio, B.; Neel, A. J.; Lam, Y.-h.; Paton, R. S.; Maddess, M. L.; McNally, A. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, accepted

Direct additive-free bioconjugation to selenoproteins

Bedding, M. J.; Barter, I. K.; Maxwell, J. W. C.; Byrne, S. A.; Popescu, M. V.; Klem, H.; Becker, W.; Franck, C.; Mackay, A. S.; Ayoub, A.; Harrison, K.; Kambanis, L.; Ford, D.J.; Adair, L. D.; Lewis, W.; New, E. J.; Nebl, T.; Larance, M.; Paton, R. S.; Corcilius, L.; Payne, R. J. submitted 2026

Overturning Redox Potential Control in Single-Electron Transfer: Selectivity Emerges from Indiscriminate Photoreduction

Edgecomb, J. M.; Sau, A.; Manoj, N.; Resmini, M. D.; Meyer, A. F.; Paton, R. S.; Damrauer, N. H.; Wickens, Z. K. in revision 2026

The generation of five-membered hetarynes balanced on the edge of accessibility

Hindson, M. J.; Popescu, M. V.; Alisauskas, E.; Fresia, M.; Holmes, S.; Petropavloskikh, D.; Paton, R. S.; Burton, J. W.; Smith, M. D. submitted 2025

Operando Analysis of Nickel Catalyst Speciation in Reductive Biaryl Synthesis Using Thin Layer Electrochemistry and a Microelectrode

Punchihewa, B. T.; Romero-Arenas, A.; Paton, R. S.; Weix, D. J.; Stahl, S. S.; Rafiee, M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 44667–44672

Direct C–H Lactonization of Carboxylic Acids Enabled by LMCT Photoactivation

Weber, K. M.; Villanueva, R.; Popescu, M. V.; Lutovsky, G. A.; Gockel, S. N.; Paton, R. S.; Yoon, T. P. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, e15582

Reduction and Deuteration of N-Heteroarenes Using an Organic Photoredox Catalyst

Bains, A. K.; Sau, A.; Portela, B. S.; Paton, R. S.; Miyake, G. M.; Damrauer, N. H. Chem 2025, DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2025.102822

Ir-Catalyzed Allylation of Boranes via Enantioselective Petasis-Type 1,4-Migration

Wen, J.; Zhang, L.; He, C.; Song, S.-m.; Tyler, J.; Paton, R. S.; Aggarwal, V. K.  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 36940–36946.